New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-13
DEFENDING THE POLICE.
GRAVE CHARGES BY INSPECTOR BYRNEs.

| HIS OPINION OF THE DIsTMCT-ATT0RNEY's OF
FIcE--MANY ARRESTS, BUT NO INDICTMENTS.
| The Roosevelt Investigating COMMITTEE
held brief session yesterday morning at the Metropo
tan Hotel The witnesses all in favor Of the police
and Mr. Miller crosse1amined them with great ienency
| and the proceedings ran smoothly.
George Caulneld Commissioner OF Jurors, was ex
amned at his request LOWS NJ Clark had testified
Friday that Caulheld of the principal sharer
In the $75, 900 year which Uppington, the "boss
OF the policy dealers and lottery said that he paid
to project them from raids by the police and Comstock
He denied that no had Clark or received any
money from Uppngton, through Clark or any one else
TO provide police protection. He had known Uppngton
Intimately from boyhood.
John H. Whitmore. to whom Clark swore that he gave
certified check $5 900 for County Clerk Butler
sharo'of the protection" money, next sworn He
denied that he had received such check He said that
County Clerk Butler unayoidaby detained in Balti-
more Otherwise he would have appeared
Inspector Byrnes who had been the last witness on
Saturday, recalled He details OF the efforts Of
the police TO suppress the policy dealers He had num-
Der Of arrests made but had been unable to secure any
convictions.
He described tho raid Uppngtons place at No 500
Broadway, which Clark had said was a sham raid
Several arrests had been made and some important
papers bad been seized that occasion. At that time
he did not know UppingOn. and did not send word to
him previous to the raid that he wanted to see him.
Gan effort has made to convey the impression 10
this committee" said exJudge RUSSELL that the arrest
what was called STALL"
4" II was arranged by Mr.. McKeon," said the Witness
to show these people that after them He said
that he would keep driving them from one place to
another until he drove them out OF the business"
Did anybody get information from you directly
or indirectly that You contemplated making raid or
arrestf"
NO. sir; no one knew OF It excepting Mr.. McKeon
and myself until warrant was obtained from Judge
BiXby an hour or two before the raid was made"
Inspector Byrnes described the devices OF the policy
dealers evade arrest and acqulesced IN Judge RussePs
suggestion that they showed ingenuity In devsing
means to escape arrest than the police did la planning to
capture them Concerning the Pinkerton raid on the
Bowery gambling headquarters Inspector Byrnes
employed. In his opinion the Importance
Of the raid had been greatly exaggerated. From tina,
the Grand Jury If the proper evidence has been
found why are there no indictments There never has
been arrest made through the District Attorneys
Office for crimes OF this character which an indictment
has been Inns ad cS5r us IN my
DstrictAttOrneys office that they had evidence impi-
eating of wealth and men in high stations You can
Inspector Byrnes ~, plainly had much ,J, feel ..
saId tbat at one time The Dlstrct had lost
two indictments In his Office and had employed two pri
vate detectives al an expense OF 1878 10 find them
eXpOcy dealer named Sohrima 10 get evidence against
the gamblers. When the evidence had been obtained
Schrima ran away. Inspector Byrnes informed by
Assistant DisrictAttoney Allen that II SchTtma was
produced the should be brought to trial. He did
find Schrima. Then Mr. Allen said that be did not want
to have the Distrct-Atorneys office placed In false
light and added with an oath. that he would not try the
This, Inspector Byrne sad took place IN the pres
ence OF two Witnesses.
"You that Allen is trying to put the Police De-
partInent in false position o.
mean that Allen has got onefOurth of little bureau
that is furnishing this committee with evidence that Is
not true"
Inspector Byrnes had another grievance against Mr.
Allen, because he repeatedly asked TO cooperate
with certain private detectives IN tins city, which always
refused to do
Captain Berghod of the Twenty-seventh Precinct tes
titled about arrests made for gambling at Tatt9rsas and
the Turf Club.
William H. Kpp, first deputy clerk OF the Police De-
parment read from the records show that the police
had done their best to suppress gambling and dsOrdey
houses but had been properly backed by the District
Attorneys office.
At II o'clock Mr. Roosevelt adjourned the committee
subject the call of the chair He sad that he could
not tell when that call would be made, and that the
mlee would first mold executive sessions and
slider the evidence taken.