Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-12-28
He Is Hauled Over Very Hot
Goals by Mr.. Gof.
Memory Very Defective But Admits
Having Neglected His Duty.
New York's Notorious CIubber Greatly Worried
by Mr.. Goft's Questioning.

that he was ever accused of stealing stock
ings from prostitute, but later, when the
police record containing the charge was
read, Inspector Williams said that he did
not remember the affair. He would not
deny that charges had been preferred
against him by Supt Walling. He did
not remember appearing at headquarters
in April, 1875, and standing trial on the
charges He admitted that he permitted
disorderly houses to exist in the Sth pre-
cinct although he had power to suppress
them. He admitted that he had neglected
his duty in the matter.
''Why did you neglect your duty"
"I was busy with other things"
"Then you must have been negligent or
corrupt"
Neither, sir"
"You were asked by the board to give
the name of the man who owned a house
near school and you refused. Why did
you refuse?"
''On account of the character of the men
who We're on the committee of the board
of education.
"What interest had you in protecting
the owner of the house,"
''I had no interest"
"Why did you refuse, them"
sI did not want his name to be pub
lished: the inquiry was not honest.
The inspector said he did not think a
house of ill fame in the vicinity of schools
had a bad effect upon the morals of chill
drcn.
"You were charged with damning and
cursing man named Smith on Nesey
street.
T., al CT wi bpr
I was accosted by Smith. He stopped me
on the street and took me for a Come on.
He said he wanted to introduce me to an
alleged alderman who was with him.
took him by the neck and threw him into
the street.
"what right had you to throw him into
the street,"
THE right of private citizen to resent
a loafcr's insult.
What right had you to act in such
manner"
II would do the same thing again"
Il have no doubt you would do any
thing
THAT is your opinion" "
THAT is the opinion of the people of
New York.
F. 1T is not. "
II don't want to get into an alteration
with you.
''You had better not. +"
81 want no threats from you.
~ am not making any.
"Whcn YOU assaulted the man on NcSey
street, was it not because he said: There
is Williams, the blackguard who insulted
the women'Y'
"No, he never said any such thing.
(very cxcitedly).
The inspector denied that he had given
instructions to ward detective not to
enter panel house robberies Oh the blot
ters.
"Thc panel house trial lasted three
davs said Mr. Golf, land there isn't
word about it on the record, yet this man
was promoted on his own record. Look
for the McKeevcr trial in the record, in
spcctor.
II can't find it, p" said Williams.
"Tbat is another missing record, said
Mr.. Geoff, land the keeping of these rec
ords has been gigantic fraud.
The inspector was asked to look at his
record and find the Judgment in the panel
case.
II can't find it, he said, rather des-
pondently.
The witness said he had never clubbed
a respectable man. Inspector Williams
admitted that ne heard of panel house
in the Sth precinct.
''This morning you swore you did not
hear of the panel house "
% A man may be mistaken.
"Were you swearing to what was true
or what was false when you said you had
not heard of a panel house in that pre-
cinct?'
II swore to what l recollected at the
time. F."
81 want categorical answer to my
questions. -
"My answer was false at the time.
The inspector explained that he had
heard of one panel house in Wooster street.
Sergeant Grew swears there were panel
houses in the precinct; did he swear to
what was false or truef'
Il can't tell. p"
Mr.. Goff read Sergeant Crews testi-
mony to the effect that there were 3f6 in
mates in SO disorderly houses reported to
the board of education. The inspector
could not recolect whether Sergeant Grew
reported to him any robberies in the
panel houses.
- Inere are IOur sp6cltC ctseS III s7Ci-
reant Crews testimony in which be says
he reported panel house robberies to you,
said Mr.. Coil.
witness replied: He admitted after
wards before the police board that his
testimony was wrong.
"It was your duty to suppress these
houses
II did my best to do so
The inspector said man named Schu-
bcrt had sworn before the committee that
his business at 43l Pearl street vas
broken up because he would not pay him
lWilliamsl s75 month. Schubert was
not arrested by me, said the inspector,
ssHe was arrested by another officer on COM
plaint of a man named Solomon. Schu-
bert and his wife We're held by Justice
Kilbreth in $1,000 bail. He was afterwards
indicted. but the Ease was never tried.
That was 90 years ago
Louis s. Street said he was indicted
June 20, 1889, for felony in connection