New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-22
SATURDAY,
DECEMBER r, 1894.

meant. Q.aughter) He asked me one time *
1aughter,, but tod him that it did not Great
CASA matter Of fact, did any of it come from
dsordery houses? A:-ies. SIR - 49,. .,,
to allow a little thing like that to stand between
the pee on and be aunS'er
Odd you understand int statement na as CON- con.
is t very religious man think and he might have
conscientious scrupes. d-aughter) ,o ,.,,
told him what was not true? A:-Yes; the In.
spector must have known ABOUT II: ne had been
captain there before More laughterD
HE MADE FALSE REPORTS.
Captain Schmittberger said the Inspector could
have discovered the character of the houses. He
admitted his reports were not true. They went into
Inspector McAvoys hands.
Q.-You we're never called upon to explain? A.
,o.-were charges ever made ou' against you for
o.-when did you leave the district? A.--on De-
Q.-when were You transferred to the "Tender-
On ZIP the sane astrsi is supposed to be the
best In the city, isn't 1.-THE richest for the police!
A.Tnat Is a mistaken idea. 1t isn't what 1t used
Q.-which Is the best? A.-The Eleventh. Precinct
o.Tfhat is the Eldridge-st station. isn't it? A.
SPS Ga anything "sh fGs transfer
o.~How much money did you make in the Ten.
most Of the dlsorder:y houses-ail think. except
that kept by negro weman M Is, o, n mi
things quoted down again; Some Of them re-
NAMED WIT payrns e. adjourn
As that the condition there sr nova ang for the
Clouds r 70 5c by 'H2 a%sste ney are waiting '''
o. owRen you we're in the Twen;ysecond Precinct
a woman named GeorgIana Hastings? A:-Oh. yes.
Odd she pay money to the p. Gcs FOR pro'ec-
9p2 MS Was Sh hs e.sr se exempt from
Qwhy was she exempt: ou A 81 ,Sa men o %ho
20 to her house wouldn't like TO see their names
She sTs Se very qst told to
keep quiet If didn't want to burn my fingers
o.@Whhere did you get the tip? Al don't re-
member exactly, but / think it was from Captain
O. He was there before you were. wasn't he?
Ayes he had been there but Delaney succeeded
%" o'-Were you not informed that public ofhcials
visited her house? Ayes; H.,
o'-And some of them were men who hold post
lions in the city government? Ayes
JUDGE HER PROTECTOR.
Mr.. GoN said TO the chairman that he did not
intend to mention Georgiana Hastings was
now under Indictment. 1t had been difficult to
serve her with a bench warrant. When one had
been served night not long ago two offciais
were found at her house, and one Of them was q
judge IN this city-not OF a civil court Mr. Lexow
agreed with Mr. Golf that 1t would be better not
smSh aS ons P Gapon tina.
this woman was protected by officials? A-fes
Q.-That she was protected by these men in vo-
Q.|You appreciated the fact that il you inter:
fered with her you would get your fingers burned!
In answer to a question by one of the Senators
Schmttberger said that he understood he would
be removed from his pos; II he interfered with the
Sc h0 0yc much did y9y
before
IT wasn't any good, Gaughter).
certainly gone. Did you ever give any, Of this
money, Captain Schmittberger, to any police off,
None to superiors" replied the witness.
Q.-We. whom did you give some to? Al gave
Q.-Have You collected any money since he was
broken? A.-None az all.
money whatever from the Madison Square Garden.
police POI fS' ss1 only from 0pso Ss Whs
exhibitions in the Garden for the officers
s IN s NOT serss
vas done openly in the hallway Mr. Gor then
Forget, He acknow lodged tina, he had received it.
but was particular to say that il was New
II was done freely and was not protection money.
The witness seemed ANXIOUS to have this made
ond Precinct and asked the witness IL he knew
SH1 h hG m, named Lille c s her He said he dd
the services she did him in the Gardner case She
mand OF the precinct, but there was another
woman who had rented 1t from her.
CASH FOR MARTIN AND sHEEHAN
Q-Did you ever give any money to any police
official at any time? Ayes gave political con-
tributions to Commissioners Martin and Sheehan.
Q-Whai did you give this money to them fort
A.-rhey district leaders,.
S WW9Sw m ysf d., da you slys to Martin Aso
Q.How much did You give to Commissioners
Q-Were you askcd to do this? A--Not exactly
asked: but It was intimated that had better do Il.
Q-Did other captains also contribute? A.-Weil.
| heard they did so, but don't know from my
Q.-And this simply political contribu-
Q.-Capiain schmittberger can you tell the COM
miltoe anything NOR about men who wished 10
tain Martens was a patro.man in my precinct when
man; Tie came to M and asked me how much II
would cost sad you'd see what Is. could I'D de. DO
Captain Wi.Garns and asked him how much it would
c9si {? nave Martens made a roundsmani, he sad
N. 500 he paid il u me in the station-house.
took the money and gave it TO Wi.liar.s, and Mar
'' q T " did you say to Williams when you save
r. On simply s1d ms was the, money rer Tor
man.
MONEY FOR PROMOTIONS.
Q.-Do you know OF any other where po-
ceman paid money to be promoted? A.-Wel.
Martens wanted TO be made sergeant He came
10 me and asked how much it would cost and
ssAed Williams. tie said it would cost $1,000
back and told Martens, and he COZ me , money
ard gave 10 / gave Il 10 Captain Williams,
but Martens was not made sergeant Ior some time.
After abou; months he got anxious, ana came
20 ME 10 know why he wasn't promoted III ne
wasn't going TO be promoted he wanted tne money
back. | went 10 Williams ana tod MN mat
Martens wanted to know why ne wasn't promoted:
| told him that he wanted the money back II ne
didn't get ahead. Williams at once put on MS coat.
went down to Headquarters, and Martens was
made sergeant the same day. ,,,
O--Do you know OF any other case! A-Wel!.
when Martens wanted to be made captain had a
talk with him and he told me that II would cost
$4,000 | don't know anything about the DETAILS ana
/ had nothing do with II.
Mr. GoN looked over the record. and found tnat
Martens had been made sergeant in Aprtl, lS}.
Schniit berger said IT about two months before
that when he gave the money to captain Nhliams
for the promotion ~
Q-What Commissioner made Martens ser
geant? Al am not sure but think 1t was Com"
missioner McClave. " y,