The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-02
ON THE RACK BEFORE GOFF
DEMOCRATIC LEADER SUBJECTED TO 4 NUMBER OF QUESTIONS.

Commissioner She shan Has Been Excused for tho Present-Joha Boyle Tells About tho Appointment of People on tho Police Force.
 New York. Nov. 1.-At to-day's ses- sion of the Lexow Investigating com
 mittee the brothers Sheehan were early
 on hand. When the session opened MT.
 Goff announced that he had resolved to put another witness on the stand.
 Some of our witnesses" said he, "are
 pressed for time. and will help them.
 I want to announce that Commissioner
 sheehan Is excused for the present."
 The lieutenant governor here asked
 MT. Golf if his brother was excused only
 for day. T want to go home," said
 he, "but want to be here if he is
 called tomorrow" ..-.
 You can gp home," said MT. Golf.
 He won't be called to-day or to-mor-
 row."
 J. W. Boyle, democratic leader of the
 Ninth assembly district. was then re-
 called. In reply to MT. Golf he said that
 as far as he could recollect he had only recommended two policemen to the po-
 lice board. He again repeated that he knew noth- ing of the circular that was sent out | from his headquarters last election ask
 ing the Tammany captains to supply a
 Hist of the people that are under po-
 lice protection that are indifferent"
 MT. Golf then said that in MT. Shee-
 hans appointment book he found that
 on December 19, 1S92 the witness rec commended John H. Allen of No. 77 Ho-
 ratio street.
 Allen passed and was credited by
 Commissioner Sheehan to you" "Yes, | sir"
 And Jeremiah O'Sullvan was cred
 ited to you by the commissioner as a candidate for appointment"
 "Yes, sir; those are the two who were appointed"
 "Oh, but the application of Charles F. Connors, Charles s. Parks, Edward J. Work, J. L. Ross, Matthew Lin,
 Lawrence O'Brien, Thomas F. Pensing,
 John Mccarthy, Charles Yaeger, David &. Minell, Mitchell Kane and Frank T.
 Flanagan are all credited to you"
 Well, suppose if they are in the book | it is true"
 Have we reached the limit yet, MT. Boyle?' "Oh, I recommend any re- spectable man that asks me" ' "Is not your recommend equivalent to an appointrnent?' T. asked the chair man. "I don't think so." %'g 's.r MT. Golf read out in all twenty names of persons whom Leader Boyle had rec commended. 7sa'
 q find that Leader John c. Sheehan has recommended twenty-one names.
 beating you by one, MT. Boyle" '.Is that so?" said the witness, with
 smile. .1l. Here MT. Golf read list of twenty
 one candidates recommended for ap- pointment. Among the persons rec l ommending the appointments were AL
 derman Parks and Patrick Divver, dis
 trict leaders of Tammany hall. Morris
 J. Telulsky, ex-president of the liquor dealers association, was called and asked how many grand jurors he had appointed in this county. He replied 1 that committee of the wholesale H. quor dealers association had sent in two names. He did not know whether | the men were selected or not. The H. quor dealers wanted to get men who | would be unprejudiced. He swore he l.. Oq vry1nn were engaged in the liquor business. Here MT. Golf read a letter to J.Smith signed by the witness, asking him to send four or five more names, as he had done so well with the two sent in. He would not swear that he had not sent the names to the district attor- ney's office, but he could not remember, Telulsky said he made mistake, and that he had sent the names for the grand jurymen to the sheriff instead of to the district attorney. He said the object of sending the names was to do away with oppression to which the li- orlor dealers were subjected, by having unprejudiced men on the grand jury. Chairman Lexow asked Tekulsky if 1t is not g. fact that there are to-day in the district attorneys office from 5000 to 5000 indictments against liquor deal- CTS. Witness replied he did not know. ! J. D. Smith, editor of the Wine and Liquor Dealers Gazette, was then call ed. He said he had 8 conversation with MT. Tekulsky in which the latter said that the liquor dealers were not treated as well as they ought to be by the for mer grand juries, and that the wrong should be remedied. ''fae asked me, { said the witness, Ito send him the names of men not liquor dealers, but real estate. agents, in whose stores liquors were sold, and I sent him two the first time. @ "Did you send him any more ?" "Yes.'"'
 Were these men appointed grand jurors?'' T know they were subpoenaed to serve." N 3sy Just before recess was taken Lawyer Grant said that on behalf of Police Commissioner sheehan he would like to place an affidavit on file. < Tt is from Sergeant John Townsend, ' said he, land he swears he never paid any money for promotion" In yesterdays session Commissioner Sheehan was asked If he had not re. ceived $6,000 from Townsend. and he de- nied 1t emphatically. Townsend says in the af1davit that he only received s933.0 .02 from the death Of his parents in railroad accident, instead of s1o 900 as stated. ; SSS .ss M ,. <.
 MT. Con objected to receiving the af4