The herald., 1894-12-22

telle and art gallery attached thereto
which became so notorious before it was
suppressed. With ess acknowledged that
tho dive had not been closed before be-
cause it was under police protection.
Witness reviewed his services az
sergeant briefly and came to his appoint
ment as q captain. He said Commits
sionor Voorhees, did not pay cent and
that Voorhees, Was honest and all the
charges against hina false.
"Now. captain, about the timo you
vera in command of the steamb boat
SQUAD you learned. of course, that the
men on the docks had to give up half oil
their salaries? ?"
s'Yes, Wsrdmnn Vail told me OF il.
l told him did not. want to keep it up
and he told me tnat | was a damned
fool: that the men had just as soon
give it up as not and might as we'll
get it."
'And you finally sgreed to this?"
eyes"
"And Vail was your collector, l be-
lisve?"
"Yes, for about two months and then
Cannon vas appointed. would like
now to brand Vail as q liar for saying on
this stand that l wanted all OF the
money from the men,"
THE CAPTAINS RAKE-oFF.
'How much did Vail collect for you
each month";"
"About $500"
"And did you never have to give up
any of this money to any other police
officials ?"
mo. did not"
Witness then went on TO say that he
had @ conversation with Inspector
Steers, who told him there was little in
the precincts. and he could have it all.
Ibid you ever give up any money to
him ?"
mo, l did not get enough"
Mr.. Gotf led the witness to say that
he did not like the precinct, and wss
transferred at his own request to the
Sixty-seventh street station.
"Well, what was the source OF your
revenue there?"
"Policy shope--nothiug else."
"How many we're there in the pre-
clnct?"
About 10 of them?"
"And how muchidid youget from each
OF these shops"
Twenty dollars each. The Bohemian
Liquor Dealeub a6SOClaeiUu phlU ut,
about $50 per month"
"Row much OF this did you get?"
Eighty per cent
DIVIDED WITH WILLIAMS.
swell, captain, in your collections in
that district we're you ever called upon
to divide with any one at all, any police
official?"
-oa
"Who was it?"
"Inspector Willisms."
The audience was thrown into q COM
motion and it was some time before Mr..
Goff could continue.
"How much did You pay him each
month ?"
Fifty dollars"
"Did you ever at any time pay him
more than this? ?"
IL paid him $100 one month"
The fact was then developed that
schmittberger had been rranstsrred in
the general shakeeup froE, the Twenty
fifth to the Twenty-seventh precinct.
Were there any policy shops there 2"
"Yes."
"And how. much did the collections
smount to?"
"About $780,"
"Were there any pool rotms?"
'There were three"
"How much did you collect from these
roome2"
s'$200 each MONTH
And during the time you collectsd
this money did you ever divide with any
one?"
THE CoLLRCTeR's PERCENTAGE.
"Igsve Cannon, my collector. 20 per
cent and gave Williams 5000 per
month"
''In view Of ell these facts, you know
1t was the inspectors duty to prefer
charges against you?"
"Ceytsinly."
"And you paid this monev to keep him
from making such charges ?"
Certainly"
And were any charges ever mads
against you by him2''
Never"
Have you any kno Wedge about sny
other captain who paid money to Will.
iame?"
mo. have not; but it was the Gus
tom OF all the captains TO pay this
money"
'And why were you fnally trans
ferred from thnt precinct?"
For interfering with liquor dealers"
Witnese then explained that when
Byrnes WAS made superintendent he in
structed all the men not 70 make excise
arrests unless they we're sure of con-
victon. az ho did not believe in expos
ures. Schmittberger made TOO many
bona tide arrests, and hs gave it as Lis
opinion shat this vas the cause of his
transfer.
"Did you ever hear who proposed the
transfer to the police board ?"
''Yes, Mr.. Msrten."
You were transferred to the Fifth
precinct"
Yes, Leonard street."
"1ow much did YOU cole9t from the
pool rooms there?"
$500 each"
And while you were in the preoinct
did YOU ever pay money to any one? ?"
YES"
$40 whom"
ITO Inspector McAvoy."
BAD SPECULATION.
The Executrix of Rich Estate Dabbled
In Stocks.
OswEGo, n. Y, Dec. 2l.-Csptain
Thomas Martin died in August, 1891.
and Mrs. Lulu Sevsra of BROOKLYN was
made eXecutrix Of ths estate. which