New-York tribune., 1899-06-08
CAPTAIN PRICE RECALLED.

NEVER TRIED TO FIND OUT BACKER OF
POLICY SHOPS IN HIS PRECINCT.
n Ubo ,s the suspected backer of policy In your
precinct? Al don't know
Odd you ever try 10 find out? A-No. never
had any occasion to- -.
Did YOU talk with anybody ABOUT i'
A-No don't know that ever did.
Odd you ever hear OF any suspected pohcy
pIaces in your precinct? Ayes.
n vou heard OF suspected policy places In
vour precnct why didn't you try to ma OUT VINO
backs them7 A.-Because IL there Is such thing
az policy In New-York. the drawings taxing place
IN Columbus and Louisville, Ky, the oacker evil
dar,iv ,s Of a National character, and not OF a
local character.
O-You think that hackers OF policy are not resi-
dents OF the city OF New-York? Al don't know
ouoye you any idea on the subject? Al have
not only from hearsay.
Odd you ever hear Mr. Adamss name con-
nected with it? Al cid
o-Do YOU Know Mr. Adams? Al DO.
o-Do YOU know him Intimately? A.-No
n Have YOU ever endeavored 10 ind out whether
Mr Adams was connected with Il? A.-By asking
him?
o-In any way? A.-No.
O-Why not? A.-Because 1t was none OF my
business.
o-Whv not. when you are the commanding on
cor ~ your precinct? Al never heard anybody
cot who asserted that "Al" Adams was the backer
Of policy
O-Have you ever heard that the numbers are
brought into the city TO the ferries. and carried
into the districts by runners; have you heard
that? Al have not heard II, and don't believe IT,
because I think n anything they will do It by tele-
phone.
O-Is there a telephone in eachApolicy shop? A
I don't know OF a policy shop in my precinct. and
II you do tell me where they are.
Mr. Moss-Srike thnt out.
Q-Who is the suspected hacker Of poorooms In
your precinct? A.-You have been lately.
Mr. Moss-Strike that out.
Q-Answer the question. Al don't know.
Q-Have you tried to find out7 Ayes
Q-How have you tried? A-By instructng my
men on post. In uniform and In citizens clothes to
enter In every place where IT is suspected that
there is a pool sold and where there is a sporting
or stock ticker In any establishment where there
Is liability OF being a so-caled poolroom.
THE BACKER IN LAW
Q.-How would that aid you to find out who backs
these places? A.-Whoever would take the money
o-You had a case in No. "A West Twenty-ninth-
ST. where a man arrested and held for trial
what have you done to find out who was the
backer OF that poolroom. Ale was the hacker
In law who took the money.
Q.-who was he? Al cannot give his name
Q-You say he the hacker In law? A
Yes.
Q.-Do you know whether ne was the hacker
In fact7 Ayes. when he takes the money he Is
the hacker
Q-Have you not thought It possible that the
man at the desk taking the money was only AN
cmploye? A.-No: there IL no desk
Q-Where was this that took the money!
Al only know from what the officer told me.
Q-What did he tell your Alt Ia on the
plotter what he told me
Q.-i want your recollection7 Al am going
10 answer from the records
OIL your recollection. Ayes
Q.-Give your recollection about what your
oficer told you? Aha told me he entered the
place-one OF the several oicefs had sent there
and that he placed. II I recoilsct right. 81 on q
horse on a race to be run In San Francisco Tho