The New York herald., 1875-07-14
THE COMMITTEE ON CRIME


IMPORTANT REVELATIONS ExPEcTED-ALL THE
POLICE CAPTAINS SUMMONED FOR THE SESSION
ON FRIDAY NEXT.
All the captains OF police received subpnnas
TO appear before the committee appointed by the
Legislature TO examine into the criminal condi-
tion OF the city, at Its regular on Friday
next. AS a natural result the captains were jubi-
liant. The prospect OF so delightful an opportu-
nifty to put themselves in fiat!ering light before
the committee and the public was most grateful
and the captains breaLhed deep sigh OF relief at
finding that instead OF crushing many OF them, as
they deserved, the committee was really doing
them a service. Among these offlcers an under
standing OF confidence prevails that makes each
one trust In his fellow most implicitly, no mat
ter what may be their personal differences.
In their ordinary daily LIE it ls said they rail at
each other without stint, and make charges the
very nature OF which when mentioned outside
causes them to lift their hands in horror that such
suspicious should be narbored against so self
sacrificing and virtuous q set Of men. Much OF
the satisfaction and iond hope OF the captains
dispelled later In the day yesterday when the al
ditional intelligence was impaired that the COM
mittee also intended examining the sergeants. IL
would seem from this that the committee were at
last really entering
ON THE RIGHT PATH
20 important revelations, and tnat the Board OF
Police were even at this late stage OF tine proceed
ings, about to render them some assist
ance. One Of the first captains to be ex-
amined will be Captain Clinchy. When he
took charge OF the Fourteenth precinct
ne found there and broke up some nve
or six panel houses, the paraphernalia OF which he
transmitted to the central once. It is under
stood the committee Will endeavor to get from
oh oant in ~ Of ha fatr of
q precinct, and from the combined experience Of
the ofncers will form their Judgment. After the
last Of the committee the chairman and Mr..
Jacob Hess went into the Eighth ward 80 see how
the state of affairs in that district agreed with the
testimony of Captain Mcdonnell. Mr. hess, In
conversation on the suoie ect with representatlvs
Of the aEEAhp YES ySesterday SAD SAD we wal Sed
parativey good condition, and In which the
houses were completely under his control and
we found most dtsgraceiul and open In
1amy, That, too, mind you, on the lines
of the city railroads by which young
ladies and old are constantly passing. Strangers
coming into and passing OUT OF New YORK by
these thoroughfares must have flne Impression
OF the city. Captain Mcdonnell told us he had q
man in citizens dress passing along in 'front.' OF
these dens continually, and thls policeman Kept
everything IN order. Now, how do you think IN he
yes, he was there-a Eice, very good natured fel-
low, with an admirable gait-l mean for slowness
hand most @ gracefully. Wen, sir, his lis Notion moi % Of
Keeping them In order was TO make
A CURVE IN THE AIR
with the rattan from himself In q seml-circle
toward the house and pass on treating each es-
tablishment to the same emphatic regulation. At
the motion or the rattan the blinds-tnat is,
the. bars OF the bnnds-were turned down,
and as soon as the rattan and the oificer
passed, not out OF the street, mnd
you but by that house, up they went again. We
watched him ior some time, and thai Is exactly
how he kept up control That was in the after
noen, and we went again IN the evening One
side OF nearly enc whole block In a certain street
in that ward is given up to foreign wrsches OF q
most abandoned character, and yet body OF the
peoples represen tatives was told all sorts OF dis
order vice and crime were under proper surveil.
lance In the precinct. From there we took
saw there are scarcely 1t to repeat. In North
William street there were numbers of houses
running through the block in which females were
exposed 60 visitors almost entirely devoid OF
covering. How any man having authority could
tolerate such state OF things as we saw there
Is more than ] can account for or understand.
We have appealed to the Police Commissioners,
and think they would help us, tut you see tney
have very little power. During the recent session
the Commissioners authority 10 cempel witnesses
TO appear before them, bat IL was never reported
out OF the committee. On the last day OF the ses-
sion / asked why IL had not been reported, and
the door OF the House received the answer,
'Tnat bill Is meant to injure my friend Killilea,
and amt going TO report any such measure.n
think we are the right track at last, ana we
may rest assured the meeting OF the committee
on Friday next will be an Important one, not only
for all those imme ediatey concerned. but for those
whose interests are more sensibly before the pub