Show i fJ Y W1L1JTAF > 4 frON P S14ljDI > i fr T1 > Q Inseota OaIad tOITaBti fW I Ii I Befq tJie w 9kc n ff < t mittae > k i i r1 i < j > a rfi H < < tLS 8ImJfbilmflLI I ATTACKS ARH SaQXBOCIH < I I I i 1 > l RBSiarrED c lie GfitH SOflWbt j the p ii 1Il e4or 5ea aLlfiIti Aa8 v P t Bears th Tetti II JHO Y shally mfl < 1what the Rte LAsewtieiL > C Were Pep MrtkPl Moosa I nUr z1ii Tw J I RtUsei of ilifidae Tea r I I I New Ywk liedrJfcTNext to Super injtendtnt Byrnesy Inspector Alexander Williams Is loqkftd Vfpon by tbeIIzeeL i dents of this cfty asHWe EMUI w z Jaiew3 every detail in corm c > Rrt witli c ttre police department oj New Tork Ijt1 was made known thtb wouldt r called as a Tritnesa before the Lex conwnitfee today ana tlwp wera nr merooa applicants for admlsaion to ttfe iiijurf room t Jjkwyers doe4ofsr bank rsr broicers and men about town jjcramlblsd far seats to aim the famous fam-ous Knight < rf the CliUS 1 and Iiiqnisl tor G oft cross jCoils In a wdrdir fencing 1 T c I m f li EJuring the eat y part f the Pro ce dings former SVardniant 3hgll y wit was Policeman Hasteys partner littlie Twelfth prectocCwas examhwd an4 hoe told alxmt his collections O fbrlbe money from saloon Iteepers pro rletors oC bol of nifaan and policy pol-icy hops tHe accused CsptaJa lTeJb retired Doherty JSakins and Schiiltz1 of receiving I the bribes JDurln Schvtltzs tesrlme he saId that the price on policy shops was raised 1 per cent and in nine monch 8 he paid over to Scfoalts about 4500 Detective Sergeants Ser-geants Phil Reilly and Jake Von Grischten were called after recess and they said they attended the races at Saratoga during their Vacations and that they received money from the owners of the track for keeping crooked persons away from it but he denied ever having divided the money they got with > the police officials of-ficials in New York I I Inspector Williams Called I Inspector Williams was then called and every one was on the tip toe of excitement He was s dressed in full uniform and seemed to be as unconcerned uncon-cerned as if he Were gain to testify against an ordinary drunk or disor derly In reply to Mr Got he said that he learned the trade of ship carpenter and previous to 1SGS when he joined the force he had charge of aiilp yards In China and Japan When ha left there lie was worth from lz > 000 to 529JOOO and bad property In Japan He i accounted for his transactions in real estate and swore positively that he was never directly or indirectly con riected with the sale of Holywood whisky I The inspector had frequently been accused of having an Interest in the company which handled this brand of liquor end It Tyas stated that by displaying dis-playing the companys sign in a prominent prom-inent place the proprietors of saloons 1 were protected from arrest or annoyance annoy-ance for violation of the excise law Williams denounced Schmittberger asa as-a liar and said he was prompted to lie by a promise of Immunity given by the committee 1 He met Mr Goffs attacks stubbornly stubborn-ly and frequently aroused merriment by his answers to several questions After 70 minutes of fencing CMr Golf asked for an adjournment and the majority ma-jority of the spectators said that Williams Will-iams was the toughest witness that the Investigator had met yet It is expected that the examination of the inspector will occupy the whole of tomorrows to-morrows session When Chairman Lexow rapped his gavel Mr Golf started off by reading two letters sent by Commissioner Sheehan Shee-han to Captain Schmittberger in reference refer-ence to Proctor the alleged gambler and friend of the commissioner The first asked the captain to exercise his influence to have a man named Morris Murray appointed as a conductor of the Broadway cable road The second made a similar request for Charles Bates on the Eighth avenue surface road Mr Golf also produced a letter making a similar request on behalf of William Schaefer Mr Golf then read a letter received this morning by Assistant Counsel Moss from Commissioner Sheehan The letter enclosed a newspaper interview with Mr Moss In which the latter had a good word to say for the commissioner commis-sioner and for this Mr Sheehan thanked him The letter concluded At the time when there appears to be a general determination to ruin and destroy me even a kind word Is to be appreciated Mr Golf said There has never been so far as the committee is concerned con-cerned a determination or a wish to destroy Commissioner Sheehan or any one else ExW raen Shnllj Recalled ExWardman Shally was then renal led to the stand He said he had served serv-ed as wardman in the Twelfth precinct under Captains Webb Doherty Eakins and Schultz and had collected monthly from disorderly houses pool rooms policy shops and saloons He give money to Captain Webb and never retained re-tained any of it What did these people pay Pool rooms 50 a month policy shops 20 liquor dealers 20 and houses of illfame 10 The average collected col-lected was 400 What was the highest amount you ever received In a month Six hundred Witness said that two policy dealers paid for all I And you handed all the money to aptodTD Webb Yes and1 he returned me a portion of It otltAnd l < rAnd df these people who had paid violated the law they would1 not he interfered in-terfered withY with-Y sHow s-How much did you collett from 1SS3 to 1889 under Captain Webb About 3600 I got the policy shop I collection under Captain Doherty Mo Oalbe and Freedman the tiwo represen tithre policy dealers paid me personally I every month The procedure was practically prac-tically the same as under Captain Webb How much did you collect under Doherty a From 400 to 500 a mopth I deducted de-ducted a portion for myself Were these people ever interfered with I withNot Not unless a complaint was made I by some prominent citizen Then you collected about 6800 in s Captain Dohertys time and gave lt to him as a bribe v Continued on page 6 o I IIII WILLIAMS j ° 11 l 1 1 c ON THE STAND < t < = I f S Continued from Page 1 1p V v vr > 4 Whstxceedd Dtmrty Jr 2 1apta1n BakeBe He reniainea in thP itatlbn about eighteen months I made the ueual monthly collections durinifSt ofc tajncy Jx l 0 S > > 1 f Did he jexpc Itt A i y surprise when you handed lilni the money asked T u3 a of v Oh8lrm6niL x w h 0 r Vr N htlie l1hteatrepbied l tho wit 5 r S DrParlchnrst J2 t t c c Et t iJ 1 A 1t this point Dr parkTiursfc j entered the room and i6nversed With Mr Moss I had scontmued thetvm3tne5sa S conversajtionrwfth > Caoraan McCullough 1 and after that there1 was no collectioo from thesaldohkeOTprs individually J r But you collected rJftOIl some individuals 1 in-dividuals didyounot i V > JYes from those who were not members mem-bers of v the LiqUorrtDealera association 5Janoypaid fer tSievlssociatioh01 Under J aKens tne suoscriptionfrom the policy shops was rdteed from 10 to 520 a month I < heard the policy dealers were paying 2Mn precinctsT We made the 2 nalse vr 1 v p t I > rWatness saidthia m iteY vas paid as afbrihe The police n v interfered with any of those houses unless there were charges of assault ot something of that i 1 liind coming i from tljem v > i r I Lln reply tto Chairman the wJtnessi said that the proprietor of a house who djd not pay had to close r 1 OaThin Schultz Shalby = said EUCX 1 e dptRtai tEa Jis r mttithen hlngs 1 3tt on about ithe same bsis There jwere no pool rooms hxithe preclnot dur ins SChultzstime > L uBid you do Anyithlng but ooJl tOll t-Oll yesjjC dId < jny dutiee as a > po fcini i J > S F I t c r f t You were then > endeavonins to def de-f t crime r 5 Yes replied ithe witness and wftp 5 out a smile he left t he artiand r S Police NMartens Vais fc then called He xwas sworn and tlhem asked to step down t Samuel ibiwenthal teshfied that he acted as lawyer for alMrs Blood and conveyed to her a house on West Tweartyninthi street Did she itell you she had to purchase pur-chase a house under compulsion of a I police officer The Nor witness objected to answering any such questions on the ground of privilege land he was sustained by the committee He admitted to Mr Goff that hiS client had paid 7000 more than the acknowledgedi value of the property ExWardman Shalle > again took the stand aind sal d that the collections dhce the tsmnrndDtee commenced its in vestigaiions Tvasnot conducted on the some plan as before He himseJf spoke to Captain Schultz of ths advisability of ibelng more cautious Captain Schultz accepted all the money as a bribe The amount pair Schultz was ahout 4500 54500AnVl the people who paid these bribes were not interfered withY with-Y s said the witness because we wanted to drive the disorderly houses out of the district We collected from policy shops and saloons as usual I Captain Martens was then recalled nail questioned by Mr Goff as to whether his wife had yet returned from Nov port She has gone to the house of her brotherinlaw who is dying said Captain Cap-tain Martens Captain Martens promised to have his wife in court tomorrow morning Bring your bank books with you said Mr Goff S My bank book repeated the captain cap-tain I have none WeD I want you to bring them said Mr Got S All right said Mkrtens Also tell your wife to bring her bankbooks bank-books and any deeds you or she may have demanded Mr Goff Dr Webster testified to the inability ofa man named Sollmssworlh to come I to court owing to trouble with hIs eyes The Inspector Tcitifies A murmur went around the court when Mr Goff called Inspector William The big Inspector took his seat let his eyes roam around the room sand finally fixed them on Mr Goff When did you join the police force In 1S6G I vms then 24 years of age and a ship carpenter I had been cm plojed m China and Japan and had charge of a dockyard in Shanghai When you joined the force were you a poor man or in good circumstances Fairly well off I owned the house in Leonard street Brooklyn in which I lived I think I was worth 515000 or 20000 Had you any other property Yes some lots in Japan As a matter of information how do they measure building lots there I think 100 feet by 35 feet I do not remember You sold your Brooklyn house How much did you set for It I got SoOOO > v What bank was the rest of jour money in It was not in any bank It was in bills of exchange on English banks Did you cash them before you joined the police force Yes What did you get for themgold 7 No paper money I got the face value of the bills Where did you put that money In a safe belonging to a man named Terry S You cant tell the amount you deposited depos-ited with Mr Terry Between 315000 and 20000 If the money was in greenbacks they would not have been valuable gold was over 200 then Yes I got 2S3 or 2S5 for it Why did you put at in a safe To preserve it from burglars and robbers rob-bers And corrupt bank officials Yes You have thought carefully over your evidence Well not especially I have thought over it You remember Commissioner Mc Claves and Commissioner Sheehans testimony tes-timony 1 Yes I remember reading their evidence evi-dence in the papers You do not Intend to refuse to tfjpclose your affair as some of your officials nve done I dont intend to criticise the opinions of any superiors said the witness testily tes-tily I aid not say the officials were your Superiors vaia > ± SWell VTUIL S-Well you mentioned Commissioners McClave and Sheehan Have you ever since you joined the force being engaged in outside business N ° Did you ever swear you were not Yes according Ito an act of the leglsla ture Anti you were the last man who made an affidavit to that effect That is untrue said the inspector angrily an-grily There were others after me Had you cer been interested in the Hollywood distillery r No Did you know its officials Yes George Norton He was a thief was he not No a friend of iny brothers His father WON a thief fie was not He kept a saloon it the corner of River and Water streets George Norton often gave me information about thieves when I was captain of ths Fourth precinct He was a stool pigeon for you He was not a stool pigeon Stool pigeons pig-eons are paid He gave me information as a gentlemanly citizen does to the police He gave my successor Captain Murray similar information And you desired to assist him in business busi-ness I never did so I Did you hear of a memorial having been presented to the legislature of an Interference by the police in favor of Hollywood whisky Yes I And In face of that memorial having been signed by reputable merchants do I false you say It was False as far as I am concerned I During this portion of the witness testimony tes-timony Mr Goffs temper appeared to be rIsing while the inspector seemed determined de-termined to baffle the counsels efforts Do you know a man named Fleece What Is he queried the witness That makes no difference Do you know a man of that name Yes He Is a whisky dealer Yes He is a very good fellow I am glad to hear you call anyone a good fellow Mr Goff said Williams and some laughed Did you ever try to get him appointed f ethan t jU r > c v < i1 I c t arge 1 I isve5 been Lr wttfe f ery oM t 1 = nd8r In spite t Gtth t l rk Pow tbn bv yen been 1 t b1ti mafevSwi been hs with station qti w > v or the land1 54t i c f 1 nv r violated > tJwT laws d 7 S S 55IWhe dM you buy proJertt ja New lYOIkl I j i S w j j < Ln1 7lI ve ittolmywlfe 1 V L what renz f lri 38iIL je bought li USJatq fIB s xU ehth attreetyrot SUOOO andvsoldiLfw fJOO bought another house for J3J9R v i < ir 1 T 1 Does anybody ncld any1CeaI etC Jot ypuF v I t i 1 lli f lr o Foryoiig wife i f t < J f 1 tOnly a Ht ieioiMfcor whlchI paid 1000 aird the housa on VTentn street > ItFL tl1acr bee stated that FwasjInttr stfed InI ahot lJthatilS tf5 eV aSi > b r 11 ahe witness then said Jhat evidence given by Kirblaiid tnathe bad opar300 to lilm ta 1887 whenvie wa5 Jn charge of the street cleaning sqtiad jor alloying Kirklajids book tobe > auated a1IoWingj Mr GQffreadfrom2 > a nbmb r of bills fforsf owellsiand Perkins for sfcow aid ask0ie It I i n J ui > IT is tnerenany reason ewny uiis man l i liilitI h g tb trii PerkinslshouldJhave > come upon thestand v and testify ag iilst you t11 t 1 I prie Idon tt louiw Jl1a man l ndifthemerchantS and tr dersWhoi Sign d thehieaiorIal to the legislature uediraDoucyou tfr i t itt > > < > Yes1 they iflld perhaps unwittingly 1 Theyf perjured i themselves21 < D iringrtiil inspebtora testimbny there j 11 ui jaughterwhich seemed tCiCt k inVsvho sald in an angry tone1 cjj SJg yiJV A juu < nuutv ao ap lIce officer that itla f riot proper forAyou by your answer to excite laughter in tbiS room L r11 notstrying to do so sald Williams Will-iams > f f 3 h f 5 r S Mr Goff then wanted to know it one ntir forHhe payment of scows in emergency emer-gency signed 1y the inspector He said that he supposed it came before mmiinctheusraUcourse < Mr < Perkins and Mr Powell are both positive as to your acceptance of 1500 Tidontthink JVfr Powell said anything of ithekind tJ Is that the only charge of corruption brought rainst youB f1 h c2 I think so Did not Schmlttberger testify thalt he gave you money Yes and he testified falsely What reason had he for coming here andperjurIng hmselfl Jao avoid going to states prison You know that JYes I saw Itln the papers I saw that he had been promised Immunity for s > o doing 0 i > x Tell me a slnglev newspaper that has state i soT j so-T cannot say It is my impression that It was In some of them S Did you ever do anything calculated to make Schmlttberger desire to Injure you I helped him Some times a man hates those who help him You neveV did anything to put an end t o thom gambling and other houses in districts your S No I am occupied nearly all day in office work Then you are either negligent or incompetent in-competent I deny that I am either Why did not you discover that there were gambling houses running Captain Schmittberger reported to me that they were fill closed Vndryou relied on his statement I Yes After a few questions of a similar nature Mr Goff signified his Intention of closing for the evening and Chairman Lexow adjourned the further hearing until tomorrow morning |