New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-14
AT THEIR WITS ENDS.
POLICE GAZING IN DESPAIR AT THE DAM
AGE DONE BY MR. GOFF'S HOT SHOT.

TUE BROKEN pIEcEs-ouEsTIoN OF THE
TRIALS At THE CENTRAL oFFIcE-sU-
PERrNTENDENT BYRNEs TO INvEs
TIGATE THAT "WoNDER-
FULLY EFFICIENT" De
TECTIvE BUREAU.
The notice will have Two full weeks in when
70 repair the breastworks which were nearly ue-
mo1shed by John W. Golf. of counsel for 'he
Lexow Committee. in a three days assault i
was plain from the talk in the Police Dcpa'F
ment yesterday that the bombs thrown by MI
Golf on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday hdu
caused more decentralization than had been l'''
before Care and anxiety play tag Win t'i'
police officials all day. ana fear OF P'S9'o'
''squcals' prevents restful sleep at night ~
three days Mr. Goff showed that the triaS al
the Central Office. the arrest and intimldauo"
Of witnesses who had testified before the LeAo"
Committee and the chasing away OF o'her WIZ
nesses would have effect 10 block the pr os'ySo
Of the investigation OF the Department No" '
question is: What can the police Do 10 repair
some of the damage already done before the
Lexow Committee resumes operations on OCTOBER
- u
NO MORE TRIALS JUST NOW
There will be more trials at the Ceh'r8'
ONCE in the interval in the cases OF men VINO
We
,oittee Assistant District-Attorney Welman
who had charge of the work Of preparing the
charges on which the captains, sergeants ana
ward mon We're recently tried and dismissed by
the Commissioners. was at his summer nome III
SOUTHAMPTON yesterday, and IT was SAID AT MS
Office that he was not expected to return 10 the
city for several days. Assistant Distrlc'-At'oi-
ney Osborne. who aided Mr. Weliinah III the
polce trials has gone TO North Caronha Ioi
months rest President Martin of the Ponce
Board, said yesterday that the Commissioners
would not go with any more trials untll sonle
definite reply had been received from 'ne com
snittee as TO the possible effect which such
trials might have upon the investigation. me
committee has already decided not to offer any
advice or suggestion on that subject Late yes
terdav afternoon II was said TO be the intention
of the Commissioners to meet to-day ana "ec'ue
whether the trials should be discontinued until
the committee had finished its invesugauoh'
POLICE INTRIGUE is CHARGED.
Inspector Alexander 5. Williams, who was &C
cused by James II. Perkins, one of the witnesses
before the committee Tuesday. has made no
loud denial of the charge that ne received brloe
of $500 for auditing a bill of $4,000 when ne was
a cantain in charge Of the STRENGTHENING
bureau years ago. Perkins was arrested on inc
charge of abandoning his wife. and was locked
IN in tho Ellzabeth-st police station on Wednes-
day night There partial investigation oi
the charge against him yesterday, and he was
allowed to 60 his own recognzance uh'i
next Wednesday, when some evidence to snow
be presented.
superintendent Byrnes is to make nvestga-
tons Of the Detective Bureau on account OF the
testimony that some Of the detectives nave Deeh
in league with pawnbrokers TO compel persons
who had been robbed TO pay the advances on
stolen articles found in the pawnshops. He
would say nothing that subject yesterday
He will also make an investigation Of the charge
that some of the detectives al the Central Once
have been in the pay Of the "green-goods SWIM
dlers
THEY HAVE JUST BECOME ANXIOUS.
William Applegate. the witness who made
that charge in his testimony before the COM
nittee and also testified to having paid money
directly to Captains Mcaiim and Price, had not
been arrested yesterday and Captain Meakim
intimatcd that the man had been smugg!ed
out Of the reach Of the police by Mr.. Golf
agents Mr. Golf said It was strange. indeed
that the police never wanted n arrest such per
sons until they had testified against the police.
! Applegate the police declare. made man sense
n less with knockout drops last December, and
N then robbed him. The name of the man Is kept
secret and 1t is not explained why the police ma 4
not arrested Apologize sooner II he was wanted
for robbery.
1t was learned yesterday that the detective Of
the Delancey-st. station who arrested Mrs.
Caela Urchitta about eighteen months ago was
Ambrose W. Hussey. He was then ward man
under Captain Eakins. and now he is a policeman
at the Hghbrdge station. He is said 10 have
arrested the woman at the request Of an agent
of the Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty tc
Children. her charge that she was sent Il
prison, and that her children were taken away
from her because she had not paid as much
money for protection the police had de-
manded will be investigated further by the
counsel Of the LeXow Committee.
CORPORATION COUNSEL CLARK TO TESTIFY
Corporation Counsel Clark. who is one of the
leaders in Tammony Hail. and also gives advice
to the Police Commissioners frequently, Is 10 be
witness before the Lcxow Committee next
10 a thrAN pnQ
he said 10 Mr.. COTS messenger that he would
willingly tell anything he knew about the Police
Department that the committee cared TO hear.
Mr. Golf said later that Mr.. Clark knew many
facts Of interest connected with the city govern
nent and well posted about municipal al;
fairs He thought the committee would like L
have the benefit of Mr.. Clarks testimony, he
said and he thought the testimony of the Cor.
poration Counsel might be interesting He would
not indicate the nature of the revelations which
Mr. Clark will be invited 10 make before the
committee.