The New York herald., 1875-07-17
More Pretty Developments
About Our Model Police.
TWOHEY VERSUS CAPTAIN MCCULLOUGH
Why Panel Houses, Gambling DtnS and
Policy Shops Still Flourish.
"INNOCENT' POLICE CAPTAINS

inves tigatlon yesterday morning. Most OF the
police captains OF the city were present but the
majority were excused from examination till next
Tuesday.
Mr.. Dessar, OF the committee, called the atten-
tion OF his colleagues the persecution or annie
Small by Captain Mccullough. and thought Mr.
Townsend, the counsel, should explain the mat
ter.
General Hustled thought this should be done in
/ secret session.
Mr. Dessar SAID the public must understand tnat
| witnesses before this committee would not be al
| lowed to be lntimidated. The subject, however,
| was then dropped.
Mr.. Dessar also called attention to an article in
contemporary rejecting upon certain members
OF the committee, Dut Genered Hustled thought
this matter should also be conferred upon in Sc
cret session, and it was deferred
TESTIMONY OF D. j. TwoHEY
David J. Twohey testified as TO his EFFORTS TO
detect panel houses through his connection with
Miles OReilly, for whose book the "Social Evil"
he was to furnish the facts; in January or Feb
ruary, 1874, he ascertaned that most OF the panel
houses were in the Eighth, Fourteenth and Twen-
ty-ninth precincts; "nonestn prostitutes showed
him she notorious panel women, and the witness
followed them to their houses; once gentleman
informed him that he had been robbed OF $500
In q panel house In the Twenty-ninth pre-
einct, and that Captain Mccullough had written
paper which he gave him calling upon every po-
liceman In the district to arrest the robber; ne
saw superintendent Matsell In regard to the
matter; on seeing Mr.. Matsell second time the
latter said that Captain Mccullough denied having
panel house In his precincts; alter this he met
Captain Mccullough at Police Headquarters and
showed the Captain the slip Of paper he had
written; the Captain then said that he had broken
up the house in question; the witness said it was
In full blast the night BEFORE and that there were
elk panel houses IN this precinct; Captain McCul-
lou Oh said that he had at the station house the
furniture OF q panel house he had broken up; the
witness told him that was because the keeper did
not pay him; the Captain then became very vio-
lent and both applied harsh epithets to each
other.
In connection with Mr. Spering, in the gov
ernment service who lived at No. 134 Macdougal
street.. he employed shrewd woman to obtain
list OF panel houses in this clry be showed this
list to Commissioners Duryee and RUSSELL but they
said they were in the minority In the Board and
could do nothing; he also saw Commissioner Char
lick, who said that his time was taken up with
the street cleaning; after seeing President Smith
several times the latter became very Violent
sWore at him, ordered him out or the room and
told him 1t was none OF his business Superntend-
ent Matsell took the list OF the panel houses and
said he could 90 nothing, az the captains denied
their existence; Captain Irving seemed TO wisn to
less; at a panel mousse In Mercer street. No. 143,
the gas In front OF the house was dellDerately put
out every night and he saw the policeman on post
conversing with the man VINO climbed up and put
1t out.
One night, when he knew that an elderly man
had been entced into this house, he went straight
to Police Headquarters about IT, and proposed to
Captain Irving that officers should be sent there
ho was referred to the captain OF the precinct,
Captain Williams; the latter SAID that ne did nor
believe 1t was panel house. and would not send
there, although the witness told him his reasons
for knowing II to be such; ne arranged plan for
securing the detection OF panel thieves by the use
OF marked money but Detective Eust:s, whom
be requested Captain Irving to detail to assist
him, said that he could not go into ward precinct
without notifying the captain; that this was police
etiquette; the matter was therefore cropped;
who had been arrested by Detective williamson
Of the Central ONCE, said that she was got of
OF tSs Fo1rtesntR precnct to whom she paid
$40; when he reported new panel mouse at Po-
lice Headquarters the Keepers seemed 70 get WIND
Mr.. TwoheV said he wss told by notorious panel
thief tbat on one occasion, when man sne had
robbed insisted on making q complaint, and she
was taken 10 the station house In the Fourteenth
precinct the sergeant told the complainant he
must lock him up as a witness; the complaint was
then dropped; the panel houses paid $50 a week
to the captains. OF the precincts, as he was in
formed; he referred the committee TO Superfn-
tendent waling and Inspector McDermott ior
confirmation OF this.
MIR. Twohey then read from book an account
OF an assault upon him near John Staooms place,
aa,daed Sv yaptan This was the ac
count which he gave In his speech before the Leg
islature man named James Gougn toid nun
have tue witness slugged Captain Mccullough
also made offensive gestures when he met him on
the street, and actually spat upon his clothes;
Commissioner Gardner was at the station house
OF Captain Mccullough on the night that tue wit
ness was assaulted; this was after the assault; a
few weeks after this while he was In the
Brewer House with Colonel Kerrigan, he re-
ceived note warning him not to leave the
witness, as Captain Mccullough had put up an
other job to have him slugged; alter leaving the
house they were dogged BY men, but KerrIgan
did not leave him. and he was not moested; soon
after tbts, as be was leaving restaurant one
man arrested the latter saving that he had orders
co do so, but did not know tho charge; the wit
ness started 70 accompany snem, f Dut :, Wasn tne
McCullough's station house. the witness "hed Tor
bis iife;r the next morning ne ascertained that
the ladies were kept two hours In the station
house. where they were abused In the grossest
manner by Captain Mccullough and Commissioner
an ex-convct; the women, who were respect
able, were finally released at two O'Clock In the
vented persons OF the lower class from appearing
! before the committee.
He had found panel houses In every precinct
| parallel with Broadway except the Fifteenth.
was tn wnrat precn. cs @ Dape
were the Eighth Captain Williamsl the Four
teenth CSp.sln oinc1yl and the Twentyn,ninth
in the TwentY-ninh; there were two 10 Captain
walshs precinct; he hao talked on the subject
with Inspector McDermott and with Superinten-
dent Walling when the latter was inspector, both
OF whom said that panel house ought not to ex-
Ist more than three days; Captain Irving was
constantly breaking up panel houses.
Mr. Twobey said that he had no doubt about the
payment Of money to police captains by panel
thieves, but was unable to give any particular IN
stances in which legal proof was attalnable
POLICK LIES
II was untrue that h4 had ever applied to Cap.
tain Mccullough for permission to run panel
house; he was formerly an accountant, for hve
years In the employ Of Hoyt Spraguo Co., and
had been In the employ OF a. i. stewart Co.
and other firms; about sixteen years ago he was
q journalist. In answer TO question why be dld
not prosecute Captain Mccullough for the assault
upon him he said that he was unaDle to get the
Captain indicted, ana that although his direct as
salant was indicted the latter left the city the
bail which John Stacom gave for MIN was not for
feited and he mad never been able TO eet any re-
Tho ha had