The sun., 1899-05-17

Because no man could be CHIEF OF Police and not
Q"TRen you assumed TO get inside of his
brain and know the operations thereoir A
! No. his brain Is too small for me to get into.
Q.SDid you think McCullagh was an inefl-
cent yon think the chisf IS en-
,o.IIYou helped to make him. didn't you
CITY DELIGHTFULLY."- ORDERLY UNDER DEvEBT.
Q.-Are you satisfied with his administration
ms Chief OF Poice2 Al think the city is In
| more orderly condition than it has over been
,,Q.H,And the laws are better enforced now
than they have been in your men1oryY AZ Al;
women in town and some liquor sold on
sunday.
gentlemen Of which are residents Of this city.
A,-Woll, why don't you ask them about the
Q.-Are you seriously occupying your position
as q witness ard as the Mayor OF this city 2
q Now ask you If you have ever been So
lcl,cd on the streets? A. (Chucklinsl-oh.
Q"Harvo rH,'y YOU Oh heard that during your, ad-
crease in the number, of male. degenerates in
about synythlg IKE hs All nfaEa
isw years asS They didn't DO t6oss S,,t things ,s
and crime Mr.. Moss
Mr., Moss-f think i would be better for US II
the, conaditiops sin in New @ York to lew Women
any ,poolrooms. in New York; Al think may;
be there are. ] know man authorized to sell
pools inside fence does not think he violates
the law when he comes outside OF the fence.
BOOKSELLERS NOT MORAL CRIMINALS.
Q.-Do you think the law authorizing the
selling OF pools on the track is not violated
pools2 Al say he don I think so. and / don't
think he's moral criminal.
dSp hah has moral ssoS. tSae
Odd you ever know man named Ma;
hho9geymJapes hon A. Mahqney' Al A-Yes I;,, sir.
twelve years ago I'm Texas.
4.-In corporationf A.-Yes.
the city Of New @ YoqkF oT ~ A"oniy that we both
put money in the same corporation and lost It,
FRIEND OF MAHoNEY THE GREAT.
O.-You are very friendly with him. are you
not? AIles. OF course. don't 60 around tell
,,Q;-Have YOU ever heard that your friend
ei system IN this his city cty2 Ri e % know he msHes
Odd you know he was running rooms and
Nss York SeIs HRo sN0'e rooms In 'oe city OF
,,Q..,Did you ever hear any one sugRest that
We're % Sointy int Interested 'fn0 IN pooroomsf r @ A
Never
DENIAL BY "A MAN NAMED VAN wYcK."
Q.-Did YOU eyer hear a rumor that man
A. lwrathfullyj-Do you mean me9
Q.-I mean you. A.-That is absolutely
,9.-Did you ever hear the rumor' A.-No.
U...Yes. A. Cexcitedly,-Tell mo who told
Q.I,,No, 4! Mill not. Al will be obliged to
'GSS 'SfSs.s fFGS si things are not easily proved As
you said in the case OF Mr. Hamilton. there is a
question OF intent which is not easily proved
Al will admit the intent, II YOU can show that
I wi ~
anywhere in the world
-, Mr.; Mo3s-I stand here and distinctly deny
fi The Nj MaS9y S9y sseriIy have brought
that out in the face of the civilized world. and
rooms. You Knew that was not Interested re- in
them when you asked that question you knew
that. and you wanted to bring it out for the
Now demand that you bring here the evil
dence to show that am connected with pool
am connected with anything OF an Illegal char
acter. and think the Chairman OF the COM
Mr. %azetEYou R have sal said most, most positively
that you are not connected with such matters.
The Mayor-You ought not to allow your
civilized world that the Mayor OF New York Is
interested in poolrooms. :,
rected to produce the man here from whom
that rumor, emarated. II We are to, suly
the committee. want to go on record as saying
that It is absolutely unfair
This was folInwed by q general interchanRs
the back OF his chair and stabbed his finger at
Mr. Moss ssb, GrynT ta ii H9sP9SE 4Se to
THE MAYOR EXPLAINS ABOUT MAuoSEY.
=. In vain did Mr. Moss try to get in n word The
Chairman Mazet to call him down. which he
Now. Mr.. Mayor let us proceed in an or
derly and respectful manner. You will kindly
remember that you are before duly appoint
committee n
what lines they see fit and which is entitled to
the same respect you exact when you are in
The witness shifted uneasiy in his chair.
s started to m&ke a reply and then changed his
The witness should consider that service
is being rendered to him when opportunity Ia
to PIN sfDs 5o6 h be4 with Ma
mon rumor that the Mayor had an acauaint-
ance with this man had met him and talked
draw inferences from this and consider that
I am serving Mayor Van Wyck in giving him
We" said the e Witness e Very very mildly. nil about
street 2 Owned stock ip mine started in Texas:
what we put in. ! knew Mahoney then and
the acquaintance has kept up, but that tact
OF me-"
GRACIOUS. IF he KNEW A GAMBLING HOUSE!
Mr., Moss-Have you read in the newspapers
detailed a, accounts VIII & names mes. and addresses
=
been matter of discussion ever since can
remember.
Q.-since your administration. mean7 A
don't know about it,
Q.-Hasnt the existence Of milling houses
come to your knowledge A.-oh, don't know
about that. / suppose there would always be
some gambling In big city like this.
Q.-Has Chief OF Police Devery been satisfae-
tory to you in his administration A.-His ad-
minis1tration has besn 9 satisfactory to the peo-
his spirits again. Why. we'd never know there
was Tenderloin II 1t wasn't for these proceed
ings.
Q.-Wouldn't you. indeed Now. II you did
know of the existence OF gambling houses,
what would you do 2 A-Ordsr them closed.
Q;-And II they didn't closet?
The Mayor wagged his head threateningly as
he replied: I'D come pretty near removing
somebody"
Q.--What do you mean by pretty near re-
moving? AID try 'em.
AFRAID TO SUPPRESS HERALD" PERSONALS
Q.-.Do you read the advertisements In the
newspapers A-No. no. Got no time for
that
Q.--Do you read the disordery house and
similar advertisements in the Telegraph? A
Tho Telegrdm2 I've seen the personals in the
Herald. IL you mean those.
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