The evening world., 1894-04-09
MAKES NO DEFENSE.
Police Capt. Devery Fails to Call
Witnesses in His Behalf.
Col. lanes Pleads No Case and
Claims Absence Of Motive.
Intimates that Detective Gardeners
Arrest Caused the Present Trial.

When Justice O'Brien resumed the
trial of Police Capt. William 8. 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 II
necessary for him to offer any testi-
mony in opposition to 1t.
Since the adjournment Friday last"
said Col. James. II have carefully re-
viewed the stenographer's minutes of
the testimony submitted by the prosecu
ton, and l am more and more convinced
that it does not prove the charge of
wilful neglect of duty as made in the
indictment. On the contrary, it does
sustain our own contention that Capt.
pevery not only did not neglect his
duty to ferret out and suppress places
of evil resort in his precinct, but that he
did all that lay In his power towards
the apprehension and arrest of violators
of the law.
the unlawful character of the house of
Grace Welch, 81 Eldridge street, was not
because he had not tried to do so. we
testimony submitted by the prosecution
Twelve policemen in uniform had
marched IN to court, an imposing array
tiI,y for their late CAPTAIN. and now they
sergts. Valley, Evanhoe. Reap and
maine mained 'H and listened, .De incidentaiiy ae-
quainting themselves with the appear
ance of such of the Parkhurst detectiyes
as CHANGED to visit the scene Of the trial.
Col. James addressed the jury in his
closing plea. He began with a eulogy
of William S. Devery, relating the story
of his record as policeman and his
fnr of Enrxi in hn No.
partment
Col James told the jury that as
against the long and spotless record of
should be positive evidence OF wrong
doing. He asked:
rs there any, prooff-has there been a
any interest in permitting these places
to exist? Any suggestion that he has
been bribed? Where is the motive for
committing the offense charged? There
should be motive for every crime.
1t will not do to surmise or suspect.
Suspicion can never be made the foun-
dation for a verdict. There must be
"Can it be possible that through six
teen years of meritorious service that n
Jury of twelve of his fellow-citiaens
could find him guilty OF wilful neglect
to show motive for such neglect?
Did you not EXPECT that evidence
refusal to obey the orders of his superior
to obtain evidence against these
houses?"
.sia! .sS the Prev'"''0" of CRIME Col, James
For many years 1T laborcd for and
carried out the designs for which 1t was
organized. During the life of that grand
good man, Rev. pr. Howard Crosby
who was its president, it accomplished
much good. But al It's death 1t went into
deterrent hands and different manage
mcnt.
IAN enthusiastlcv ecclesiastic has come
TO b. its head, and he has allowed him
set of vagabond detectives, and he has
permitted It to become, known as the
Parkhurst crusade, and has came here
and from the witness-stand has said,
without one word of proof, that 1t is, a
crusade to stop the collusion between the
Police Department. and criminals.
the District Attorneys office. of which
my learned friend Bartow S. Weeks
is q shining member,
What do you think of a minister or
the Gospel who will make such n sweep
ing accusation without one word or syl-
liable of evidence to sustain II?
What is the motive for Tt this bss ac'usH, ;no
Parkhurst Society been represented
here all through this trial by the at
torneys of the Society, Frank Moss
4nl an, tn Thaddenus p. Kenneson' to aid the
What is the motive for all this
ZEAL ;, . ,o. oonnoo,oo
with this Society, under its present ad-
ministration-Charles W. Ga rdner-with
whom DR.. ParIhurst has declared on the
Witness-stand, he was intimately inti-
mate. That detective was convicted OF
levying blackmail against fallen WON,
an, and he was arrested and convicted
by Capt Devery or through his ef-
Col, James read from the records
showing that in his, precinct or 10000
people, mainly foreigners, there had
been 5,3i5 arrests during the seven
nonths of Devery's captaincy, an In
esease Of l500 over the number in the
corresponding months of the preceding
lect OF duty on the part of Capt. Dew
cry. Said the pleader:
"lf this record shp vel hat no niscr'
derly house had en closed during
that time, no immoral woman arrested
Ee might md 'aason - believe that
cant Deyery was III !caEne win ms
class Of law breakers, hn, ire rcorC
ther" had ha"n 6S2 arrests of women ioi
mis- worry ,Th1se. AMI iwHrt" keepers
or lisOrderly houses had been .lIcstet
IN me Nv u'D1N ~ preceding thH llrS
mnnifestatlons NJ the Society for th'
prevention Of Crime
Gentlemen, there was an average o
between three and four women ARRESTED
Tor Street-walking every day prior to th'
Ihrkhurst cruaaln,' and the aVerag
was I'VE a day after that.
III, precinct was place of terror am
nn0reh"nsiCn to the women of this class
ou'y on the part of Capt. Dcvery?"
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