The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-28

\ New York, Dec 27-The feature OF
the Lexow committee investigators to-
day was the introduction of evidences
to show that Anthony Com
Istock. agent OF The Society for
the Prevention OF Vice. had taken
a bride CT $1,000 from a green goods
man to procure the dismissal of an in
dicment against him
Inspector Williams ordeaI on the
witness stand was also continued, antK
1.-The existence Of panel houses and a
| large number Of houses or ilI-fame
| in his district while ne was captain was
shown. He said he found the houses Of
liil-fane there VIXEN ne came to the dis
ltrfct and left them unnolested, Tbe-
lcause they were fashionable 2
! Mr. Gon also introduced the inspec-
tor to the knowledge that Japanese
own real estate in Hakoate at the
time he claimed in his testimony yes
terday that ne owned property there.
| It is understood the committee will
not sit after tomorrow, so a. great deal
of work viii have to be crowded into
the day, and might session may be
held.
| Superintendent Byrnes, Inspectors
Mclaughlin and McAvoy and several
others have yet to be examined, SO to-
morrow's session may be the most inn
portant Of the committee.
| Inspector Williams resumed his tes-.
timony before the Lexow COMMITTEES
| at 1885
Cor called the names Of Captains.
Martin, Meakim, Wasnburn and West
ervelt- It was stated by Inspector VIII
Hams that Westervet was sick.
! Golf retorted: Captain Westervelt
was well enough to be at his station
| two hours ago, when subpoenaed-
'sCsaptairl5 Meak.rn has been ill., cOntin-
tued Gof, .fbut the police surgeon has
TESTIFIED that his illness muscular
lrheuulafis1n) IS not serious enough to
tDreyenf his attendance. if he desires 70
I come. / shall ask you to call upon Cap
tain Meakm. IF he Is an honest man
and not guilty of the corruption charg-
ed against him. he will come here and
\ Testify. Z hope these words will reach
him. and that he will weigh their Sig
| nffcance"
inspector Williams looked perfectly
! comnosed as Golf began the crosS-ex-
| animation.
| Golf asked: Twill you swear that Per-
kins did not get a check for $500
through you when you were superin-
! tendent of the cleaning Department.
at will not"
"Fyverybody who has testified against
| Won is a perjurer or a liar. Now has
there ever been member of the police
| force charged with more corruption
than your"
Il have not been charged with any
corruption"
'eWere you ever charged with steal
ing gocks?"
Mr.. Golf referred to document and
said: 'I find that on March 2S 1878,
you were charged by Louise Smith, a
keeper of a disorderly house, with taxi
ing from her six pocket handkerchiefs,
one gold-headed cane, one pistol, one
pair of slippers, one velvet vest and
one and a half dozen pairs Of socks"
81 don't remember it"
Haven't you read up your records
| since this committee sat to remember
it? Don't you know Superintendent
/ Walling brought these charges against
you?
He did not. A woman brought
them
Were you found guilty?"
81 don't think so. I can find out by
referring to my record"
ST don't want your record. want
you to answer my questions. Don't
think that because you wear a gold
shield here and are inspector, you are
one whit different from any other witt
ness"
81 know I am not"
'TWilI you swear that on April g 1885,
you did not go to police headquarters
to stand your trial on these charges?'
IT don't recollect."
did not you swear yesterday you
had been charged with offenses eighteen
times? Cannot you remember these
offenses?"
mo; can tell you by referring to
my record"
81 wish to say" said Golf. ''that on
the charge brought against Inspector
Williams by Howard Crosby, the COM
Missioners were divided"
Coming to the time Williams had
charge of the Eighth precinct. Golf
asked the witness if there were any
houses of Nl-fame there.
81 found them there he replied.
"And you left them there?"
eyes, because they were fashionable
at that time" was Williams extraor4
binary reply.
Golf then called the names Of many
notorious houses in Mercer, Green, Sui
| livan and Blocker streets. Williams
said he had heard Of them and had
assisted the board Of education to close
: them up. He insisted that they were
alleged disorderly houses, although
! he had said he knew all about them,
j at the inquiry instituted by the board
of education.
Mr.. Golf got the inspector to say that
he would not give the name of the pro-
: prietor Of a house Of ill-fane to the
committee in 1874 because he consid-
2 cred the committee was not an honest
one.
did you ever know of an honest in
vestigating committee before which
you appeared? %
Yes"
''You said before the committee that
houses of i'll fame do not injure chill
J dren going to school?"
Eyes"
' Have you the audacity to sit there
e now and say sop
r Eyes, SIR
Were you ever called a uniformed
! bully?"
mo, SIR
Were you ever called the Champion
clubber?'"
Eyes, sir"
'HThen as to the charges which you
, do not remember. You have commit
tied so many outrages against the cia-