, 1876-11-28

lives In wal house OF prostitution, and that
the Of 10th VT .si,s NED Ss
Barker, rho Is still on tho forge; That Officer
Scott once complained bccausc Webster threat
cncd HIN II he intcrfercd with Ills {Wcbster's}
plse, ara nron reporting w'1; t. The ssp;rl,
"pult Webstcr's p!aco whenever 1t Nas dis
orderly. There was no direct testimony to show
t!iat Webster lad any direct Influence With
Hickey. review OF the evidence sliowed that
We1stcr owned the property.
The attnrk on Superintendent Hickey was
started wholly III tho fntcrcst of gamblers and
the agents tf bunko mon. Such being the case,
the minority Of tho Police Committee IL Of the
united support Of the Whole Council.
1ls HAS FH1Ehps
Aid. 1.awlcr-I suppose 1t would look much
better for tho author OF the substitute TO move
that the Alderman Is not ulonc Ia the wish hc
Expresses III winding up, | moro the adoption OF
the paper us substitute for tho majority re-
Aid. smi.l,-sccond the motion.
AID. t',lbert-1 move TINT tue substitute be
1aI,l on tho table.
Aid. tlilhcrt-I do this
Ald: calsrton.ro9t ,l,d Of order. Aftet mak.
to make speech. How Is tlatt
Aid. GMbert-I Was not making speech.
The Chatrmnn-rhc Alderman cannot make
speech now The question Is on the motion to
The motion was lost by ycas, Is; nays, II, as
follows:
ytas-Pear.opa. sleAuley, ballard, Rosenberg,
Thomp.on, di'sstt, brIEg*. Mscrca; lawlsigh,
noseas IND krk1 MeIs0 Asps'ens''
..Sayt-stcwnrt. semmcr.. Lodasng, cnllerton.
o:de'. sn,ish, white, Throopt Wheeler, Ryan,
Nieseu. and Sweenev-17.
AID. STEWART
said the subject was surrounded with 80 many
on it nj The prcscnt time. The .sinsyor took ono
view Of the evidence and the Committee at,-
other, and the point nj issuu now seelncd as to
which slle had the weight Of testimony in'tts
tee on4 the maturity Of the Council,
but he certainly Thought some opnortn-
n!ty ought to be giycn members to
examine The cvi,1encs foT themselves. II tho
lnatts5 eame :, t. tie point where as matter ei
be prepared to vote, but us the mere question of
evidence was nox involved. he thought they
should go SLOW. There was q good denl Of risk
to run IN antaEonlzing tho Mayor and The coun-
Gil Eithout thorough Investigation OF the fncts.
ALI. Lawlcr--.Do you not believe TINT II
would be for tho best interests Of The city TO
settle this matter this nfternooni
AID. stevart-rl1at Is matter OF Judgment.
Aid. Thronp said lie had votei against laying
the substitute on tho tabls because lie considered
this very Important question. anti he dtsltked
the i.lea of gngglng the Council. iIe had heard
the Testimony, and vas satisfied long tins ago
tint there was something rotten In the state Of
Denmark, and TINT cllnngc Has desirable; but,
although hts inin'l was made up, he did not
want tair and open discussion prevented
Aid. Ryan seconded the motion to postpone.
Aid. Sweeney moved tho previous question,
but 1t received no scconl. A motion to table Ly
AID. Lawler met similar fate.
AID. M'AuLEr
sud the statement that the minority report had
i'm htT,r. 1fnI
| ins. This substitute did nut rcfutc tho state
lncnta Of tbs majority report In single liz
stancet 1t simply gave part Of tho testimony Of
three Or four men, Which, II giren IN detail
ent. The circumstances OF tic Mnyor's connce-
tton With thu investigation were as follows: lie
| tAir.. McA. was very anxious, as Chairman Of
tho Police Committee, to avoid the inquiry. liz
their conversation he felt there vas no way In
! wllIcs, the Committee could escape tho tnyest,-
cation, unless they wished to 60 contrary to tho
Wishes ofhs Honor; 1t was certainly the Mayors
Investigation. With regard TO tic llearsay
osidcnre, hc said IL was confined, on Ills part at
nIl cycnts, to tlle character for honesty hir.
Hickey b.xo asnung his euhoIdinatcs Inc Al
Which lle considered damaging to the Chief OF
Police, anl state,t they drew an Inference from
tho fact tsat nll the gamblers and thieves pro-
dused during The trlti r. wers y ;i ia defen.s ~!
| report Of the Committee was rcad.
AID. Smith said hc favored tho motion to
postpone, for the reason that tho more the
Council looked into this, the more they would
to the Superintendent of Police.
In answer 10 question by Aid. McAusey,
AID. Smith said: will state that membcr ln
| thfs Council HOW
to get her to cotAe aud testify aguinst Hickey.
] lScnsRttHt,.1
Aid. Kirk and othcrs-Name tho man.
Aid. Cuslcrtnn-I dou't think The gentleman
said member 0f tho Council.
Aid. SMITH sail a person within this Coun-
ell Chainber. The Alderman went on to state
tho fncts c0slncctcd with tho Llzze Moore casc,
Us he laa leaetea them FROM ~ prominent cit
thu 'nnn who stulo ths lcwclry, a.il found out
tat tho articles wcru In n certain paWnblop.
He told tle Superintendent wi,ero li!c goods
could bc ahtalneu, aud that Official told Miss
which was required to reacem them. Ms.
Hickey could not reyeal tbs rlAmu OF his in.
| fornlant, US the man Waa engaged In leEtti-
mate business, aud lie did not wish to implicats
him at all.
Aid. sweenoy-Was It not on the condition
that lie alr4nlla not rive tho man away that 3ir
Hickey obtained the information In regard ts
AID. 6nlItl.-ycs, sir; 1t was. lie had not III.
sllglI.tst doubt but thu. tho Muyor had the u.
must confidence III the Committee when the,
undertook ths Investigation, but hls Honor hal
found h!lnkGlf thu victim VI misplaced conf
denre, lie thought the Mayor Ind actcd for tn.
best Interests ol tho city In pursuing the courst
be had doue.
AID. u,LpEar
was sorry there was 80 lnurl, bad blood ln ths
casc. liz ndyerted to the great difficulty mu
nlcLpat committee experienced in conducting at
investigation vi thfs kind III nut being able t.
compel tho ntteu.htnes Ut witnesses, cte., ant
said the Committee tirst thought Of rup0rttnl
thc resolution Of Aid. Whltu baek 10 the Coun
ell, and hnYiuy = special committee make th'
inquiry. But after sitting Eight days aNl night
they thought they had tut. right to say Wha
they believed to Ip trMe. He was sarry, Us
neinbcr Ut the Council, TO have to differ will
tbs Mayor on tho subject, He lit
not Wish to have any quarre
wtl. his t9not, nor Old h Lo tli'nk w. that ~ pet p
With Mayor lIr4tli. liz was ths represeatatiY,
oi o constituency, and as such, Mayor Or III
Mayor, Council Or no Council. he certainly hat
the right to stand up mud Yildivate what he b.
lteyea to bo right. With regard to the cl,arg