New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-05
TIE TRIAL HEF0RE TIE MAYOR.

The trial of the Police Commissioners before me
Mayor continued on il, monotonous way yrtcri"N.
The defence was represented IL the opening ot the
Court bv Willard Bartlett. Film Root and Henry
w Bookstaver. Robert II; Cir"rd chici CORK "i
tnonv htgun on Friday afternoon. From May ~
1879 he said. to December 80, lN~O. 1000 loads
Of sand were purchased by the pcparln,n' u u,
Works and used in repairing paNcrcnis; "'niy-
four paving contracts had been entered INTO Slice
Mr. Roat-For what streets
Mr.. Andrcws-Why don't Won put tho paper IN
evidence Looking at paper which the witness
held in his hand.l
any idea that the Mayor or anyone else Is ever e-
inc 10 read all this testimony. We h1vr GOT Mayor
Grace here now, and think lac would better hear
Mr.. Clifford then gave the details II III" paving
contracts He also stated that IN la there were
1919 repairs in paNriucnts ard 30 l~>o LOS.
Many pcrInits wcrc gwen 10 persons To- deposit
hnilAing material in the street. with IN" puNHcgr
of occupying one-lfth of the ca1riag'"'Y
Mr. Rartlctt-I went past the Downtown Ass"cia-
ton Yesterday. and over half of the street 40 front OF
this is taken mp 10y building material tunk th"
Mayor and Mr.. Root are both ur1lbcrs Of the A.
sociatOn. | will make complaint OF TINS TO the
Il illiam g. BOYD the Attorney for The Corporation.
was the next witness; II" produced thr record. "i
th,. complaints made bv the police To The Corp"rton
Attorney, office. In answer To question, mad" hl
MIR BARTLETT he stated that after January 10. lNNl
he gave orders that only the complaints for 500"
and lee should hc prosecuted utiil after These ."i
stoppcd. Suits were always b' gun on complaints
about building materials IN the streets. but tbs
were almost always met with PERMITS u. 100
The D,nartmcnt of Public Works. The
foilurc To separate ashes and g.rhagr WIS
not usually prosecuted hrcauS" there was j." pen
ally attached. and because the Corporation Att"T-
nev had right to sue but the ordinance made the
ncnnlty line, 10 be imposed by the police magls-
tTate.
,ftcr thc other Each of them testified to having
arrested some person in 1879 or 1850 for Violating
snm, CORPORATION ordinance. 1h"s' persons how
ever were al discharged by the polio" Justices on
yarious pleas that they did not kno" the law
that they were too poor To- pay me :
flat their fathers had told them IN do II
ar as in the case Of woman, that they dld not
know that policeman vas around. ON the cross
examination the policemen sad, with great ma
uimitV that they made these arrests III c"n~''-
nnrncc of the general order 10 arrest all persons
whom they law violating an ordinance. Only one
or two of them however, had ever made more than
.h0mld think" said Mr.. Bss-who strolcd
in a. a brlwny policeman was tcstliNlug that
Inc had arrested man, III the conr> OF ai "i' al
career of several years, for violating CliN "Idi
nance" that this man ought 10 have been arrested
for having lccn around at the wrong time
2 Mr. AndTews-Oh. he II comparatively innocent.
He did II only once.
Mr. Bliss said that the defence would
he Obliged 10 discontinue that line of
evidence for the present, "a II had summoned
all the men it could without Gripping the force:
MIR Clifford was then recalled 10y Mr.. Bartlett, and
hr stated that since May 20, 1879 1880 feet Of
sever had been constructed, and that Z2,3IO icct
were now in progress.
Mir Root next Oii,r red some papers showing how
much more difficult the work oi the O"ininlNS"hrr-
was ON account OF the street railways. lhci" were
he said Is miles of double track III the streets.
The Mayor at length adjourned the Court until
| Monday at i "A. III.