New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-18
TUESDAY,
APRIL 18, 1899.

until i was stated by Mr.. Buttner on the staEd.
AN ARREST ON GENERAL PRINCIPLES
o-Do you remember at one time when you :
yourself were arrested for excise violation ana
you passing with detective in front OF 'si-
Dollar Smiths place on rhirtieth-st. do you
remember hearing the music? Ayes, rememoer
hearng-the Circumstance that an officer came
In and he went upstairs where the parlor Is there
is two floors. and he made an arrest upstairs. one
OF the walters; he was member OF the CLUB; !
came downstairs and he says 70 me: You are un.
der arrest also. says For whaty He says;
rest says says That IS very funny You were told
was under arrest. for WHAT? For violation OK
No" he said but Captain price told me to bring
you along ! had three or four wtnsss. .ss.a 4
witnesses. You must say for what purpose. !.
man IL snSw to whf Brick am %a as sk to 5
naturally was arrested. ! have been put In thae
cell. no attorney no bond was taken for me. Tor
o.-That is, you were denied bail? A.-Denied
bail and denied counsel; that was not only once
OIL am now talking about the conversation
w wn the ws ne so1s With ne
Dollar Smiths windows and everything was
fourteen blocks away from there, says; WIN.
don't you make an excise arrest there he SAID:
that 49, is ali fn' Know wA about ''e GsSshter
OIL want to ask you. Mr.. Buttner what 90.
were arrested on the Mcgowan complaint. State
your experience in the station-house. Il had
some more experience before that Mr. Moss. whicn
Q.-You feel that when you have made a starS
you better e, sno tell ,b the n nce how pubic citizen
treated. that is worse than In Russia You want
to show the. public that that can happen 10 any
body
RUSSIAN DEsPOTIsM OUTDoNE.
The Chairman-Go on and tell US. A.-on one
occasion. that was during the war, VIXEN the
cOreideraDio
trouble on account Of the boys drinking so mucn.
and we got a crowd OF about eight young men
who came in there on a Saturday night. Ihey
got In a row there because some people throwed
some beer glasses at a Rough Rider ana they
got into quarrel sent out for policeman
During the he arrested two OF the eight Two
young men. When We were brought down 10 w
some Of my waeas we're With
Of those people or for disorderly ccnaHct
there. put him down" They take me as com.
planant and put me In cell ana Leave me IN
business there. a large business and my people ran
all around TO try and get judge. pomce jus-
o0who was the police justice' Ale was
police justice You have got it there in my state
ment-(paper handed witness)-Jndge deuel. "a,
yo Mr the name and the day and date and all !.
cost; the expenses on there was szz; s
occ,rrence The following morning they appeared.
I think before Judge Simms, and they made tneir
OF them and after that had 10 lay In the cell
On excise arrests they never accept no oondsmsaa
f msde ANY as high 81 % had
to lay in the cell until the following aay, !, ss,
/ pay a year / think ] ought 70 have as muc ~
privileges Silver Dollar smith S sr a. any OF OF
any common prostitute that walks the stree
She can baed ut and my S WORKING Ssv p eUps
to have as much right They never can be baile id
they are always held H. o Nelson won't bail
me for that would be getting in their line thar
wouldn't do.
NELSON HAS A CORNER ON BAIL.
DIDN'T Bob Nelson bail most OF the people
up there? All the women
o-All the women? ALL the women; nooody
else have a chance. Uaushter)
OIL is well understood that tney pay MN ,os
his serytces?- A-simpy what ! understand. and
il is rstty good authority s for prostitute ana
s &c is prort in that? A.-Yes, and The
World" claims that it is better than the PRESIDENT
posio lHavent there large numbers Of women been
arrested here-a fine field for tro v place
oEI am talking about the precinct senerany'
&C Tots Of money has been made in that way!
A~Twenty five dollars to $50 night or w. ,,s,,,
o-Twenty-ive dollars to $50 or "o n's"''
oThen there must be great many disesder ay
houses theremthese W Sisordery houses? Are
quently. ..,,s ., d,sorderlv houses in
,he nTecnct? A.~No / only know Of one That That
IL t"e all + I know OF since / was in Broadway; there
might pe aSere great many women arrested and
no keepers Of houses convicted? A.-Ihat oon
oMYou ought to know. Al did. but don't
pay any matter Of general knowledge. at any
rate? ANo there ought to have peea al, the time
oThe precinct has been wye open sr al there Is no
Trouble to find places open there Qsaughter? ns.r
orIyeste9 ON an immoral charge from your placer
A-No sir; never, never
EXPERIENCED THE THIRD DEGREE'
NAV. II YOU please, will ask you about the
arrests of yourself with the Mcgowan case. a.
Do you want me to 30 into the de'aiis OF 'na'
Mcgowan case? .s,.n
OIL want to ask you about receiving the tniro
sr-aa in that case at the hands OF Dir. Devery.
At was not Mr.. Devery as much as II was ME-
o-That was "a vo Mr t Awe i@ cross.examned me
on how man came In with MIN ana no" TIC WOW
out es haven't had very much to do With him.
then? A-Not much as had WITH h pnce PRICES
treatment Mns OF you? X-He did not handle me with
ki6 s%Snht did he do? Alt was more on What
had done II / had said word would p'o'Ao"
have went oe' about tthis Mcgowan aairwas
everything settled? A-Mr Masowanr mas xysnue
letter to me Si 70 cS came up there with my attor
ney and received in private ap swa souse de-
naa u, and after explained matters 10 MIN n9w
the thing how he n md an not wnS Word ever
We Pc until week after. Our friend mere, M..
Price about this Magyar h ans Is lust what
SEM ao' hean lacking for" Mcgowan had with MN
working fellow that would n, 40 any b. and he
says This is just what ! am looking for' want
70 land this man Buttner IT, a. .a,, Ma
O-Who that man! A'-ne was WIN
gowan. - -, 7 don't remember I
can think OF his name later on 80, ~, him
ca - How do you know this factg A'-by MN
telling me . L,ou Mr. Buttnerf
AAnyhow he got me TO the station house when na
he told me everything. and then Price sen, TOT U
ns ~ men who SAYS to me. THE captain wants
to TO see You ~ IS rather late nour For
the night for the Captain to ASK 70 See saIs .He
wnat vo 70 come over" and never had sus-