The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-08-21
THE NEW YORK DETECTIVES.
Astounding Developments More Corruption in
81 the Police Department Arrest Of Several
rs Policemen = They are Charged om6l
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Another and an astounding sensation in the
Police Department is promised in few days
involving the good fame, if not the liberty, of
number Of policemen who have thus tar been in
good repute. Matters in this connection ha We
not been fully developed yet, but rutnors of a
conflicting nature have been rite for weeks past
and the explosion, when 1t occurs, 1t is said Will
be OF so startling nature as to shake the whole
fabric Of the department. TO its foundation, and
makethe magnates at the Mulberry Street head
quarters tremble for their positions. FI ~ H1
The officials at headquarters have been un.
usually reticent in regard to this business, but
outsiders have noticed an unwonted hustle and
excitement about the office where Superinten.
dent Kennedy holds court. What the result OF
all this turmoil Will be is yet TO be seen. Rumor
has it that several policemen, some say but three,
while others give the number as high as seven,
have been arrested and are now held IN durance
vile. These policemen are charged with all sorts
OF crimes, such as compromising telonies, taking
bribes to release prisoners arrested by them,
and TO allow those to go at large whom they
have causelessly threatened with arrest for iu1a-
glnary offenses. H ~. N- ~
What these charges win amount to when
brought to light of course cannot at present be
imagined, but the chiefs at the Mulberry street
establishment look dubious and apparently
alarmed. Some OF the policemen have been
| under arrest for number OF days, and why
they have not been treated as other prisoners,
and taken before a police justice, is a mystery
which requires explanation. The men have
DeeD HlySlerlOuSly spirited away from Lnelr
| families and confined in out-of the-way places,
and their friends and relatives denied ali access to
| them. In fact, the first intimatlon of their
arrest was obtained by their anxious families,
owing to their failure to return home at the usual
| period. The captains OF the precincts to
which these men are attached are the
| veriest know-nothings in regard TO the matter,
| and have no doubt been kept completely in the
| dark, and other captains have been called in to
"work upn the cases, as several strictly private
| interviews have taken place between several
| police captains and the Superintendent. A
! number of affidav1ts have been taken by Mr..
Kennedy, in regard to the accusation against the
| officers, but whether these are ever to be made
public, or 20 accumulate dust at the headquarters
| remains to be seen. At any rate, public
opinion will demand full and impartial In
vestigaton mot whitewashing arrange ment),
and the commissioners know best whether it is
| sater for them to brave public opinion in this
| respect, particularly after the recent develop
| ments in the detective department. The opera
tons of the officers under arrest, 1t Is said, have
extended over period of months, and numbers
| of lnofensive and ignorant citizens have been
| victimized by them. An extensive system o.
/ blackmail was inaugurated, and many an limo
| cent victim has been compelled to give up q
| considerable percentage of their means, gained
by honest toll, to satisfy the desires OF these
| cormorants. Thus persons whose business pur
suits subject them TO police surveillance have
been particularly attended to- and kept il
4 constant dread OF arrest 1t is said thata well
| known character, who has no reason to be CRATE
| tul TO the police, succeeded in gaining knoW w
| ledge Of these transactions, and has used hi
| knowledge to entrap several officers who hav'
| hitherto stood well in the department, and whC
| were lately selected and specially detailed fo
| detuctive duty on the cars. Be that as it may
it is due to the officers and the public at large
| that the whole of the facts be given to the world
! and speedily II is stated on good AUTHORITY
that the DistrictAttorney, who is also the lega
| adviser TO the Board of Police, has been con
| suited in the matter, and there is no doubt tha
| in a day or two the public will be treated to
l. great sensation.--Neeo York World 20 .r. .d