New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-19
THE WAR ON THE POLICE.

The Police Commissioners laid before the Legisls-
ture on Thursday, March lS, the following Answer to
the Wholesale charges made in Senator Spinols's re-
cent report:
To he Honorable the Senate eJns STATE If Nss- York.
The Commissioners of Police for the Metropolitan
Police District having had their attention called to
publication, in The Sunday Rerald OF March d, 1872
OF seversl closely printed colamns o. matts purport
irg TO be testimony prefented to the Sena ~ Com
mitee of Your honorable booy, investigating into Po
lice affairs in said DstJict ard which matter claims To
reflect piuIiously upon the Metropolitan Police De-
p8ftment have made such proper inquiries as TO COM
pei them to behave that no such Testimony, II 1t exists
10 legal and Parliamentary form, has been reported u
the Senate or its publication authorized.
They are informed and believed, that there is in the
custody of Of your honorable body, awlltten ar
Tative purpOtng to be sworn testimony OF divers W.T.
nesses, pmpoitit TO be brought before Committee
of Your honorable body purpoThDg tn investigate ID
police affairs within the metropolitan Police District.
But since the publication above referred TO. The CON-
nissioners have been voluntarily furnished WIN aih-
dayits from persons who reported ss havlng been
sw orn and daily examined and given certain testimony
who deny that certain reported questions re put or
certain reported made and who state tha az
two three meetings. the investigation was privately
conducted by a single member Of the Committee, who
refused TO allow the CLERK of the Commissioners TO be
present Listener; that n consequence no ap-
peal could be had from any question pat that the tes
umopy was not tsken down IN the Eoghsn Language,
but in characters known shorthand and alter ward
privately deciphered privately rewritten, never read
to the witnesses, ana never signed by any OF them
that the Commissioners were not and are not now a.
lowed to examine the alleged testimony, or to have
copy Of IT, and thus the alleged evidence became, IN
the highest degree Ito say the least, aud without en-
pioyng unpsIhsmentaly laI gnsge, liable to erroneous
e1pre ssiOns and partial Interpretation.
Some of these sfiidavits the Commissioners append
to this communication for references and some OF 1en
will be found directly contradictng vsroue important
allegations made in the supposed testimony.
Fulfg Inn
communication, and the annexed sfidsvlts, msy be
referred 70 proper standing committee OF your honor
able BODY, ID the end that sGca action Lnsy oe nsa
therein may e,oDe proper under the circumstance
If such testimony has been or sha De presented, ana
due and proper inquiry be instituted into the facts
contained in this p-titioD.
SIGNED BY POLICE COMMISSIONERS.
Nse- lo'k, March - ls5a
Daniel Carpenter, being sworn, doth dspcse and
y-Thst be Deputy Of the MetroPoan Pc
Ger ain evS.Ice r,por,a 70 the seIa Of the State Of
fci by francis B. rPinoa pms'r # said sensts ia whi
sw..h from the Ncsssusn Mini.ter aad though oooesaE
b. crime Vas pot dismissed &c the PSes .nS ss d.po9s
old Municipal Police that IN TIE month OF sepi mber 1897
Sd stsa w,tsS fr,m toe Nc.rasusa MDi,t-r h..
dsty rded nom ogy Ano ns oasse of one sten
DAY, 8 bis ts put down before he sG.d q Police days
.h,. beior, the day Of s TIE said M Der went 70
u,d dbmed BY the Board Of POace the zsi Of
in any manner With the Metropolitan Police.
John 5 Folk being tuly sworn, says That IN the
later part s d. cemher be subPened before the Senatorial
member hat hen be frat sIryee thse Mt spDo -s' aot
in The Tsm but cane in sei that Nj sPnOs proposed
swear depopen 70 Which Seponeni ob-o ed oa The souod
that there only minority Of the committee present stat
ps TIE reason of o1a oectn tbs. IN case Of any ineop
To noving the foss stttlde Of Nv Spnola 20 me
pSs' BE- sePo.sn would paw no one 70 app.s 70 20; must
ss5 spnos uPcr his rs'ed hat ths comm ee haa reot