The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-20
PUBLIC SERVANTS GRIMES.
VIEW DLTELOPWEN7s BBFORE THE
ANsEMRLY COW HITTNE.
An rncomp,imcn,ory Opinion Of tho Police

| An tncomplitncntnry Opinion Of the Police
Ooriuii-siourrs- Dotectiycs' Dealings with
| Thieves Police Justices' Faiiingr.
The Committee on Crime continued
their investigation Yesterday. Col. GEORGE W.
Wing te testified that he was engaged, IN 1873, in
the prosecution OF lnsncctprr for frauds In the
elections. lie deuosst0d his charges in tho
office OF the District Attorney and sold to Dis
| trict Attorney Phelps that he believed that
| indictments could he found on all Of them.
| That officer replied that they were Of no 40
| count and that tho Grand Jury could do moth
| ing with them. Nevertheless the Grand jury
| made out indictments In every case and sent
| them to the u strict Attorneys ofice for trial.
| The trial of Gardner and Charlick was delayed
| until November and then both mon were con-
| victcJ Of misdcmeanor I'm Office and deprived Of
their franchise. Tho Indictments against
hundred or more ballot box suffers have not
been tiicd Mr. wingate viewed the Police
Commissioners as an ORGANIZED conspiracy
against the ballot boxes in several Of the cleo
| ton districts.
George II. hangs, superintendent Of pinkcr-
| tons detective agency, testified that In 1874 he
Investigated tho Chicago and Northwestern
Railroad bond forgcries, and arrested one 6eo'
| n. INT. a confederate of the forgers, and that
while hit Law sick in Phila1olpha Capt. irving
aud Philip Farley, with four other New York
to take nut with them to New lorl,. Farley,
| Irving. and the other New York detectives are
under indictment In Philndelphlt for attemptrd
| abduction. Witness said that " was the rur-
| pose Of Irving aud Farley to got HIT "ui ~ the
country, 80 az TO save the pi incipu i"rsers'
WHO AIDED TiIE rDuC.Rs.
Elfly In the summer Of 1871 continued the
| witness. "A large humber Of forced bonds on the
| IsuniIo. New York and Eric and the New York
pcared ii IN Now York city V Mr. HAMS TOOK
charge Of the case, by direction OF the DISTRICT
Valcniinc Gle ,son and Steve RAYMOND. The
jury disagreed in tho trial OF Roberts. but judy
ments we're obtained against both hooerts anu
Gleason and their wives IN a ciyll suit spence
Potts. who was the chief witness against the
prisoners, said that the fcrgeries were commit;
| F.rlcv. In his confession, Pettis said that he
hal many interviews with Capt, Irving bnd
| Farley. and that 1t WAS agreed that Ia should
have a large percentage Of the procccds u ia,
foraeriea In relation to the Bank Of ENGLAND
forgerie. which amounted TO $4,000, the wit
ness said
IWas einployea BY the solicitors IN this country
me ieT se hcDsnad ass INasstou who Vas eS.
psccd from Europe a. the steamer ihutinga From
20 sea a, spstoi 10 hs sDdWcis Me assilg cr
drirhis. Another despstcn read az foliows;
ClDt Jlm, Irr,nG, 40 ug,ssrrV sfsct
portant. Answer. Mrs. BIpwrtt."
Tho solicitors OF tho HANK Of England employed Capt
b bIv In n,der no. securean tt,n1 MI on wsDoS.
iul pfihe Doncy ofth NcwY ok detective pIrtmont
cud % NOT low qG lie 1Sa F 90 on me oo.r ao
iSoy had speSt several hours with Mcdonald 1hc AT
Ter o NJ g',eqasn! eenisss;.n SAID tsa !" o. conie,
Ter woula lend ihcr aid the forgrr- Tor liable
confederation. In hcponald's leti Z cook wa i'uLo
toe coo, OF letter addressed to Der lhll cnc,o.
iss bear Ph'i mean, Piilip Fsrlay.
MIR. Bang. looked upon the Police Detective
Bureau Of New York with either Suspicion or
contempt. Tie thought the detective totally TN
fit f. tue work. Wuit h Trlulrtt men or hone ~
ana more than ordinary inteiliccncc and acumen.
LOTTERY EXPERT.
Marcus Cicero stanley was questioned ~ rcla-
ton To his knowledee OF the connection Of The
! | police Wth lottery swinGles. Mr stanley absu-
lu'ely refused 10 say nnvthing on tue subject,
- the uaily press for light.
Henry G. Allen, an EXPERT IN criminal law
D office. said that crime had rot been suppressed
borause the police n1ci ltr1tos are either grossly
o the statute that governs ths blazing over OF
. witncsses, should DC risidly enforced, " would
soon put "a stop 10 TIN conpc uuding Of tel iice
by N IA IN rhNsfar LAWYERS oi IAN pcaVt Co.,. r,-
! .ettin@ mp little difficulties. Ihen. TOO, undo ~
the -'lict tier OF tn aw. the mari-trl,e Is rr
qurcd, after the testimony e thc pr'-ccui ION is
IN, To- iake the prisoner aside and give him q
Z priyu.c hr airing. II the man Is innocent. he will
{ | Toe better able to prove the fact, dni II he l.
10 guilty he may refuse t. sreak. Then the judge
Il seem to have al erroneous notion that, II q
4 to postpone the hearing Again, they ,ecni "a
a think that whenever person Is bailsnlc. to Is
c n, Mo decide whether he shall be admitted 1,
g bait rnere have been many cases IN whict
2. burglars nave been admitted to hail 10 smaller
! sums Than the amounts stolen. Then in many
: case. b.il bonds are notorously spurious ol
, REPORTING pRoGurss
o In relation - the Buffalo, Now y OK and Erie
u and New Yorl Central l.aiiruad bunc forgeres
> sir Allen std that many wall street men caiiee
IN nm Complanng that they had reen de
,, frtuded. Central Police Onlcs detectives. amonl
y whom were Irving aud fHley.weTc instructed I,
y look up the forgcfs. " lney came e. me Woel
: after week." SAID the witness. and always q,
: report what they called uropress.' Mr.. Allen
u not placing confidence in them, suggested l.
J. District ATTORNEY Phelps That If Justice was &
= he served. some other men must be cmplos ed
I Mr.. bangs wac asked whether he thought M
!. could find The forrerS' a., Snd he s'id tLat tt
Is five DAYS the principal criminals were in Gust DIV
e The fact Was not made known to the Poll"
y fer the arrests they kept calling At inc D4stic
"a Attorneys onlcc To report proTess:
'e AT one time" continued MI Allen, "a Cen
W trial Onlce detective, VINO believe Is honest, al
\ though he does belong 20 That depart uenl
IA said That he had orders from Capt. Irving III
he must not interfere with him urvingl In III
T. forgery case. AS ne " 4s managing IL atone. IN
e, same detective made affidavit 20 n.e that he sa'
III Irving one evening taking with one OF IN
e, principals OF the gnng In tue street. The Cor
'e tain held his hat ueforo his face TO shield
n sald t6t il Is generally known that detoctive
et not only take up IN" cause OF thieves, but tina
they instigate th'm e. crime. lie hal frequent
~ ~ ecu told by Iickpockets anu other thiCyc
~ who Dad come ont Of prison VITO TIE n,enllo
" oil nelnE honest, mat inc utietlNtr nhu HphfiA
IN ed Them out Of honest work and driven thci
II, back to their Old haunts OF crime"
iu Mr. Allen was asked why lottery men an
~ gamblers are so seldom pat on trial. lie az
swercd that the difficulty les in the lax systel
OF bal ing. That these Offenders are almost ce
tain to obtain haii, and tnat then they are
IA | CERTAIN to be DISCHARGED. At one time in III
=, | fail OF 1873 there were indictments against /
nv lottery men aud gamblers. shortly before tn
" ne heard Mr.. Lyons OF the District Attorney
ng | onicc and Law yer named Davenport discussif
m the importance OF putting the screws 10 II
! lottery men before the elections. lhcn foliOMf
'rt extensive arrests, nut nOne of the cases we
H. | tried.
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