Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-08
VICE RElCNS ON The BOWERY
Masst Board Brings Out What Captain Price
Allows in His Pr cinct
OFFICIAL PROVES AN UNAMlABLE WITNESS
His Particular Antipnthy is MIR. Moss
to whom the witness Manner Is
Mcnacinp water Meters
Are Investigated.

NEW YORK, June For several hours
today the Mazet Investigating committee
sweltered and listened to testimony that at
no time brought startling or particularly
weighty statements, but just as the commit
tee was about to adjourn for the day slight
clash occurred between the Mazetters and a
court OF law Subpoenas were issued by
Magistrate Olmsted and served upon the
members and on the counsel OF the commit
tee to attend the examination OF Henry c.
Henderson tomorrow in the Center Street
police court. Henderson is Captain Price S
counsel who was elected from the court
room last week
Mr.. Mazet Immediately said the commit
teemen would not answer, as members OF the
legislature were not amenable to ordinary
subpoena Mr.. Hoffman differed, saying that
as the legislature was not In session there
was no immunity. Mr.. Moss, to smoothe
over matters said he would send a mote to
Magistrate Olmsted asking that the hearing
be set for some time when 1t would not IN
terfere with the committees work, as the
committee Itself stood adjourned until to-
morrow morning.
The most important witness examined to-
day was Captain Price and the main part
Of the work of the committee was in eX-
amining Price and other witnesses In an
effort to show that the captain had not at
tended to his duty as police officer Much
of the same enmity shown the committee by
Price previously was exhibited today ana the
captain was noticeably defiant and menacing
in his attitude toward Mr.. Moss, once DUR
ing the proceedings Mr.. Moss tried to nave
Price removed from the sitting because OF
am insolent response he made to question
from the committee. ....
Price Shorn of Privileges.
The committee yesterday deprived Price
Of the privilege of counsel and today 1t
required that If he wished to put any ques-
tions to the committee he must first reduce
them to writing.
Captain Price was questioned about
policy shops. Because the drawings
are made in Kentucky, he said, in effect
the matter was not one that concerned him
as an officer of the New York police. He
denied that there was a pool room in his
| precinct. A list of suspected pool rooms in
the Tenderloin (Nineteenth) precinct, which
! Captain Price had submitted to Chief De-
very, was read by Counsel Moss to the COM
mittee's stenographer in spite of Captain
Prices protest that many of the places had
been closed. In reply to a question by a
democratic member Of the committee, Cap
tain Price said he was republican in poll
! tics and always would be.
Other witnesses were examined to show
| that pool rooms, policy shops and other
gambling houses were running in the Ten
| derloin district without molestation from
the police. Captain Price denied that there
were any such establishments in the. dis
trict, and several other policemen pleaded
ignorance Of their existence.
Hugh Bonner, formerly chief of the fire
department, and Edward F. Croker, acting
chief, were on the stand. but. their testi
mony was in nowise important. .'ra
AT the afternoon, session Me-; Moss at
| teption was, directed toward the >, water
meter system. Acting Fire Chief Croker,
former Chief Bonner and George w. Bird
SAIL city engineer, were on the stand re-
| garding shortage in the water supply, but
| It merely developed that the poor water
supply occurred sometimes through the
small calibcr of the water pipes and some
| times by reason of the lack of pressure.
Not many water meters are in use in this
city. Chief Engineer Birdsall said he advo-
Gated their use, not because he had an
| interest in any meter company, but In
| order to avoid waste
| Adjournment was taken until tomorrow
when probably it will be agreed to adjourn
| for week or more.