The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-16
She PAID
DEVERY'S man.

| fContinusd rom F'r1 Pnqe.)
always had a chain on the door, and
only let In old customers.
| II opened my doors to everybody in
OF 1893. Capt. 6every came into that
precinct on Feb. %, 1899. kept open all
through 1893, except in August, when
Ward Man Glennon gave me orders to
keep closed. Glennon said the Captain
busnes SO done 80 f0 dd
on the quiet through the basement.
Afraid Of Parkhurst.
the time, and ! did business on the
| quiet all Summer after that"
Mrs. Sanford said she had never seen
Capt. Devery. but Glennon visited her
shortly after Devery took command.
He asked to see the madame. |
saw him. He said he wanted to see
me privately. 80 ! took him up to my
tain's man. I suppose you know what I
am after.
II said, Yes: how much Is IT?
y said. Amt that a good deal?'
He said. You know Devery isn't like
| the other Captain. lie doesn't pull the
house first. He don't do business tina /.
II told him didn't have $500, but could
give MIN part OF II. | gave him 500"
Al this point Mr.. Wellman held up the
SO famous, and asked about 1t.
THAT is my account book. kept ac-
count Of what money made in the house
when ] paid money to the ward man for
the Captain. The book was stolen from
me by man who pretended he wanted to
90 into partnership with me In the
was summoned before the LeXow Com
mittee. When | saw 1t ] tainted away"
Before the Lexow Committee Mrs
Sanford pointed out bennett, the de-
tective OF the Parkhurst Society, as the
man who stole her book
When paid money to the Captain, !
| put down a CSC much. When j paid
Il to the ward man. I put down either
| w. M or w. s. meaning ward man
or Ward Man Smith," said Mrs. San
ford.
But she testified that she never paid
any money TO Devery In person, the c
entries being during the captaincy Of
other captains.
"Officers. 81 AMI the like. Apparently
Mrs Sanford was worked as a good
thing not only by the Captain and the
ward man, but by everybody else in the
She had paid siOO to Glennon prior to
the demand for $500 On April there
was an entry. w NJ, 500" along with
Next door to me was Charles Prien' 8
parlor-house. He had dozen girls, and
his place and mine were wide open
| twenty-four hours round"
Eight Houses on a Block.
There were eight such houses in our
block"
Defendant Glennon. having silently
| negatived the question whether he de-
| sired to cross-eXamine Mrs. Sanford. the
woman was sworn again for the trial Of
ex-Ward Man Burns, which was re-
sumed for that purpose.
| Mr.. House objected pro forma.
Failed to Identify Burns.
The woman again testified that she
was widow, &c. and then testified
against Burns as follows:
About week after l bought the
house. "a Bayard street. Feb. II, 1892,
Ward Man Burns came to see me. He
was stout man. with a heavy brown
10 and pick out Officer Burns" said
Burns, by instruction of MIR. House
had kept his seat in the back part OF
the room along with many c. other L Pc
up one aisle and down the other. scan
Ming every face, but selected no one.
90 through again, slowly. madam,
added Everybody stand up"
Every man in the room arose, and thu
woman passed through the room again
but did not Identity Burns. although tn,
ever flushed, his attitude strained anc
his expression apprehensive.
A third time Mrs. Sanford tried to fine
and Burns looked as II he was abou
to collapse. But the woman put he
hand on Burns's neighbor and said:
This man looks more like him thai
"Come up, officer" shouted Friend fl
high glee.
said: I'm no officer, and don't wan
to be-"
The man said he was Francis Conlin
OF $50 East Fourth street. Wellman sal
. he closely resembled Burns, but the onl
/ resemblance, according to Mr.. Friend
was that both wore mems clothes, an
both wore a mustache. Conlin had bee
dark, but his head was a little bald an
his hair and mustache streaked wit
gray. while Burns had q horid face, fiery
red hair and mustache.
. The witness had said that she though
Burns was little taller and littl
more forid than the man." and appaI
emily the Commissioners considered tn
, Identification sufficient.
Mclaughlin Implicated.
, Mrs. Sanford said that when Burn
! called on her he said he came from Cap
. for the Captain. When she objected
Burns told her she ought to conside
. herself lucky, as other captains woul
: exact $500. She testified also that sh
! paid s25 the next month to Burns, In az
= cordance with an arrangement made a
!. the first meeting. The woman said sh
( kept no books at this time nor at tn
. start of her business.
= Mrs. Sanford said that one OF the II
ducements held out to her and which IL
!. fuenced her to buy the house "a BayaI
4. street was that there was no CAPITAL
to bleed her In that precinct Capt Ca
= sidy having, Just died, and she was sadl
? disappointed when Burns came on wit
. the demand for $500 for Capt. McIaugl
!. lin.
She may explain later what her fee
Z ings were when Capt. Cross's allege
: agents mulcted her for $500 few weel
. later, and Capt. Devery's man got $500
y little later. as she has alleged.
Mr.. House prefaced his cross-examini
!, ton OF Mrs. Sanford with a motion
Z strike out all her testimony again
= Burns on the ground that she had fail.
q to Identify Burns This was denied.
To Mr.. House Mrs Sanford related Il
story OF her career. In 1887 she gave I
keeping a clearinghouse and BEGAN
housekeeper at $50 Wooster street G
snlnrN from Mrs Never. the madam