The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-23
WAR BETWEEN OFFICIALS.
vyrrsTTGATTNG CHARGES AGAINST
THE POLICE COMMISSIONERS.



ty the Mayor against the Ioh'e commissioners
VA renewed yesterday NJ noon. hS-Judge Ut
l'rton IN opening the pro'''ulhsS s"'u tl"''
under the Mnyors decision commissioner Er-
i1rlts caso had been closed commissioner
Vh'cl"rs defence was lh'n poSun'
Mr Charles Mutr1us was the first with ss. 1Io
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Er Municipal Relorm' examined the streets
,nihal found them ms clean IA they over wore
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rad The Court OF Appeals decision 'nu mo
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Nan phNlH 'larso 10 'ne "I"l' Jury "n O"e
mn, NJ thnt law "tt il for conn wins, with
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ns-ionors arc told that they are spasmolic in
ue enforcement of law
Commissioner Whe.lor WINS then called. As
Iatook tho witness stand. Mr. F.cld asked tho
1f,,,r v,b,,bor In bi. ,borgs that thn c,u,n,ia-
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bpncr- had not properly enforced the low, he
meant the Excise law. Tho Mayor replied that
bia charge also mcant that tho laws for the
Brrest of gamblers and lisordcrly women. and
a., tho hrcnl in., M, of ,nu,llinv housea md
,'' Wv o,o"NinS up " s"i',1,'ns "1us ''iu
WY S"vpS' nau no' ooon ,'sn"S rn'",',"
Now. Mr.. Mayor said Mr.. Field indlg-
panty. we move to reopen Mr. Erhardt's case
,r,,sc ara now charges Wn ncvor droor,cd
II
I, in your charges. You refused TO mako your
charges more specific. and we could NOT know"
Mayor Ely denied the motion. and Commits
sloner Fly was sworn. He said that the Police
TYarj had enforced nil lowa irn"rtloi,, ma ma
Influenced by no improper motives. The Mayor
had never made complaint 70 him as to the
HAT tho Police Commissioners had neglected
my duty. until he made the charges against
'A,m Sinclair rousoy Henry Borsh. James Buell..
o ns psws Spd a5s T5sds sssm BH
Wales had not seen the streets cleaner at this
season than they now. were. They were salts
thsn il had been under former boards. and that
tho Police Boards enforcement OF the Excise
sni other laws had made the laws respected.
i'ftc had never boon SO We'll Disciplined as it
n " was. Tho Police Board had been COM
pellet tocnfQrce the Excise law since the charge
L III Grand Jury WIS made 10y Justice Davis.
cur e. execute. II most cases there was no
complainant. and often the Witnesses were nCttO
found when they were required.
Col. Bliss said something at this point about
llSing recess for lunch.
You may divide your time as you wish"
Mayor Ely said. " But the cases against Com
nli.-oners Wheeler and Nichols must bc closed
s.dH. believe that was the understanding
when we adjourned last light"
Then you must have misunderstood" Mr.
Field said We make no arrangements; but
w.wlll obey orders
WIS lllfu SNNT0. nc
losuied that Mayor Havcmcyer held. in the case
Of complaint against Il City Marshal, that the
charges must be established by Affirmative
proof before he could make the removal. Mayor
Havemeyer and Mayor Vance both took tho
,ame ground when Coy. Dix made charges
against Commissioner Stern and Laimbeer Of
the Department OF Charities and Correction.
As NJ. strahan stepped from the witness
nissoner Wheeler must close At O'clock"
or nS HT hfonfh NTH the evidence
1Ou may lpier tnat. the MAYOR rpplipI.
p p,,st,on we Ion WISH WISH to inier annything was Mr.
answer. tnAt II may 20 on the secord. VIII YOU
close Mr. Nheelers case whether We are through
Or nCt
the Mayor reply.
Ait,I VI W. - r.c'Ss, ,, oupeIihtehveht Mhlllhg was
eNainiheG as g inc GAeqiuion ot ne laws against
& pY ZIP ~, a al,I la MM MuasbMad'Ily M "o-
III ~ n ie said lnat tl Oh tnnSe lhWs had been as
T,i " ci vn'oIoeV W t us ny vUuu ~ 4e. AZ was oiten
~ - * Se, IA & Suc casrs suiclent
" s"'.-Ib w iiit ahl tne arrested per
s2n' s t aap 81 ih1PIcior Dliks
w"n. hyhhody. Williams and Washburn cor
i,,ff,'Hrr,,u r, ,n .nr y = uPStlhtrhnsnt; ht; Gilt.
Aytnur laiIrDad Co9nanv t',,ae 'hS i,a 1iNla S
sl'cie ,nioTgh Fid when ms road ran Were Kept
10 e ena5 thnr "a b"rss =. % put anG Sani @ on
i'aa r wb H. use street cleaning au-
Sf r,yS rbsSrt W. wss nov, ,ross
Il s , ~ tn ,rre eo1,s p,tnia 1 iscv evidence
S,Nliing' bo,e ~ Ia,y' ,,,Wih, t ttounu @ Nus Il
fr' 7rbe ,l,vers a. rn en-, DY ,as,y @ ci
H. o.. nv t''"''io ~ NJ ~. eoilpl"ln uule9s
p,'usnt, on. Ihe house, were SO hTed that when
pay,ne cards As ong as the law was Mas i1una mnrs
PROCLAMATION ii could not be thorourhIy an
forced. Mr. Erhardt also gave ia detail tIe
Obstacles in the way Of closing policy shops and
d,ordery houses.
Col. Bliss taking from the table seyanty-four
letters, asked whether they had been taken
from the files in the Police Central Office and
from whom they had been received Commis.
s.oncr ErharGt replied that they had been re-
c.lyoi by the Police Commissioners from
Mayor Ely. Col. Bliss then began 10 read the
letters. All Of them were signed by Mayor Ely.
ant We're addressed 10 some one Of the four
IIH'" Commiss ioners. One asked that q par
tcuiar friend might be made n patrolnnn. AN
other tAat an officer who had been disnlissed
FAOu.s be- reinsintcd; a third WAS add dressnd Ia
Comm s-iOner Nichois. and injured What
about uy two gangmcn :" a fourth asked that
lhe Commissioners would not be too harsh with
~ pin Seventeenth Ward friend Capt Siebeu,
" was th,n under charge Of perjury All OF
the lottri- askrd for positions for friends urO-
motions OF officers, or the reinstatement oi dis
missed policemen. When Col. Bliss had finished
r".ilu.. the fity-thrd letter, Mayor Ely who
during tho realinG had been much amused.
interrupted, VIII you read the rest of the let
tars IA Couni ssionar Nichols c,.se : IT is now