The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-08
CAPT. PRICE IS DEFIANT
He Made Insolent Answers to
Mr.. Moss.
HE'S DEPRIVEDOF COUNSEL
Said He Was Republican and Always
Would Be - No Pool Rooms in
the Tenderloin-ClashW With
the Judiciary.

New York, June For several
hours to-day the Mazet investigation
committee sweltered and listened to
testimony that at no time produced
startling or particularly weighty state
ments, but just as the committee was
about to adjourn for the day a slight
clash occurred between the Mazetters
and court of law. Subpoenas were
issued by Magistrate Olmstead and
served upon the members and on the
council for the committee to attend the
examination of Henry c. Henderson
tomorrow morning in the Central
street police court. Henderson is Cap
from the court room last week. Mr..
Mazet Immediately said that the COM
mitteemen would not answer, as men,
bers of the legislature were not amen
able to ordinary subpoenas. Mr.. Hoff-
man differed, saying that as the legis-
lature 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 commit
tees work, as the committee itself
stood adjourned until morning.
The most important witness exam
ined to-day 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 luy as a
police officer. Much Of the same enmity
that was shown the committee by Price
on previous days was also exhibited,
and the captain was noticeably defiant
and menacing in his attitude toward
Mr.. Moss. Once during the rrsceed-
ings Mr.. Moss tried to have Price re-
moved from the sitting because of an
insolent response he made to a ques-
ton from the committee. The {, mmlt-
tee yesterday deprived Price OF the
privilege of counsel and to-day 1t re-
CURED that If he wished to put any
questions to the committee he must
first reduce them to writing.
Captain Price was recalled and ques-
toned about policy shops. Because the
drawings are made in Kentucky, he
said in effect, the matter was no. che
that concerned him as an Off GER OF the
New York police force. He denied that
there was now pool room in his pre-
cinct. A list of suspected pool rooms
in the Tenderloin 19th precincD which
Captain Price had submitted to Chief
Devery was read by Counsel Moss to
the committees stenographer. In spite
of Captain Prices protest that many
of the places had been closed, the Ie-
port was made. When Counsel Mess
admitted that he was done with Cap
tain Price. the latter expressed regret
and said he would be pleased 10 answer
any questions relative to affairs in his
precinct. In reply to a question by
a democratic member of the commit
tee. Captain Price said he was a repub-
lcan in politics and always would be.
Other witnesses were examined to
show that pool rooms, policy shops and
other gambling houses were running in
the Tenderloin district without mCles-
tation from the police. Captain Price
denied that there were any such estab-
lishments in the district, and several
other policemen pleaded ignorance of
their existence. Hugh BONNER, CORNER
chief of the fire department, and Ed
ward F. Croker, acting chief, were
also on the stand, but their testimony
was in no way important.