The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-16
FOUGHT FOR
Her BOOK.
Police Trials Close for the DaI
with Something Like
a Sensation. 4
4 SUBPOENA FOR WELLMiM|
Defense Want to See the Account
of Mrs. Sanford Showing the
Bribery Entries. 4
SHE ADMITS THAT she LIED
Fooled the Lexow COMMITTEES, ~
Now Makes Wholesale Charges
Of Exterior.
SHE ADMITS THAT she liEn

The concurrent trials OF two polic@
captains and three former precinct do@
tectives, with all their Complications
were resumed before President Martf1
and Commissioners Murray. ShecharI
and Kerwin. at Headquarters. thu
morning.
Trying five defendants all together d
novel proceeding. and were 1t done N
court OF law without the consent a.
the accused It would result in failure
for 1t would be contrary to law.
But In the cases now on trial thu
two captains and three edward moI
are not oo-defendants. Capt. peverI
and his old ward man, Edward 0len|
non. are charged with one set Of of1
lenses Jointly: Capt. Cross and his en-
ward man, George Smith. are CHARGE
with an entirely different set OF a.
lenses Jointly. .lis. Vi S
Patrolman James Burns IL charxd
with third, and entirely different ~
of offenses. alleged to have been co..
mitted while he was ward mkh ,und@
Capt. McLaughIip In the Eidrid1|
to establish BY the same or nearly N
same. witnesses ~ appear against ~
other defendants. and one set Of rhare>
FOR offenses alleged to have been cor
mitted while Bdrps was under M
Laugh,ln In the First Precinct (ON
ship station), to be estabistied By ~
testimony o. another and entirely di<.
ferent set Of witnesses.
The commisslpners avoid the questio1
OF whether they have the right to tn
the I'VE together against their demand
for separate par , trials ~ swearing each W.
PENDANT, and announcing the suspension
Of one trial temporarily, at the taking uU
OF another uial-and this - q method
Would pet BE tSisrate o. n ana co oae
o. tsa Hard 10 Untangie.
To add to, The complication. one de-
PENDANT, Capt. william s. Dsvsry, y mon
present at his own trial, either In person
or by counsel. he being at home sufk<<-
ing with an alleged serious illnesA and
his lawyers, Abrafn I. Elkus aF{ Mr.
fed protest against the proceedings.
Then Devery's co-defendant. ex-War4
Man eleanor, refused to plead Or ~
tried tried on the ground that pevery Was
that he was, unable 70 secure Devery,@
presence because OF his II ness. and ax1
though Devery may not be Ill ~ fnr -
the Commissioners and his own trial r.
concerned. It is plain that In law Dex7
cry Is III, so far as Glennon 10 concefne6
But the complication does not end here
President Martin cautioned Glenuon
would be at his peril, and as Nsrtin e
Glennon's superior officer. 9iennon ~
mains in the trial room to avoid
charge Of disobedience. but refuses u
and Is. therefore. legally absent. Ard
his lawyers, Messrs. Friend 4 Houss.
are bodily present as counsel TOR Do
absent as counsel for Glennon, and re-
fuse to take any part In that nth OF the
concurrent trials that relates to Glenfon-
but are very much a,naIp present t. when dburns
II was II o'clock this morning wheE
Francis o. Wellman appeared at the
scene of trial. with Mrs. Rhoda San
Mr.. Weilman has said that two inn
portant witnesses, Charles Prien and
another disorderly-house keeper, wh1
tes,ifisd before the Lexow Sommittee.
and because Of this. he had taken the
pre- caution to send the others out 81
town TO a country hotel. where they
will enjoy vacation at the city's en-
pense.
shadOwing Detectives.
He sent detectives to keep track q
these slippery birds, and shadows q
did not fix" the witnesses In behalf az
the accused police officers. nor let the
witnesses escape. Then he sent other
shadows TO watch these shadows ana
the detectives, and make sure that all
OF them were pulling straight and true.
All efforts OF the various counsel 70
the several defendants to md out On
cross-eXamination where Katie Sch
bert had been kept by Mr.. Wellmou<
or where she and her alleged husband
were " living private" We're succsssfally
sloners ruling out the question,
Presumably Mrs. Sanford was fresh
from this rural retreat. She Is q stout
woman, past middle age, aud was
dressed In black, with black paRse-
msnterie and black trimming.
She was sworn first In the trial 81
Capt. Devery, and testified that she had
she had kept disorderiy. house. vita
sSaas Saas + First a s. and tSen * Z
MY house was raided May 10. lisa. b
Can't Cross" said the witness, land
closed up until September, Ny case was
settled in October. was mad.
but July ls got notice that could
aiways had chain on the door. ana
only let IN old customers. =
OF 1898. Capt. Deyery came into tha]
precinct on Feb. %. 1893 I kept open "a
through 1888, except In August, W1o@
Ward Man 0lennon gave me orders 10
keep closed. Gleunon said the Captain
wanted me 10 close. He could have =.
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