The evening world., 1894-06-06
LET HER OPEN HER HOUSE.
She Says She Paid Ward Msu
Farrell and Brennan $500
and $50 q Month.
GRANGER AGAIN on THE STAND,
He Gives More Details Of commIs-
sioner McCIave's Alleged
Bride Taxing

Mrs. Lena Cohen. a prisoner IN the
Tombs. where she Is awaiting trial for
keeping a disorderly house, was brought
before the Lexow Committee to-day To-
testify as to police blackmai.
h swore she paid $500 TO Ward Men
Farrell and Brennan, of the vnies Mar
ket station. for the privilses Of opening
a disorderly house In East Houston/
street.
h said she met the men by appoint
ment in a saloon opposite the poles
station and a v them the money, which
her husband had borrowed from :
friend.
In addition to this 200 fee. she an,
she paid $50 a non for protection
Mrs. Cohen said that she got . psr~
NIT from the Captain of Inc Union
! Market. station ITO pen hsr house. but
she didn't know his name.
Capt. Jacob Siebert, Of the Union
Market station, was granted q twenty
days vacation yesterday.
When Senator Lexow and his fellow
inquisitors resumed their work In Part
I. Superior Court this morning Gideon
; Granger, the prodigal ex-son-in-law OF
COMMISSIONS McClave. was ready to
go on the witness stand again, and sub
init to the cross-examination which was
begun yesterday by De Lancey Nicoll.
He arrived some time before tho
Committee was called to order. accom-
panied by Sergeant-at-Arms Schraim.
who had been keeping watch on him
since yesterdays session.
Hes all right" said the oficer.
N danger of his running away now
that he has been given q guarantees
Of safety by the other side"
Granger 'ooked even more gay and
clipper than yesterday. and had evf-
IDENTIFY been enjoying a good nights rest.
He was perfectly free INT unconcerned
as he sat chatting with his counsel. Mr..
Jerome. while waiting for the Commit
tee to ass. nble. He had told everything
he had to say about police co~rruption'
and bribery, and thus far the cross
examination has not been able to shake
his story.
and the members themselves are en-
phatic in their condemnation of the
course which 1t Is said the Police Com
missioners intend to take with respect
to the investigation of the charges
which nave Deeu mduc Iuun tdf dkaiu1t
members Of the Police Department
The unanimous opinion expressed
this morning was that the Commissions
ers should keep their hands of so long
as the investigation by the Senate Conn
mittee was going on.
ut is absurd" said Mr.. Jerome. "for
the Commissioners. who are really co.
defendants Of the men who a been
charged with blackmail n corruption,
to sit as judges and try these men when
the present inquiry Is still going IN. Il
only hampers n interferes with the
work before the Committed"
ABSENT Witnesses to he Indicted.
In opening the proceedings Senator
O'Connor announced that the Commit
tee had authorized Mr.. Goff, It's counsel,
to go before the Grand Jury and secure
indictments against the witnesses n
had ~disobeyed the subpoenas OF the
Committe e.
Mr.. Con said there were -four or hvs
Of them. one of whom 10 said to be !,
]. Oscar Kline. proprietor Of The l
Palm saloon. in Division avenue. K
Brooklyn. n formerly rsputed to be ]
the keeper of a notorious resort at 10 !
Delaney street. 4
When Granger took the witness stand
Mr.. Nicoll called his attention TO THO
payment OF $50 which he said he had
made to Mr.. McClave in 1855.
'Tha was the Cohen case" said
G GITSnge my. eli gave that $50 to Mr.. NY
Didn't you testify that was for ths
doctors?" f
Yes, but I gave It to Mr.. McClake,
l suppose he gave 1t to the doctorsJ or
Cohen would not have passed the nyedi-
cal examination"
Didn't you testify you gave the money
TO the doctors yourselff"
81 did not"
do you still say in regard to tho note 4
for $500 which was Endorsed by Mr.. Judd
that the signature was written by Mr..
Judd?" $3.50
Yes. / saw him write it,
Didn't you write 1t yourself?'
"No, 1 did not"
Granger explained that Me money was
borrowed from Mr.. McClaye to be used
In the produce business. n that goo
was paid back within = few days aflsr