The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-18
.sCH|EREN WILL INVESTIGATE.
Charges of Civil Service Corrup-
ton Stir Up the Mayor.
Dalton Admits Writing Letters Pu! =
lished in The World.o

Mayor Schieren, Of Brooklyn. is hot
under the collar to-day. He poses as
the leader of what promised to be the
greatest reform administration Of the
age. 1.-THE World's'' exposure this MORN
ing of gross violation of the law in the
Civil-Service Department, following 80
closely upon Its exposure Of a corruption
fund scandal in the Fire Department.
has driven the Mayor into a very bad
frame Of mind.
The World this morning tells the
whole story of how a clerk I'm the Civil
Service Commissioners Office has been
doing things that are decidedly irregular.
Joseph L. Bergen. of 96 Fourth place,
Brooklyn, is the relator of the tale.
Bergen's story. in brief, is to the effect
that in 1891 he tried to pass the mental
examination required by the Clvll-Ser-
vice law for a position on the police
force. His papers were marked INSULT
Client. Bergen says he accidentally dis
covered that Dalton. clerk In the
Civil-SerVice office, mad helped Joseph A.
Trap through an examination. Trapp
Is the man who was charged with at
tempting to bride the Mckane jury.
Bergen says he subsequently met Dali
ton, who agreed to help him out for $40.
This morning Dalton was seen at the
office OF the Civtl-Seryice Commission IN
letters published in THE World" show
ing his connection with Bergen. lie ad-
mitted that Bergen offered him $50 to
help him through the mental examina-
ton.
Dalton referred to Bergen as crank.
He says the charges Bergen makes
again. him are the result Of malice ana
bad feeling. He says Bergen is sore
because ne could not pass the examina-
ton and get on the eligible list of the
Police Department:
came TO me and asked me If ] could not
help him through the mental examina-
ton. I told him could do SO by letting
him have a copy OF the examination
have beer in the habit of helping people
in this way.
Bergen kept Fostering me, so that
aid mot Kn3% To me 90 about nh" the
aminations but others in the once.
About o'clock one afternoon; ! don re,
member Just when net y bergen WHERE IN
| the candidates for the Fire Department
ITO get rid of him l agreed to help
me which I destroyed. He, pestered me
so badly that ] wrote the letter TO MIN
publishe in The World asking him TO
Send around the XXX. BY that l meant
Bergen never paid me any, money, He
Is a crank of the worst kind; , r,,,
| The reporters went ull eCtly lioh "a,
ton into the Mayors office. He had al
ready heard about the scandal Ca faai The re
porteTs told him what Dalton had said.
IF this is true said the may MfIice t fISe
man shall not remain in that oIhce hNe
minutes after I can prove II: It,,
INF DiSonn called bt the is M Mr orr rp MS
| Nv MIR. orr the Mayor referred TO
Alexander Il. orr, President OF the ClVii
| Service Commission :, ,,,
IT do not know, sir" said Dixon,
Get the telephone book at once ana
see IL he has a telephone =,
The secretary did so, and reported IN
the negative. 49,, ..,,,,, an, for
him and tell him wherever he ts | want
to see him at once ...,.,,,,. -, ,o,e-
II am afraid that he is outside OF teie-
nhnoir Communication at MontauK
Point" Secretary Dixon repiieI. IT,.
Never mind, SAID the MaEo'' SCI
The Mayor then, told The reporter 3rt,ls, f ina
Hon in the affairs Of the civil service
Department ct one,