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Show GAYNOR ACTS AS WITNESS H ' iVIayor Refuses to Make H Direct Replies to His H Inquisitors. B New York, Sept. 10 Amid a. burst H' ot handclapplng, William J. Gaynor, H mayor of Now York, took the -witness i stand at tbo city hall this afternoon H and was sworn in by Alderman Cur- ' i ran to testify before the aldcrmanlc ) commltteo appointed to lnestlgate ' ' graft in the police department. H "We arc anxious to know," said Mr. H Buckner, counsel for the committee, j "how the mayor keeps In touch with 1 ( conditions in'thc police department." H i "Mainly by letter from the com- H i missloner," the mayor replied. "Some- i times he talks with me." H "Is there no special way in which H ) you keep advised of conditions''" ' "No system except what I hear (through the commissioner?" z "Have you had nny system of rc- ports for ascertaining general condl- H tlons in the city for any week or any h month?" H "Oh, yes," said the mayor, "we have Hj hands and legs and ears and feet." IH I "But you have no way of learning H 'i conditions except through the com- H I missloner?" H j I "Ob, take it that way If you want H ' I to," replied the mayor H j "1 came here to help tho commlt- 1 tee and gio jou facts," ho exclaimed teetllv. "I shall withdraw as a wlt- J Tie8s if voii do not ask mo pertinent I questions." H j "J decline to answer," the mayor H cried when asked If "his system was ft 1 I defective." H I "Ask me about facts and I will an- H Later the mayor broko Into a tirade- against newspapers and sensational- H H , "I havo been brought here under Hj false pretenses," he shouted H ' "I came in and took charge of a de- H moralized police force. I have done H i tho best I could, and I am not H through " H "Would you bo surprlsod to know H that burglary insurance rales in New H ): York have jumped 35 per cent?" t H i "I have no option in tho matter. H But I take your word for it H ' "Tho appointments to the police H i force are made acording to law with- H j out regard to Murphy or anybody H "I was engaged In purifying the H , government here long before vou ever H ' t came on -aarth," cried tho mayor as Hj Mr. Knnckner kept up the cross-fire Hl ' of questions. Persistently and dog- H 'i . gedly the mayor refused to make dl- ft t rect" replies. M I "You can't scandalize mc," Mr. H i Gaynor shouted H ' ' The crowd clapped vigorously at M this. |