New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-05
RR1REs FOR GERRY AGENTS.


BRIBES FOR GERRY AGENTS.
ODD you hear that other houses in your ,'es"'
horbood were paying money TO the Gerry men! a
w.. ,hey we're all paving money to them Mrs
Iesterneld of No. 33is Stanton-st. paid rlhh anu
Recker SIS on the day | arrested sent her
o9~n 90 Ypn hear people make afidavits before
CAPTAIN Cross that they had paid money 70 w vas
Gerry men? A-ies; penhy O. Cross had letter
from Burns telling Captain Cross that had peer oeen
tain Gross ought to protect me The captain Iepnedd
that had been arrested by the Gerry men ann ,ha
M rouble said thought could get out of it by y
paying the Gerry men Capan nade n meet Finn
and Becker net them on On men sr We're arrested
,he money to tne aH e was not tried and
went to Captain Cross and tod him ne ous e,,s2
have sent ma na, beIn It. Becker was the fahern-
law Of Jenkins. the superintendent Vi III" '
The witness then told of how Captain Cross had i
Informed her that she could not Keep p'a'e IL HIS
precinct She went to Newark ~ D.
SILVER DOLLARS" STRONG 'INFLoOENCE'
Glow did you get along over there? Al kept
a lager beer saloon. and 1t was pu'ied e's". 90
after went over there. | was fined and toFo!uce'
70 omen my place again Then | came to New ork
and saw Captain Cross. and told him about my
trouble He said ne would see what he could 40
for me. Then ne sent ward man to silver Dor
lar Smith. and tod Smith he wanted TO see MN
n W. back TO NeWdIH anu ''''''' '''
lar" smith called on me with Head Detective Cos
GROVE Of Newark smith ;o.d Cosgrove that Cap
TAN cross him. and that the poce IN iSewain
were his friends. and that he coud get M Si,b
In ANYTHING for him he wanted them To- smith
told Cosgrove that the police OF Newark must pro,
,ecf me When / went % court, AFTER ma, 1he
police said a mistake had been made. and was nof
bothered any more. Then the man WIN whom
uy,d died and had 10 give UP the pace
TRIED TO PACK HER OFF TO EUROPE.
The witness then told Of seeing Ward Man Burns
A srnfs sei
send her 20 Europe and give her SIS II she would
not appear 10 testify in court She refused the
O Now. did YOU meet any this morning
who tried to induce YOU not 70 appear nefe M M.
Yes this morning In Grani,', car mo poi i,c
force DO not know his nam DoTns bro Drouf inr
s,, Sr 1S my r. PMS vs R" cnon F~n nis mothe
| think He said TO me: Now. II you gel sum
p% G"i 20 40 At not 5n 30 f to PoS cadauartrs and
Inspector Mclagghin. vi Hc !%''i arrange eVery'h"s
re witness sai that shc hal pal a, least $500
!eaving the witness stand Nj Coz said she was
senator Bradry-ilave you ever been in the Kings
Mr. CON pleaded not guilty. a.
-tgn S Gp over ome Of the doors which reads The
way o mt r. s6SSS Is re,94e Mr. con- that
there are SOM men holding high oiical positions
IN this city who are wei acquainted with the INSIDE
OF that same JAN - ,..,, .
den Of m. Jefferson Market Pocs court JAN ii,
Is A typical Tammany "hee.er. and toIg1"r and
How Is your friend Dave Pend~r?" ,skei Nj.
Con by way o; introduction.
He was all right the last time saw him. was
'hS r PS then learned that Ledwl,h had gone to
Blackweii's island 10 see Pender who is in he
Workhouse. abou. some testimony given by Ap.
his own ''violltlon' he said because h. friend
u Detective Han.ey. He wanted to .Psnl,r te-
fore any one else him and II NJ would
tell the same story that Appegate had told
BRIBERY AT JEFFERSON MARKET
Mr. Con wanted to know II the city paid him
for going over TO Baclwells Island help De-
tectve Hanley. The best reply he had to make
was tina, the city did not expect to have his
services for twenty-four hours every day Then
MIR. Gon wanted to know who the favorite law
yer was at jefferson Market Court Il; the present
time The witness pleaded ignorance on that point
and said there no faVorite. Mr. Goff asked II
he was not aware OF the fact that certain lawyers
supposed to be closed for the night;
Not to my knoweage.' was The reply.
fact Would you not Al nigh, not / cann not
tell what What takes place when am not there,
for what goes on are YOU not? A~Yes; but Mr..
Counsellor As a reasonable man. you cannot ex-
pcct me TO know what goes on in my absence.
o.-Will you swear YOU never heard that certain
night; Al heard 1t for the first time about ten
days ago.
oh You have heard IT, then: what did YOU
do Al called the keepers together and read
them what / call the riot act. The keepers al
denied that anything OF the Kind had taken place.
Q.-Dd You make any further INQUIRIES to prove
the truth tasty Of the rumor? A.-No
Q-Nhat' YOU did not even ask the lawyer whose
name hal been mentioned whether or not he had
been In the prison A.-No, the keepers all de-
MED l.. 80 what could do?
Q.-You knew. did you not. that. II the keepers
had allowed anything OF this kind. they had prob
ably been paid FOR f. by those who received the
favors. in other words, that they had been
bribedr A-Yes; | suppose so.
Q.-And yet YOU allowed this charge Of bribery
to go by without even making report to the Com
missoncrs OF Charities and Correction? Ayes;
! did think II seriods charge
This finished the testimony OF the day. and Mr..
Con said the counsel had to work so hard III pre-