The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-08
THEIR MEMORIES WEAK
NEW YORK POLICEMEN KNEW LIT
TLE ABOUT GAMBLING RESORTS.
Captain Price Again Before the Mazet
to Appear in Police Court.

NEW YORK, June For several hours
to-day the Mazet investigating committee
sweltered and listened to testimony that
at no time produced startling or particu-
larly weighty statements. but just as the
committee was about TO adjourn for the
day a slight crash occurred between the
Mazeters and a court Of law. Subpoenas
were issued by Magistrate Olmstead and
served on the members and on the counsel
of the committee to attend the examina-
ton of Henry c. Henderson tomorrow
morning In the Center-street Police Court.
Henderson is Captain Prices counsel, who
was elected from the courtroom last week.
Mr.. Mazet Immediately said that the COM
mitteemen would not answer, as members
of the Legislature were not amenable to
ordinary subpoenas. Mr.. Hoffman differed,
saying that as the Legislature was not in
session there was no immunity. Mr.. Moss.
to smooth over matters said he would send
a note to Magistrate Olmstead asking that
the hearing be set for some time when 1t
would not interfere with the committee
work. as the committee itself stood ad-
journed until tomorrow morning.
The most important witness examined to-
day was Captain Price, and the main work
of the committee was in examining Price
and other witnesses in an effort TO show
that the police captain had not attended to
his duty as a police officer. Much Of the
same eDmity that was shown the COM
mittee by Price previous days was also
exhibited to-day, and the captain was
noticeably defiant and menacing in his at
titude toward Mr.. Moss. Once during the
proceedings Mr.. Moss tried to have Price
removed from the sitting because of an
insolent response he made to a question
from the committee. The committee yes
terday deprived Price of privilege of coun-
sci. and to-day ii required that If he wished
to put any questions to the committee he
must first reduce them to writing.
Other witnesses were examined to show
gambns houses we ee running in the Ten
derloin district without molestation from
the police. Captain Price denied that there
were any such establishments in the dis
trict and several other policemen pleaded
ignorance of their existence.
The committee to-day directed that on
tives Henderson and Gilligan be sent to the
Board OF Police Commissioners in order
that the board might order an institution
Both of the officers named were questioned
by Counsel Moss as to the existence Of pol
icy shops in the Tenderloin district, and
of such concerns. and that there is such a
person as AL Adams. commonly known as
the policy King, protested that they
neither knew the location of the one nor
where the other had his headquarters They
had suspicions. but not knowledge. De-
tective Giligan said he thought the Tender
loin was free from vice.
Policeman Patrick Curry furnished the
committee with list of places in the Nine
tcenth precinct where il was suspected pol
icy was played. This policeman did not
know what a gig was. Detective Tompkins
testified that in the last seven months he
had made 1,25O visits to p aces in the Tender
loin where gambling was suspected to be
going on, but no ground for arrests had
been found He, like the others, was dense
~ ignorant of policy and had very little
knowledge of other gambling games.
Captain Price was then called and ques-
toned about policy shops. Because the
drawings were made in Kentucky. he said.
In effect, the matter was not one that con-
cerned him as an officer of New York po-
lice. He denied that there was not pool
rccm In his precinct A list OF suspected
poolroomS in the Tenderloin tNineteenth
precincD which Captain Price had sub
mitted 10 Chief Devery was read by Counsel
Moss TO the committees stenographer in
spite of Captain Prices protest that many
OF the places had been closed since the re-
mitted that he was done with Captain Price
the latter expressed regret and said he
would be pleased TO answer any question:
relative TO affairs in his precinct In reply
10 question by a Democratic member OF
the committee Captain Price said he was
Republican in politics and always
would be.
At the afternoon session Mr.. Moses at
tention was directed toward the water
meter system. Adjournment was taken nm
til tomorrow, when probably IL will be
agreed 10 ADJOURN for week or more.