The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-27
DIR. pARKHURST'S CAMPAIGN.
INSPECTOR WILLIdMS and CAPT
ScHMi NAY COME NExE

Mean bile Cant. sIsvIn Il Ordered by the
society 20 Clean Up n Lot OF Houses
supt. Byrre- 60 See that re Does H..
and the Comni..ioner- TO See that n L.
Done Look Out for a"I.nst Anaiysis."
The extraordinary Grand Jury will sit to-day
at the request OF District Attorney Nicoll to
take IN DIR. Charles II. Parkhursts charges
against two police officials one being. II Is
said. Police Captain Schmittberger and the
other Police inspector Alexander s. Williams
Inspector Williams spent nearly an hour yos-
terdav with District Attorney Nicoll. Late in
the afternoon the District Attorney received
note from Lawyer Frank Moss. counsel for
Parkhursts society TO tho effect that Dr. Park
hurst and his witnesses will appear before the
Grand Jury this morning without fail
Meanwhile DR.. Parkhurst. T. ID. kenneson.
and Frank Moss wrote yesterday to Police
Captain Slevin OF the oak street station giving
him list of houses in Oak, James Cherry.
Water. and New Chambers streets. alleged to
be disorderly. and demanding that he attend
60 them at once They also wrote TO Superin-
tendent Byrnes telling him that IL was his
business to see to this. and to the Police Com
missioners telling them that It was their bust
ness also to Mayor Gilroy telling him that
they had written the other letters and sending
him copies.
The letter to Capt. Slevin cites the Consoli-
dalton act and the police rules and says:
Your Official position presupposes your acquaintance
with the statutes and rule above cited aud it would be
tupernuous to bring them to your notice 1t
that their is evidently missed or ignored by you
IN your Administration OF the Affairs OF pre-
cinct
We raise question As to the reasons for your dis
regard OF the specific requirements Just quotei. We
simply arn the fact OF such disregard and insst upon
q thOdH m
particular We demand that you at once deal in the
manner prescribed with the following places situated
IN your precinct which our detectives have repeatedly
visited aud which they prepared to show being
run as disordcriy houses
The letter to Superintendent Byrnes said:
We call upon you as executive head OF the depart
ment zee to that measures are al once take look
in. to the vigorous and impartial exercise Of your
hOrlty in The Fourth precinct and that the resorts
specified in the subjoined list OF which of ex
suppressed
The letter which came to the Police Com
missioners snid:
n.ssss. SoaDstas s ,dSS.,rsRn. Gs"d s gSd
ere IN the last analysis responsible tor everything III
insty bat a,tingnisSe. any Tsit OF the service
": ts is.
oases aud g. demand that You INN civ see 10
that .so p,e.,ar Of the sxsIe..sd IN the
,.s ne, Is, n your oSs you va !, "a.
an urged BY he sooisy Tor
ths Prevention Of uTn ne, asSnss MS same Snissr
would seem You'd hardly MAKE Il NECESSARY Tor Us
oar PRESENT sS%Gl.in you VII need s@pioy sEsn:
complaint male defendants In the case.
The whole lot Of letters were laid before the
P2lics hoard YESTERDAY. Commissioner Nc
vionsfr been broHsR, arains. Capt. sieVin. and
what he date q re last last charge was;
society under Dr. Howard Crosby brought
charges against Capt. slevin when he was in
Charges that pool rooms were allowed to exist
In their precincts were made against several
Can't: Slevin. and not three, asthe letter states"
III III iuners'an.d pT' ParHh ~, eGmmun-
posed that somebody outside OF the depart
Inent be asked to investigate his com plaint."
do not see whom We could ask. Perhaps we
might refer the complaint to Commissioners
Commissioners MacLean said nothing until
4 was moved BY Commissioner sheehnn that
the Soeiety,s com plaint be referrei TO Com
sneehan said that he dldn't zee enough eyl.
said that The com pIaint was defective.
nunlcation." said Commissioner MacLean
hut II seems TO me that Dr. Parkhurst means
that apt sleyin shall not be called upon to in-
LIZ. 20 yGq hipE j '9 bat he sp,IgSIiatenlent is
No" answered Commissioner MacLean.
O., think l. Is our duty t. refer the matter to
After Cnnmissioncr Martin had again asked
Commissioned MacLean to undertake a per.
s3nal investigation OF the com plant, and had
hecn unable to find n rule requiring the Com
uissinners themselves TO investigate such
cnmnlalntS; tho matter was releue cd to Super
nr. parGhurst's last analysis" responsI.
biliiy Of the Commissioners led to little talk
sioner il required although, doubtless, he il