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

came In the first night he sent in for me saw
when a 's s'' Sf's
9ps have you ,S been told ia him nSs
co sa csum a NEE fnd
mate % lie stoos in the o dooT and he
Looked inside and he seen some French women T.
said: Captain. that is hardly possible: they are
Se the has for
was s S6m I q ers snS
that place, and naturally ! could not drive them
ss Want to drne aS them can the
Q.-What houses? A.-That is the usual language
used there when they want to drive them out OF
DEMANDED $50 A MONTH.
Q-You mean into the fast houses? Ayes sir
I said Captain. l always do what you tell me to
do" He said. Yes" and ne said. II know you do
You always obey orders" said, II always obey
orders, and any orders you have to give me is all
right" I said who will have to do business
WITH" He said Il will let you know in day or
two" He camo around the following day. prob
ably, the day after and he said: The price 1t
will cost you is $50 month and the same old
thing anything comes off," I says to him: Hold
on Captain; nothing comes off here. don't let out
a room. | am in straightforward business" He
said: II don't care a God damn IL you let out a
hundred rooms a night I want $3.50 a month"
He Is not man that you can sit down with ana
cause he is liable to hit you as to ;ook at you il
you would have contradicted him. and thought
tie e h WING % 90 So TO ne. sm He
with Bob Nelson" and he told me who II was. he
The Chairman-what did he tell you? Ale told
where he is located
ThIrtieth-st. and seventh-ave. the corner saloon.
said to the Captain too OLD IN tne 6O mess
with You don't do business he's a ain nS P PSa
az Mr. 4 M Gus IA what! R@Excisc arrest
Q.-Had you had any excise arrests before that that!
ham, nor under Chapman. nor under-yes. l think
had one under Chapman Ny mrs, arrest arrest WAS
this ore at the Broadway Garden, got them by
o-Was it sheehan Chapman gave you the
first arrest? Chapman.
Q.-You made a mistake ! think 70; Then n,. you say
yY9 es. s siT arrests 0S the "n0'SSA'' ''' eA'
BUY ADAMs's BEER AND FEEL SAFE
Dwell, you were not willing to go TO see Bob
Nelson? Ayes. So I thought l had too much
money invested here, must go see him went
there to see him at least dozen times couldn't.
he was always denied. Then l see couldn't do no
business with him, then advised to go to
AL Adams.
Q.-That is the Policy King? A.-That is the
Policy King. He is also the owner of the Karsch
Brewery. BY taking beer from him you are all
right, you will be we'll protected.
Policy King YEA ANYes yes" sir r. '"' community A '"e
Q.-It is one Of the well-known things of the city?
o.-Weii, what did you say to him? Al did not
see him personally. sent to him He says, Butt
asked him what did he do He says. He won't do
what the other boys want him to do" 49,
Q.-That was the message? A-That was the
o.-Whie You were having these excise arrests
were there other places open and doing business
all night? Ayes, sir, and running In herce
Q.-What do you mean by fierce manner? A
1t would be dlsgraceful to mention; like some OF
these RSfs' A are T%ne even at that time
Q.-You mean In an immoral manner? Ain an
A.-And publicly so? At was open doors day
o.-F'ree to enter from the street? A-Free to
o.-Did You have any other interviews with Cap;
with him? A.-Yes sir, had one interview with Z,
Captain Price, ! went to see his brother wno Is
PsFtsG' the two daushter and he made an ap
e met fs in fs' front Of
uptown His brother came and went out 10 meet NEE,
him and tOd r nm paMR h0 Ss sy 'sa W
tell you Simon have nothing against p,, you S sp pes
thing e ese behind t. thing you can
SS m to- %Snsy He ieVs says FRY and sell out
W yaa to set me t9ns So uf that the
"By the way. he says there was Complain sorns
49, eot robbed there of $500 some captain of
boat" said II know al ABOUT o os .n soon as we
heard of 1t we quick sent out TO get one OF your
he followed them right up and he got the money
EVEN PICKPOCKETS PROTECTED.
o.-Got the money from the woman? A.-Got the
money from the woman Now, II your people en-
couraees those women 10 rob men, II they stand
in for one-half you can't blame us. We can't put
a watch over every and woman and watch
them" ,,
Al said that to captain frre. ne So
you know that woman l said. Il do can
Won point her out on the stand?' l said Yes,
cannot point her out exactly but can send one me
Of my walters out win you 70 pohbt e Waiter with
him They were about an hour, and they came lame
back It postponed until me h bac 1 Games the
same officer that got the money ,nat and se saws
he got the money from b the men are
out for that woman" ..,. ,o-
oThe HsadauaTepss me for a the woman Now
don't you tip them off who she s o MCw s ANY,
Where's YOU can't blame the man that runs me
place The women has got the protection 10 20 "
t herei sf that t common occurrence? A-That is
common occurrence. l know over huhure' III
so.NThat u.s. where women rob men and coma ond
plant is made to the police ohleeTs' w1 ,Sa what
You yr ' mean? A-Divide IT. VIII tell you ro %ha.
fantain Price-there was certain ~oman iouuS'
ren of "a 5No and the woman met the wardman-
he is NOT wardman an officer In citizens clotneSs
ne II ,ha street-and she gave him the money, ana
he Went on and when he got the
that time this man went down TO the
-. .1", r,aLa compain and meets captain Price
and makes complaint Sspaaf rTGe hap
-, ti' .hese neonle they met the girl on the stree,
and they had arrest her e. sse he ola h she told
hat they took the man along. ana me az snn
~ that time got back and they returned tne sI,v
ard iet the girl go. II that had been In my paw
naturally would be to blame for H.
MR. HOFFMAN INTERRUPTS.
.ssamhIvman Hofman-Were you present when
This conversation took place to which you reter'
A.-No sir. 1 was not present; heard OF H.
Mr.. Moss-I am very glad TO have the assistance
NJ the members OF the committee IN deve'ophs
49, aufl,l and OUTRAGEOUS facts, and OF course