The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-10-31

New YoRk, Oct. SO.-Commissioner
Shoehan was on tho stand again to-day
before tho Lexow committee, aud as
usual good deal Of hot talk passed bo'
tween the witness and Senator Gof.
Halt au hour before adjournment Mr..
Sheehau was excused for the present
and another witness took his place.
Senator Goll drew the commissioner
out in reference to his idea Of the duties
Of the police board. First aud fore
most, tho witness claimed tho duty OF
the board was to sec that tho $5,0OO,0OO
annual appropriation was properly ex-
pended. The board must also sec that
the officers on the force did their duty.
Mr. GotI then ondoavorcd to mako q
telling point by getting tho witness TO
admit that tho board considered the
proper enforcement Of the rules among
officers rs secondary to tho expenditure
OF tho S5,O00,000 appropriation. The
commissioner, however, would not ad-
init the truth OF such I'M inference.
In the afternoon Mr.. Got spent con-
siderable time questioning the witness
about tine New \ ork signat service. The
commissioner admitted that tho service
was greatly inferior to that OF Chicago,
Boston and several other large cities.
but he could not explain why this was
the case.
At the conclusion OF Mr.. Sheehap's
testimony ior to-day, MIR. Gotf told the
witness TO bring his private and public
bank books tomorrow. This the wit
ness positively refused to do.
Mr.. Coil said that m evening paper
claimed the police department collected
fifteen millions in blackmai!. "Does 1t
lie or do you not care about the hostility
OF a newspaperT
at is mistaken; don't care for news
papers"
"tlow about the liquor dealers paying
tribute to the police"
"They did not have to lie. They
knew there were Two Tanmany commts-
sioncrs OIL tho board who would not al-
low it," said the commissioner indig-
nantly.
"Ai Tammauy and the liquor deal
ers," said Mr.. God.
ibid you know President Martin and
Richard Croker met a delegation of
liquor dealers in the parlor of the
Hoffman house and agreed to have the
money heretofore given TO the police
paid iuto the treasury OF Tammany
hall%
The witness protessed not to have
heard OF it.
Mr.. Gofr then made the commissioner
uncomfortable by showing that he had
copied the language Of the circular OF
tho municipal signal company oil Bos-
ton in making report to the police
board on the necessity for electric aig-
mails for the police. =,
"He has been guilty Of literaryipiracy,"
commented Senator O'Connor.
Bring your private and public bank
books tomorrow, said Mr.. Gof.
"I will not" said the witness posi-
lively.
Mr. GofI did not take the commits
sioner to task for his refusal, but had
tho next witness called. This was Her
man Spitz, an ignorant Australian. He
did not want to testify. {. It was said he
had been intimidated. Mr.. Moss at
last dragged from him a story to the
effect that he had been stabbed twice
because he incurred the hostility OF
Israel Weinstock. A man known as
"Dutchy" had tried to prevent tho wit
ness from prosecuting Weinstock.
"Dutchy," it appeared, was IN agent
OF "SiIver Dollar" Smith. Tho story
hsd been only partly developed when
the investigation was adjourned until
Tomorrow.