The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-08
Mazetteers Resent the
Issuance of
Subpoenas.
PRICE HAULED OVER THE GOALS.
Evidence Shows Many Ten
derloin Resorts Run
ming Wide Open.

New York, June For several hours
today the Mazet investigating commit
tee sweltered and listened to testimony
that at no time produced startling or
particularly welghty statements, but
just as the committee was about to
adjourn for the day slight clash oc-
Cured between the Mazetteers and the
court of law.
Subpoenas were issued by Magistrate
Olmstead and served upon the mem
bers and on the counsel of the COM
mittee to attend the examination of
Henry c. Henderson tomorrow morn
ing in the Centre street police court.
Henderson is Captain Prices counsel,
who was elected from the court room
last week. Mr.. Mazet Immediately said
that the committeeman would not an
swer, as members of legislature were
not amenabie to ordinary subpoena.
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
note to Magistrate Olmstead asking
that the hearing be set for some time
when it would not interfere with the
committees work. as the committee
itself stood adjourned until tomorrow
morning.
The most important witness exam
ined today 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 cap
tain had not attended to his duty as
n
nifty that was shown the committee
by Price on previous days was also
exhibited today, and the captain was
noticeably defiant and menacing in bis
attitude toward Mr. Moss. Once during
the proceedings Mr.. Moss tried to have
Price removed from the sitting pc
cause of an insoent response he made
to a question from the committee.
The committee yesterday deprived
Price of privilege of counsel, and today
If required that if he wished to put
ana questions to the committee he
must first reduce them to writing.
Other witnesses were examined to show
that pool rooms, policy shops and other
gambling houses were running In the
Tenderloin district without molestatlon
from the police. Captain Price denied
that there were any such establish
ments in the district and several other
policemen pleaded ignorance of their
existence. A..
Hugh Bonner former chief OF the
fire denar~ ut and Edward f. Gro
ker actin. hief, were also on the
stand. but their testimony was IN no
way important. The committee ad-
iourned until tomorrow morning.
Policeman Henry Scholl gave from
r,arnory the location of eight or ten re-
nuted pool rooms, policy places ana
Gambling houses. lie had heard that
Al Adams was interested in policy
shops.
Captain Price was recalled.
"Who backs the policy shops in your
precincts?" asked Mr. Moss.
IT don't know"
Have you heard that Al AudIAs 10
suspected?'
"Yes. but l don't know it.
"Have YOU tried to find out?'
mo I have no occasion to. the
drawings for policy 1 understand are
made in Louisville and Covington, ana
the numbers reach the city by tele-
phone or telegraph, 1t is q NATIONAL
not a local matter
Cantafn Price declined to give from
rnennorv a list of alleged pool rooms
and gambling places in his precinct
He said he had furnished such a list 10
the counsel of the committee, and was
satisfied to testify from that list. In
response to a specific question, the VII
moss said: There is not pool room
in my precinct. can AN ne, ne J bar,
mittee to pool room if the memoerS
desire to see one but it is not in my
M Moss read a list of suspected
nIaces prepared by the police OF the
18th precinct, and Captain Price de-
clared the list unfair. That list ne
said ais from the bOtch OF my prede-
Fafw Tnla
TLa witness was called to order.
Later he identified a report made by
him TO Chief Devery declaring the con-
Aition of the precinct to be good. he
also admitted a report of the suspected
places in the precinct made by MN 10
chief Devery and the president OF the
notice board. 1t was quite long list
and Mr.. Moss read it to the stenograph-
ar He declined to permit Capt. Price
70 interpolate a statement that several
of the places have been closed since
that particular list was compiled.
Al the request of the witness after he
had finished reading the list, Mr.. Moss
read Capt Prices report to Chief DeE-
erv of the detail of policemen IN pam
clothes and of the instructions given
them. Then he told the captain ne MAJ
no further questions to ask.
. Edward L. Croker. acting chief OF the
fire depsrtment, was the next witness.
He had been required by the subpoena
served upon him to produce from the
records of the department the state
1nent of the location of all the water
gates in the boroughs Of Manhattan and
The Bronx and the pressure Of different
lines of pine He said the department
did NOT keep a record of the water gates
and as to the pressure, there were Vari-
ations.
Former Chief Bonner was called and
said that the pressure depended in
great measure upon the water supply.
At fine windsor Hotel fire, he said, the
denartment did not have enough water,
owing to smalluess Of the pipe. Com
missioner DE- ION Of the department Of
water supply, presented letter eX-
nIeIning that a lack of time had pre-
vented him from preparing statement
Of work done, asked for by the com
AIR. Moss read from the city record
a renort from Commissioner Dalton,
b,ntIng at the necessity of doing some
thing to stop the systematic waste OF
water and asked the witness II ne
favored putting water metres in dwell
ing houses. Commissioner Dalton
said he did not. but that Engineer
RirdsaU favors such a plan. Inc VII
ness promised to prepare for the COM