, 1879-07-19

in walking ,'alonR tbs streets, taken i'd
FantAge Of his lonor's crcdnlitS BY pointing cut
every thcr man as "crook,h antf every other
woman as strect-walkcr.. md had succeeded 10
Undressing him 50 firmly With tic wckcdncss Of
lhe e!tr .he iuellictcscT q tl'c pollse, a,u ~;
TINT he had bcch Hired to play tue
'l,sn III: IL liz hoar. of tho sity. Willie s'mmon.
tie lie Mayor ''i 6y nisbi, bo ss culerton had been
working him hy day, and tho tNo, nss!atca "
and others. l,ad gslne.i eomplets
mastery Of him. the re:alt . Sf which r., would ant
iii. tho placing OF Cuterton It the
snon., sS md :Ss sscnasiana se y AL. e; usdsr h%
"Why.", says he: "havcn't yon not!cod hfss
Mcdonald around tho Mayor tu.daT.f'
The reporter thought for moment a.,1 re-
rncmncrcd that he I,ad, whcgenpor his infor- |
1nant Insisted tint he l,ad been there with both
Culcrson and simuans. aud that ono c!rcun,-
staacn explatned the other.
Another ceptlcman was afterwar1 seen who |
said that ClAierton and Simmons hail been
directly responsible for Dixon'a removal the
hnY beforc, ultl that thov had brought It about
Mayors confidence. md then bringing him
stories from tic gambang-houscs, etc. He
differed. however, from the ",nttmaso frend
BY saying Tint Simmons WAS to ha at the 1i*ad
would not adult ok Cullcrton hc!ng, hut bc-
tween tl's Two stories, It viii be seen, there Is
no material difference.
The "inttmato friend" however, - certainly
no n,sA 10 i,tsp'ac" McGarrglr as Chief Of ia
tcctivca, nor docs lle rant him displaced BY
Simmons, much as hc would like to havo Slim
mons on the force. Cullcrson Is baekcr q te
present lleal Of the dcctiva force, ald would do.
Il. he could to keep him In place.
THE INFORMANT.
As for the source whence Tho Information
camo which led at 1east to Lnn.lng's IT,
moval, and, possibly, to Dixon's, there
Is d pretty Ecne7sl agreement On the
streets and at the City-Ilall that It
came from McCausnnl, Denny Simmons, and
10 Duncan. Slsnmonet however, deu!es with
great carncstncss aud soma profanity that any,
thing of the sort 's tr1e. Certainly some Of
these persons havc been Investigating Lansing,
antt have made reports to the aiayor. Bnck OF
tllcm, however, Stands another whose name has
not yrt appeared, mud who has rcason to be dis
satisfied with souao OF The recent operations OF
Tie Police Department in which bis toes were
trodden upon.
a pcrsnn who Is pretty well credited with
these matters said ycatcEay t1iat lie dIdu'k at-
| tach mich weight 10 thcsu stories about $500
munth being paid by gamblers. There bad becn
times IN this city whg, money was regularly
to do it now, certainly 10 tint extent, It was
not at all unlikely tl'ut detective. detailed for
| tho purpose Of looking alter gaming houses,
might collect. s1nall sum fron, eact
| Of the prnpricters in consideration OF making
reports to the effect thut everything was run
ming smoothly at their establishments, and TINT
he might pr0tond to them that a portion OF the
money went to the Assistant Superintendent q
sorpo uther superior, whiic IN fnct he kcpt It nil
himself. Such things were 30 frequent that It
was nut Mt n!i unlikely lint 1t Ind 'happeno,i IN
collected OF Into Tor tho benefit Of tlIc Police
Department. It any. caulo not from gnnhlcrs,
hut from tic women who kept prominent
houscs Of iil-fnmt, from Bornc men who ran 81"
oots md gardens, which were merely resorts
fur prostitutea Anl th,eyes, n.,d from, few
thioves who tan1s obtained freedom from arrest
for criules committed In other cittcs. 1t Was
nut, however, for any such possible co!ieStsons
edly in his case Inc charge wns directly maaa
tt,nt he llad been receiving money from Ennl-
blcrs. Oshcr detectives had been IN the habit OF
tnking toll from hisreputab'e sharacsc1e. but
| 10 attempt hnd been made to follow anti spot
them, ior tho renson TINT they Ind mot excited
Tho ft1-Wili Of certain parties to the Bnme OK
toni that Lansing haa. It Vas not Impossible
however, TINT I'll n short time similar chaEgct
would be made aganat thotn.
/ NEXT.
Nothing uow could bo Cleaned as to who ma.
tho Forthcoming man for Superintendent. but II
WAS goucTally believed that the contest was be
tween II. T. Weeks and Charles Kern. since
Gen. Iteb was known to BE- out OF the lc,0, t!ls
Mayor having told him n fow days ago that HI
! was "too exettablc nan for the plbcc." It Ii
difficult to tell Which Of tho two Is ahead. nit
# seems certain now that tho questIo Ion will no
DO decided unsIl It. tas been settled who ia to
BE- Fits.Marsl,al, which apeears further from
aniutton than ever. Up to dute, II has been con
cctlcd that thu Fire. Alarsfal was TO be IN Irish
man ard tile Superintendent. German ant
promotion ot swcnlo about half asttte1 1t. Hu
Sweate ia t'I not an 1rishman. but 4 Scot
1t is likely, however, that tbe cyclone VII
tho head Of the Department.. and not unit
then can any estimates be I1latlo With any prl
ciaton. Among thosc said to b. on tug list ar
Hoffman md Haley, OF Madison Street Station.
the detectives whom Reed mud Pearsons, th
D cx.tbicres, Claim l,ave hccn bleeding them fo
ycar or % ln1ck, picking them lid oil tho stret
: aa yag.arts, "8!lak!ay them downI' for $40 c
80, aud then letting them 20, l9'c name {
y Scott was also mentioned yestcrsaas. but this
K perhaps II mistake, Rs he has meyer been su
/. pectod OF cru0kcdness.
y Charles Carroll OF carrollton-The Certii
! cato t11xsu by tsitn In Ills BDth fear to II
- DurlaFntIou of Independence.
II In The library oi lis CITY Halt in this G,
" there Is Auge quartz volume containing u
k Declaration Of Independence. executed In u
& 1,catest stYse Of penTanshu, appended TO w,ts
10 IS All Interesting manuscript (ol which tllc #
lowing Is Il true cooy) In the handwriting
U Charles Carroll Of Carrolton. The book VI
a presented at tie suggestion Of the Kev. Btepha
. n. Rowan, tic orator for Now York City On Il
ii occasion ot the edcatb Of john Aaatns and fhom
It jefferson. Dir. Rowan recommended, IN t!
II course ot hts Grafton, that IN copy of Il
Declaration Of Independence, elegantly 6
h crossed on parchment, b. transmitted, crc 1t
ton late. tn Lilo venerable Carroll It's AOlG I'll
= vi11ng s,gner, 10 30 certified by htna, and w
IT, by our Common Council on Gycry succeed
ID celebration OF tbs Fourth Of JuIYH The su