The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-17
MRS. SANFORD
ON The RACK.
Nervous and Irritable Under
q Fire Of Questions BY
Lawyer Hess.
BUT She STICKS 1OHER STORY.
Perjury Before the Le1ow Com
mittee, but the Truth
Now.
ANOTHER CAPTAIN FOR TRIAL.
Byrnss Has Preferred Charges,
but the Victims Name
Is Unknown.

The Police Commissioners always set
the early hour of 10 o'clock for the trials
now going on before them, but nobody
Is in a hurry. and 1t Is usually an hour
or more later when the contention really
resumes.
President Martin looked when he ar
ing as II he had been laboring hard in
sorting out the testimony of the three
witnesses. and had had q hard time d.
viding 1t into five parts. with each word
in It's proper parcel.
Frederick B. House Is responsible for
the remark that II the four Commits
sioners can succeed In partitioning of
their minds into five separate compart-
ments. and depositing the testimony
given against each of the Ave defendant
police officers in Its proper pace. never
mixing or confusing 1t, they will es-
tab.ish the fact that they possess re-
tentive memories and order Of mind
which relegate maud. the phenomenal
lightning calculator. and hls' mental
blackboard to the commonplace.
In the fve concurrent trials three wit
nesses had been sworn when the trial
| was adjourned st evening.
One Of them. Katie Schubert, had
given positive testimony that she paid
money several times into the hands OF
Capt CAP d RSe,Xeryy , Capt; cross. INSPECTOR
Man smith and Ward Man Burns. Tine
next, Mrs. Rnoda SANFORD. a widow.
testified that she never saw Capt.
Devery. but had paid money into the
to ward Man Burns and TO Capt. Nc
Laughlin. Sne had not yet testified in
capt. Crvss's tiftn of the trial. The third
witness testified in confederation of Mrs.
sanford. tina, sne Mas an ilnlate OF ner
"parlor house." "A Bayard street, and
tnat. 1t and the otner places in tnat
block did business openly. the doors al
ways on the swing the twenty-four
hours round, and without locks, bolts or
bars for the nine months she lived there
during Capt; Devery's command. and
that the police never interfered with
Mrs. Sanford's examination was to 20
| on to-day In the trial Of Capt. Cross
nd other ms irs bens GsSrs 1a
porariiy" for that purpose.
AS before, Capt. Devery was not pres
ent. a police surgeon and his two pri-
ya.e physicians =, alleging on aEdavi!
| TO conduct his defense. And, as before,
| Devery's EDWARD man, Eomund Glen
| non. though present in the trial room
on the oroers OF his superior. President
Martin. denies his legal presence there
on the ground that ne Is unable to Sc
cure the presence OF Capt Devery. his
most important witness an, A.,
| accused officers protests against the
suspension OF one trial and the resump.
| ton OF another. and as before. the Com,
every objection Just as their counsel,
Francis l.. Wellman. directs. and the
| lawyers Tor the defense affect to be In
high glee each time at what they de-
/ ~ IN ha m n w I'll l.
| ings OF the Board, which, they say.
| will give them a sure thing when they
apply to the courts on writs OF Ger.
tiorari to have the deposed captains and
ward men reinstated to the force. All
agree that the result OF these trials
IS a foregone conclusion.
cross and Ward Men Glennon' Smith
and Burns are slated to be broken anG
dismissed from. the Police Department.
The men on trial are, therefore. no
they will be back In their uniforms BY
Christmas, ana will draw fJ.l pay fol
the Ave months spent In enforced yaca
ton. They add that election will b
| over then, aid the Commissioners vii
not object to their reinstatement.
or course. the accused who expect t
be broken base their hopes OF relnstate
ment on technical grounds. on the sup
posed errors OF the Commissioners, BIZ
they all proclaim their innocence of tn,
offenses charged against them. too.
| After Mrs. SANFORD nad Tor the nftf
time told her name, age, social statu
and other items of pedigree she testified
to-day that Ward Man George Smith
HON she Identified, called on her be
tween May l6 and July l6, 1892.
] He said: You are very dark here
replied; Yes; you know, ] am doing n
business Then he said; Wei. you car
II had been raided May 16 by -Ca2t
Cross. Ny case was up July l6 l wa
lined $50. l asked G!ennon how long /
was going to last. tie said he dldn'
know. He would let me know .ater.
80 when my case was over July l6
rs they had got me out OF trouble, an'
saw Glennon on the street. nodded t
MIN to come. He came up anu / saiu
1 am ready for you now.
II had $500 in bills spread out acros
my bosom. He had said something
which made me know that $500 was re
uired. When he took the money h
said nothing about IL, only that 1
| WOO be $50 thereafter"
| IL famous brown-covered accoun
boo. was shown to Mrs. Sanford. an
she Identified the entry wv. NJ
$780," as the entry made by her July II
1892, when she paid Ward Man Smith
and meant ward man. 500.
The item was explained by Mrs. San
meant "captain, $50"
man" said Mrs. SANFORD. "He is deat
He made the entries as directed whe
couldn't md my spectacies."
Charles A. Hess. brother of the 81