The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-15
yo MORE LEXOw COMMITTEE.
=, LEAST. Nor UNIIL THs LEeIsE<-
1URE ADJOURNS.

.....,or sutherinua DsnIes that ne Hss
a., P.t,ise Osstssies - The WAY 90
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.m,.e Abruptly su.pe.ss II. LASER.
For the time being the Investigation Of the
o.,,s. DEPARTMENT By Senator Jsxow's COM
.,,,.. /. At an end. 1t may Be taken up again
IN. dsy. but then, again, it may not Its
EXAMINATION yesterday was lively and unex-
pseted.
on Friday. after Mr.. Coz had made his pyro-
,.ehnie entrance. the Nal and Express pub
I.bed story telling how Mr.. Sutherland and
N. man Friday. Mr.. Grasse. had interposed
ob.tsoles in the WAY Of Mr.. Con while he was
,,,ne 10 secure the attendance Of Capt Prizes.
when he read this story. Mr.. Sutherland was
furioua He not only denounced Il as dam
s.bs lie from beginning to end. but said. with
euttine sarcasm. that he knew the man who in
spired It. referring. ss everybody knew, to Mr..
Col
According TO Mr.. sutheriand's programme
Police Commissioners Martin and sheehsn
we're to have been examined yesterday. Mr..
Gel knew this. Senator Lexov called on Mr..
Coz on Friday afternoon. and In the presence
efDr Parkhurst they discussed the situation.
Nobody knows-thst is. nobody will tell-what
Mr.. Goff said to Senator Jsxow or what Bena-
Tor Lsxov said to Mr.. Con. But the upshot Of
n ali was that the committee held an exscu-
live session yesterday morning. that the two
Police Commissioners were not called to the
witness stand, and thst.Mr. Sutherland came
cut Of the session hopping mad" A. soon
a. the COMMITTEES had taken its place In the
court room Mr.. Sutherland jumped ND and
began to explain
1T seems to me-" he began. that the COM
mittse ought to be relieved from the charge
that II has In its employ counsel concerned In
IN attempt to Illustrate the examination By
the committee into the police force. That
charge has been distinctly made In the public
press, in journal which shall not dignity By
naming. but in that interesting screed IL this
statement:
"nsrs are some interesting facts behind Lawyer
Gors failure to subpans Capt. Price, which apparently
sennsct that failure with me- suthsrisad's remark In
court this morning. Now let hin or
"A previous paragraph in the same paper
states that when the name Of Capt Price was
called and he failed to appear. remarked in
an undsrtone: Now let him on never made
tina. remark or any other susceptible to any
substantiats the allegation"
Mr.. Sutherland read some more:
ms Mo-. s.d Enev.., had Lnewsd.s Of tn. nature OF
iio..d m. Esa s.d kIpr;s also in.y q the .dor,s
mo. r. .s: sT:n rseh rnc. rSu
nave sssn sshsd to recall to take quiet vacation
who gave them that knowi sdgsY' he shout
s s II b ws1 bs. Mi'Ams or fr'cs VINO else
he then went on to deny the truth Of the
power 70 assist ~ Coz N s.tSs fc. n 81.
senator I:1ow ssssy.d to stop tn. speakers
This committee, {" he said, doesn't believe
the srticIs's reflections upon you. and"
O., but desire to state my position" Mr..
With an amused smile Senator saxton leaned
aSd 81. %S:s i.shs said
mittee this, way, The committee. IL able. to
Justly subject to any such criticism As you are 70
reading the committee will say so"
might sat: hs Stand IS.
me that that would not be consistsnt with the
&c. should * have e.. sS Il:
BENIN s ssa t. nc 2: o Mr.
.'ii ds:!r. nov 70 s r.sa.ss Ii. COMMITTEES to
g; snStSns !ssi shah inpsa. tSs :us &c 90
nom which they have e,idsatls sprung ops nc.
ration in any dsSsrtpsnt until The semm ai
thall meet after the adjournment Of the Legis-
II . stranger had come into the rosm he
might have been Impressed With tie rssdinsss
with which the committee complied with Mr..
Suthsriand's suggestion. With an urbanity
that was A. bland and childliks a. the smile OF
BIet Harts's Chinss. Senator Lsxew said:
Very well: The com mittse stands adjourned
until such date as We may hereafter agree
upon"
But bless. your soul, the whole thing had
boon carefully planned In the executive ses-
sion. even g the way In which 1t would be an
aounced Mr.. De Lancsy Nieoll called the COM
mittess attention to the fact that Capt Price
had POSTPONED his trip to Europe. and that all
the other officials of the Police Department
we're waiting patiently to be Investigated.
Senators had lot Of work to do In Albany. but
that they would be back again soon.
The committee may be heard Of again, Tho
committees may not be heard OF AGAIN Nobody
knows Nobody can tell When asked WHISTLER
this sudden adjournment meant the squsloh-
fi.el q evidence upon which to proseed MI;
NJ Cantor grinned all over.
Police Commissioner ShsehAn end Morris
Tskulsky. who had been subppnasd to be
present yestsrdAy. didn't know what to make
Git They had gone there ready to tell all
they knew about the Police Departm emit and
thsy found that the committee did not want to
Police Captain Price who gave up his pro-
iseted trip TO Europe IN order to be on hand II
the COMMITTEES wanted him, IL very i'll and Il
confined 70 hi. house he has been otf duty