The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-16

was running poolroom wOulu you use tne
information against him? Al certainly
would. I'd use anytb ng aEaLst anyDodyth =
violatn' the law, and not protect EN- the way
MIR Moss eyes snapped and he stepped very
The Witness Got back there whore you be-
Mr Mazct raped furiousy for order and told
tho, witness that he could not he imncrtincnt.
proper way. lie then ordered that the wit
ngss's reply he stricken from the record.
SIR Ma2et" Wen decide that. You are an
officer Of the law and should know enough to
preserve order and conduct yourself III
The Wtne7s-Wcll. what l said about him is
true and h.. knows 1t ,...,-.,,,..,. NJ.
Dcvcry you will stop that at once, We Will
have nc more, Of IT. ,..,,. ..
question this witness further II. Is insulting
and cOntumaciOus and / ask that he he re-
The Witness i'm not insutin and I'll an
MsS%t where YOU and leave tho
Mr. Moss-I ask that the Sergeant alarms
be called upon to remove The witness ,
don't want any Sergeant farms cor,n'
around me. don't allow any man to put his
Mr.. Mazet-Leavo the room. sir.
The Witness walking outlnlm goin'. Do
you want me any more to-day?
Mr., Ma2et-l tell you to leave the room
The Witncss-Al right. sir. Good day.
DETECTIVE INITIATES HIS CHIEF
Detective John j. TURKEY, attached to the Old
slip station house, was called to testify as to
what sort OF work he had done in his precinct
Q-H2ye y2n don" angth Ing sr i, ho, in the
way 81 detecting snspsG,GI nu'Rst s.3,S pol p
rfeclnctf 4. Don't Know what you mean.
g.. Don't know tho meaning of special? A.
e. don't know what you mean.
= Have YOU visited any suspected places
this week A-Dont remember,
y. Did you visit any places yesterday A.
Q-Tha day before ? A--Don't remember it.
TIL" records will show.
,Q-Do YOU know ANYTHING except what's on
the record? a, Know that I'm detective
AMI know that I'm alive, u,
reured in court this week ? Al don't re-
, . IAre YOU affected with amnesia' ADO
Q.-~Yes you do. A,-Woll. then. must haveit.
.. Haye you applied to police surgeon for
Q-Is don't remember" the best answer
you can give to any of tho questions have
Mr. Moss Well. then, you're excused
SYNAGOGUE COMPLAINS OF CAPT. HOGAN
Isaac Perlstcin. rabbi Of an Allen street
synagogue. testified that the lower part Of the
city east of the Bowery was alive with disor-
dery houses.
Have you made any complaints to the
authoriticsf Al have comp aimed twice, and
once published an affidavit stating that these
places were serious menace to the morals OF
tho young neore Of NV congregation.
Odd anything come Of your complaintsY
aQIAni these places are still going? A.
Oh. yes. Women sit in the windows and stand
out on the street and call to men to come and
join them. It is going on all the time and the
children see it and it inlures them;
Q.-HOw was 1t in that district during Capt
Chapmans incumhency of that precinct? A.
1t was not so bad, but since he has been away
Il little better now than 1t was before Chap
man time. but bad enough.
Mr. Mazet-Who is the Captain there now ?
Mr. Moss-Capt Hogan. sir.
The witness said that his congregation was
obliged to witness scenes OF depravty going
to and from church. and that there were three
disordcrly houses in full blast almost directly
across the street from his synagogue. The
Rev. MIR. Silverman and Sexton Politzmer Of
the Allen street synagogue cOrroborated all
that Rabbi Perlstein said.
STORY OF A CHILD FROM TIE DIVES.
Mr.. Moss called for Emma Hartig. and a frail
young German girl walked to the stand She
was very much excited, and instead OF sitting
down in the witness chair. stepped up on it
and stood there locking down dow on on the commit,
sit in. not to stand on. and the girl stepped
down.
yS9, G o,,;tn E9 you tell me how old you are' A
During the past four or Ave months YOU
houses. have you notr A-les. sir.
these places?, Any father had i'll treated me,
found an advertisement, last September in
German newspaper and answered il. The
place was ali right. but after had been there
three or four hours learned that it was not
.. But YOU stayed there. didn't youE A
to me. and that she would give me an oppor-
tunity TO earn my own living. stayed because
Q..What house did you 60 to next? A
PIP Forsyth street.
HOUSES FULL OF GIRLS UNDER AGE.
O. Where did you go next A.-To 80
Q,Ibil y99H find any y, Young Young Ei,,s,, in this
one named Lille, who was only ~ or II
Mr. Moss stopped the examination long
enough to read /, letter which he had Just re-
cevcd. in which the writer said that the
ming openly, and that, az the ,ncighborhood
was cr%wFTI with shdreq thT Gerry 50,
once once g as the roSS t. q" amyth"E at
place" VOW Visited: T.; found many Ike
,Qr,.Tell me the next place that you went to
A-EIla Mays at ~ Fourth avenue; ! STAYED
Cherry n Street / stay"i thcr" a little while,
and then went back to Ella Mays. After that |
MGmt to aSe street. which
,Q-And you arc nerfectly sure that in all
these places y9q f f4 yopps giss A-oh
.Q,-And all of these. places will take in any
child. will they not? A.-Yes. indeed. | have
seen SO many children taken in that couldn't
count them.
THE DULLES OF M'GURK's.
o. want to ask you il you ever visited Nc
Gurks in the Bowery? A.-les. sir three
times.
Q.--And you found pretty rough people there.
didn't You? A.-les. there arr many Young
girls around the place. and they drink with
soldiers. sailors. OngShorrmrn and other
rough people. have seen girls there as young
as II. Some Of them live in the place. having
their own rooms upstairs. They all drink.
Q.-MoSt OF these girls como from the east
side don't they? Ayes; they are generally
brought in by men. | know several cases like
that
Mr. Moss asked the witness II there was not
a class of men on the east side who lived on the
earnings Of dissoute women. Miss ltartig said
that there was such class. She said that they
first got in with girl by pretending to be in love
with her. and then kept their hold upon her hy
threatening TO have her arrested unless she
paid NJ. When II was necessary. she said,
thes" men beat their women numerically
Odd you ever know such man Ayes,
,Q,-What did he do to youf Ale threw
chair NJ mo
V-Was it because you wouldn't give him
money Ayes
Odd he hurt you? Avery much.
Q.-Are there many such men around Me-
Gurk'si A.-Oh yes. they hang out there
some of them have three or four girls working
for them at once.
Q-Do they work themselves? A.-Oh. no {;
they Just liy" on the women.
THE WITH ESS TRIED TO KILL UFKsELF