The evening world., 1894-06-19

called, and was asked II he remembered
the New Years present OF 500 to Capt.
Strauss and SIS to the ward man.
Yes, that was true" said .Pspisil.
81 took the money In an envelope to
the station-huose. There was 800 In the
envelope and put II on the table.
SO left Il with the sergeant. The en-
velope was labelled For Capt Straus,
with Happy New Year"
And you gave sS tothe ward MANI"
Yes, / gave II to Ward man Lang
that same evening. His was in an en-
velope, and we gave him a New Years
card, too"
Did Not want the Present.
"Did you see Capt. Strauss after
"Yes, about two days afterward I met
him In the street, and he told me he did
come up to the station and take tho
What did YOU say to that?"
81 told him that the present was given
and that he must keep It,: We did not
want to take II back. He said. all
right and went away"
did you ever get back your $lOo?
mo. sir. But. l beg pardon, said the
witness. at was only for little New
Years present. 1t was not for protec-
tion. We only wanted to show our good
WY YOU aS' say say yon gave the sa5 to Ward
Man Lang, yourself?'
He didn't decline the present, did
"oh, no. He took 1T and thanked me
The money given to the police was
always put In an envelope.
The next witness was Frank Clark,
mll1la-aRpI with ClOgely CrODDpd
hair.
Going Back to War Days.
Were you in New. York during the
war;" asked Mr.. Goff.
YES. sir. and before; from 1869 to
.'.,Wha, was was your occupation then7"
" In connection with a game?"
Yes. at Prince and Mercer streets.
The place was known as the " Old Cen
erals. l was dealer of the game, which
was faro, for four or five years.
"I boarded around the corner with a
clergyman, Rev. y. =. Wild, and told
s% Sy SaS the hree men hf
Moore, John Franklin and Cunningham"
Clarke said that Central Office detec-
tives frequently came around to collect
money at the Generals"
Among those were Radford, Dusen-
berry, Kelso. afterwards Superintendent; !;
Lilley and others. The place paid 500 a
week to the detective.
81 some times used to give the money.
whjchewas always put up In an envelope.
and sometimes the barkeeper would pass
1t out. There were no ward men then, all
the business was done from Police Head
quarters"
Among the frequenters OF the Gen
as Dutch ob,e Heinrich; hsll
Mcs Gnm An MHSss tSsse people eaE sed
to leave their money there for the police.
and the Central Office men would come
around every week and get 1t.
HIS Career of Vice.
After 1865 Clark says he went West,
worked Mississippi steamboats, ana
swindled generally till 1878, when he came
bunco and Monte games with Parmely
In the Fourth Ward. Parmely had four
Monte, games in. various parts OF the
Wards. principally in Chatham street,
Mr. Con wanted to know II this was
not known as the sawdust game.
"Oh. no." replied the witness.
cor the green-goods business|
NO Bunco is played with closet"
Buneo Game Described.
Clark then described the well-known
bunco game. which was worked upon
strangers In the city. Two men were
name -getter and tn, other the
"steerer" The latter would bring the
victim or guyinto the joint on some pre-
text or other where there would be a
lottery game going on. Money would
pass between the bunco man and the
steerer. and at last the victim would be
interested in the game.
I'VE had to lay aside half of all we
got for the police" said Clark, ito be
prepar red for 'squealers.' These were
victims who would 20 to the police and
complain"
THE ward men would come around
with the squealer' usually, and the place
would he changed so that the victim
could not recognize the room.
"The wardmen would usually scare the
victim into leaving town, and would take
him to the station and pay for his ticket
out OF town The ward men would al
ways charge us extra for these expenses.
They got half anyway OF what we got
out OF the guy"
Sometimes, the witness said. they
would get a dozen or more victims n
day. The man who stayed in the joint
and looked out for the ward men when
they brought In squealers. was known as
the trailer" There was also mar
around usually to scare the victim after
he was fleeced, so as to make him leave
town quickly. and keep him away from
the police.