Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-27

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THE SENATE.
COL Robert today, in compliance with the
Senate resolution calling upon the Commits
sioners to furnish that body with all informa-
ton relative to the Guy trial. submitted his re-
| port to the board Of Commissioners, which was
promptly sent to the Senate. The report il a
| follows:
In compliance with your instructions Of the
22d instant have the honor to forward here
with 'all testimony and statements taken by or
made to- me concerning the charges against
Lieut.. Guy 30 far as they we're reduced 10
! writing. As none Of these papers have been In
my custody for long time have collected
and examined them and find that none OF them
have disappeared, but that, to the best Of nv
knowledge and belief, those forwarded COM
prise all the papers above referred to.
The Senate resolution calls for copies of
| ''all statements made to said Commissioners or
either OF them concerning such charges" It
would be impossible for me to remember ali
| statements made to me concerning the charges
against Lieut.. Guy, but brief account OF what
led to the investigation will probably give all
that is desired of those statements of which no
memoranda were made
One evening last May inquired Of police
man in the northern part of Lieut. Guys pre-
cinct as to the character of the saloons on his
| then told me of a raid that had been made a
few days previous on a couple of designation
houses near 18th street and New York avenue
According to his account the raid was made
about ii o'clock Saturday night and some seven
women were found ON the premises, but no
men. In answer to question he said that the
time selected for the raid was the best and it
was strange that no men were caught He
then stated that another assignation house in
the same precinct (Lieut Guy's) was to be
ralded in few days.
The more thought over this incident the
more became convinced that if the facts
were as stated there was such inefficiency at
least in the management Of these raids that
some one should be held responsible for their
failure and for publishing these raids in ad-
vance. After q week or two. III the early part
of June, told the president of the board OF
Commissioners about the matter, when he gave
me an account OF raid on McGlue's policy shop
within q couple of squares Of Lieut.. Guys
station house. That occurred only a short
time before, in which McGlues brother, who
was policeman in that precinct hurried by
the raiding party in citizens clothing without
speaking to them, and, stopping an instant at
the door OF his brothers shop, where were
some men, disappeared. al well rs the men, and
though the raidinS party Immediately rushed
into the shop they found only one man, a
stranger.
SPEAKING TO Mr.. HINE.
After talking over these cases, as well as
others relating to other officers. we both agreed
that they ought to be locke into and the presi-
dent Of the board suggested that investigate
the subject. / declined unless Commissioner
Hine, who had charge of the police under the
board, agreed to it, He (the president Of the
board) requested me to speak to Mr.. Hine
about it. When 1 did so, in response to my
statement that thought these matters should
be investigated Mr.. Hine replied, in effect, for
me to go ahead and investigate them. told
him thought the best way was for me to talk
over the matter with the chief Of police first,
to which he assented.
INTERVIEWING THE CHIEF OF POLICE.
/ then spent one evening with the chief Of
police, who gave me the facts in regard to the
above mentioned raids, as well as additional
information, and placed at my disposal an
officer to assist me III the investigation. /
found that the statements previously made to
me in regard to the raids on the designation
houses and McGlue's policy shop were substan-
TALLY correct but that in the raid of the assigna
tion houses one man had been arrested. He also
told me that one OF the officers in Lieut.. Guys
precinct was interested in q colored woman in
one Of the two houses raded but that there
was no positive evidence that ne told her of the
raid. In all these cases there seemed to be no
doubt but that the raids were given away, and
circumstances pointed pretty plainly to the
traitors on the force. but neither the lieu
tenant of the precinct nor the chief OF police
seemed to think their guilt could be proven.
MAKING INQUIRIES.
The next day Lieut.. Pearson, the officer
selected by the chief Of police, who, by the
way, was the very one that the president of the
board OF Commissioners and myself had each
ndepe ndently decided upon as the best man
for the purpose, reported to me and laid be-
fore him all the facts had. As the result of
the conversation sent for various officers who
could throw light upon the various cases being
Investigated. At first no notes were taken of
the conversations. as / was merely trying to
find out who gave away those raids But very
soon the statements made cast suspicion upon
the lieutenant of the precinct himself as being
in measure responsible for the failures
of many raids This required a
wider range of investigation, and
then had my stenographer take brief
notes of what was said to refresh my memory
in the investigation and in reporting the facts
to the other Commissioners These memoranda
were never read over to the parties making the
statements for correction, and in only one or
two cases are they full statement of what was
said. They were not regarded as testimony,
but only as private memoranda. II had been
satisfied that the investigation showed nothing
requiring any action on the part of the Com
missioners l would have told them SO and de-
stroyed my memoranda. But even before any
evidence OF bribery had been received the
memoranda were laid before the Commissioners
would have to be preferred againt Lieut. Guy
ATCHIsoSs STATEMENT.
In order that the two statements made by
Mr. Atchison can be understood an explanation
of the circumstances under which they were
made is necessary. Having learned that Mr.
Atchison had carried money from the gam
blers to Lieut.. Guy and that he was willing to
say so the president OF the board wrote re-
questiug that he be directed to report to the
Commissioners. When he came he was evil
IDENTITY under great excitement, and after an
sweriug couple OF questions said he knew
what was after and he had no objection to
telling the whole truth If it did not get into
| the papers; that he was afraid il made public
it would injure him. told Kim that would
have to show anything he said to tho other
Commissioners, and that he nigh: be called
upon to testify under oath in the presence of
Guy and the Commissioners. He said he was
ready to do that but he did not wish to iniure
himself by making this statement public. With
this understanding he made statement of his
having carried money upon certain occasions
from gambler, but not from policy or lottery
dealers, to Guy, who was then n sergeant. The
stenographer attempted to take down only
the gist of the talk instead OF max
ing a verbatim report Mr.. Atchson never
saw it till nearly three weeks afterward, when
the papers had left my hands and the news
papers had published what purported to be the
substance of his statement. When he read
| over the brief notes made he said that they
did not fairly represent what he had said A
| few days later suggested that my s.enographer
read over to him the memorandum and take
| down any explanatory interp oiGtions he chose
| to make, without altering q word OF the
| original, and that he then make an affidavit as