The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-13
SEW YORK POLICE SCANDAL.
More Testimony is Given Before tho Loxow
 Committ~o.


 New York, Dec. l2.-When the Lexow committee met to-day Mir Con called c. A. Grant. but there was no response, MT. Con said he did not expect MT. Grant. but he took this opportunity to let him know he would like to have him here. Mir. Grant was ex-Commissioner Mcclave's private secretary while the latter was a police commissioner, and left the city soon after MT. McClave re- tired. The committee has tried to serve subpoena on him, but could not find worth s75,000 In real estate and he re- ceived only s1.700 a year. He was pre- pared to prove that MT. Grant made this money by accepting bribes for ap- pointments on the police force. Mir. Goff then said that MT. Grants presence was especially desirable as he had a list of McClave's appointments and he wanted to question MT. Grant about them.
 William Henry Wood representing the printing firm of J. J. Little & O., took the stand. His firm bid, he stated, s24s less than Martin & Brown for the printing of the official ballots.
 The police board awarded the con tract to M B. Brown, MT. Kelso, the representative of the latter, having of fered to do the printing for $4O,0O0, which was s3,000 less than his original bid.
 MT. Wood protested against this.
 MT. Kelso, the representative of the Martin B. Brown firm, testified that no member of the city government had any interest in the firm.
 Witness told how the firm got the contract. He said the board went into executive session and he was called in. T was informed" he said, that $40, ,00O was the amount appropriated by the city for printing the ballots, and I said Martin B. Brown would take the con- tract at that figure"
 Chairman Lexow asked if J. J. Little & Co. had ever printed ballots before. T remember" said he, that at one election the contract was given to inex- perienced parties, and when the time came for voting we had scarcely a bal lot"
 How Is it,", said the chairman to tbe witness, "that you always get the print ing?"
 Well, we do the printing cheaper" said the witness, land we have all the necessary plant"
 Where do you get your 'pull?" asked Senator Lexow.
 We. have no pull"
 MT. Moss then questioned. ..he witness closely as to how his firm got so much of the city printing
 Etienne Brebier. ex-warden, retired on the pension list, when questioned about complaint he had against Cap tain Murphy. He was questioned about complaint he had against Captain Murphy. He said he had lent Murphy $36O and had to sue him to get 1t back. He denied that the $500 was the per centage he claimed on moneys collect ed. He testified that the suit was filed for trial when Captain Murphy paid up.
 MT. Golf asked the chairman to have the witness testimony laid before the district attorney.
 Dr. c. S. Benedict of the bureau of contagious diseases was called. He said he had paid $27O this year toward securing the passage of bill to pen sion the doctors of the health depart ment when retired or disabled. This was the only assessment ever levied on his salary.
 Ex-Captains Gunner, Yule and Clinchy and ex-Inspector Steers testi- fled that they had been retired on pen sions.
 MT. Golf said his object was to show that men were retired who could. re- main much longer on the force. It is common report, said MT. Golf, that policemen pay from $500 to $500 for being appointed, so the more officers that are retired the greater is the rev. enue.
 MT. Moss asked that all the retired policemen in court stand up. Almost every man in court stood up.
 T ask the committee to note," said he, "what a fine body of men they are"
 Etta Kelter, respectable woman of No. 96 John street, was called. She had been in the city only short time and on September 29 she lost her way and stopped a passer-by to inquire the way to her home. An officer in citizens clothes came along and arrested her, and treated her so roughly on the way to the police station that during the night she had hemorrhages. The ma tron attached to the station did not visit her at all. Although she told Jus tice Hogan her story the following morning, he sent her to the island for two months. She spent twenty-four days on the island and was finally re- leased by her husband paying $15 to Justice Hogan or the clerk, she was not sure which.
 L. Bayer, the next witness, said he made a protest against granting a H. cense to saloon which had been closed on account of its bad character. The license was granted the day before Thanksgiving. Bayer once challenged Inspector Williams to mortal combat. The witness said when he learned the license was renewed he asked Commis- sioner Dalton why he did not get notice so as to, appear with his witnesses. Wit ness stated that he was called on by the agent for brewing company, who asked him to let up on the saloon, as