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

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| something about the conditions of the east side
| near his church; He said that vice was ilagrant
! there and was demorazinR the Young people.
! During the past five or six months. he said
| there had been n slight Improvement. but II
recalled the V yeb" "S I'd d"nias Of poce oicas
| on the stand about the east side being wide
| open, Az that very time things were as bad as
! thought that the freedom with which certain
| newspapers printed massage aud females
wanted HivcrUs"mcnts was responsible for a
| larg" number Of young girls who found their
wa, into thesc places -, A., a,,,..,o,,
| detectives, read list of dsordcrly houses that
he had visited on the nights ot June Z, ana
said that ' he T Radn had the sghtest str trouble in
| getting in any one He found women in every
house and spent money for beer in each place.
cdnsexd All the east sde s he sad men
stood in front Of these, houses and hauled at
IN. On the night Of June . he made trip into
the Tenderloin. visiting the, Haymarket and
filed with bad women and tho law was con-
stantly violated
BUCKET SHOPS UNMoLEsTED.
Henry G.. Wade. who described himself as
clerk, testified that lie was clerk for the Co
street WITCH s as radad by The police in May
| 1898 The proprictors got their cases trans;
| fcrred to the General Sessions Court. resumed
| business and have never been tried. His case
in the Specia Sessions lie was was told that he
have aT am VsrNUn D nMysr anu S0"
y, Have YOU to-day. bought selling privileges
ers were indicted for selling Ayes, AZ late
as this morning. bought them on New street
The Mutual contain ISE dcsp pa tho fat Ra S hs
latter. company has an indictment hanging
,Q.-Thesc bucket shops are wide open, are
they not? A.-lcs people are In them all day.
rooLRooMs WIDE OPEN AGAIN.
Having learned from Chief Devery that he
had been unable to collect any new evidence OF
roosel!ing, in the city since his last appear
tectives had discovered In that time. He called
John I, Wood TO the stand again. Wood said
again and make bets in ' almost all Of the rooms
that he visited before. For short time after
hegave his previous testimony 1t was difficult to
W%od told Mr. Mons Of en
five pGolrooms in Brooklyn that he has recently
rooms and gambling houses in this borough
that he has been in recently; 20 Desy street.
keeper gave him key so that he could get in
At any time in the future. Mr.; Moss took the
key from Woods affidavit and. handing it to
Mail { hat key to Chief Devery at once. and
tell him that Il he can get into any other pool
room. why. this Is ono we Will furnish him
key To-"
MR.. MILL JUST LISTENING.
Mr. Moss called out three times to find out IL
there was a Central once detective in tho
Chief Devery by him. There was no response.
so Mr. Moss turned suddenly on smooth:
IF you're William ]. Mill. step up here
want e talk to you"
Nihtll stepped forward.
Q.-You are the Inspector in the Building De
ago. What have you examined to-day : Al
did some, work at the City Hall this morning.
oQ.-Well. what are you doing here now? A.
4 Haven't you spoken to witnesses both
before and after they vent on the stand And
tend to call. that 1t won't be healthy for him to
testify here? Al haven't spoken to any of
Nj Mazet-The last time you were here you
You're Tam2%sny h1 man now
..QnWeii a man in your district ii told mo that
Of this mans district, disclaims This man.
Mill. YOU were here yesterday and the day
,,Q.-Well. what are you doing here? Aust
listening
You went s saa ss
while was talking 70 this man noticed
turned my back he disappeared from the room.
l am just Informed that the last seen Of him he
was going down the steps two at time
SIMPLE DoDGEs OF THE PooIRooMs
Mr.. Moss resumed the examination of the
witness God. Wood said that he had man.
N
Johnson at l45 West Forty fourth street, whore
it is said Senator Wolcott Igambled, away $72,-
very fashionable gambling house. and was
obliged to buy SO worth of checks before he
could play. He bought the checks and lost
Wood said that if he were policeman he'd
be ashamed to say that he couldn't get evil
dcnce against poolrooms. Many Of the rooms.
he said. moved regularly each month from one
place TO another and then back again but II
gave as an instance OF this a pooIroom at liz
Fulton street, which he said moved regularly
across the street to the Downing building and
then back again Another instance he said.
was the poolr9om az" st Mark S rIare. which
also has headquarters at JOS Greene street.
At a pooIroom inthc Tenderloiu precinct. he
said, he was informed by the doorkeeper
shortSime ago that; as the Mazet committee
prospect of tho poolrooms opening up again
soon. $3.50
tiyes mpoyed by the committee, corrohorated
Wood test imOny about the Xistence Of pool
ad SagSHE in n h%rSsh
committee detective. testified to visiting l25
policy, shops in the past few weeks
was then called. lie testified 10 the existence
| on the east side of an organization Of men who
| live on the earnings of prostitutes. If any
| man attempted to protect a woman from one
| OF these men. he said. the whole gang would
merrcifulIy. ~ ~ 49,
ADJOURNED TO AUG /.
| After DR. Behrman had left the stand Chair
| man Mazet announced that the committee
| would adj urn until Aug. l next Assembly
| man Hoffman protested against an adjourn
| ment and said that neither he nor Assembly
| man Boand, who constitute the Democratic
minority in the committee. had been consulted
about it. Mr., Mazet agreed to go into executive
| session to talk the matter over. After Il fifteen
minute conference it was announced thnt the
| committee would stand ADJOURNED until Aug. .
unless called together sooner by the Chairman
| Assrmhlymnn Hoffman and BOand gave out
| the following statement:
| THE MINORITY HAS HEARD NOTHING WRONG
BROUGHT OUT.
| THE minority, representing the dominant
| party in the city Of New York, has welcomed
| and cOured. and still welcomes aud courts, the
| fullest and most searching Investigation OF its
| conduct Of the affairs If the city government.
| which the Assembly 10y the terms Of its rcSo-
| luton directed. and in order that that might
| be done the minority upon numerous occasions
| has by its presence made "A quorum Of tho
| cOmmitte" in the absence Of sufficient OF its
| Republican colleagues to constitute quorum
| But the undersigned believe that this in
| vestiGation should h" continued from day to
| day until its labOrs are fully and finally COM
| peted and in this position it believes it voices
the sentiment Of the entire people Of the State
and NOR" particularly the citizenship of the
city ~ New York