The evening world., 1894-08-18
Commissioners Murray and Ksr-
win Say It All Rests !.
with Wellman.
ANOTHER CAPTAIN THE NEXT.
Charges for BIackmaiIIng Merchants
Downtown Have Already
Been Prepared.

The next police officer to be called IN
account for alleged corruption viii be
one OF those who, II is charged, have
blackmailed reputable merchants and
business houses, the nature of whose
business necessitated the use Of the side
walks during certain hours. The pa
pers are prepared and in the hands Of
supt. Byrnes. awaiting his signature.
This much is definitely determined.
whether 1t will be Capt. Stephenson,
who was accused by box manufac-
turer with having mulcted him out Of 3
stated monthly bride for permitting him
to stack his wares on the sidewalk 10 b
carted away, or Capt. O'Connor. IN
whose Second Precinct are most Of the
commission merchants and marketmeu.
who must, ordinance or no ordinances.
necessarily Gambler the sidewalks from
midnight till morning with their passing
stocks OF Vegetables, or some one OF the
captains whose precincts lie -aIone
Broadway and In the market and ship
ping districts. those having the matter
In hand will not say.
THE Evening World" ID assured. how-g
ever. that neither Inspector Mclaughlin,
nor Capt. William Strauss will be called
to the bar at present
Mr.. Osborne points out these differ-
ences between the cases of Inspector
Mclaughlin and Capts. Doherty. Cross
and Devery.
Mrs. Thurow's testimony that she
bribed Capt. Doherty was corroboratod
by the signature of Capt Doherty on
his blotter In red ink five times when
Mrs. Thurow bailed out Inmates OF her
house, while he alleges that he had told
that she was the worst woman In tho
precinct; Yet, she continued to run her
ter corroboration OF her story than that
u was because she was paying htn for
the privilege?
I'm Capt. Devery's case two womsn
the privilege OF doing business, and 4
Is a fact that their houses were Wtde
open, without locks. bolts or bars. Tor
we shall show that Phil Wissig, owner
Of the premises where Witness Wol6
kept his disorderly house. was. fire.
women. ~ K
I'm. Capt. Cross's case. we have fpr
corroboration OF Kate Schubert the
the men who called at the house.; the
counting of the $500. and the writing on
those monthly, bride envelopes. FROM
these places were allowed to run opsnly
during his captaincy.
Now, In the charges against Inspector
confederation. Besides. Mclaughlin was
In command In that precinct only three
months.
charge Of these prosecutions. viii az
these officials Just as fast as We can
make a case against them. There win
be no favoritism, Any one who knows
Mr.. Osborne's stenographer Was busy
all morning with witnesses In one Get
of cases, while at the other end OF the
brownstone Courthouse Mr.. Carotherb
was Just as busy taking the statementa
and affidavits Of witnesses In an entirely
different set of cases, and each case was
that Of police captain charged with
Mr.. Wellman has gone to his home In
Southampton, L. l.; and vii lnot return
preferred until the end OF the auln-
tupe trial now on is In sight;
THAT will be not before the end Of
another week" said Police Commissioners
alegd differences between the Commits
sioners about the charge against In
spector Mclaughlin. the Commissioners
said:
Commissioner Sheehan 10 DESTROYS OF
trying Inspector Mclaughlin now. be-
cause, like the newspapers, he cannot
strong as the others. / confess that
know nothing about II. We have coin-
sci, Mr.; Wellman. and We leave an that
TO his judgment. MT Weilman - con-
Quoting the cases, and / have implicit
confidence in his judgment and In his
honesty OF purpose. / have been told
that Mr.. Wellman, Superintendent
Byrnes and Inspector Mclaughlin are
warm friends, but | have seen nothing 70
indicate that Mr.. Wellman would permit
that to swerve him.
IT shall insist. so far as lies in my
power, that every officer Of this depart
ment who has been guilty of corruption
and neglect OF duty shall be dismissed,
and l know that public opinion will
sustain me. /, personally. do not know
Inspector Mclaughlin. have never seen
him. and should not know him II he
entered this room now / have no
friends in the department"
sioner. said: f
81 am following Gen. Grants famous
Injunction, Let no guilty man escape.
have no friends In the Department..
do not know Inspector HeIAuehii4. J
never saw eups- eyrnss TIL sew -