New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-26
PREVALENCE or CRIME.
SEARCHING OUT ALLEGED DELINQUENClEo
OF TIE POLICE.


CONTINUATION or HE WORN OF TAG ASSEMBLY
COMMITTEE or NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. APP
PEAIFD TO II VAIN 10 SUPPRESS DI,BEPU LIABLE
Observation-Disclosures or RESIDENTS OF
THE EIGHTH And FIFTEENTH WABDs--IHE DIS
TRiCr-ArrORNEY CHAfGED WITH I>ACliVITY-
FURTHER ACCUSATIONS AGAINST POLICE CAP
TAINs WILLIAMS AND BURDhh-LVii' RESORTS
VISITED by a DETECTIVE.
The Assembly Committee for the lnveStlga-
ton OF crime this city continued ira abos at the Guy
Hall yesterday afternoon. Thomas Cooper Camppeh
occupied the chair Tho other mombcrs OF tho com
mitteo. Mcssrs. Uusiod, MCGOWAN Hess aud Dessar'
were present Tho nrst witness cNann d was George T.
Fox "a mcmpcr OF the Protective Association OF me
Eighth and Fifteenth wards. Mr. Fox testified That The
Association sgas formed in 1873 and began it' laboS 10y
collecting the names and addresses Of persons keeping
dlsorerly houses those wards The organization soon
ascertained existence of ia houses Of this kind ana
Police CAPTAINS Burns end Van Dusen discovered ~
more disoIdery houses. ganblngholses ana le"iS "i
common thieves Application was made 10 Ponce |o"l-
Inls,ioncrs harc Gardner, and Smith several toS 10
have the houses suppressed also TO the present Police
Board and 10 suporntcn Kelso, Matscl ana Wal
Ing but nothing obtained except promises when
have never been fulfilled.
2 School No. 10, ia this district was so situated tha inc
children could not look at any side without behodng
some OF the inmates Of these dsreputabe houses Inc
Board of Education delivered tho complaints ~ the Assoc
About 200 petitions sent in to the Attorney
ON the same subject. but there was very Hrie
done by him. lie went before tho Grand
Jury" said Mr. Fox, "and oO.a.nei ~ lhdlcI-
ments out of which there two trials ana one con
yction. Complaint madeaSainst Ambrose e. hinSs-
land the owner OF dsreputa5.e house, ana an indct
ment found against ALlrcw c. Kingsland. Mr. Phelps
was reonested TO have this in the corrected,
hm he failed do and the Indictment remains OF no
effect Indictments were also found against Franklin
Brown and Mason g. Brewster for similar ohense, but
have never been tried"
John Gilsey another member OF the Protective Assoca
ton corrolorated the testimony of Nj Fox lie added
that william Tucker In the Same district, il owner of
several OF dsordery houses lie had demonstrated
with Nj Tucker the subject telling him tuat Inc
houses were inurng the value Of hs tGl,eys property
and requested him have the nuisance a5aic, but MI
Thicker REPLIED that no would let hi houses to the per-
sons from whom he cond obtain most rent Three III
dctments had been obtained against Tucker. one OF
which diis WIS produced before the Committed mile
rosequ had been entered and The other two were never
tried
Ma Wilson, who lives in West Twenfysixth-St,
testified flat IN june, 1s7i, size resided Mt No.
log BleecLcrs,., in the house with william
wilson McCaul. She had lived tHere for two years
and had attended lin in bs last illness. on
the nielt when Il r body in the coia, sue sili'
Can't Williams entered the house while sine was lying On
n sick bed and ordered her GRIZZLY 10 get np saving that
he was going Ia take her 10 Jail sac said tl sle was
sick and unable, TO move sole lie then , aseed
her give him the 5000 mat McCml
had left She said that she hal only - 90 which she gave
him and wnich he handed over to william larcIty;a
gambler, who Ind formerly been IN parineg WIN PIC
Ci. Capt Williams she said also took ron hrr tnree
diamond studs valued NJ $40 he then called IN another
man who's ne Se f f a , w' e % "roS T a ="
medium hight r,iy e , 1 n ps"f s key E OF the U
upstairs but the boy Of the house had thrm' ana
he could not be fonnl Capt Williams gave 40 r r
said Mrs. Wilson, but never heard ANYTHING or IT,
Didn't know that L. Decld smith had put IL an answer
IMr Townsend here produced the answer.l
Marguerite Norton, who liyod IN | nc hoAse WIN Nrs
Wilson, was examined, and confirmed tbs testimony oi
the latter. Sac sad that when Capt williams entered
the house lie said he Vas gons to arrest MIA 'on on
Patrick G Malone. who lives IN Tw ntysixth-s, near
sixhave. testified that lie knew Detective Martinez
WHEN he Was under Capt Burden he was greasy an
noycd night when there was sickness III ms family
by dsorlerly house the neighboraood. He applied
t,y Capt burden aud asked him 10 have the nuisance
abatcd: Captain said he hal time to leave the
S6cer Martino said Mr Malone, and he went and put
a temporary stop TO the nuisance, but was reprinande
me that he disarprovcd of Marnots action, ami that
Mr. Jouran had said that such interference as Slartnot
had been guilty OF could not be tolerated ana tha these
houses could not be suppressed except by the authority
Of law. Mlrtinot was me ohiy man VINO Ienuer.M us
any assistance III mat district ma,e a c3lhPiant
against veal Of the IN mates OF thai disOliiy house.
ana they fined $40 each Immediately resumed their
business and were not nolesied asan 10y tne ponce
Things recently been improving III that district A
friend of mine went to the police station few days ago
to make complaint 10 Capt steers and he WAS received
with courtesy than formerly"
that he had often spoken to Capt Williams and O1lccr
G0O concerning tie existence OF panehOusos III thelt
district but they had always denied THIS AMI Idclr
HIM being simple as 10 think one day he had
observed Kate Fowler Of the most notorious panel
IN the city, accost respectable looking country
gentleman IN Mercers near broadway, anu conduct MN
to pancl-hOuse. The witness hastened to police
station and told Officer GroO about the matter. The
officer accompanied him, and, rs they approached the
place, tne woman and her victim were just emerging
IRON the house The witness requested the Olcer 10
keep hs eye the woman while he accoste the man to
ascertain II he had lost anything. lie found that the
ma al Depu
Oiacer Groo absolutely refused 10 arrest the thief
George W. BOgart testified that he reht agent for
several disreputabe houses In Woosers and that the
houses belonged 20 Mrs Livingston. whose address he
did not know ami whom he had not seen Tor three years
somr Of tho houses bad been rented 0stensbly for shoe
mandatory aud aforwarl sublet for disicptdbe pur
i.ses lie sad that he could obtain ~ Ugh rent for
the from respectable persons Us ho Mas now TT
cciyng. .
testified that lac had applied To Capt McCulogh, OF
that district. time ago for few good officers A0ook
after the dreputabe ho,es The captain COMPLIED win
the request AMI several officers were detailed IA this dis
trict, who did their duty we'll Alter some time
one OF the Officers whom ne TohT.uo.eu 'cfy I E
Mccullough to ascertain the cause, Dut the Captain re-
superintendent. and asked why officer Eer had been
moved and Mr.. Dlks replied Il removed him for black
mailing" lie further informed the witness that the oi
Myers. The manager OF ~ dsrepuiabio houses Shortly
aerwarI Ellcr restored To his former position ana
the charge Of Matchmaking never Investigated EOr
oileiay preferred against him by his superior officer
Detective MIriinot next examined Oh his worS for
the week two AMI testified mat he hli visited
over hundred houses ~ lfane and gambling dens
also, that he had discovered the hannts aud noted tha
appearance OF more than twenty notorious thieves whose
portraits not In the album al Police Headquarters
The Committee adjourned until Wednesday al y. III.
METHODS OF CHECKING POLICE DERELICTIOSs.
Rule "a of the Police Department, which
was amended motion OF Commissioner Disbecker at
the previous meeting Of the Police Commissioners and
referred to the Committee Rules and discipline