The evening world., 1893-10-28
He Gives Way to Language in
Speaking Of DR.. Parkhurst
Says He Rules His Precinct and
Wants the Reformer TO Know 1t.
DR.. Parkhurst Has No Faith in
supt. Byrnes's Invcstigation.

lie 80, Expressed hlrnseit IN no I'M
certain manner . upon the crusade
against vice which Dr.. Parkhurst has
undertaken.
The attack made by a mob of several
hundred people yesterday afternoon
Upon DIR. Parkhurst's gents. after DR..
P%arkhurst had testified in the Essex
Market Court against the alleged
reports published of the occurrence are
the causes OF the Captains wrath. The
reporter had early this morning seen
Devery. aud 1t was while explaining Dr.
~Parkhurst's statements that the COM
mander OF the Eleventh Precinct broke
loose.
- am captain OF this precinct" he
said. s~avasely. and, by -, ! intend
to remain such while / am left here
aye, up to the very last five minutes.
here. nor will he 80 long aS / am cap
tain. L have nothing Whatever to say
about this so-called outrage, as II did
this, though, that l propose to run this
precinct In the interest OF all the people
and not of DIR. P~arkhurst. IT his agents
e3nie here spying and terrorizing PEG
wili- be treated as they deserve.
:" Why, it's a shame the way they act.
forcing into peoples houses, ana in
stand upon stoops and terrorize every.
6odg, if they think they can safely
This affair as l have said, "did not
take place in my precinct. All l know
OF 1t Is from what | read In the papers.
The report says that the. crowd made
the attack on the other side of the Bow
cry. and if that Is the case 1t is in the
Tenth Precinct.
MIR. Nlrkhurst calls the people Of
this precinct thugs and scOindrels of
the worse kind. l want to say that
they are no worse than the thugs,
~sccundrels and periurers whom he en-
Further than that. II they persist in vio-
lating the law. they may get the same
punishment that others "f their kind
received before. >
a gentleman, but | think 1t would he
much better taste on his part to help
these people whom he condemns to learn
something about Christ. and not seek to
railroad them to Jail. driving them fur
ther away from religion every day.
I ibn, Is nons 50 o or lowly here
TODD it ? No, he is not. way
s,sSo iar as ! am concerned. make no
bringing disgrace upon his cloth.
30 lar as the crowd gathering In my
precinct Is concerned, | cannot help
that cannot prevent II crowd from
the lion In Eighteenth street from draw
ing thousands to the spot and, by the
way, Or. Parkhurst's agents Seem to
think they are lions. They enter police
courts and obtain warrants. stare over
the heads Of people in n most offensive
way. anu act generally as IL they wanted
70 ne attacked. How am | to help what
follows? VIVA
IF these people want to uphold tho
them; n they find that tn" law is being
violated ! am ready even to send men
around with them and give them ali
me protection In my power. ! am not
violations; As ! said before. I am cap
tain of this precinct. not Dr. P%arkhurst'''
SO faI as Supt. Byrnes is concerned,
him. Capt. Devery says he has nothing
70 report and neither has cant. Crecdon,
or the Mulberry street, or Tenth Pre-
The only, report that reached me-"
said Capt. Creedon to the, reporter, this
White. 1t simNiy said; "''
h0rse-car ON the Bowery and drove
TO attack a passenger. We have no re-
port of the original cause OF the tr1u-
BILE. II Is not in our precinct. There
fore, ! have nothing officially to re
In spite Of his fact Supt. Byrnes saws
he VIII make u Iull investigation.
Nothing officially has been reported
to me-" he said this morning. hut /
have already set an Investigation on
70 d9ot; and propose Estting t? the bottom
morning papers are true then will see
that the guilty parties against whom it
IL possible to obtain evidence will be
prosecuted.
course. I don't know that the
tendent of Police | do not propose to
hsve any man assaulted in the streets
ot the city with immunity. II | find that
any police Officer had n hand In this
attack, or II any police officer who saw
II DID not perform his full duty to sup
press IT, he viii be punished. All l
and make their complaints.
- VIII say further" he added, that
II Or, P%arkhurst or any one else will
existence of d~isorderly houses in the
ltldridge street, or In any other pre-
cinGt, will see that they are suppressed
Parkhurst and the rest can feel assured
of the protection OF the Police Depart,
ment SO far as the superintendent can
Later it was said that Capt, Devery
TO Police Headquarters. Afterwards
s"veili detectives lert the building, II
Us SAID to silt the matter,
Rev' Or. ~Parkhurst. who was III and
confined to bed Yesterday from over,
w morn was H up bright ana early AZ,
- 'fbNA ii'dl u AfNd4l'i NlNIlts
or me assault on his agents last nigh.
from the agents themselves as well A,
from Lawyer Moss. He had many caller,
TINS morning, some OF them, It is said
being ciergymen who heretofore hav,
been lukewarm in the cause. II is sal,
mat they are now willing to assist him
ne President OF tine LAW and Orlr
Society laughed sarcastically when in
formed OF Supt. Byrnes's Investigation
and of his suggestion that evidence o
lawbreakinR be submitted to him
What silly nonsense" he said. M
It. Is not" nonsense; IL Is worse. II IS n
Outrage: Suppose that no evidence o
this attack upon our agents IL laid h,
fore Mr.. Byrnes. with whom ! have n
desire TO enter into IL controversy
what then ?
rs it not a fact that time and tim
again We have gone before him wit
ev~ldence-bushels OF 1t? What was tn
result? Does not the public already VI
derstand that the Police Department
does not want us? Have they not saic
even through their Board OF Commits
sioners, that they viii hear no mor
complaints from us, hat they will hay
nothing more to do with us at all?
MY answer Is that we have much I
do with them. We are only beginning
as they will find out before long.
Such a little thing MS this assault wi
not deter us. 1t makes us only all tn
stronger. The assault upon our agent
speaks for itself. We have all along de
clared that the police were hand an
glove with the thieves, thugs and Law
hrPakera nj tho oIfu rho ay,n,,