The evening world., 1894-08-17
MRS. SANFORD
ON The RACK.
Nervous and Irritable Under
a Fire Of Questions by
Lawyer Hess.
BUT She STICKS T0HER STORY.
Perjury Before the Le1ow Com
mittee, but the Truth
Now.
ANOTHER CAPTAIN FOR TRIAL.
Byrnes Has Preferred Charges,
but the Victims Name
Is Unknown.
ANOTHER CAPTAIN FOR TRIAL.

The Police Commissioners always set
the early hour of 10 o'clock for the trials
now going on before them, but nobody
liz in II hurry, and 1t IL usually an hour
or more later when the contention really
resumes.
President Martin looked when he ar
rived at Police Headquarters this morn
ing as II he had been laboring hard In
sorting out the testimony of the three
witnesses, and had had a hard time d.
viding 1t into five parts. with each word
in Its proper parcel.
Frederick u. House is responsible for
the remark that If 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 five defendant
police officers in its proper pace, never
mixing or confusing 1t. they will es-
tabiish the fact that they possess re-
tentive memories and order OF mind
which relegate maud, the phenomenal
lightning calculator. and his mental
blackboard to the commonplace.
In the five concurrent trials three wit
nesses had been sworn when the trial
was adjourned last evening.
One OF them, Katie Schubert. had
given positive testimony that she paid
money several times into the hands of
capt. Deyery, Capt: Cross. Inspector
McLaughlin, Ward Man dlennon, Ward
next, Mrs, Rhoda Sanford. "a widow,
testified that she never saw Capt.
Devery, but had paid money into the
hands of Devery's Ward man, Glennon,
TO Ward Man Burns and to Capt Nc
Llughlin. She had not yet testified in
Capt. Cross's fifth of the trial. The third
witness testified In confederation of Mrs.
Sanford, that she was an inmate Of her
''parlor house, "a Bayard street, and
that 1t and the other places In that
block did business openly, the doors. al
hours round, and without locks. bolts or
bars for the nine months she lived there
during Capt. DeVerys command, and
that the police never interfered with
Mrs. sanfords examination was to 60
on to-day in the trial of Capt. Cross
and his edward man, George Smith,
porariiy" for that purpose.
AS before, Capt. Devery was not pres
| ent. a police surgeon and his two pri-
vate physicians alleging on affidavit
| that ne is too Ill and is mentally UNIT
to conduct his defense. And. as before.
Devery's edward man, Edmund Glen
| non, though present In the trial room
| %
Martin, denies his legal presence there
| on the ground that he is unable to se-
cure the presence of Capt. Dcvery, his
most important witness,
As before, the lawyer for each OF the
| accused officers protests against the
suspension Of one trial and the resump-
| ton OF another, and as before. the Com,
miss!oners rule on every motion and n;
Francis l.. Wellman, directs, and the
| lawyers for the defense AFFECT to be In
high glee each time at what they de-
| clare to be improper and unlawful rul-
ings of the Board, which, they say,
Will give them ii sure thing when they
| apply to the courts ON Writs or GER
ward men reinstated to the, force. All
agree that the result OF these trials
is a foregone conclusion.
They all agree that Capts. Devery and
Cross and Ward Men Glennon, Smith
and Burns are slated to be broken and
dismissed from. the Police Department.
| The men on trial are, therefore, moi
losing sleep. They say Goastiuliy that
Christmas. and will draw frll pay FOL
the five months spent In enforced yaCa'
ton. They add that election will bt
over then. and the Commissioners viii
not object to their reinstatement.
| OF course, the accused who expect L
be broken base their hopes OF reinstate
ment on technical grounds, on the sup
posed errors OF the Commissioners, bu
ofrenses charged against them, too.
After Mrs. Sanford had for the hfti
time told her name, age. social statu;
aud other items OF pedigree she testified
to-day that Ward Man George Smith
HON she Identified, called on her be
tween May Is and July ID, 1882.
] He said: You are very dark here
replied: Yes; you know, | am doing n,
business Then he said Wei, you car
light up a little.
ri had been raideI May 10 by Capt
Cross. My case was up July 10 l wa
fined so. | asked GlennOn how long /
was going to last He said he dldn
know. He would let me know later.
as they had got me out OF trouble, an'
| saw Glennon on the street. nodded I,
him TO come. He came up and ] said
| L am ready for you now.
Il had 800 in bills spread out across
my bosom lie had said sonnet hini
which made me know that 500 was Sc
uired When he took the money h.
ssid nothing about IL, only that 1
would be $50 thereafter"
| TAt famous brown-covered accoun
book was shown TO Mrs. Sanford, an
she identified the entry wv. NJ.
800" as the entry made by her July IL
1892 when she paid Ward Man Smith
and meant ward man. $500"
The Item was explained by Mrs. San
ford. one OF oct, 10, 1892, C., $50
meant Captain, SO"
"The entry was made BY. jim. IN
: man" said Mrs. sanford. HE Is dead
lie made the entries as ! directed whe
couldn't md my speetacles.
Charles A. Hess. brother OF the Re