St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-12-30


MIR. Golf then asked a number of
questions about the collections Of money
for protection both In the First and
Eleventh precincts, but the inspector
positively denied all knowledge OF such
collections.
He explained how he went at the di.
rectiOn OF eX-Assistant District AttOr-
ney WelIman to the French line pier to
intercept Mrs. Schubert, the much
wanted witness, but she went by an
other steamer and escaped.
MIR. GOtf then asked him about the
assault OH Augustine E. Costello. a
newspaper reporter, who testified that
the Inspector (then captain) had hit him
on the face with brass knuckles on the
night of the 18th OF November, 1888.
II never hit him, and | was sitting In
the station house when he was brought
III"
AT $50 o'clock Mr.. Golf finished with
Mclaughlin. and said: That Will do"
Thanks" was the curt reply.
Byrnes Was Then Called.
"How long have you been On the po-
lice force, INSPECTOR"
About thirty~twO years. | was ap-
pointed captain in 1870; inspector in
1850, and was made superintendent on
April II, 1892"
What property have you?..
The superintendent gave the location
OF the property, which he said was all
In his wlfe's name. 1t amounted to
1892, 500, all free and clear.
How did you become possessed of
such an amount Of wealth."
well, from the time that | was
placed III charge Of the detective de-
partment | was thrown against many
prominent Wall street men and /
bought stocks. Among the stocks |
bought were Wabash, Union Pacific,
Western Union and Southern Pacific.
The late Jay Could was my friend, and
he acted as my broker. He made for
me $3.50, 900, and since his death his son
George has made $4,000. have a let
ter from George Gould giving the
amounts made which is in my safe, and
L will most willingly give it to the COM
mittee.''
when did you first get your money?''
IA friend of Senator Palmer's,
named Burridge. very old man. who
lived in Duchess county, left me $1,000.
bought property and sold it. and made
some money. Old Commodore Wander
bilt asked me On one occasion if had
any money, and said yes, had 81, 900.
He asked me for it and | brought it to
him. About six or twelve months aft
erwards | got $4,000 back, and he had
invested it very successfully for me.
This made me worth some $50, 900 in
1875"
Dabbled in Stocks.
The witness then told long story as
to how he became acquainted with Jay
Gould. 1t was through catching a man
who wrote threatening letters. Mr..
Gould offered him present, but he re-
fused. Then Mr.. Gould. he said, offered
10 buy stocks for him and did not want
to accept any margin. but ByTneS in
sisted. He put up $4,000 with the re-
suit that the amOu.t was Increased to
S270, 009. He said he could not renem-
ber just where he got the $4,000, but he
had it all right, he declared. At the
present time be held 5,4O0 shares of
stock, some his own and some on mar
gins.
Every turn of the Wheel" said he,
'smeans S5,400 lost Or gained"
He estimated that he was worth $780,
600. He refused to tell the names of
the stocks, as many people might go
down town and lose their money.
II am willing to give the nam eS in
confidence to the committee and cOun-
sci, but don't want them made pub
lic."
Then Mr.. Golf asked as to the sup
preston of prostitution.
"When | became acting superinten-
dent put down about 500 houses in the
city. After l became superintendent
there came a change; these women,
when they came before the police COM
missioners and said they paid protec-
tlOn, they would not be believed. If
they went before the police justice they
were not believed; if they went before
the grand jury they were not believed.
L endeavOred to put an end to the evil,
and ordered these houses to be broken
up If possible.
IL want to give DR.. ParkhurSt all the
help | can, although he is bounding me
every time he gets chance. DIR. Park
hurst has created a public sentiment
which would never have existed In this
city II it had not been manufactured,
and without which it would have been
impossible to have compelled the own
ers of these houses to give up their
business as they have done"
when | became superintendent l
believed the department was honey
combed with certain abuses. In order
to put an end to that state of things |
transferred many of the officers to other
precincts, notably the Eleventh, Four
teenth, Fifteenth. Twenty and
Twenty-ninth. If | thought that the
officers transferred were not doing their
duty transferred them again. / may
say that
Made 1t Possible
for the committee to conduct this inves-
tigation with the success 1t has done"
IApplause.]
Then" said Mr.. Goff, "your evil
dence is that but for the efforts of DR..
ParkhurSt and the public effect of the
action OF the committee, you would be
pOwerleSs to put an END to this state of
things. Only for these things would
this corruption have continued"
mo; 1t would to some extent"
"Why?''
Because / am so tied up. / have no
power to detail special men in any pre-
clnct. l could not move a man from
here to Fourteenth street without all
order from the police commissioners"
But two commissioners have sworn
that you exercise ali the power"
That is not So"
"Well, as to the blackmailing of mer-
chants and storekeepers."
"Oh. If L was to attempt to detail
corporation ordinance men | would not
be superintendent Of police in week"
Mr.. Moss then read an extract from an
interview in which Mr.. Byrnes was re.
POAbSO " hoNC SulO ILdl luS dSSt1lS Vi
the Parkhurst society were living on
and fostering crime. He at the same
time said he would not do all in his
power to purge the police department"
al never" said the superintendent,
"made the statements attributed to me
in the interview. | reported several
captains for not carrying out their duty.
and asked that rule be made rendering
the inspectors liable for their districts;
but this the commissioners refused"
"Have you ever accepted money for
not carrying out the lawP
''a Never Accepted "a Dollar
in my life. unless honestly"
Witness went on to say that if he had
been dishonest he would not have held
his Job as long as he has.
IL wanted to resign, but / did not
think | would be doing my duty to the
citizens by so doing"