The sun., 1894-10-30
before this committee. The papers are now BE-
fOro the new Commissioners.
srnrSa or uxDEcrpED CASES.

u
well, vel take a fcw snap shots and see"
Mr.. Coz read list OF cases. Patrolman Lynch
shospital; case undecided. LYNCH dismissed IN
1894 for q breach Of discipline. Pstrolman Hec.
Tor tried IN February; is25 for using indecent
rOon: and dozen more OF most of them the
Commissioner had no recollection. some we're
senator o'Connor-1s II possible TINT case
can come up and the Commissioners not know
about Il? A.-one Commissioner takes the
testimony in ordinary eases and presents the
whole case to the Board. In most instances the
board takes the recommendation OF the trial
Q..-The testimony is sent in writing to each
Gommissioner A.-Nes, but IN trivial cases me
sioner. .
Lynch was charged with an assault IN n citizen.
DO you know anything about that case or why
~ remained undisposed Of? AIThe patr9man
taken into consideration by the Board In render
'J Sy"EsactIy. But he was dismissed for a
breach OF discipline. being sassy ~ a asuperior,
but he went ON committing heinous offences on
guilty OF the heinous charge remaining undis-
posed OF, he should have been long before his
'ssS qrcm ;ss odum n nS n ihe horrible Charges A.
agree with you, Mr.. Con. ,,,-,
..o.-on Sept. 90, ls2i Patrolman Patrick J.
Kane was charged with an assault on Citi-
zen. The case Is still undisposed OF. Can you
siye us any reason why, or haye you any knowl-
edge OF that case think tried IT, I sent the
papers around and they have just been returned
o.NThe papers were circulating for a year2
A.-when McClave left there were great many
his hands should have had this last case be-
fore the Board at our last meeting had not
Chairman Lexow-Do you consider the felony
cases before you as such, or do you look only To
the discipline OF the force2 Ave have no
right TO try man for felony.
o. tMr. Lexowj-But mean. are your actions
guided in your trials which relate only to Of
the fact that the offence may include q felony
under the penal statutes? A We consider only
the offence as the law olives us Jurisdiction OF u.
q. iMr. Goffj-Yet there are many cases OF Off
GERS convicted OF violation OF department. rules
edge OF such facts You not Il your duty
ss a Commissioner to call the attention OF the
District Attorney 9 to TIE ,s essef Al have no
o."Have n no Ok knowledge Sf felonles involved
IN charges preferred against patrolmenY A.
o.-Name one. Al cannot.
Q,-I wi II for you. II was the case Of Kress,
who made complaint against Officer William
Dwyer. because he was arrested for refusing to
that is the only such case presented to the Dis
trict Attorney. DO you remember III A.-fes,
and that one of the committees counsel was in
the saloon where the trouble occurred.
(Which counsel? A.-Not you, Mr. Goff.
9,i thank yen & for your gratphito1sN hsn N roWWpl W
for he is a total abstainer. II must have been
Mr.. Jerome: That proves that II was not the
here. Mr.. Jerome was in the saloon in this case,
and he was there in pursu2nce of his duty as
fortunate as to be present and be- IA witness to a
case of police brutality and -
into speeches will make some too.
Chairman Lexow-Please limit yourself to d.
witness-well. let US have no speeches.
Q.-Now, that was not the kress case. DO you
recall it1 Ayes. think do. Itwas referred
Mr. Goff-Yes. and 1t is remarkable because it
is the only case so referred.
NO PULL ExERTED FOR oCoSNoR AND sLEvIS.
Q.-Is there any truth in the rumor that Capts.
Slevin and OConnor's cases were not decided
because they have a pull with high police ofil-
and no foundation for IL,
Q.-Haye you been approached In those cases
A;,Possibly some man may have said to me that
,Q.-Has any Official spoken to you on behalf of
Q.Non Nov. II. iso5. Detective Sergeant John
Cottrell was charged with assaulting citizen
YOU state Why A.-The name is familiar to
me. but cannot recall the incident.
shs the aners In
rantr Allow do 1 know: was there
THE SUPERINTENDENT.
Q.-I don't know. DO you know what was done
there, Two, officers were lighting each other
with their clubs in the restaurant Al recall
1t. suggested in the Board tnat the Superintend-
facts were true TO put the officers on trial. He
reported that there was no occasion to try them.
Understand, ! don't say ! believe all the Super
lntendent said In that case.
Q.-Do you mean to imply any doubt as to the
accuracy Of the Superintendents report: Al
did not believe IL WAS Just correct AS IL ought
70 be- but supposed his report was from in
formation he got from O'Neill.
.endent to formulate chargesI Al told
believed the Superintendent report.
Q.-Why did you not so direct him Al
future time, as we were then all mixed up In
his investigation.
od1DGI you mean that this committee Inter-
Chairman I.exow, The Superintendent is un;
by law. and we never interfere.
MIR: Goff-I.et us see about that; will read
you, Mr.. Commissioner, from the rules and regu-
% sTRs Board on % Of Police is the the head Of the Police
Department.. governs and controls the depart
ment, It's business and affairs; II invested with
and exercises all the powers conferred by law
upon the PGlice Department: H.,
pline OF the Police Department shall be such AS
the Board OF Police may, from time to time, by
rules and % regulations , preScTiiee, v,. ., ,,o..
rules, what YOU mean by your frequent allusion
to the Superintendent as the chief executive
II is in the book you have quoted from. II is the
law. The rules are copied from the law.
superintendent for violating these lawsr A.
Yes
Mr. poH-ln same As you nave u tomihoh
patrolman.
1T WAS BYRSEs's BUSINESS TO KNOW.
senator O'Connor at this point anticipated Mr.
Gof's line of the examination, as was done sew
eral times during the day by the Senators. He
asked the witness:
Can you account for all the police blackmail
bribery. and corruption which has been proved
here existing without the knowledge OF the su-
perintendentY'
comes mdNe personally into contact with the
police than we do"
him with failure TO perform his dutyt Al do
not
Senator Lexow dnterruptngl-Yet you said
you knew OF the pool rooms paying protection
Witness dnterrupungl-I did not say knew
Of protection being paid to the police. said |
believed they were paying some one money.
did not say police.
q. tSenator Lexowl-You knew the police
were levyng blackmail saloons and
houses ot prostitutionf Al have heard very
little OF L..
senator Lexow continued the examination for
some time.
Odd you ever hear Of any one specific case
of alleged extOrtionate blackmaili A.-NO.
Q.-But you heard many rumOrs. How many