The evening world., 1894-04-11
PARKHURST ON DEVERY.
He Knows Justice Is Bound,
and He Did Not Look
for Conviction.
YET THINKS IT A MORAL VICTORY.
The Trial, He Declares, Shows that
the Police Stand Together and in
League with Tammany,
AN ADDRESS TO METHODlSTS UPTOWN.
Devery, Meanwhile. Has Joyful Day-How
Williams Tried to Get Choate, Root
or Bliss for the Defense.

| or capt. leNery was tnht III no time
had he expected n conviction. He saw
in the trial no bad result for his So
| Ciety-rathcr n moral victory. Last
night Dr. Parkhurst addressed an audi
once of 5000 persons In Calvary
Methodist Church. at one Hundred and
| Twenty-ninth street and Seventh ave-
| nue.. He talked severely Of the Police
| Department and Tammany. 1t was a
| gathering of the Methodist Social Union,
and many ministers attending Confer
ence were there. 1t was month ago
tina, Or. parkhurst made the engage
mcnt to speak before the union. His
topic was "Perils and Opportunities"
| but 1t was the Devery case which fur
| nished the real text.
| Dr. Alexander. President Of the union,
said that only once before had the union
held reform meeting. Then 1t took up
the Louisiana Lottery, and the success
which attended that would attend this
meeting, the object OF which was to
| further the work of societies like that
OF which Or. Parkhurst was the head.
DR. Alexander thought 1t significant that
the meeting should be held within half
II mile of the centre of the city.
DIR. pARKHURST'S ADDRESS.
There was a big demonstration when
DR.. Parkhurst arose. lie made u friend
~ greeting, saying that he was glad to
see so large a gathering OF Christian
people in the heart of the city. Then he
plunged into the subject of municipal
reform. speaking extcmporaneously and
with even more than his usual earnest
ness. Very frequent was the applause
| A pth ar b,
after the past two years and a half
Of our fairly strenuous efforts. the quail
ity, the character, the purport and ami
mus of the Police Department tonight
are precisely what they We're when we
commenced work. There has been a
good deal Of good done. There has
been "A surprising demonstration OF ac-
tivity at times But 1t does not mean
anything. There Is no intention from
Police Commissioner up to patrolman to
laws. AS | said before. there has been
"A great deal of good done: but suppose
l raise this question; Surprising that
continued, and they were going to he al
lowed to go their own way for two months
what would be the result? We would
be exactly where we were two and a
half ycars ago, and there would he
just as, much gambling as there was
two and n half years ago; there would
be exactly as many saloons openIthey
|
many diSorierly houses as there were
, two and "A half years ago.
These places that are running in that
shy way at present, with sign OF "Tc
: Let In front and all sorts OF things
going on in the rear. Ia simply the re
suit OF influences that have beer
I brought to bear without at all mod
Tying the positions of the parties con
cerned
one of our detectives was In n hous
about week ago and the woman said
M IA lfN.F ~
o going to start in May again.. because
anyhow. DR.. Parkhurst Is going to &
n to Europe in the summer.
. TIE SOCIETY'S OBJECT.
$ our object is not to prosecute tn
i unfortunate women. not 10 prusecut
the gambler, not to secure the conviction
Of patro'man, sergeant or captain o
INSPECTOR or SUPERINTENDENT, or eve
commissioner, but to illustrate to tn
community the corruption and vicious
I ness, with the entire system intrenche,
as 1t Is In N" SUPPORT of that damnahl
Tammany Hail. There Is absolutely n
d arch-enemy OF our, system is broker
II ana that Is to be done, and expect
l. There are only two Police Justices
=. will not mention their Names but som
& OF you know who they are-there ar
e only two Police Justices We can bring
% case before with any confidence, and tn
v Police Justices Board max" a prinCipl
& Of keeping those two Police Justices |
= GontNlll".
= of which | have not spoken before, r>
- cept to "A very few intimate friends,
I" connection with tn" Deygry trial. w
rs victorious | do not think that | shout
~ have been able to come here tonight q
A. account OF shock. and yet, somehow {
n other. we are getting there.
n- 'buc Attle expression uf Mr.. NiCO
= comes back to me COmfOrtngly. II wa
ID on an occasion when had gone TO hi
or lie toll mo that It would do us no 100
9 get an Indictment because Va woul
or these defeats. Yes he said, you d,
1r InI yogll gyt there, i think. The,
n was Irai Of comfort in that remar'
M III Mr.. Weeks =, heart had been
il that suit he would never have SPOKE
-, an unlnd word Of one OF his wItncss.
he AMI when he spoke In the summing /
H. of my accusing tn DistriCt-Attorney
n o'iir" OF completely that was pract!ca!
ny INCAPABLE OR CRIMINAL.
u we ray tHes" men-the police $500
90 a year for enforcing the Ia,
and they d. not enforce II. They cnror
Il. tn" law So far az I is 70 their advnn
a I.dNtNi.s, and they avail tn,mselv
or - Tia" opportunity for the maintrnan
uf their own brn-sts and, as | heWrv
No, "Th,rr is matter which ! Hlnlr
~, with much di,tii nc" and dislike to
4. miN,l audience, hut these are thin
-. that W. must speak OF. On the 23i
=, March there APPEARED In the papers
49, statement With regard t. the raidi
'' of sixteen aburtiOuist offices. Now,
.e that had been accomplished at the n
'' ton Of SUIT Hyrnos, n he had done
- II IT had been the result OF his sagacit
n II hal iTucorl"l from his desire
secure the thorough enforcement OF Il
in this, | would say nothing about
hut 1t dil not 1T dil not start I'm [
. O. Police Department. II started with
; " private society, and n reputable par
"a, states that when these facts ",
~ hrUurht 60 SUut RNrrrs'S attention
III expressed lin. ei us .ururiscl
800 Il could haze given him lessons
,n. those houses two years ago No
''| there are two alternatives that can
, adopted In that case Either Su
lat l}yrncs did not know of the existence
III those houses, which would cunstitl
him criminally negligent and iRnOra
or else he dl know u II.
the at seems to US that nothing has recen
on transpired that so covers the executi
head OF the department-and that is