New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-27

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MEEHAN on THE STAND
that there not dsorasTly hou.e in the pre-
not nun openly as Mrs Thuraw,s MY
NJ aoDr 1 HI man compIants against that
house? Were not petitions signel by forty rel
complaints against that house. man named Rein.
who was 70 YOU yesteri lay. low-iown fellow.
has stirred ny hat question As soon AS the GILL
o-Dd you repor, the case to the Superintendent
90 Inspector Villains, Al ail not, ,...,
used 10 go by the hoqse ana say TO 'hem WIN
her to testify tina; sent the money to her.
Mr. Osborne looked ny exceedingly surprised Il
NJ wellman Tha' IS not an,worIns my qne,s'iion.
Did you hear that testimony A-fes. h'ArI H.
THE GIRLS WOULD RUN"
O-Is It true 40 It IS false. couldn't get
near those girls They would when they
coming
Q.-wasn't the nigh, Of the girls when YOU
pcarel evidence Of the character Of the hou"~' A.
suppose IL was
tendent? 4 Then / would have hai 90 report Al
mos, every house in ,he lower part ~ my precinct
OF you that they would run when they -Aw you com
the tenement houses who would.
Mr.. Weilman-That VIII 10.
Mr. Fromme then began redirect examination
AMI asked Captain Doherty to explain all about the
| circumstances connected with the raid upon ne
house in East Thrieeath-st tn" Captain described
his efforts 20 get evidence against ~" house IN de-
tail. In The midst OF his explanation rel-hlirei.
thickset young man came In and spoke - Mr..
Wellman. That's REIN exclaimed Captain DO
herty. "Td Ike 70 get you on the stand
Mr. Fromme-Thai would.
Mr. Wellman-We don't object II YOU will call
him
Then Mr. Fromme brought ont some denials OF
Mrs Thurows testimony in the following fashion
Q-Mrs Thurow testified tina; she met YOU one
day after you had returned from n clam chowder AT
Staten Island and had an interview with you at the
hogss nov ~ you cVsf NV ne
Odd you have the interview with Mrs. Thurow
about which she testified? A.-No
This finished the captains testimony
Mr. Fromme then offered several rules OF the Po-
lice Department in evidence After he had finished
reading he said Il call for Inspector Alexander
s. Williams"
INSPECTOR WILLIAMS SWORN.
There was a wait Of few minutes and then In
specor Williams came IN and was sworn. lie was
questioned by Mr.. Fromme about the general char
acter OF Captain Doherty. Mr.. Wellman objected
to the admission OF this testimony but after there
had been some wrangling Mr. Wellman withdrew
his objection 10 time.
After preliminary questions had be"n
answered Inspector Williams said that ne had
known Captain DOherty FOR twenty-three years. The
captain had been under the witness in the Police
Department for some time and the Inspector had
never had any fault 10 find with him.
II always found him" he said. ''n his precinct
attending to duty he was truthful and continually
putting forth efforts suppress violations OF the
law. His character good knew him in vari-
Gus positions and he always seemed to do his duty
Mr. Wcllman had no questions 10 ask anu the IN
spector allowed TO
Captain Doherty was recalled by Mr.. Fromme. and
said. IN to questions from him. mat ne had
known Mr.. Fromme for long time and had been in
the Office Of Fromme Brothers on legal business
many times before the present trouble began. The
significance OF this testimony was not clearly
obvious
In answer 10 further questions by Mr.. Wellman
Captain Doherty denied that he was ever at the
station house between the hours OF ana In the
evening. At the particular time In which Mrs
Thurow had testified she paid money to captain
Dohcrty he testified that his family was in Europe
and he was in the habit Of walking through the
precinct after supper and was not at the station
house.
"Oh. your family travelling in Europe?"
queried Mr.. Wellman.
NO" retorted the captain holly my family
rented a furnished house over there for seventeen
months for which they paid SIS month"
THE CAPTAIN ENRAGED.
The s,ggestiveness Of Mr.. Wellman's question en-
ragged the witness. While Mefsrs. Fromne ana
Grant were pouring In shower Of objections cap
tain Doherty broke out vIcously to Mr. Wellman:
you are a.
Hush hushr' broke in the captains counsel ana
he I'D not finish the sentence
"Oh lc, him go on" said Mr.. Wellman. The has
called everybody csc names: let him finish up
with me"
The witness did not say any more. however, ana
Commissioner Murray took up the thread OF the
proceeding In this way:
O-You knew this Thurow woman well, dd you
~ cantaln? Ayes; / raided her In lsy2 III per
o.,.,o,a nam. ~
uSrv Hitler when she was taken TO the station
IN, you wrote to the real estate agent mat
80 ,ame was Thurow, didn't you? Al was not
sure what her name was az 'hat t'"e' "'"'' u
afterward. . 49,, 49,, ,ru,,or ,ya. "a dc-
,,,rous name when she was taken 10 COURT Al
did not go 10 court ~,
There was some testimony in the same me
and then the captain was excused MT. "e"iha"