The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-10-27
IT. G.y. STEPHAN ANGRY.
HE WOULD NOT SIT 0y THE LExoW
 COMMITTEES BENCH.

~e~~sf NothtntB.tou0r Hh0g-
 ham, Was on the Stand and was Given n
 Severe ceu'se of Questions by Mr. Con.
 and He. Too, Got Mad.
 New York. Oct. 26.-Police Commis- sioner Sheehan was tho only witness before the Lexow committee to-day and he and MT. GoR had several tits during the course of his examination. Ills brother. Lieutenant Governor sheehan. was 'a spectator. During the morning nothing of any importance was disclosed and q recess was taken to enable the witness to attend meet ing of the police commissioners.
 After recess Chairman Lexow said that the committee would be pleased to have Lieutenant Governor Sheehan take seat on the bench. The lieuten- ant governor was sitting In the court. He said: T appreciate very much the courtesy. but prefer where I am. But If necessity requires I shall be pre- pared to say on behalf of the witness things which he may not be permitted to say on the stand"
 There was an angry flash about the lieutenant governors eyes as he spoke.
 MT. Con questioned witness about the time he boarded in West Twenty third street. Witness said he was in the district about two years when he became leader He succeeded ex-Al- derman Barker. His relations with Barker are trifie strained. He had no business relations with Barker. He had heard Barker ran a gambling saloon, but did not place much cred ence in the report.
 Did you ever hear that you had an interest in a gambling saloon?" No, and whoever said so lies"
 How much money did Barker give your bride as present." He gave her no money. His daughter gave her a chair. The Pequod club gave her a diamond necklace"
 Where did the money come from ?' "The Pequod club has good source of revenue"
 "I am aware it has a large area to draw revenue from" .t
 This remark of MT. Goff's excited the witness. h
 q want to tell you, MT. Golf, that the Pequod club contains men as re- spectacle as you are. will answer no more questions on that line. I am here to answer questions about the police department in which am aware there is corruption" 5.es-
 MT. Golf at once grasped at this suggestion. Come now, commls- sioner," said he, "give me one specific case where you tried to find out this corruption" 9G
 "Oh, there are dozens of them," said witness. Give me one case"
 The witness told of a case where he received letter saying that man had paid money to be appointed on the police force. The witness said: 1T saw that he did not get ap- pointed" ' @ r
 You said the Pequod club contained just as good men as you and F" T did"
 Did you include in that category the notorious gambler, Alderman Parks?" "He is not a member of the club"
 "Is Eugene Reilly, who keeps the dive known as the Abbey, member of the Pequod?" "Mr. Reilly does not keep a dive" l17 "-
 "Is not the Pequod club gambling club?" "No, sir. never saw gam bling there" ..
 What other cases of corruption did you investigator"
 T want you to understand, MT. Golf, that if we had the power of this com mittee we would go higher and find out the corruption. Before I came on the board it was run by people belong ing to your party"
 What party do I belong to?'' "The republican party"
 That's news for me-" said MT. Golf.
 Chairman Lexow objected to the statement that the republican party controlled the police board.
 q object to politics being introduced into this committee" said Senator Bradley. l}"@
 MT. Golf then referred to the tes- timony of Katie Schubert, who impli- cated Police Captains Devery, Cross and Mclaughlin. "Why were not the charges made against Mclaughlin as well as against Devery and Cross?" x
 T moved that Mclaughlin be put on trial on the same charges, but the re- publican commissioners voted me down." Witness said he asked Mr. Wellman why Mclaughlin was notAput5 on trial. MT. Wellman told me-" said he, that 1t was better to put of Mo. Laughlin's trial a little longer, so that additional evidence might be procur- ed.' <. X. s5 X
 "Do you mean against Inspector Mo Laughlin?" asked Senator Bradley "Yes, sir; but the charges were made against him when he was captain. :,
 In reply to MT. Cor witness said he was amused at the efforts to prevent Mrs. schubert's flight to Europe. II do not think" said he, "that the detec- tive bureau was wall managed on this occasion. She might have been caught" iy 53 N x
 Witness was not aware that there had been q charge against Superin- tendent Byrnes for neglect of duty or that there was ever talk of charges.
 MT. Golf referred to an interview with MT. Croker. published last December. in which the latter said that the pool rooms were 2 nuisance and ! disgrace. .'Did the police board know that the