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

some things which he h'l lcIt behlhn nm III ,i's
orlcc We had a confidential talk as 10 how mu,
T.. had given The Inspector and said didn't want
L, h''T any much III ~ ~ \ He sail Ne sent
b,iwecn - ana So month 10 the lnsprc' y,
hc pas up biz money IN an en'ci'p. ana s"p pr IL
to campbell Campbell ave u =, Scrseant f d,cc
10 Williams ! ma ~ intermediate i"''1"' ! went
directly 10 Williams and handel him tn" money
m y i'm is' m mI,' s''" a 80
Q ~ ne say anytanr TO y3nE A-No, 81 r;ou.o
'o"bIi YOU have any talk with tho warl man IN
kncw OF II. but don't know whether he kn'" oil
% Q Did You bunk this money with your sa,ary
A-Oh my. don't Hse1 i - yen, "a, %i' I'm.
Jams every month. ! think I gave him 81" on"
"' % Why dm you s.vc williams this money a.
Because he could prevent me- rom Collecting any
myself II he ~ hls duty. for h. could make ra.i>
81 Seif' a." Il he he had IKEA
ellis ONLY USED.
o-And The money Was always given in bills?
.-Oh yes that wax an understood ;hins probably
to prevent the possibility Of detection.
Old YOU pay any 81 1T to any other police
official? A-No sir | stayed there from January =
1892 until April 1898. when transferred to the
ty,eishth street station. While in sixty
seventh street. made reports 10 hehdgunr,r n Of
'U2You made this report 70 Williams? A.-Yes
0.-And h. knew OF the existence Of the policy
shops' Al presume he knew. FOR he had The
means OF finding out az well ~ ! had. 1t was MS
Q-Thesc pol.cy-shops were never raded? A.-No
o-Couid you have suppressed them? AxNot
entirely: we could have kept them running from
place 10 place. and they could make very ht''e
"a to excise arrests? A-The Inspector told
US to =, make IA hs excise arreS'S-'"''"''e" u"
o~And you made up your mind that the insrnc,
lions were not to be carried out to the letter
Ave did O.augher) A., , ~
QThey were merely gwen TO OBEY b bnr '" Went nP
TO Eighty -eighhst. It vas at me time OF ,ne sen
era shake-up Captain smith OF me a nnt
been moved that being new 1a9 yau paid this
money to Williams? A.-Byrncs was acting super
intenden but MURRAY was In act TenaIheS IN
nsnHber There were some policy shops and pool
rooms there and they paid about $500 monh-,,en
na and %na ahrfs and
and another In Observation-Disclosures, near
@"How much did they pay? Mm'2 ,saro month 1na
each Cannon mas 10 49,, me ~ and we made our ar
rangemenis anew. Captain Carpenter preceded
m" o" eIf about the nquor-dealers? Al didn't
touch them. t. . .....,. "a.
no 1" Transferred. and myself found the
trouble with them afterward. u-aughter)
TAMMANY's AID ENLISTED.
o-Tbe uouor-dealers had made their peace with
the police through Tammany Hall? A-fes. sir.
O-And instead OF paying directly to the police
they paid to Tammany Hall? A-Yes and 1t was
ON this account, that ! decided that 1t was better
to let them alone. a., .
O-How much in this instance did you give to
Williams Al gave Williams about 800 a month
sometime at Headquarters and sometimes at the
station house. - -,
Odd he ever ask you how much you were col
lecting In the precinct? Ale may have. but
don't remember ,. ,,, .
O-Where were the poolrooms? A.-They were
all In the rear of saloons and II was easy to hnd
them out | made reports once every three months
and Williams was the official charged with re-
Odd you report the poolrooms? A.-No.
O-And those reports as they went to Headquar-
tiers were false? A.-They were.
Q-And Williams could easily have ascertained
whether they were false? Ale could.
O-And the money you gave Williams was q