The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-01
Refers to the Shameful State of
Affairs Shown Up by tho
Lexow Committee.
IS IT A REBUKE TO FELLOWS ?
The District-Attorney Had Neglected
to Bring the Matter Before
the Courts.


Judge Cowing to-day in Part I. Of the
Court of General Sessions. has been in
structed to probe the matter Of police
corruption.
District-Attorney John r. Fellows
tended to call the attention of the
Grand Jury to the charges against
police captains made by Lexow wit
nesses. and returned an evasive answer.
Judge Cowing's charge to the Grand
Jury, therefore. although Col. Fellows's
name was not mentioned in 1t. is in the
nature Of an implied rebuke to the
District-Attorney.
Judge Cowing charged the Grand Jury
TO take up all cases against police ON.
Gals. to, thoroughly sift the evidence and
the evidence should justify 1t.
In substance Judge Cowing said:
1T Is matter of public notoriety on
the lips Of all citizens that certain on on
and having been corrupt In their OH
cial relations. 1t is my duty 70 instruct
Charges 81 that descript,on. 80
i allude particularly to the charge OF
sSrrnpton in public of once .a IN P Siss
the Police Commissioners to make GER
tain rules and regulation for the gov
eminent and discipline OF the police
force. Those rules and regulations are
made for the purpose Of preserving the
good order of the police among them
selves, principally There is a higher
which also prescribes the penalties for
those persons derelict or corrupt in the
administration of their office.
ut will be your duty, to take up these
various cases where charges have been
made. and most thoroughly to sift them,
and II you find that any of these ofhcials
that are thus charged seem to be guilty
OF such accusations 1t Is your duty, with
out fear or favor to present them to this
bar in order that justice may be meted
out .sr,a >, =. that ,,ro,dv sevsr., ~ tbess
SaseA cave nave been Liousnt up oy t.ie
Police Commissioners does not in any
way interfere with you function as
You are not bound by their action.
neither are you to take their action as
conclusive in any case. You must, there
de rovo, and see II in any case there
have been officials who have been cor
rupt in the administration OF the laws.
disposed Of the sixty-seven prison cases
still awaiting your action, to take up
these matters and to thoroughly investi-
gate them, without fear and without
1T Is certainly dep.orable II pubic
officers entrusted with high and i'm
p9rtant duties have interfered , With the the
pay by furnishing immunity to vioiators
Of the law. 1t demoralizes the whole
BODY polite. . &c.,
exist where such matters are tolerated
How far more important 1t Is that those
public servants who have been intrust-
and preserving the public peace should
be restrained and punished when they,
themselves, offer immunity for crime,
than that mere street urchins who COM
which L
ter of course, will be easily checked and
punished by lesser magistrates, should
be dealt with by the Grand Jury? The
other course shakes the fabric OF your
government.
Such things cannot, must not and will
not be tolerated. Therefore, take 1t for
LEGATIONS OF these matters your thorough
and conscientious attention. Where you
find that the law has ben violated you
to the bar c Of this court, in order, as /
said before. that justice may be meted
out to them"
not to deal with these matters so ex,
clusively as to encourage professional
street robbers and thugs to continue in
the course of crime that has so lately
been so prevalent in this city.
He continued:
There Is another class Of offences
which / have noticed and you have. per
public thoroughfares. Men are waylaid
In our public streets and parks and in
our cars. and II seems to me II Is time
this matter is put a stop to.
Therefore, / recommend in all cases OF
that description you not only investi-
gate the facts in that case but also
ascertain whether or not II is not the
fact that some or many OF these mer
who commit crimes against the peace
and good order are not professional
criminals so they may be Indicted fol
a second offense. and our streets may
be made as safe as a stern administra
tion of the criminal law can make It,"
The following are the names OF the
Grand Jurors for October:
Edward Won VAlksnburg merchant. 60 Worth
street. Edward T. Oh >Ate. butter merchant. %
Cortlandt street, residence West Sixty NTH
street Charles Bass residence l61 East Eighty
second street: Herman II. Nathan % West
Forty ninth street, Seligman Goldman, clerk, lfst
Lexington avenue; Morris Hermann, real-sstAte,
q West One Hundred and Thirty-third street
Henry v. Mead. reAl-estate, A2 West Twenty.
ninth street. residence 422 Eighth avenue: Ell
gene II. Paddock. merchant, $40 Broadway, resi-.
dencs lie West Seventy second street: Louis II.
LAphAm, merchant 20 Ferry street residence
spuyten DuyviI: John ]. Lapham. merchant. %
Ferry street residence 10 East siKty-seVenth
street. william c, Mexican. banker, 81 Nassau
street. residence lO2 West Seventy-nfth street
Reed AoIlyaine, vine merchant, 81 Mas.
street. residence Is East Ninth street
tsAn II. Locke. broker. 40 Produce Exchange: