The evening world., 1893-12-18
Attempt to Down Byrnes Will
Hasten Police Revelations,
The Reformer Receives Startling
information from a Woman.
Mayor GilrSy May Investigate the
Police Commissioners.

latter, as well az IL number Of police
captains. scapcgonts for Tammany Hall.
and to convert the police organization
into n Tammany adjunct, has evoked the
liveliest interest throughout the city.
The recent changes in the Department,
the fact that the Superintendent was not
once consulted Of anything, that certain
captains openly boast OF their pull" and
laugh at the Superintendent behind his
back; the fact that the word of n ward
leader is more potent with the captains
than is the word OF their own imme-
date superior officer. all serve to stamp
the story as true.
Already the breach between the Super
%intendent. and the Commissioners has
widened, and It Is increasing every day.
The news of the turning down process
has itself served to hasten the thorough
reorganization for which the public has
been a%nxiously looking. The u and
file want to stand by the Superintendent,
and. with the people, as n unit, say the
Department shall not be run as an adj
1unct to any political machine. The
Commissioners say 1t Wilt must-at
least they have don all In their power
to make 1t 80.
The general opinion about Police Head
quarters, and among officials generally,
lnls HOTTlnb, was mat llSteau OF tne
matter being left to an investigating
committee from Albany, Mayor Gilroy
should himself conduct an investigation
into the stories of alleged corruption.
power to put Supt. Byrnes on trial. as
well as all the Captains, the Mayor can
hear charges against the Commissioners
and rcmove. them In case the charges
are sustained. Besides, the law says that
such Investigations by the Mayor should
be public.
so far as I am concerned" Mayor
Gilroy said this morning, =" | am willing,
at any time. to hear charges against the
Police Commissioners, If any citizen will
come forward and make them"
Few persons are more delighted at the
prospects thar the Rev. DIR. Parkhurst,
to whose crusade the recent "shake-up"
IL admittedly due. He has all along de-
clared that If half a dozen men connect,
only make Il clean breast of all the al
legged frauds perpetrated in the name OF
Justice. there would be no need OF an
INVESTIGATING Committee from Albany
or anywhere else. He said three days
ago that he expected the men referred
to to make such a statement soon. He
World" reporter. that the attempt of the
Police Commissioners to Dust Byrnes
would only hasten the confession.
He Is jubilant for another reason,
police circles which he long knew existed
are gradually. coming to hand. Every
mail brings information, of a. startling
character. This mornings mail brought
the greatest sensation of all,
1t was "a letter written by the keeper
OF one Of the disorderly houses recently
right and left by the police, and now
having been turned adrift, she 10 anxious
to see the b~lackmailers 'downed."
New Workers, and II even one-haif Of It
is true-Dr. Parkhurst says he knows II
all to be true-then there Will be work
for the Grand Jury for many months to
he would go before the Grand Jury to-
day, but he did intimate that his Society
was actually engaged upon, a phase OF
developments. He showed THE, Evening
World' reporter the woman's letter
STIMULATING that neither the name nor
the address SHOULD be used.
BECAUSE" he said, 1.-THE publication OF
such would ruin the very object we have
in hand. There are parts OF 1t which
refer to n particular case which we have
under consideration"
The woman begins her Letter by be
wailing the fact that her house had been
closed up by the police after she had
been paying blackmail for years. As an
apology for keeping the house itself she
says 1t was OF the most respectable
kind and quietly conducted.
What we complain Of" she goes on
to say. lis those dirty loafers taking
our none to save themselves treating
us like dogs.
tne year aEO last oCtpbtr every
woman that kept a house was obliged To
put up $500 or shut up. They We're also
Obliged to pay $50 a month. Before that
time 1t was only s2j a month.
thing will be lone to down the entire
Police Board and the thieves of Tam
many. We do not dare to come to the
front in person; but It is true, No won,
poor women do not know what to do.
have paid my money for a great many
years. and ! only had three ladies' in my
PEELED me to throw them into the street
The captains are raising - now to
save themselves, but they are a lot OF
AS bad. They bled the last cent out OF
US. | sincerely hope you will succeed ir
downing the whole lot of them. They
got my thousands. and have got moth
, Dr. Parkhurst went on to say tina.
= Other houses paii as much as 500 :
. collection was done in the mrs, place by
$ u main guy" not the war; detective.
III the women prove recalcitrant," h,
added, and do not pay the main suy
o put on and the ward detective comes
. around. They, cover, up, their track
> pretty carefully. so that 1t is difficult t.
) But we Will get ut that.
4 zone thing is certain. Whenever 70,
:, see u man made captain look out for
~ 'dNl III ltlt IItNlllIl lt ~ put ONtI, II
a has to pay and pay heavily for hi
promotion Naturally his first dcSir
Is to get hat money back. New deal
have to he made with the women. an,
II they don't come down the raid fol
e lows.
h Il know for IL fnct," he added. "tha
a MIR, Croker and the Commissioners ar
badly frightened. and the attempt L
make Byrne the scapegoat is making
l. hole too small even for such small mel
a to crawl through, While MIR. Byrnes 1
not faultlcs2, the Commissioners are re
sponsihle Tor the Department. and I
say now that they knew nothing OF tn
~ present rottcnnoss Is absurd. The NOR
they kic the worse they get Into tn
u miro.
"Their action in putting Cant. O'Con
nor on trial Is conclusive evidence q
their blind groupings. II they convic
II him they convict themselves. III they tr
II him they must try others, and the NOR
they try the more they convict then
:" selveS."
Or. P%arkhurst denied that the iris
\ Of Capt. O'Connor had cmanatni fro,
"a his Society, He said 4 w.g a vo!lntar
p" act of Commits iontr MacI.ean, who WI
II the only Commissioner not In the rim,
and he expected much more from him.
Commissioned Nacl.ean is showing
u great amount of activity lately, Ycstcl
day mOrn.ns at $40 O'Clock he made
visit to the Fifth District Court.
40 he was seen AT the East one HUI
dred and Twenty-!ifth street police ST.
ton, and at j.j6, he turned up al Il