The sun., 1899-06-07

Mr,, Mszet could order the question stricken
was standing Behind S R Kim amaE1a frequent I
suggestions as to questions. Chairman Mazet
sTeEed with evident pride: "''' "nO ,,
" That is my son. Mr. Chairman. the Oldest OF
siS sS and he's in the Corporation CounsePs
MIR Mazet-Weil. he will either have to step
out and take seat In front OF the bench here
-, The young man left the room Mr. Moss
then turned Capt. Price into witness. with
Which The CAPTAIN refused tS answer on Fri;
Row 70 disorderly characters. Moss asked:
was ia & What dos Do yoa
that At Is possible for an honest Judge
and an honest District Attorney to be deceived ed
Q:-lloy do You know 1t was perjnred testi-
cause il has bearing on the case of Blessing
TThlch Is now pending. ] mean the suit % which Gh
0sgood and l don't want to help Osgood win
that case.
,QY,Are you, interested In Blessings case'
O. How do YOU know that Mofrett was con-
victed upon perJured testimony? A.-Cpon in
formation and belief
ELLIS rEsrIF1Es ABOUT BIAcKMAIL.
John G.. Ellis was called and asked about the
resort which he formerly kept in Sixth avenue
were no rooms upstairs which could be rented
and he had never heard of any robberies, He
admitted that his bartenders had violated the
Excise laws and that he and they had been Ire.
quontly arrested for such violation. he had
been arrested tor keeping q disorderly house
he had ever been approached by persons who
suggested that If he paid certain sums of
money he night receive police protection. he
said that he had been several times. On one
| occasion. he said, man whose name he did
not know and whom h" th"nGht Ia" "%nld not
a 80 81
White ,Elephant he would not r. h",heirr ny
! the police The witness asked the man II That
sSH Was to that It da not % "H Iii ale along i The nS
to disordery houses which he owned. On
another occasion. he said. he was told by a
was 'i representsd as being close t" Chief Deyery
| that he could have police protection IL he
ths iyG to thT neefra h" to % Ill
| SAYS HE PAID e. Il. WAITE $3.50.
Dwell. were you ever approached by any
body else? A-Yes. was told 10y the brother
whom iei he named and Who was said to be able
to Ak me all solid with the police "a Jnst as
Eye hPt Of T1 s. 1T s
| Q.-Well. did you do any business with Waite?
A.-Ies. we talked the matter over in my office,
and he said that he could fix matters up II
would pay $3.50 month. ,.,-
| Q.-Is that Waite the man who was formerly
| an Alderman? Al don't know.
Q.-Did you pay him any money? Al did;
think. hi IAN and offered him him a check. He sad he
wanted the cash and so | gave him 5000 and
gave, him 500 later. | never got any projection;
and spoke TO Waite about II, He first said
| that he thought the matter had been attended
to. and when spoke To- him again he said that
any protection and he said he would give me
the money back. He never has done so.
sation with Capt. Price before he. came to the
| Tenderloin? A,--Ies, sir saw him one after
in Wss hs Of in HE t6d s0e
he was to be- the next Commander ot the Ten
derloin. | told him hoped he would trea, me
we'll and he said with smile on mis- face. that
in front q the door Then he said that "a, ! he .
whom he found violating the law. ,u,-
Cart. Price who was Listening to Ellis,s tes.
%onE %1dSa to Ssh sho.r on
| tions. Ellis said that any police Captain who
really wanted 70 could put & SfoP generally
JUSTICE pENP1ELDs CAMPAIGN CoNTRIBUr rIoNs.
| Civil Justice William +. Penfeld of West
| Chester was questioned about his c9ntrihu;
tons to the canpaiGsna q nnG fH4d in iS1 he said
paign Committee and part to individuals who
were working for him.
| newspaper A.-les. sir: paper called the
." 'CV!"H,D'idn' YOU take $4,000 worth Of stock in
| before my nomination was even considered. a
representative Of the TammnnV Times called
on me and said that the paper wanted a repre-
sentative stockhod der in tho Bronx. | took
| 500 worth of stock.
| The witness said that he didn't pledge any
posts in his court to anybody before ELECTION.
and that he didn't appoint, man named Roche.
the Manhssset Clubs randidate f3T the fierko r.
money he paid to the campaign fund. he said.
was paid after his nomination.
| VIOLATIONS OF LAW AT THE DEWEY.
| Fulton McMahon. counsel for the Law Com
| nf the \ew York sabbath Association
| testified to visiting the Dewey Theatre on
sunday, March 24. He sat in a camp chair in
each step. This is against the law. There
were two policemen at the door. and one fire.
Q,-What opportunities were there for peo.
Pile to get out OF the house in case Of hre
| A-Wcl 1t seemed to me that all the aises
came together in one narrow passage. which
led to the main entrance:
formance. A-After the music, there was a
farce by man and ,Woman depicting their
marital experiences The man, who was sup
been invited to a dance at Willie Asterold :.
and suggests that they rehearse for that event;
some buck dances. the woman exposing her
person. No. 9 on the programme was play
and an new furnishings we're put on the stage for
this. There was also tragic scene from
"VirgInius," will, the performance IN classic
costumes: two farces and burlesque oi
"Anthony and Cleopatra"
Odd YOU. see anything vulgar? A.-,Wen
|
who did the split. stood on her head. turned
handsprngs and later appeared in very scantJ
clothing.
evening" Al didn't taste any. but heard
| LIQUOR ordered and saw 1t served.
The witness testified to practically the same
occurrences on Sunday. May I, and also told o
another visit on Sunday. May H.
Q.-Was the bar open on this last occasion
Odd you buy any beer yourself? A.Yes
U-And there was another theatrical per.
| formance with dancing and all that was there
AOn Sunday. May % he again went to the
Dewey and secured n seat in the aisle. On that
| occasion a man came out on the stage and in
| formed the audience that the management
very much regretted that il could not give a
good a performance as II had advertised. be
| cause il had been warned by the police not tc
violate the law. Tho performers. however, he
said, would rndeavor to do the best they
could TO amuse and at the same time keel
within the orders sent out BY the Captain o
| the precinct.
ALLEGED DIsoRDERLY HOUSES ON FoURTE
| AVENUE
George T. Hammond. one of the committec's
| detectives. was called to testify 10 visit TO ~
| Fourth avenue. He said that he got into tho
| place without difficulty. and found number
of women there. II" had been informed. he
| said. that there was very young Eirl N tht