The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-04
STEPHENSON h.
ON The STAND.

cred n card to Edwards bearing the
name and address OF the Captain. AMI
that that story was fiction. 80 far as
he was concerned.
Thorne repeated the story of the con
versation between Edwards and Collier
in his mothers restaurant.
1t agreed In the main with Edwards's
account. Edwards had said that after
evadlng the l"xow Committee all sum
mer h. had been caught at last by the
Police Commissioners.
MIR Collier said Are you going to
do M Capt. Stephenson and Mr.. Ed
wards replied: I'm going to do the best
! can. said Thorne. repeating the con-
Then MIR. Edwards turned, and adj
dressing me, said. BY the way. what
has become of Gus Thorne?' And ].
thinking he was Joking, replied, why
Mir Edwards said he hadn't heard of
that, and added that capt Stephenson
had tried to break Thorne. Then l saw
he WAS in earnest. and I tod him the
Captain had never tried to break me:
And then said Now. gentlemen,
M me. out Of It. -"
Thorne disputed Edwards's statement
hat he had made the last remark on
the sidewalk, and denied that anything
had been said In this three-cornered con-
versation or any other about the fruit.
Mr.. Wellman. cross-examlning Thorne,
tried to get an explanation of what he
meant when he tod Edwards that he
didn't want his name to get into the
case. unless II was because he was the
man who ordered the apples for the Cap
tain.
Made "a Mes. of II.
Why. I meant that l didn't wan!
that tG get into the trial
that was the Introduction to bad
scrape for Gus Thorne. for he had a very
bad time explaining how that CONVERSE
In yAt b s.,.t~ lad To-
AT last. In desperation, Gus Thorne
said;
Well, there was another thing said
In that conversation. Edwards said:
'If Stephenson hadn't been such a
said: Is that SO? Well. then, they'll
Gus, they are going to get Capt. steph-
enson, ! guess. "
The more Gus Thorne talked the
further he got from satisfying, Mr.; Well
man. and the harder the back Of Capt.
Stephenson's neck blushed.
Lewis Collier cashier for John, Corell.
poultry merchant, 1874 Washington
beanery of Gus Thorne's mother-in-law.
1t agreed with Gus Thorne's story.
saws Sspf s s,ep sna 9el pat
think, or, anyway. he assented," said
The tion added nothing to
VIC s'Oir VI
Inspector Alexander s. Williams came
next to the stand to perform the duty
so often performed by him In police
tria't He test testified eo that Capt, stephen
ways found him prompt. ohedient, re-
spectful and good officer. gentlemanly
and neat in his dress. He had never
Inspector McAvoy also testified to
the good character of Capt. Stephenson
as an officer and as a man. and to his
Mr.. .Shafer asked II 1t would be adj
United that Inspector Conlin would tes-
tif !w also to stePhenson's good ch Mu
inspector Conlin has not been called as
to character" -.'
"Humph. I know something about
car!catnres," said shafer, evidently mis-;
framed" and he gazed about with
fat, Falstafiian smile on the newspaper
artists who have made pictures of him
for years.
Capt. Stephenson Takes the stand.
Capt. John Thomas Stephenson be-
came his own witness a 1920 this after
tones, holding the arms of the witness
chair In his hands He said he had
been policeman seventeen years. and
Captain since Dec % 1887
The Captain said that his ordinance
man in the Fifth Precinct was a man
named Parker, TIL one day when Kelly
reported to him to take Parker's place,
and that was the fist he knew that
Kelly was to be his ordinance man.
Mr.. Wellman objected TO questions put
by Mr.. Shafer to show that Kelly was
| Assembly District, while Stephenson is
| and always has been an ardent Repuhli-
can: that Kelly had long sought the
place OF ordinance man In that precinct.
| his own Assembly District. and that he
was appointed by the Commissioners
without consulting Stephenson. In short,
that Kelly was not Stephenson's choice,
which, Mr. shafer assumes. he ate ali
| by himself.
Capt Stephenson denied all the
III Kelly made any such arrangement
a. has been presented here. and bar
gained to receive money In your name,
and did take money, ostensibly for YOU.
he did II without your connivance. with
knowledge. didn't he?" Mr.. shafer
asked, and to each proposition Stephen
To another question he replied:
1T would he impossible for the Cap
| tain to keep track of all ordinance vio-
Impossible 10 enforce the letter OF the
law In the matter OF ordinance viola
tons"
Inspector Steers, now retired, in
structed me when | consulted him
about 1t to use good discretion in en-
forcing the ordinances against obstruct-
ing the sidewalks; that 1t could not be
expected that In that district the com
mission merchants could he held to n
strict obedience of the ordinances"
The Captain showed from the books
that from Dec. s, 1880, to April 20. 1892.
LISA complaints had been made by his
ordinance man against vlolators of the
ordinances,
Never Suspected Kelly.
II never suspected that Kelly was
taking bribery for sidewalk protection,
and nobody ever made any complaint to
me" said the Captain.
II never heard OF that barrel of ap-
PIES, and | never gave any card to Gus
rhorne or anybody else to take to Ed
wards, as he has stated. | all not KIN W
Edwards. ana he never visited me in the
stiiionhouSe as he says with a CORPORA
ton notice,
81 never had any such conversation
he relates with Mr.. Edwards in the sta.
5 ton or anywhere else. | would regard
: any such conversation as committing me
to kelly's plans, although he quotes me
i as saying in that converse ton that 4
never commit myself in sidewalk mat,
ters"
The Captain also denied the converse.
tion in which Edwards said he was in.
struCtel what to say in Civil Court tC
, get let OF on one OF Kelly's complaints
, Did you ever authorize Kelly or ans
other officer to buy or order apples oil
peaches for you?" asked MIR. Shafer