The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-08-19
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POLICE SECRETS.
Astonishing Testimony Before
The Committee ON Crime.
From the New York world.l

fIOm tne NEW lOIk WOIlu'J
The Assembly committee on Crime sat
and stared yesterday at the testimony
laid before them as if, in spite of their re-
cent experience, nothing of this sort had
ever entered into their imaginations,
The three particular points of interest
were, first, the alleged conversion by Of
fCers high in the force of public goods to
private ends; second, the encouragement
lent by the force to crime as offsetby the
clubbings meted out to modest merit;
and third, what purported to be an inside
history of the Nathan murder. This last
especially made the hair Of the commit
tee to stand on end and left the speCta-
tors in dumb amaze.
THE PROCEEDINGS.
Mr.. John Sullivan, dry goods mer-
chant, now residing on Jersey City
Heights, told the following story: Two
years ago last January, while l was do
ing business at 54 and 56 Duane Street.
Captain Kennedy, then of the Eighth
Precinct, came to me and told me that
there was scheme to rob my place and
that it would be necessary for me to leave
one or two men in the place nights; 1
followed his advice for time; on the 22d
of January l came in the morning and
found that the place had been broken
into and $4,779 worth of shawls had been
stolen; went up to Police Headquarters
and Detective Eustice came down; l told
him would give him reward if he
would recover the property Captain
Kennedy also came in; l told him tho't
his officers were negligent after that he
told me to keep still and 1 would get my
property; three days after the burglary
stranger came and said he would give
me important information; he told me
that man named Jack Thomas was the
leader in the burglary, and that the
goods were at the house of his brother
l03 Chrystie street; l called to see Cap
tain Kennedy, who came out of his pri-
vate room; | went to 60 into his room.
but he shouted out, telling me that /
mustn't 90 in, for there was lady in there
| told him what l had heard, and the
Captain said it amounted to nothing;
nevertheless | took an officer and went
to the place in Chrystie street, we found
THopoog 4harn and oftor cnorah M
found $120 worth of my shawls: we ar
rested Thomas on warrant; we then
went to the liquor saloon corner of South
Fifth avenue and Broome street; we found
JACK Thomas there and l wanted to ar
rest him; the officer said, "No, the place
is full, and they are all thieves" so we
went to the station and got help, and
then we went back and arrested the
brother of Thomas and also the informer
whom we found there.
HOW THE AUTHORITIES TREATED Mr.. SUI
LIvAN.
The next morniug we all went to the
Tombs; Judge Bowling took the informer
into private room; he then came out
and ordered the in1ormer out of the court
room; Captain Kennedy then stepped up
and said he had information about the
goods; $l75 worth had been sold, and a
a part ofthe remainder could be recover
ed; told him l would give him $500 to
get the goods back; then went to the
station, where Captain Kennedy treated
me so abusively that / fairly got out of pa
tience and told him l would not talk any
more with such man; then went up to
Police Headquarters and talked with
Kelso; Judge Bowling came in and said,
"That man is in confidence with thieves"
this astonished me; told them my cred
it was good in New York for about $780,
600, and l thought had no completely
with thieves Bowling was angry because
the informer came to me; after this met
man who said he was locked up in the
cell next to Jack Thomas the night of his
arrest, and that he heard Thomas tell
Captain Kennedy that the goods were at
the corner of First avenue and Fifty
third street; / was then disgusted with
headquarters and the whole police; went
to my friends in New YORK and got their
names to certificate of good character
then went to headquarters and talked
with Kelso again; he sat back.in his chair
and spoke insultingly to me; Jack Thom-
as sentenced to two years in tie Peniten-
tiary, and his brother was set at liberty;
l don't know how long Thomas was in
the Penitentiary, but / met him year
after on the corner of Greene and Hous-
ton streets.
Q. Doyou know how he got out ? A.
No; Sir.
@. Are you sure the man you saw was
Thomas? A. Oh, could not be mistaken.
Ispoke to a detective about it, who did
not deny it.
REVELATIONS BY SANITARY INSPECTOR.
DR.. John 0. Bronson, who resides at
Washington Heights, and was formerly
one Of the sanitary inspectors, being
called and sworn, first read some extracts
from long report made by him in May,
1873, showing how police officers kept
their horses and those of their friends at
the expense OF the city. Seth G. Hawley
had three horses and cow boarding at
the mounted police stable at Carmans
vile. This report was given to Commits
sioner Charlick, who promised to inves-
tigate it, and some Of the alleged offend
ers were summoned TO Police Hadquar-
ters, while some were transferred to 9TH
er precincts, chiefly to Captain Petty's.
Mr. Townsend said nc had received a
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