New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-02


TEKULsKY: WE COULD BLOCK THE DIS
TRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE"
had been important testimony and his absence
indicated that ne might have received a Zip that
the proceedings might not be particularly important.
State Senator DRY Dollar sullivan and number
of other Tammany district leaders were in the court
room to hear the testimony Police Commissioner
Sheehan and his brother the Lieutenant Governor.
were present when John ". Golf. of the commit
tees counsel arrived soon after II a. m. ~ on
Wednesday. six of the seven members of the com
mittee were in their
A RESPITE FOR THE HARAssED sHEEHAN.
After having the private appointment book Of
Commissioner SheoAan marked in evidence. Mr. Con
held whispered conversations with Senator LeXOw
and Senator Cantor. The lull in thu proceedings
was broken by outburst OF laughter caused by
the arrival Of Angel Bennett. one Of Nj COTS
agents whose sidevhiskers had been objects %
much interest to the in the courtroom on previ
ours days The whskers had disappeared and the
changed appearance Of the "Ange" caused sensa-
ton When the laughter had subsidized. Mr.. GOn
announced that Commissioner Sheehan would be ex-
cused for the day. and would not be wanted again
before next week. Commissioner Sheehan and his
brother. the Leutenant-Gover then left the
James W. Boye. the Tammany leader in the 1Xth
Assembly District. who had been the first witness
witness-chalr by Mr.. Gon. who inquired sweetly
how many policemen the witness had caused TO De
appointed. Mr. Boyle said he thought he had So
cured the appointment Of two or three
o ;a s snes part Of TIE EssPq%s'e' attached
q. By Senator Lexow).--Then you amer with
Judge Eoesch who testified that one Of tn duurs
to secure appointments? 40: coufs' nav"
to get all the appointments can
Q. dey Mi Gon)- Have you selected any r.rtcn-
lar Commissioner TO whom you recommend men
for appointment? A.-No.
HAD 40 PART ~ TT. He DECLARES
Mr. Gon again called the attention Of the witness
10 the circular which had been to district cap
tans IL his last year and inquired II he had
thought OF anything further in connection w.th
the circular MIR Boyle asked leave 10 look at the
slip which had been attached 10 the circular H.
questing captains to send il. OF persons under
police protection that were Indifferent He sand DE-
wanted to make that the paste which attached
the slip the circular not fresh. /, posi-
Bile he said. that somebody had imposed Oh Mr..
Golf He declared tina, he never had heard " the
slip before Il was produced by Mir cor. AMI. al
though he had made inquiries IN the district he had
failed to get any Information about II. sherman
Parker the secretary % the district association who
had mailed the circular had declared that the slip
had not been sent with the circular
Mr.. Gon again led the witness back t. the subiec.
OF getting men appointed the police force and
Nj Boyle declared that he had not selected Com
ments. Mr. Gon took up the appoinimof book
which Commissioner Sheehan had produ' and
began to read the names OF mon who hid been
appointed on the recommendation Of james W
Boyle When he had read three names the witness
said he thought five men had been appointed on his
recommendation. MIR. GOff continued 10 read until
several more names added the list. and
then inquired if the limit had been reached yet The
witness laughed and said he hoped not although ne
surprised at the number credited to him lie
appeared to consider the matter joke.
LIST OF HIS RECOMMENDATIONS GROWS.
Nh Gom went on calling off the names Of men who
either had been appointed policemen the
incubation Of the witness shown by The book. or
had been recommended for appointment by the wit
ness and had passed the doctors and were on the
hghroad to appoin tmeni." When the list com
pleted Mr.. Gon sad the number Of names
Il was twenty. although the reporters who had
been ke ping tally had counted only eighteen. One
man on the list James Early. who had been
rejected four times because he was quarter Of
inch too short MI Gon wanted to know how the
man had managed TO stretch himself "A quarter of
an inch and the witness said he ddn'i know.
Turning the leaves in the book. Mr. Goff said
that twenty men had been appointed ny Com
missioner Sheehan upon the recommendation Of
John C. Sheehan. the Tammany leader in the XIIIth
Assembly District. In other words. Mr. Sheehan.
Commissioner had appointed that number Of men
on his own recommendation district leader
Mr. Cor continued the reading to show that
~ all Of the appoD tments OF policemen by Com
missioner Sheehan had been made upon the recon-
inendations Of other Tammany men. including "A
number Of district leaders The witness asked
about the positions which the men who had made
the recommends lions held and in that manner the
names Of the who had been procuring the APP
pointment Of policemen with the help OF Commits
sioner Sheehan.
TAMMANY MEN WITH 'TNFLOOENCE"
The names IN the following order
James p. KeatiI g. fourteen recomm, ndatons or
the list James II. Southworth. member of As
sembly: Patrick J. Ryder, Alderman of the With
District: Justice Charles Welde, with seventeen
recommendations; Justice Daniel r Mcmahon
George W. Plunkit. fifteen names: Daniel NJ.
Donngan. Alderman Roach. Edward T. Fitzpatrick
H. G. Hart, Moses Dinkelspiel. Alderman Joseph
Martin. George f. Roesch J. w. Hinkley, OF
Poughkeepsie: Alderman Patrick J. Rider. b. r.
Martin. Meyer j. Stein. Columbia Chowder Club
Alderman Jacob c. Wundt. Hon. Grant H. Taylor.
of Newburg, Orange County. n. Y; George F.
Krause. Joseph Blumenthal, Patrick Maloney, OF
Owego. N. Y; Lee Phillips. secretary of the civil
Service Board; Alderman Charles Parks. thirteen
appointments; Charles r. McClelland. William j.
McKenna, Mr.. Featherson. Lawrence Delmour
H.