The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-23
PAREHURST ATTACKS NICOLL
MR. NIC0LL AMAsBDLY REPLIES
1HxT nut FOR THE u. ID.

ne wou's ThiuE Prsvsrie.tioa was in-
voIved-Two vsr,ious 90 . Tste-s-tets
About superint-ndeat Byrne., Capi..
Devery asd Sci u,iueerger. snd 70 tee
Feud--Indictment. "for Moral EE.ct"
ssa Lossyi-s with the Grand Ju-y.
The Extraordinary Grand Jury found nifty
Indictments Yesterday for violations of the
Election law Most OF the men indicted are
inspectors OF election In the Second. Third.
and Twenty-thlrd Assembly dlstricts
II IL also understood that N indlctme nt was
found against city Official for leasing prem
tses for immoral purposes.
The indictments wero taken to the Gene
Bessions by Clerk Welsh OF oyer and Terminer.
and handed to Chief Clerk John I. Carroll OF
the General Sessions and Oyer and Terminer.
He set about drawing bench warrants for the
arrest OF the indicted persons These war
rants will be submitted to Judge Barrett this
morning for his signature. and they will DO
turned over to Superintendent Byrnes. whose
Detective sergeants will make the arrests.
District Attorney De Lancey Nlcoll DIR. Park
hurst, and Lawyer Frank Moss Of the Society
for the Prevention OF Crime each took turn
at making statements yesterday. LAWYER
Moss began It By saying:
I'VE have been hampered and blocked In
have not been able to get our cases against
the police before the Grand Jury. Capt.
Devery's case was but one OF several elm
ilar cases In which we have had our
evidence ready for o long time. We have
been trying for months to get these
cases before the Grand Jury. but have
been unable to get them past the
office OF the District Attorney. Now he waits
until the last day OF tho Grand Jury's ses-
l.h. a.. f.-l mi
day to come on Friday and talk to the jury.
which has only few more hours to cit. It
was too late for US to get our witnesses to-
Rether. and the District Attorney knew It"
When this statement was shown to Mr. Nicoll
he was wroth. And this 10 ell we get for the
assistance We have rendered DR.. Parkhurst and
his society" he said: IN the latter part Of
for the society. subm tilted certain charges to
me against several Police Captains, and asked
they to the 70 ssf9 cr or ~S
q roS SnsSr sS
iS s0 Ma nsSS 9, ssss; eIs:
matter up; and brought about an interview
August Grand Jury-Mr cross. Of Morton.
Bliss Co;Iand II was thought unwise then.
smpUysd to SeTn an sstaoE ON The Police
Captains. on whom we had to depend for pro-
would have laid the matter before the October
BEEN taken M With Wit the eonslderssioS D01 q
fraudulent registration cases. The amount
so zine re.Ses the tns ns G q,
Of the prisons. Under the statute the Grand
Ty IN Ss .a4 81 Ss @ Enid
be Impossible for the November Grand Jury to
81 Of the The end
prevailed on Judge Barrett to call an extra
esnssF ass9 baa Sssn f is SESSION Dr.
PsIkhurst did not call on me until the 18th.
They we're aga! nst Cart so6@ittbsrgor. and
p Charges S that pfss Fla not q adSs
the November Grand oJ Ivy to take up, these
rss to n. u sa t soay
them that the statute required that prison
engaged In the Meyer trial Dr. Parkhurst sent
me letter. which in part read as follows:
how ss , rs n, T be sn
a.n. bat thsr. alters desire. IN few wOrdA
He then requested me to submit the case
against Capt: schmittberger 70 another Grand
not s case miVst not be 80 mads saainst Hish
police officia! whose name will not mention.
4. soon as had sons y my WORK IN tn, The
him that, although had not time to consider
the last charge against the high police OFFICIAL
3. shs Grand 5sriss today; 4. e'slo:S
pssses beioro the extIaOrd mar, Grand jury
my once this morning received a letter from
DR. Parkhurst In which he stated that in his
to T present proofs proofs. NctWithstsndiSg this.
myself laid the matter before the eftra9rdi,
70 Them doOSS entarT sTidsnee. The 'i iors.
3D. s9 an ~pIa Sf to z, r
In the matter. therefore tho Grand Jury 4d-
ioSrned this morning until nsnt Wednesday
time IL w6iSh to prepare his charges aud to
Mr. Nteoll declined to answer any questions
either, Mr.. Moss or Dr. Parkhurst Il have
he said. :. in that statement Let the others
June last that the society had first tried TO get
the Devsry case before the Grand Jury In No
him. DIR. Parkhursr thus describes what fol.
He opened the conversation In November
By asking Il il was still our desire to push for
the Sehmlttberger and the Devsry indtct-
ments told him | should think IL was about
time for him to be persuaded that We had
rather chronic desire OF that kind. especially
ns: Sssa hin that %sSs &c
this InterestinG rsmark and criticism:
1out pOllcy mus Tar, he SAID, mas In this
respect been most unwlse one. in that you
have lumpsd The superintendent and the Cap
tains all together. lou ought to know. he
the captains. most OF them, and the Captains
against him. The Superintendent IL feeling a
degree ~ Independence Just now this was
shortly alter election not 80 usual with him.
80 that his actions are less frtteTad by TslA-
lions nt dependence upon his supRriOrs Now
1 thlnk that tho SupsTntenis would De
willing TO enter into an alliance with you In
your warfare upon the Captains. don't know
that he will
1t Is interesting TO remark Just here that
before the District Attorney CAma iEto Ma
oftice the attendant tod me that Mr. NicUn
wa. sorry TO DO late. bur that hu was even then
eminently possible that the superintsndent's
words were even then ringing in his ears.
However that may be, he said. | wish
you would make an alliance with the Super
intendent so that you and he can work to-
getheF m your night against these people. lie
u sstranGed from the captains, and you can
Join forces. | should not be at all surprised IL
] could bring YOU tOg ether here ia this Office
No said ], i do not propose TO enter into