The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-12-23
The Senatorial Police Com
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The Tn<s Of yesterday, IN common with oner rapcrs,
contained statement relative to Ne interview u Deputy
Superintendent Fox with Ia. Senator ai Poiios 80 tte
The the have been priv IN fir,
ana II Is therefore desirable that Ton. siiedto Mr.
Folk II oxpTesson--versious shonk gwen or any
part Of rs proceedings; ami indcad the INVESTIGATION
now so nearly closed that without re'tug evtlcuce II
may be deemcd usarcto or ely atnde To the character
and results Of the investigation.
Supcrintrnd.n ut Folk the on y Of the wit
examin who had any alteration with the commit,
tee PresiIentSyc,a and sup rntnns lam pise ini ear
pener and ether leading men q the department ave thor
evidence conrteously and freely and f FOX son. who
followed hs father on the stand, di the same. The
nature of this young rent,egnan's evlencc, ami tue
manner IN which II was given, were alike crcit.be IN
the xreme 10 him He has charge II appears singly,
OF the number and kind of books which il lros
quite army Of clerks to keep in the New York pirt oi
the district and the conclusion IL evrsn Mr, Folk
does not pretend 10 he over worked tht th Depntys
office N New York is perfect model OF eircnnsoa"toa
and lazy sinecursm. This fact was amansy illustrated
IN the evidence Of one of the Broome street Clerks na
tor Spnola who has conducted the inquiry with
shrewdness and aptitude which few aymen could exho,
was examining him as TO the number ana ,enga OF the
entries made in the books, thereby showing that the
work was dlsproorsoned 10 the rnnhes Of tha clerical
sta The witness however 'ancei tna he object of III.
examination was to show that ne did met work ias, nogn
and in spirit Of braggadoca he exaggerated the RI
pdy of his penuauship that il appearei his en'cs
made fast enough to enable him TO dispose Of his weeks
task in half an hour.
The Investigation tended show only that there
too many clerks but that the department works very
nharmoniousy. For instance one in the department
could tell what Mr. @ssa = duties They al, know
that he busy man, running around in al lrecous;
ou, the sphere ana naTe Of MS bers no two wtaesses
agreed in stating The New York clerks gave nin
dit for dong very little in that city, bat Supposed b. dill
great deal IL Brooklyn but NJ. W H. Fox thought the
exnct cont arythat Mr. sss did very little IN - oos
yn, probably great deal in New York. Com ttroller
Lewis however, threw soue light on TINS dubious qles.
tioI by showing that Mr. q . diligently working
every day except Sundays and Fourth OF juig, the
Williamsburg Improvement Comm sson-Inean while
drawing pay also from the police. Mr. t$e4, IN fact,
has occupied great deal of The Committees time, though
for some reason best known 10 bimself--irobahly
his multifarous duties in the double capacity Of I'm
plovement Commis oncr and police oicial--hc
failed to obey the Subpoena OF the committee Some de
velopements, very awkward To Mr.. Sfta If true,
made, relative TO some early Custom Honse TRANSACTIONS
and with apparent icndness for acting in dual capa
city appeared that he had figured at inspector
Of the police uniforms aud rs agent and collector for the
tailor by whom they made. . Carrying water
both Observation-Disclosures incompatible occupations
seems TO have been this geuticman's forte.
The evidence Of General superintendent Tallma'ge,
when published, will be more damaging tn the present
organization than any other. Tho General declares him
self to be thwarted at every turn by the cashg an.or
ty OF himself ana the Commissioners. The Board at
large continually framing rules, which the every
day OF the force compel the Supcrlntencn TO
override; and, the ether hand, he hnis Individual
Commissioners assuming TO overrule him, even in tho
smallest matters of detail 90 far from beng respons
bic authoritative head o the orce ne hnas himself re-
duced 10 cxpenSiyc au,omaion and his oaoe o mere
Ths house and lot donasiea v Gensrsi Nys farmod
another prolonged subject VI inquiry Tho facts stasd
by Captain Sqnrcs and one or two Now York occrs who
sone told straightforward story, plain enough II
house IN Weet Forty seventh street, that money
rased from the policemen, in some cases willingly, in
others un~lin4ly, 10 make donation 10 Mr. Nyc. that
part o this money has been returned men becauss
the newspapers made such cutlery about it, and that
and that Mr. Sye Ia living IN the house in question
This a plain enough; but one till the eviience ap
pears PRINT viii be likely 10 imagine the amount of
of most Of the New Yor Captains ths point,
Excepting Mr.. squres, above referred to- who stated
point blank that he thought Mr. Nye deserving of iss
ID nrsk1 Il Ia
hardly officer who did not descend to tnc mort trans
Iarsnt subterages Of rcry, IN order to avon olng
that the men had been black mailed Tor Mr. Nycs benefit
II also shown that money hal heeu rs--l IN utuy
precincts both 1867 and 1868, 10 devote o tn rcpub
and American committees. but with one or two ov-
ceptions the declared that they gave the 8ney
voluntarily and without ntmdA,on being rsorted 10 "
the parties collecting IL.
The general police system IL may DO prcdced viii not
be damaged by this invcstgtion but alterations IN tho
Ienno q the commission transfer q the greater part
" the authority now exercised by 10 the General super
intend,nt, q reduction OF the pay and dsmssa uf al
least hall the .necurst clerks, &C. viii be- no than
the evidence viii warrant crcgmocutioa and f.vorit.
m bfcf the great faults os the present organzs
ton a. developed Nv tins inquiry Grcumlocuiion "a tho
lbuI0.nce of rules iaade oy T. ~ brcxe ana half u
them mlrnct he" Ia the conflict d authony, IN the Ok
tcasio1 81 the Conmtsioners jurisdiction over the
MOS, itt,y "details, ~ proved against tho system,
and Gfmah1s rem'ay. fatortsm, ~ me btsto~lng lat
Faarics upon rrofess.ongl politicians, Who have uns
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