The New York herald., 1875-07-17

tIon. lniimsted to ysu tAa' yos hAd better nSs
Captain Burdsn-No, 1t never was; might nava
been told that 'such and such man was friead
OF mine" (hisl however. n 1 had known from
Should have neyerTheless Suppressed il; i think I
might have failed TO dnd the evidence even II
had entered Morrissey's house, although had no
ALL ABOUT POLICY SHOPS
Mr.. Townsend when that "frtend" was In
S dlcated to you why did you not break up the
captain Burden-He did not speak about q
sell that i was gambling he house, ase;' cannot % give
you an instance OF any man who kept policy
snoPp. IN my my precinct ana was convicted; 1
to interfere with tn the Judges business 1 ali
the policy sellers arrested In my dlstrlct
aud the General Sessions; / never personally
complained to the District Attorney about these
trict Attorneys once to SEQ abous some M Of Of these
cases and was told that the cases mad never
Mr. you be- ab Maoa the
Interference OF other authorities, to clear your
precinct OF such places WITHIN thirty daysS
assisted me; can tell you what policy business
Is Ike, although never played L.
The Captain tried TO explain It, but hao TO be
assisted by Mr. Townsend.
A POLICE CAPTAINS INNOCENCE
Witness have never heard chat the policy
1t was mainly kept up BY two distinguished indi-
vlduals l never heard that there were l,loO
the policy business, but have not succeeded yet;
don't think have any very bad places In nay
the people moved away; could not tell why the
Twenty-nnth, Fifteenth and Eighth precincts,
whore there Is so much to do. are liked best by
the captains, and why tue police beat. which Is so
easy is generally shunned there are no resorts Of
twenty or twenty Ave panel thieves Il in the
Twenty-siXth precinct and probably some sixty or
seventy ps aop dT ssas aa 1sye
all these cases; very often after panel thief mas
been arrested he turns up again after a day or
low Short"
Mr.. 1ownsend-oaptain, you have the reputa-
ton OF being theTlchest man on the folceS
Captain Burden-WelL, nave heard people say
go; DON'T want 10 give the amount OF my prop
erty; people say am WORTH naif million and
no 'trotting stock,n except horse; all the prop
erty have has been lett TO me; | never received
any rewards, except what were authorized by the
Police Commissioners.
WHAT HE KNOWS ABOUT MARTrNoT.
Detective Martinot came TO me In July, 1869;
he was the o11cer on the post which embraced
the panel houses mentioned by him; he never was
a detective OF mine, but almost always wore the
uniform; thought he was o first rate man; he
said he knew every thief In this CITY, and think
he did; there has been a. charge against Marti-
not for falling to detect burglary.
Mr. Townsend-And he was acquitted and com
pmented by The Commissioners
Captain Burden--Yes, preferred that charge
against him, and he was acquitted; did not
Mr. TSwnsend-WeIl, Commissioner Smith told
him that lie had done all his duty2
Captain Burden-Yes, sir; never hearo Of any
charge against MartinOt Tor blacGmailln9.
Captain Burden testified in regard to the Rich
mond burglary, concerning which Martinot had
made statement; that he never received $50
from Martinot; he received letter from one OF
the Richmond firm, sut he could not tell whether
1t said that 1.-THE cflcers were In league with the
theves;u he did not know that Mr.. Richmond
had recovered any OF MS property through Mar
tnot until he read the latter's statement In the
papers.
iho committee adjourned till Tuesday morning
at eleven O'Clock.