The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-02
cHARGEs ALL READY.
isMSttmE Considering Accusations
i51 Against Doherty's Men.
Devsry Likely TO Be the Next Police
Captain to b Tried.
To he Arraigned on tho Testimony
: ss!x OF bcxow Witnesses.

: The charges against Police Sergts.
|; 3lSbers. 4 Ncksnna, and Jordan, Of the
ffAh seeet -station: Sergt Clark. OF
Police Headquarters, and Sergt Parkin-
son, OF the East Thirty-iifth street sta
ton, and Pplicemen Mallon and Meyer,
CapS ISheray's Sx-ward men, are In the
hapds ySf President Martin, of the Police
Board.
=. The President is examining the charges
ana viii, II IL expected, make a state
ment Of the allegations against each
Z Of the accused officers to the news
papers iu.a-day or two.
Z TUE cherges- are voluminous, filling
I. sanae. nifty pages of closely typewriter
l5feap ARaper, and are said to contain
TxHhst amount Of legal verbiage, the
same as In the case Of Capt Doherty,
Mr.. Wellman's object being, In SO close
iy sdherinE to legal diction and rules.
10 faliow Of no loophole for escape
! through technically.
= AZ u.so o'clock supt. Byrnes went to
President Martins Office and was fol-
lowed a moment later by Chief Clerk
kipp. The Superintendent carried in his
hand a large bundle of typewriter
matter which, 1t was said. were the
charges drawn up by Mr.. Wellrnan
|. President. Superintendent and the Chief
h Siefk remained In consultation unti ~
The superintendent, who was subse-
auently seen IN his Office. said that the
charges were 80 voluminous that II
would undoubtedly be three or four
days before the substance would be
President Martin denied that he had
received the charges, but II was never
sneles 81 generally understood dc that they
delivered to the President at IL o'clock
to-3ey for his approval.
~. Wellman called on the Superin-
CONSULTATION with him for over half an
hour. The subject discussed, Mr.. Well
man ACKNOWLEDGED, was the charges
Weiiman said that ali that remained
AS PREVIOUSLY stated in . "r Evening
Ps.aen IL Mssn , @ ' be WnSs1
case OF ex..Ward Man Levy, now on trial
In General Sessions for bribery.
~ President Martin refused to make any
satisfactory or intelligent answers to two
Or three civil questions propounded to
him by an Evening World" reporter
Asked II he would give his approval with
out first reading the charges, he said he
had act received them yet and would
mot anticipate any Of his acts.
..Wiii you make the charges public IL
= they are delivered to you to-day"
Il have told you all there Is to say In
the matter. When l get ready to give
the charges out you may hear of 1t.
y Now, THAT'S all there Ia OF IT," said he,
drawing his face up into a fierce scowi
and turning his back upon the reporter.
That charges Of neglect of duty will
he preferred by. Supt. Byrnes against
Capt. William 9. Devery within the
next few days. seems now a certainty
This was one Of the special matters
under discussion between the Superin-
tendent and Mr.. Wellman at Police
93es1qHarters this morning.
The complaint and charges have been
In the course of preparation for two
weeks. and would have been presented
before this had not SO much OF the Su-
perintendent's time been taken up in
/ securing evidence against other officers
4 of the Department.
Tho charges against Capt. Devery will
(. DO made chiefly on evidence given before
the Lexow Committee by Carl Werner
and Mrs. Sanford. Devery is now in
command of the Old slip station. The
charges co-er the period OF his official
lie Ghep he had command OF the FL
! bridge street station.
Although the Superintendent and the
Assistant District-Attorney do not wish
20 discuss the Devery charges. 1t is be-
I. lieved that the presenting OF them to
the, Commissioners Is no further away
Than Saturday.