The sun., 1897-12-16


election. he was. elected Councilman from tho |
district.
Now, Mr. Engel." said the lawyer, this |
defendant in tho circular marked Exhibit A. |
charges you with being, q rank perjuror,ra |
blnckmailer. q stool pigeon, o tyrant, con- |
spirator, q professional bondsman for crooks, |
disorderly housckeepers, and prostitutes. and |
the leader Of the notorious Essex Market |
Gang. Arc any of these allegations truef'
mot one Of then." said Engol
"You have read the two pages and q half Of
detailed charges against you In tho body Of the |
pamphlet Are they true or falsei'.
ENTIRELY false" ''., .-' g..
"T,len you are immacuatef put in Mr.. NO |
Manus. .a !
whats thati" asked Engel of his lawyer.
'Never mind you are" said.Mr. Rosenthal.
Mr.. McManus took up the examination at
this point,
"Haye you ever boon on the bonds of disor-
deriy house keepersf'
Eight or ten during my career as politi.
Iiow 5 many dur during daSsIp the pest vo yoars
'"Have you ever been on the bond of keeper |
Of a house Of prostitution 3,
Have you ever been bondsman for prosti-
Eyes, for three or four"
In response 20 other questions Engel said that |
h had ON the 6onds OF
nies and misdemeanors:
They were all people II 5 the In SneIgh5orhoSdd nSd
larceny. and Phil, he's the sx-A1llsderman ~
60 % on tho OBJ bond nd Of a friend any time
SneS to this Ra1 in Ls
Engel with being professional bondsman. not
You've got no right to object to anything"
said the Magistrate. You put this man on the
ntnnd and you must take the consequences"
ns h M ask anySns Se s4
Never object to nothing; I'll make this gang
s Ensei % admitted It H that he had been on the bond
Ct one Charles Kramer tenant 1 n o. his tSe ,ra
witness had also as favor to friend Of bis,
EeIieved man who was on the s, bond @ Of one
ibid YOU ever get paid for going on tho bonds
sSsaI%ss Eass2 %I in%slgNSsns1y %sgNsnayy
He also denied that ho had ever made it &
prisoner should employ "a certain lawyer; When
asked II no hadn't once gone on the bond OF
Charles IS Smith better known as Silver Dollar
"oh, that was only an assault case; Say.
you amt onto this ,als District Dyou think wore
EnEel said that he was = member Of & the Mar, Mar
Tin Eng o sSe ca he had
DO You know Max Bierman. better known
Is Long Max, and supposed to be an ex-con-
HssT slo."
Wasn't he member Of your clubsi"
HE testified before the Lo1ow Committee
that he was, and said that a man couldn't be-
say, You read that in this circular Of Pfef-
fers. It's nonsense. ANY good Democrat can
hAlOnp to tho Martin EnReNs."
you testified before the Lexow Committee.
?"Say, that's another ono of the things in that
circular They say was as parkhSrst rns man;
All tsy aad
d'you want TO know why was theref Why,
th1s Pfeer here served ne with subpoena
alone'~to Lawyer Rosenthal-'Im not afraid
Of this bunch OF rubbish"
why, he's one of our election district cap:
tains. He e., was na,5 accused OF 'omo erime' and
'!Do YOU know Max Hochstiml
;.sure. he's another one of our election dis
tsiIe Was arrested TOO, wasn't her
on mere mere assault ssa, He's good captain;
When you came dHw1 FROM prs.,aG the Buffalo tho
fenEefe'9n an for steSlina wate% a and
II don't know anything about A..
BY this time there were fully fifty east side e
them. Hyman Rosenschoin, interrupted the pro,
ceedings by announcing that somebody had
up the end OF tho chain for inspection. No ono
tried to run away, and. after carefully looking
there wasn't anybody around he cared to ac-
cuse. The case went on.
One of the charges made against Engel In
Pfeffer's pamphlet was that he sold his dia-
mond stud to his cousin, and, a month later
eeye ne Ssa BegeT teans SaH @
Say said Engel when questioned about
this, this dream emanates from diseased
When asked about the Essex Market gang
Feferred to in the pamphlet and about the mem
he = made az - sighting remarks about .Engei after
resignine from the Engel Assosiation. also
existed, to his knowledge, a body OF men known
ss the Essex Market gang. lio used to a, know ~
never belonged TO either the Engel Association
cular about Enge was that the latter had as
paulted one Norris Cohn In 1894 because Cohn
Kim. Kim a The pamphlet set f forth that Enge after
being arrested sPirited Gohn away and thus
about t the matter. H, Why. TILED tic; to make
G g ns SR oras him se"s % so%
xGIdn't YOU 50 looking for cOhn for moI''
do You know Maurice Leei" Mr.. McManus
@'Eea ETerybedy Strengthened up at this question.
for they knew that an interesting part part Of The The
Circular said that Engel brutally assaulted
Lee and that tho latter; in self;defence. hit
his nose. Enyel said that he know Lee and
went on:
ed me In "a saloon at Hester and Chrystie streets
He banged me with an iron bar, and was in
the hospital for weeks. | was gwen up by tile
doctors three times, but finally pulled through
Lee aftcrward went to the insane asylum"
"Who treated your broken nosei'
"Dr. James Kelly"
ais il not q fact that you refused to pay hi
bill and that, when he sued you, your answe
was that the false nose he built for you was al
Irish nose instead of u Jew nose. aud that yol
Lost thousands of dollars worth OF your Jcy
trade as q resulti''
"That's what PfeHer says in that circular
bat il Amt so. DIR. Kelly never sued me- an
was paid for his work. lie Will testify TO that.
One by one Engel denied tho various stats
Asnts In tho -Pfefer pamphlet He dsnie