The evening world., 1894-03-31
MERIT COUNTS,
SOMETIMES.
focatinvod from First Rnoe. \

earlier lifeT Mr.. Sutherland asked.
Committee wants any further informa-
ton. i shall be very glad to give them
all In my power.
Commissioner Martin defined the C chieI NE,
duty Of the Board as the administration
and discipline of the police force. He
thought his general clerical experience
and familiarity with other city yof,ss depart If
Police Commissioner, and he had FUR
ther qualified himself for the position by
studying up the laws pertaining naa 70 t,ons the
All orders Of the Board to the force
were transmitted through the Superin-
tive officer. No one Commissioners could
give orders to the Superintendent.
Supt. Byrnes was appointed to ms OF.
flee In April, 1892. Commissioner Martin
did not know that any more arrests
In excise cases were made after Byrnes
appointment than before. He knew that
ing vioiators OF the Excise law since
Byrnes had been Superintendent.
He testified that supt. ByTnes yInn TOOK ,kot
yacation In the summer OF bSTy hSsz ana of 'r the
force. but he denied that he had sent
for Steers and given him any instruc-
tions in regard to the making Of ar
was there not a complaint made to
you in writing by the saioon-keepers of
the city in regard to these arrests?'
Commissioner Martin remembered that
there was a complaint against the spy
system about that time. which was was
that policemen in citizens clothes would
visit saloons durin the hours when the
sale OF liquor was prohibited, and black
mail the saloon-keepers.
? HDid not the Board pass a resolution
> disseminating this practice ??
/, mo. They simply passed a resolution
7 declaring that they believed the system
: thought. 1t was Improper and demoraliz-
ing to the force"
Did you hear 1t said that policemen
z took money from saloon-keepers."
" The witness finally did remember an
occasion, one Saturday during the sum
away, that he sent for Chief Inspector
2 Steers and told him that he had heard
the captains were sending out good
many men In citizens clothes. ana
called his attention to the resolution Of
4 the Board condemning the practice.
\ II went to Headquarters expecting TO
: find supt. Byrnes, and when learned he
aaMSy didn't ID YOU walt for nyrnes to
3 S'Y'Because i didn't think It necessary"
And Steers promulgated this order to
~ II suppose he did"
The witness said he had heard the ru-
NOR about sending out the unusual mum
ber of men from several citizens whom
be met that day 20 on the street. This was
! The occasion, he thought. was a prop
er one to call attention to the resolution
passed the previous year against the
II thought the captains were sending
out these men. did not know that supt.
Byrnes had ANYTHING particular to it, 40
away for the day, understood"
"You did not give Supt. Byrnes any ex-
glanation for speaking to :, INSPECTOR raI,rne ed
"No, I don't think did. I didn't see
any necessity for such an explanation.
Mr. MIs Byrnes e IL he had been in town"
Mr. Sutherland branohed off at this
point and asked Mr.. Martin some aues-
tions about his political leadership In the
Twenty-first Assembly District.
\ believes" He's Leader.
you are the leader of the district"
That's what they call II, / believe"
You select the district captains each
''Yes, that's one Of my duties"
"And you give them instructions"
mot very often"
IAN the patronage and applications
from men in your district for office are
,f "Yes."
And you are required to obtain places
for men In your district"
.sYes, to a certain extent"
Mr.. Martin said there was no social
Tammany Hall club in his district, but
that his brother Police Justice, Barney"
Martin, had a club in the Eighth Dis
trict, of which he was leader. This was
the Iroquois Club.
there was the Pequod Club. over which
Police Commissioner Sheehan presided.
The witness thought that liquor was
sold In this club; ,l and that card-playing
"a He didn't know whether any police
men were members of these clubs or not
but said that II they were he did not
"Tammany Hall holds you responsible
for your district in election times doesn't
'.well. my district is pretty hard one
to hold any one responsible for"
"But you are expected to carry it, are
Eyes, we try to do the best we can
The witness said he had recommended
good many men for appointment on
the police force, and had also dismissed
one or two OF his own appointees.
He denied that he knew what police
men were to be appointed to to- serve at at
h os Sn S1 the dsy ThsSs
DIR, Parkburst Comes in.
During the examination DIR. Parkhurst
and Charles s. smith came in and lis
Sened with close attention to Commits
saoner Martins testimony.
las President of the Board, Is not your
appointing power greater than when yol
were only Commissioner"
mot necessarily. / probably got fv'
men appointed before l was Presiden
and about ten since"
The witness admitted that he though
II was a bad thing for members of tn,
police force to belong to political clubs
and said that he had told Supt. Byrne
80. The latter had called his attention
to the fact that great many police
men were members of such clubs.
What did you do about it?'
II spoke TO members Of the Executiv
Committee of Tammany Hall about
and told them they ought to get rid O
the policemen In their clubs"
z did you do anything else?"
mo"
'You thought Tammany Hall exercise
no much power that 1t could correct thi
abuse"
"Yes. / believe Tammany Hall has
great deal of influence in these clubs. an
j thought 1t should be used to increas
the efficiency OF the force"
Commissioner Martin explained tina
he didn OF think 1t wrong TO ra police
man to belong to a social club In n
y neighborhood where they lived. but
regarded 1t as demorallzlng for men
M run around and join a lot OF clubs sin
ply to secure advancement through p'
litical influence.
1t was this abuse that he was oppose
TO, and II was such men that ne askt
the leaders to keep out of their dlstri,
clubs
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