The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-01
The Captain Says He Was q
Court Yesterday, but Fears
He Has Skipped"
VERY BAD FOR the Ex.wARD MAN
Damaging Testimony AsaInst ths
Policeman Not Shaken on
Characterization. "

The preliminary work had bo64
cleared away, the jury completed, -.
Osborne had made his opening address
for the prosecution to the jury and Tho
actual trial OF Mounted Poiiceman
jeremiah 8. Levy, for bribery, the ex-.
animation Of the accusing Witness,
was to begin before Judge MARITIME tht1l
morning.
That was why there was . thpong 81
loungers In the brownstone Court onq@|
long before II O'Clock. They were mostly
froLl the east Bide--from that regiOn1
which lies along the Bowsry from Chak&
ham Square to Houston street espec1hl111
| the east side OF the Bowery In the Eo@
hut the court oficers were insxDrahls'
ders, and not one In twenty applicant
for admission got into Part J.. the sceae]
There Were many. women IN -
frowsy, red faced and iiashilr'
dressed in cheap tawdry. Some Of the4o|
were witnesses, and they were edm4-'
| ted to the Enclosure sacred TO femez,
The issue to be tried is a very narreH
one. The only question for the jury ~.
teotive s n The T Eidrdse street stSslSa
Krumm H. Sribe Of SOP
Krumm had been refused q Mayor1
Chrystie street He had been runnlnE
the place openly, without license and
| unlawfully since January. and claims
police of Eldridge street. where Capt
Moses Cortright, looked upon as one or
the most upright men In the Police De-
partment, was In command.
That consent, he claims, was obfolr40
by a bargain with Ward Man Levy that
| he should $50 a week to him: But onLt.
that one payment Of March 10 is Of an;
says he paid it before witnesses,
AS Judge MARITIME il the only Jud4<'
| sitting this month all the pleadingg 81
indicted by The ns prs; na nat 1fana
consumed the first hour Of the day.
| At ll.s5 the trial Of ex-Ward Man Jefe.
g. Levy began, With Richard a. Cs,s
gram of Kuenstier Halle. l67 Chryu>1o
| street, front room. or bar, concert roo
stage, gallery, small rooms ard all.
| Capt. Krumn's story.
| Capt. Charles Krumm, proprietor e.
Kuenstler Halle, came next to the it,
took the stand In a Summer suit OF ~
gray. His little black mustache VI
waxed beautifully, and his goatee ~
Ranging nam G of ths under i i'd to his eve:
, spite his German origin.
4 He testified that he had kept kuez1<<
Ter Hss SIXTEEN wSleS yrpr.a 1 1aa n
You were q soldier In the late war;
as "Yes, ~" sir; i from May 1, lssl. sor fssr
then he set out to tell more particul,xI<
of his services, but was stopped BY NJ
Levy and the Judge. ~ ". Z, z,
concert hall?"
| FEB. /" ~ e.
when ZEN T se: it reopenedT'
There was bar on the ground locr
' and back OF It the concert hall Their
was q gallery all around the second n1@I
and a barroom in its front.
often ms af 1" Feb. IL or 10. Tie frsl
alongfs began the psrtunsd csptsl1'
Mr.: Levy objected on the ground that
what was done In February could h4<0
no bearing on the alleged act Of Mar1o
10. The objection was overruied aH1
ward Man Hunt was with Lsyy. ;
think II was he who asked, 'olo "a.
how you gettin' alongr ~.
All, f0id s sss% make sE n %s iIsins nos
to know why don't you do ike TIE rss< +
ne" "The y9V went away away and In about 1 xs<<
how I was getting along and why
didn't do as the others. Then ~ Wei
away, and said he would come ssA''
aMr. Levy and Mr.. Hunt came d.
gether March !; They went Up 70
room In the gallery, We sat down.
talked together Levysaid. 4 Eant
talk plain with you. ] said, = ~.
".Mr. Levy he said. you bsttar r.<
and 20 right on. You pay ~ ~t<
IT said: i don't like to lose - nuc'
He said: That's all right you p4y -
a week and 1t will be all right = ~
Ibid Hunt hear THAR W
Paid gao 20 Leys.
mo, I don't think he did. he set ~
one side. !, went downst9iIs g ttly ~, ~.
behind In the Kitchen and took .'-
the cash drewer--two 80 notes. rt'
upstairs. folded up the money -
"IioN did you fold the bundle v
NJ The Witness. who testiass win ~