The evening world., 1894-04-09
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DEVERY'S
SUSPENSE, !
Jury in the Police Captains
Case RetiTeS at $40
This Afternoon.
ht UAlltU NU Wlnt51tj.
Relied Solely Upon the Effect Of
His Eloquent Counsel's
Oratory.
WEEKS REBUKES PARKHuRST.
Declares that His Own Work Shows
His Sincerity in the Conduct
OF the Trial.
WEEKS REBuXEs PARKHuRST.

When Justice OBrien resumed the
trial of Police Capt. William 9. Devery
in the Court of Oyer and Terminer this
morning. Col. James, counsel for Capt
Devery. announced that he had decided
that the evidence offered by Prosecutor
Weeks was not sufficient to make It
necessary for him to offer any testi-
mony in opposition to 1t. .
Twelve policemen In uniform had
marched IN to court. an imposing array
from the Eleventh Precinct. come to tes-
tify for their late Captain. and now they
all marched out again. But Detectives
sergts Valley, Evanhoe. Reap and
others from Police Headquarters re-
maned and listened. incidentally ac-
quainting themselves with the appear
ance OF such OF the Parkhurst detectives
as CHANGED to visit the scene Of the trial.
Col. James addressed the jury in his
closing plea: He began With eulogy
Of William S, Dcvery. relating the story
of his record az policeman ana and his
partment.
Col. James told the jury that as
against the long and spotless record OF
doing. He asked:
Is there any proot-has there been z
SNSbtSlllU tHht capt. beVtTy Hu1 Hdu
any interest in permitting these places
TO exist? Any suggestion that he has
committins the offense charged? There
1t will not do to surmise or suspect.
Suspicion can never be made the foun-
dation for verdict. There must be
proof.
Can it lie possible that through six
teen years OF meritorious service a
Jury, OF twelve Of hts fellow-citiIens
Sf0H % ay "1 whout n% fuy WHISPER Sf w u
to show motive for such neglectI
"Dld YOU not expect that evidence
Ie ohs1 ORDERS you 81
TO obtain evidence against these
Speaking OF DIR. Parkhursts, spcisty
For many years 1t labored for and
carried out the designs for which 1t was
sasa nan RsE Rsv br he s s1 .s''
who was its President, It accomplished
much good. But al lis death 1t went into
different hands and different manage
"Au enthusiastic ecclesiastic has come
| t. he Its head, and he has allowed him
self to be seI a6eqs ana sa
p-rmitted 1t to become known as the
| parkhusrt crusade, and has come here
ard from the witness-stand has said,
without one word Of proof, that II IL =
crusade to stop the collusion between the
Police Department. and criminals.
Not content with that he includes
my learned friend (Bartow 8. Wseks)
is a shining member,
What do you think OF a minister OF
ing accusation without one word or syi-
| liable Of evidence to sustain IT?
What is the motive for this accuse
! ba Spplafv hnAn a.
here all through this trial by the at
torneys of the Society Frank Moss
and Thaddeus D.; Kenneson, TO aid the
What is the motive for all this
Why, there was Il man connected
ministration-Charles W. Gerdner-with
whom Or. ParAhurst has declared on the
! wttness-stand. he was intimately inti-
mate. That detective was convicted OF
ievying biackmail against a fallen wom-
an. and he was arrested and convicted
by Capt Devery or through his et-
Why did this so-called Society for
the Prevention of Crime, II 1t really did
want TO suppress crime and close up
these places-why did II. when II sent
police, send duplicate copies to be pub
l!shed in all the newspapers?" asked
Col. James.
Pausing long enough to secure COM
plete attention, Col. James answered his
own question:
| why, II knew that the newspapers
speak in tremendous voice. heard in
! every corner OF the city, among the bad
and vicious as we'll as among the good
IL knew that the publications would put
the keepers of all these places on their
guard and that they would, thus fore
warned, take special precautions against
detection, and especially by the police,
THAT is what II did II for. for II Il
wasn't for that then II was for love
! Of cheap notorietyY
! col. James diiated on the report Of
Supt. Byrnes and Inspector Wililams
showing that sacfNn unknown 70 the
Ssser aS .sSf and ,ssota capt psys5y
Eleventh Precinct can tRyestiEatt n. and
that these detectiv AdvA one anzs all
reported that theyor Sund2xet no Ssg-
denee on whinh to ~ W pEolk;