The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-31
SHEEHAN GIVEN A REST
AFTER DAY or SEARCHING INQUT-
RY BY Mr.. GOFF.
Positively Refuses to Produce His Private
and Public Bank Books-knew Black
mail was Paid the Police.

and Public Bsnk Book.-Knew Black
mail was Paid the Police.
NEW YORK, oct. 3O-Commissioner
! Sheeban was on the stand again to-day
| before the LexOw Committee, and, as
usual. a good deal OF hot talk passed te-
/ tween the witness and Mr.. Con.
! Half an hour before adjournment Nlr.
! Sheehan was excused for the present,
| and another witness took his place.
! Mr. Con drew the commissioner out IN
| reference 10 his idea OF the duiles OF the M
| police board. First and foremost, the
! witness claimed the duty Of the BOARD
was to see that the 10000 annual ,Sp Sp-
! preparation was properly tHpeh9i,Siu. = ~ ~
! board must also see that the oitlcerS OF
| the force did their duty. Mr. Con en-
! deavorcd to make telling point by get
! ting the witness to admit that the b'dIt
| considered the proper enforcement -
! the rules among the officers AZ SECONDARY
! 10 the expenditure Of the S,VDWJ appro-
! uriation The commissioner, however
| yyould not admit the truth Of such an IN
In the afternoon Mr.. Gon spent ccnhid.
| erabIe time questioning the witness dDoul
| the New York Signal Service. Inc CON-,
| missioner admitted that this service W. W.
| greatly inferior to several otheI laise
! cities hut ne could not explain why liIS
| was the case. At the conclusion Oh Mss 10
! Sheohan's testimony for to-day MT. 'IoIi
| told the witness TO DilIB illN BAi
| Dublic bank books tomorrow. rms lhe
| witness positively refused 10 90
HOW HE Earned HIS SALARY.
Some Of the incidents Of the day fol-
What do you DO, anyhow. for your
salary?' Mr.. Goff asked.
IL work for my salary .-.
! Il want a specific answer to my ques-
I'VE have to see that the money ap-
proprlate1 by the city is properly e1-
| pended: we have also to see that the
! police force does its duty, and a thousand
/ and one things
| What else2'
we must see that the laws OF the
! city Of New York are enforced
Have the police commissioners seen
! that the laws were cniOrcedf
"Yas, sir, the police commissioners nave
given the citizens the ges[ pIoOeg'tHi. pr Satigl
| fed with the police force mere NAY
be a few dishonorablo men on the iolte,
| but the remaining members sho,hu "oI
! be held responsible for their actS'
! Il have no doubt, Mr.. COMMISSIONER
| said Mr. Gof. sarcasMcally. put that
! a certain percentage OF the CIuIfHS VI
! New York have had ample prOteClloh.
| Chairman LrXow then asked the Wit
! ness whether i'm the crOSs-trlal ne hdd
| not said he would not belleNe lhc tEi.
| dencc Of a woman who Kept ulsoi",Ly
| house The witness said ne was not pre-,
| pared to express any opinion on any ttihl
| unless it was before him.
| Il am not going 10 say WhetheI
| would believe witness or not sald
| he until the entire evidence IS IN.
but you took the evidence ol pool
| room keepers" ..,,,..
| There were many decent men al'ol0
| the pOOl-TOOm keepers. =,
"They gave up the business when II
| was declared illegal
TRIAL OF POLICE CAPTAINS.
| Mr. Goff referred TO the case Of Cap
! tain Price, who was tired Tor duoWlnE
| disordcrly houses to run IN ms pre-
''n"(lySbat was the verdict in Captain
He was fined five days pay e.-
Wen, Captain Martens was ,tleI TO-.
| the same offence and fined thirty DAY
| nav while Captain DohertN was MS
| missed on the same charge. Explain no"
| the different sentences came ABOUT 'he
"Gaptain Price was tried on the charge
| Of allowing a disorderly house 10 run iH
| his precinct. This house had been closed
| long before but two detectives ma uaEed
TO bring women in there. lie was hhca
| for not being Vigilaut enough. ! was IN
favor Of rcprimauding him. as / believed
the house had been closed
| "Why did you vote for his conNicuont
| Well in order to make him more
| vigilant. If two detectives got into the
house, other people could also get lu'
The evidence showed Price did what %
| best"
why was he convicted then" asked
Senator OConn.'
because ! suppose, he did not do bet
The case of Captains Westervelt and
Haughcy were then referred 10.
They were both fined for allowing dis
| orderly houses 20 run in their precincts.
THE DIs,ussALs.
"In the month Of July Captains Cross.
! DeVcry, and boherty were dimissed from
the force for permitting disOrderly houses
TO run, while Captains Price Martens.
| Hauehey. and Wcstervelt were only fined
for the same offence Please explain the
| different sentences
The cases against them were entirely
different from the others.
rs IL not a fact that those captains
who were fined belonged To what Is known
as the Sheehan-W Williams ring
II never heard of such a ring"
| Have not certain members taken pains
to protect certain captaius?"
| Il have never heard Of IT,"
| Mr.. Gof read the presentment OF the
| grand Jury on March iS 1872 calling for
out Of corruption from the police force.
THAT IS general Indictment" said the
Il believe il was learned afterward that
It was. based on the reports Of news
papers.'
why, the superintendent himself was
! before the jury"
"Oh, yes, l believe he was"
Dp NJ. TABOR I1r?
! "Have you heard that Mr.. Tabor. the
foreman Of the grand jury. said in an in
terview that from SOlOOOO TO $4,000 O0D
was paid annually TO the police force for
| pTOtcCtiuny'
III. Mr. Tabor made that statement he
| lied"
do you mean TO say that Mr.. Tabor. a
respectable merchant, lied?"
81 mean TO say that If he made that
| statement he lied"
rs that henry VI. Tabor?" asked the
chairman.
Yes, sir replied Mr. Gon
did Mr.. Tabor lie when he said that
the police department of this city re-
! ceiyed blackmail?"
'lIc lied when he said the police de-
| paTtment received $l0.V,OpJ 30
That is not the question: did he lie
WREN he said the police received black
mail"
Why. Mr.. Goff, blackmail has been
| pail the police for twenty years
What do you know about it?" said
the chairman, sharply.
"HearSay; like you
"Now did Mr.. Tabor lie when ne said
the police received blackmail?"
He may have some specific evidence
| 10 base his belief upon. He lied when he
said the police received $1,000 900"
Il want To place you on record. DO
you mean to say that Tabor lied only
about the amount|'
1t took "A long time TO get the answer,
but at last the witness said: MIR. Tabor
lia1 only a iO the amount paid