The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-12-15
Acknowledges That He Paid YOOrhlSSi6,-
900 IOr His CsptanCy.
RE WILL BE RETAINED on THE FORCE
The 6ommtsdoners suspend HIM hu' "''
Con forces Them io Take ""''''
Prom ncnt Ncn implicated

who is ACCUSED OF having paid $4,000 for
l.re promoted 10 a captaincy. a score
Of policemen. au under subpoena, and
Captains NIl!re. strauss and Schmitt-
berger wore present Captain Schmltt-
lerg,r was The first witness called His
counsel William IT, Howe. was present
and Schm.tbeIger referred all questions
80 Howe before replying
To question from Mr.. Gon, HOW
much t.d you pay for your appointment
Howe objected. upon the ground that his
client was already under indictment The
objection held good, and SchmittberRer
loft the stand and Captain Croedon took
his place.
CAPTAIN CBrEpoN's CONFESSION.
The proceedings thcnccforward became
OF the most sensational character Cap
tain Crcedon denied yesterday that he
had paid for his appointment as captain
To-day Do, declared that after c0usulta-
ZION with Lis family and his friends, he
had decided 20 make a clean breast OF
the matter. lie then told In detail the
story Of how he paid $1,000 TO he ap-
pointed captain. The money, hc declared
was raised at the suggestion Of John W.
Rcppenhaeeu a leader of the New YORK
Democracy. who told him the gift was at
C0mmiss ssiouer Noorhis disposal. and he
(Crecdou) could eet it by paying $1,000.
Mr. Cr,ed0n said he weut 70 Barney
Ruurke. who straiehtway raised a sub
scripti1n on notes, which the s0ou-to-pe
captain signed iU blank.
After the $1,000 was raised 'reedon
was told he would have 10 get 500 more.
as $1,000 had been offered by Sergeant
Weigaud of tho Ninth precinct
The additional sum was raised. and
after I'd talk with NoOrh-, during which
having been raised. ne received his app
poiutmcut. The $1,000 was handed over
10 Reppenhacen "a few days after Cree
dor received his appointment
CRErpoS TO BE RETAINED.
The captain was visibly agitated during
She recital of bis story. and declared that
for years he had hoped 10 get promotion
Ou t.- merits. bat ne had been ignored,
th1u-h Dee h8l three times passed the
civil service examination, with "a high
r,ra.ur.-c. iie told of being approach
ci .u.- and being informed that ne could
have au appointment 10 captaincy by
paving 5000. Hc refused but later had
10 boss down To the system. knowing IT
was rotten and corrupt, or remain
sergeant all mis- hf-
TN. courtroom was crowded 10 ITS at
most capacity. and when Mr. Con, IN
concluding th. examination ~ Captain
freedom. INdUh"l Hllilt on Itudll on lit
committee and declared that in consider
alton of h.s record and the service he
had rendered % mis- country hc would
not be disturbed I'm his precinct, there
was burst of applause from the spec
lators which continued for some time,
After EeppeuhaEcu had been recalled
and confirmed the story Of Captain Cree
Il %. news was received i'm the court
room that the police commissioners. act
ire ON fne advice of Superintendent
Byrncs. lal suspended raptein Creed)n
from duty.
There Was much eNeitemnt Tor a time,
aId after has'y conference with tho
Senate committee. Mr. Gc6 announced
that hc had issued subp1euds for the uo-
lice commissioners and Superintendent
IErHes 90 explain their action. The"
spectators arose an mas~e at this an
ruuuceuaut. and ,beored for several min
utt-
MAruS AND BYBNEs SURRENDER.
Later Police Commissioner Martin and
Superintendent Byrues took the stand.
They declared that when they decided 70
suspend Crecdou they Ind not heard OF
the committees accommodation that ne
br retained ia tbe force. la view of
this recommendation, they stated that
stcys would bc taken tomorrow 10 re-
send their hJ-iy action This state
luent was also greeted with applause
from th, spectators. whose sympa'hlos
were aI with Crcrion.
E,plpuhar.u's testimony. under the
rveatiu- process that Mr. Con applies
trssuhcd that hc paid $1,000 OF the money
q. eN-ASsemhlNmau John Martin, VINO
was known as the dispenser oi Commls-
eIouer No1Ihs patronage. The other
s509 Do, retained himself. l'eppenhaseh
knew the money was tu hc used as
NI.he. and o., man who had IN" power
of app. Intmeut was John X. NoofhS'
There Was u' understanding between
Martin and tha witness ass TO what Marun
should do with the $4,000. Martin told
iim 20 keep 5000.
we have ~erroeuaei Mr.. Martin said
Mr.. Gon. "dud have just received mes
ea.e rrou h.m ttat he has been paralyzed
since the last election
lie is now "a saloon Keeper.
VooRRIN urNIAL
When Captain Creclon concluded his
TESTIMONY Mr. con said:
Captain the committee desires me %
express their sympathy with you IN the
unfortunate position IN which you are
placed. They also desire me TO say that
they think public interests would not be
served by disturbing You In your present
position as police captain"
There was "a great cheer at this.
Then Captain Crcedou shook hands with
Ru the senators heartily and with Mr.
Cor
The former Police Commissioner Noor-
mis- is now Police Justice John H. Voorhis
of the Jefferson Market Court He was
interviewed this afternoon, and de
p,upced ass false Reppenhageus state
-rent about the ten thousand dollars. He
knew nothing about the matters that
CAPTAIN Crcedon and Reppenhagen had
testified 10. and characterized the story as
rid ..uI1us
Justice and Police Commissioner Noor-
Mo has been "A prominent ngurc IN New
York city politics for generation al
though he has rather dropped out or
public notice in the past year of TWO. lhe
most important position ne ever heid
was that of police commissioner. He eX-
ercieed an autocratc control over the
county Democracy In the Ninth assem-
bly, district. and he was a very consider
able figure ia the general organization.
In 1890 he refused 10 follow the county
Democracy I'm supporting the ticket OF
the Peoples Municipal League, because
there were some RpubnCans In IL, ana
he lost the counties. He claimed 20 be
100 much Of a reformer TO so into Tam
many Hall. however. aud he formed what
was called the New York Democracy -
This organization extended through the
county, hut Mr. NoOrhs COM
pletely pre-eninent in II. that II was gen
>rsttv known ag the "NOOrhie DemOcrd-