The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-12-22

speaker went on.
AT the conclusion of Colonel Dryden's
| argument, ex-CongresSman Champ
Clark took the floor and spoke with his
famous eloGuence for three hours.
| When ne had finished the case was Civ
en- TO the jury which reached verdict
without the waste Of much time.
IN CITY OF bIsosHERLY LOVE.
Senatorial Commission Bringing Out
Wrong la Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Dec 21.-The senatori-
al investigating committee yesterday
| resumed its inquiry into charges OF po-
| lice corruption and !neficiency.
Considerable testimony was given
regarding alleged police protec-
ton 10 the notorious houses run by
Nellie Raymond and Lottie Stanton on
Race street and by other proprietresses
| on other streets, and specific charges OF
| police extortion were made by a couple
| Of women, one of whom swore that she
| had been in the habit of paying Off
! GERS in the Eighth district privilege
money" which enabled her TO ply her
trade on the streets unmolested. She
| testified that she would pay the money
on the streets in amounts of about 81
| a time.
! There was a considerable stir in the
audience when Catharine Mccain was
! called, and a rather prepopessing young
/ woman took the stand. She stated that
! she now lived in the rear of No GIG
| Vine street, but had formerly lived at
| No. 42S Garden street, in the Eighth
| district. She admitted that the police
had demanded money of her, but that
| she had never given them more than a
| dollar at a time.
when would they demand this mon
| ey and where?" asked Mr.. Petit.
They would come to me on the street
at night
"Can you name the officers that have
demanded money Of you?"
yes, sir; Officers Wheeler, Lovett,
| Ellinger and Mike Hurst
Where did You generally walk at
night?"
well. Garden street. and Ninth
street, and Callowhill street"
There are a good many other girls
along the same street, are there not?"
do those girls have to pay in the
| same way?"
II could not say about that never
heard them say anything about it; but
if you do say anything about it they
seem afriad to talk about it,
Did you ever have any girls with
you that had to give up any money!"
me and she asked me If il would be ad-
visable to go out, and I told her she
could suit herself. She did go out and
just after she made a dollar the police
man came up TO her and she had to give
1t TO the policeman instead Of giving It
to me-
What do they call that. when they
ask you for money? What do they
ask you?"
well. they say: Well. can't you buy
me a cigar?' or something of that kind"
when do they do this?"
While we are walking along the
street.
They call It money for privileges
don't they?"
That is what we call It."
And the privileges are that you
can stop people along the street and
speak TO them. and Solicit?"
''Yes. sir; but they told US not TO stop
anybody in front OF them, but 70 walk
on when they were around, as there
might be somebody watching them"
Have they ever arrested you?"
"Only once-Mike Hurst"
"Howdid he come 10 do that?"
"Well, he stood beside me when I
came out of the house with a friend.
This was the first time 1 had ever seen
him. l went up 70 him and gave him A
dollar After that I went in the house
and stayed there a few minutes, and
when / came out, my friend. who was
with me. said: Let's 50 get something
TO eat and we walked across the street
and this officer. Mike Hurst, came up
and said: You had better come along
with me- I asked him what for. and
my friend said: This is my wife and
the officer said: IF that is your wife you
can come 10 the station house, too, as
she has got 10 come with me
Did he take you TO the station
house,"
Yes. sir"
Were you discharged the next morn
ing?"
Three dollars and a half fine the
next morning. He swore that ne had
seen me solicit three n-en. He didn't
see me solicit anybody"
Are those officers stiu on the force
that you speak of"
Yes. sir: believe they are
Nellie Lester OF No. I10s Vine street.
but who formerly lived a. No. s14 Noble
street. where she said she rented rooms
20 girls, was the next witness.
In that street alongside - you. were
there other houses Of the same charac-
;er?- she was asked by Mr. Petit.
YES. sir; the most o. them"
did the police ever -nolest tke-n, o.
the people who lived in them?'
Not that know o.
did Chey ever molest you on the
strest?'
Yes SIR: Officer FllinCer asked M -
buy him as much as s25 worth % tick
cts I told him that would - unable
20 do that. hut might take a copule. and
he said: Why. take them s1d sell them
70 the girls n the house had five girls
IN the house st the time
Did you take the tickets
'No. sir. I didn't: but I told him .ha-
I would try 70 take a couple ct dollars
worth q them He kept OF dlnE-dpzC-
ing a me 20 buy than. and would 10:
do Il hut told him would ery - take
q copuls, but he arrested ms O. a Satur-
day night L was OF Wednesday night
previous that ne sske5 ne he last tiE-le
- buy the tickets When ne arrests.
-,e I was standing O TIE doorstep and
hadr't gone ont yet tust rad nv
wrappa- or Ee took M % - ths sta
ton house. and the next morning I was
fined SIS 1or solici-inE OF ths stree p
He arrested me seven o. eight ss-aes.
One time was looking ont % the gate
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