Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-12-07
HOT SHOT FROM BYRNES
New York's Police Superintend'
 ent Scores Dr. Parkhurst.
SCHEME TO DISGRACE THE MAYOR

The Whole Crusade Alleged to Have Been
 Started by the Minister and Several oi
 His Congregation from Motives of Re,
 venge-Detective Gardner Held for Trial
 NEW YORK, Dec. 7.-The statement made by Police Superintendent Byrnes last night in regard to Dr. Parkhurst, president of the Society for the Prevention of Crime, has caused as great a sensation as did the revelations made in court last spring when the minister was on the stand.
 The head of the police force intimates that the Doctor's motive in attacking that body is one of revenge on behalf of one oi his congregation, and that his parishionel "put him up to" all his investigation oi vice. Dr. Parkhurst, he says, has tried te entrap the Mayor, Judges and even MT Nicoll into compromising situations Said MT. Byrnes
 II am busy arranging a series of facts relative to the accusations made in a gen. eral way by Dr. Parkhurst, but cannot complete them now. Against Dr. Park, hurst l have up to the present time re. trained from saying a word. He makes accusations without evidence to support them-accusations which he himself does not honestly believe.
 A"This whole matter was conceived by him in connection with certain members of his congregation in relation to a divorce suit brought some nine or ten months ago, just before he began to assail the police. At that time he and his people endeavored to get certain police officer to swear tc thing that the officer could not conscien. tiously do.
 'Parkhurst then became very angry in the interest of one member of his church, the person who brought the divorce suit, and who finally succeeded in securing decree.
 'He then started persecution against certain house in this city, and that is the commencement of the assaults upon the police. l am reluctant to say even this much.
 ''I have letters showing that Parkhurst and certain members of his congregation have resorted to everything that seems to be dishonorable to get evidence of any kind or character through the intrigues of women to compromise the chief magis- trate of this city, the judges of the higher courts, the prosecuting attorney of this county, and many other of the high off cials of this municipal government. These letters have been copied.
 "These letters will show the instructions Parkhurst left and what he expected to get on his return from Europe. They will also show everything that occurred up to within the last two or three days. All were written by the person interested in the divorce suit, who is Parkhursts friend and chiefsadviser in his church. This per son is getting the material for the purpose of supplying Parkhurst with his sermons preached on Sundays .assailing public men from his pulpit.
 ''Of his letters I may say that to a copy of each is appended an interview with the party to whom the letter is addressed They name the public men to be followed and ascertain whether they went to dis reputable houses. They show that efforts were made to ring in woman on these public men, and so try to get them into compromising positions. And all this haA been done through certain woman.
 "To illustrate the character and high mindedness of Dr. Parkhurst it is only necessary for me to tell of little episode that came to my attention and the details of which can fully prove when I feel like so doing.
 "The time Dr. Parkhurst gave his testf- mony in the Hattie Adams case he went to this woman referred to in the divorce suit, and asked her if she could not get him some French pictures. He said he thought they would be useful to him when giving his testimony. They would re1resh hlS memory. The poor soul was so modest he could not remember the filthy things he had witnessed.
 1.-The woman obtained the pictures of the third party who figures in this case and brought them to Dr. Parkhurst's house. The Doctor thought moment and then said:
 |" Suppose some inquisitive juryman should discover me looking at them and asked where got them. I would have to tell him.
 ''To satisfy his conscience on this point he told the woman to take them home and send them to him that night by mail. I-e did this so as to be able to truthfully swear in case he was asked any questions that he did not know where they came from.
 ''This is the calibre of Dr. Parkhurst. I am sorry for the woman who has allowed herself to be dragged into this thing She has been misled. She Is one of the F our Hundred and stands hiuh in Oociatv