The morning call., 1894-10-31
PAID AS TRIBUTE.
Seven Millions to the
Police.
SHEEHAN GROWS EXCITED.
Whereupon He Is Promptly Put
in a Hole.
TAMMANY AND THE SALOONS.
Mr.. Goff Goes On Bringing Out
Ugly Facts for the Lexow
Committee.
AND THE SALOONS.

NEW YORK, Oct. 30.-Commissioner
Sheehan had another explanation to make
to-day regarding his testimony yesterday
before the Lexow committee.
1.-THE Policeman McManus," said ne. TO
whom you referred yesterday. was H.
dicted by the Grand Jury and tried 10 the
Court of General Sessions"
''That does not explain why the Police
Board did not dispose of the charge. re-
torted Mr.. Golf. did you not regard the
escape of Katie Schubert as miscarriage
of justice?" Mr.. Golf asked The witness.
''In what respectg
"Did it not strike you as peculiar that
she was allowed to depart without being
asked about Inspector Mclaughlin :"
Eyes, said so at the time."
When asked why he did not prosecute
officers from taking money from pool-seli-
ers. he said: ~ could not fasten any par
ticular crime on any particular official"
LET US see, corruption was pretty gen.
eral. Did you know the Sailmakers had TO
pay?"
"No"
did you know Long Island clam-dig-
gers had to pay?"
Where did they como in? asked the
Commissioner.
''Never mind Did you hear the houses
of Ill fame had TO pay?"
II heard rumors."
"Rumors, rumors," sneered Mr.. Golf.
"Wbat do you do to earn your salary?"
Perform the duties devolving on me as
Commissioner" He said he saw that
money appropriated was properly ex-
pended.
Yes, [ suppose you do see to the $1,000"
said Mr.. Golf. Mr.. Golf then produced
the correspondence which passed between
DR.. Parkburst and the Police Board. He
read Inspector Williams report in which
that officer said: 81 think DR.. Parkhurst's
language is disgraceful for a man of his
intelligence and clearly shows his ami
mostly against the Police Department"
Have your opinions of the doctor
changed?" he asked.
"No"
1.-The Commissioners were going TO
throw the doctors communications into
the waste basket at one time" commented
Mr.. Golf. The witness told how he had
enGeaYored 10 obtain evidence In Cor
coran's saloon on East Thirty-ffth street
but was unable to do so. Mr.. Golf then
read the statement read by Foreman
Henry NJ. Tabor of the Grand Jury in
March. 1892, that 100000 was paid In
tribute to the police annually.
The Commissioner excitedly shouted
He lied"
WHAT exclaimed Mr.. Golf. ''One Of
the best known citizens In this city, who
has frequently been a foreman of our
Grand Juries?"
''He lied when he said the department.
collected millions by blackmail," asserted
the Commissioner.
did he lie when he said the depart
ment collected blackmail?"
HE lied as to the amount"
How do you know?" asked the chair
man.
Because it is impossible TO collect mil
lions without the city rising and stamping
out the practice"
THAT'S what they are going to do"
said Senator O'Connor.
Mr.. Golf said that an evening paper
claimed that the Police Department col
lected $4,000 in blackmail. docs il
lie or do you not care about the hostility
of newspaper" he asked.
at is mistaken; 1 don't care for the
Newspaper"
''How about the liquor-dealers paying
tribute to the police?''
They did not have to lie. They knew
there were two Tammany Commissioners
on the board who would not allow it," said
the Commissioner Indignantly.
"Ah. Tammany and the liquor-dealers,'
said MIR. Golf. did You know that Presi.
dent Martin and Richard Croker met q
delegation OF liquor-dealers in the parlor.
of the Hoffman House and agreed to have
the money heretofore given TO the police
paid into the treasury of Tammany Hall p
The witness professed not to have heard
of it, Mr.. Golf then made the Commits.
sioner uncomfortable by showing that be
had copied the language of the circular oil
the Municipal Signal Company of Boston
in making report to the Police Board or
the necessity for electric signals for the
police.
He has been guilty. of literary piracy,
commented Senator OConnor.
Bring your private and public bank.
books Tomorrow" said Mr.. Golf.
Il will not" said the witness.
Mr.. Golf did not take the witness to tasl
Tor refusal, but had the next witness
called. This was Herman Spitz, an
huotlaus lie QlQ DOL want II
testify. 1t was said that he had been in
timidated. Mr.. Golf at last dragged from
him story 10 the effect that he had beer
stabbed twice because he incurred thu
hostility OF Israel Waenstock. A mar
known as Dutch" had tried to rreven
the witness from prosecuting Waenstock
Dutch" it appears, was an agent q
"Silver Dollar" Smith. The story hat
been only partly developed when the in
yestigatlon was adjourned until tn
morrow.
ALBANY. N. Y, Oct. 30.-Benjamin p
Wood, an attache of the Lexow iu,estiea
ton committee, came here to-day, and a
the executive cham Der secured papers re
Questing the Governor of New JERSEY Il
surrender Mrs. Hermann, who is in custod
in Jersey City, and is wanted as witnes
before the Lexow committee.
PUNISH THE POLICE.