The sun., 1900-12-29
uERLlHY'S TRIAL BEGINS.
ms uR riDDO'b rms or ms
tDo, mr. ~ IIDPtD.r sTRJF1
IN, ,.p,sin va. tnsr' ucear's the Wln's's'
Ii,d caused ~" Are" of Headlight
shook ~. tir ~ vl' ises and 'sii"d
uim . tIst shocking Condition 81
III. Dis,ritt 'rns''' nfriendi' A'iNud~

u,w IIat shocking condition of
IN. Dia,irt ,ro.''. tnfrisndi' Attitude
r,pt John y ll"r'lny ~ Tho steamboat
.,Yad who Wa ur ~ u short tino 40 lp
,.uunrd - tho l.liudg" street station
wa .rlaroi on tr.tl h"fnr" the police BOARD
,...,ert,y uu tIfro ohargcs Nczlcot ~ duty,
IL, allowing dIsnrdrrly hDu-"a 20 exist iu the
Tvel,th Io,iHc precinct while he was IN 'onI-
,r,rI tirrs. conduct uuhcrumIug an officer.
In having iusultoi tho Roy. Robert /. rHd-
dock and others II ~" clergy "' the Pro-
Cathedral. and d-obcdlaL-s Of that rule ~
tpp department which requires a precinct
,,,utnardcr - rll,c ~ book. known ~ th"
,,tiycn.' compliant book, ia" complaints
tl,dn to him about dtauid"rly houses IN hI,
rrccinrt by CI''cus. uu Ne result of th"
tr.ii Of thr-o charge, against capt H"tllhy
the trial Of Inspector ,ru-, depends, ana so
tie tuul which ui"ued yesterday ~ br,Is
watched with more than the ordinary uwouu.
of interest throughout tn" department
tor Cross was .n the court room during
the days proceeding, uui his lawyer. Fred
House was there. too, taxing notes of the
testimony. 10 the surprise of everybody
,apt Ucrlihv WAS defended hy ex-Judse
Roger 4 Pryor and Louis Grant. Former
District ATTORNEY W VI T. Olcott who drew
the charge against Capt. Herilhy. was in
charge OF the prosecution, while 4. '. X.
Van Wyck was present a. the representative
ul the CORPORATION Counsel ". y. wilmer
who j. Il LAWYER and a lay worker In the Pro
Cathedral was associated with the PROSE
cutiou, having volunteered his services,
The only witness rNuuIu"d during 'Go pitcr-
Icon va, the Rev Nr Paddock Nj Grant
had an ob cc'ion ready for i!I"st every Vu"--
ton put hv Mr Clcuft Iu the direct e&am.ua-
ton, bu, Mr. Pryor would not allow him 20
Iiit them. and the resUi, was repeated pro-
tost on tho part o.; Mr. Grant. which dad not,
stop uu'n Mr. Pryor finally turned on his
as,ociat" md demanded to know who was
running HcGl.hy's case. anyway. Mr. Grant
subsidized
YORK REFUSES 10 s1TP Down.
At the outset OF the trial Judge Pryor read
from newspaper clippings two interviews
with President ioIR. IA which the President
1, alleged to have said that all that it was
Necessary - do tp secure The conviction of
can't. HcrliAy wa- to show the prevalence Of
vice IN TIE Ildrdse street precinct during
the latt,.l', command of a. MI Pryor init
mated tiat although T. seemed 10 him mat
lDth the prev dicrCe Of vic" and the C"n,Ih"iiF
or the captain "a It's existence must be Shown,
lie thuIgnt tie interviews Indicated pro
Judgment e 10" case on the part 81 Air NDrk.
And Le respectfully suggested that YORK t"l
try u without him
III you've ao' any motion TO make, make
i simply made tae suggestion in the hope
that II would appeal 20 tae hpuuIahi- Fr''!-
Gont'S sans" oi p"op'i"'v. s2id NJ Pryo,
Don't want any suggestions, said MI.
York. and then tomHls~luuer Abel broke
ia to say that II was not NECESSARY io take
an interview IN ~. newspapers as true. Mr.
Pryor thou yht rG1t II the interviews wers
untrue the President ought 10 make a dis
claimor. but Mr. YORK said that Ia" would
Pryor better stop ma@lug sniStei i!"is ana .hd
make Il motion. So. Mr. lIy"r made IN"
motion that President orH step down from
tho bench, which motion was promptly over
ruled and Mr.. Pryor took an exception.
MIR. Pryor dsmanded a more definite set set
that vice existed IN Capt, llerliAys precihct
ought to be specified OtherTi,e one could
not escape tho iupression that open VIC
there was alleged for every ono Of the itu
days and nisAts that capt llerihy was III
command. Mr York ,aid that it vas quite
a charge. ard MIR u.cott sad tnat he Thought
the word "hnhituIlIy" in TIE compliant COW
cred oi,hetine leTiIny w Was n dCdsS iss
weekly reports Of Capt HerlIuy 10 the thi"i
made from the tldridgc street station, and
also the citizens complain book or ihe pre-
onct. the one that was used IN Herihy
time ia Eldridgc street. George BuTrel, 4
surveyor. was called to prove ne agclra,i
Of chart Of a certain section Of the Welttt
precinct. which La mad made and which Ny
Ocott offered In cvIa'noe A great mum
Der oil IIatH@ on NV ti.H4 N'lt va
brilliant red squares There were s9n'
blue squares. too Commissioner Abel
wanted 70 anpw what al th;,. 5 o@i2rs r, mean,
testimony advanced. and then called MIR
Paddock as the iir-t witness
DIR. PADDOCK oN THE srASp.
During a part Of tho summer q 'soe. Or
Paddock said ns was away from tho district
III, but he returned in tho middle OF octobe
and has been there almost continuously "Ne
since Asked to tell what he had seen arpun'
t.ra, d return, he SAID fluf Nl
of tie first things to attract his attention
was the number Of women soliciting on tn'
street. He guve the numbers OF seNera
houses from which women called TO him q
come Ia. but as they DID not hapIon 70 n
In ii''.t the compliant they we're ruled out for th
tine being Later on they were included
Wr, Paddock finally mentioned a house a
go Chrystie street, from which lie said h.
had been accosted by women a number ~
times This house is mentioned IN the con,
ront For montho he rn ,ad e,in, ne had pee o
hc passed the house, The place was con
Quoted as a cigar store, he sIId' but wa
known in the neighborhood dls d'sordeFI
LAWYER GRANT REBUKEp,
Mr.. Pryor wanted to know what word
were used by tho women there In accostin
State what the witness had already state
about being asked 20 come IN. sut before IL Il
Tn!ad was ihfGnsn bm Of M b.n. a inaccnrate Mr 6icot
looked dumh'ound"d. hut MI Pryor acceptc
what To sara a. 'tt lltI~, ana a. llt rdN u'N
turned TO Mr.. Grant and said. ~
Either you'll run tl'- case or Will.
Mr Olcott took up tho examination OF IN
witness aud asked him how many times b
Lad been solicited lie said about $50 !
all
What did they say 70 vou?-
They asGed iuc to come In, and some
times they used endear,uc terms.
pr.rtE. p'CRY AND DARLISo.
What do you mean Ly endearng terms
asked Mir Pryor.
Well" said Mr Paddock. y have bee
Ca'led 'dearIr,' 'duCky.' and darling Som'
times tho women would throw a kiss"
Mr. Paddock said that Lo had heard n
same words ADDRESSED 20 other men and
bows In the street, and that IL was uuthin
uncommon for lit.o hovs and rirl- to b" Ildl
ing within ear~hu' Will" such f!ingS Wei
going on. About - oi ~" 80 Tunes tNi
He was solicited. he said, tAer" was
unlicniuau pu III" COTIcr. SOn.'uIIes wh'
io was srokcu 10 b. women Tie poliCcILa
was not mo-e than if'y ieot away. He ",
uIvnvs near enough tu zee the women, "a
MIR raddock He had gskcd tAs pOlioema
h- name and he had REPLIED that Il was No
ton.
HEADLIGHT GIVES WARNING.
Asked 10 give. sDug sIc1hc Incidents
vf. 4. IN tie Gi.'riCJ NJ. Paddock tIid 80
rv.. he had with the Ery JGil"- Ii. Coo.
nr 'lo ulg't Of kpril 20 1899 They had to'
~ '." pro-CHthrd'nl aud w"rc ON tNClr ",
~ ~" Duycr- street E"4Cu" Mission. TIE
wont lIrr.lsl stanton. Alien aud IlVirgt'
aud NJ Paddock upItl. ned 'I.p u .