The sun., 1894-10-31
SnEEHiN REFUSES FLiTLY.
He Will Not Give the Lexow Com
mittee His Bank Books
CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS, MAYBE.

mas n Hs said that Police Black psn
Amounted 60 Seven to TIE. Miiiicps =
Ienr-More References to the superi--
tendert-The signal sy-te,. that Neves
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS STORY ef fPerveeutien
The power Of the senate Investigating Conn
mittee to compel the production OF books ana
papers was squarely challenged by Police Com
missioner John e. Sheehan at the session Of the
committee yesterday. Mr. Sheehan acknowls
edged the service of q subpoena duces tccum,
and admitted that among the papers called fo1
were his private and official bank account
books. lie informed the committee that hs
would not comply with that demand. From the
manner in which the Commissioner said this.
and In which II was received by the committee
and counsel II was evident that the matter haA
already been discussed privately, and was mere
ly put on the record yesterday The committee
will proceed with such remedy in the case
as the courts afford. but q question by Senator
OConnor indicated that he AT least had soma
doubt rs to the sufficency of the remedy 90 bs
afforded by the courts and that he believed the
defiance Of the witness must be treated by tho
Senate.
the witness stand Mr.. Goff. after some inquiry
about Katie Schubert's disappearance. asked:
Q.-Did you ever say that Katie SchubertI
departure was made possible by collusioni A,
To be candid with you, Mr.. Goff I will tell you
that the day before abe sailed I read in tho
papers that she was In Jersey City. and said In
the Board that thought she would never res
turn To be q witness.
Odd II strike you as peculiar that she was
allowed to depart without testlfying against
Inspector Mclaughlin Alt certainly did,
During the trial OF Captains Cross and Deveryf
tried to bring out in her testimony the case
against Mclaughlin.
Odd you not think some private influence
at work to insure her departure2 A.-Iwaa
bound 10 believe tho counsel for the Board INT.
welmanL
Q.-what was your opinion Of the Detective
Bureau for allowing her TO leaye2 ALI she
had been in charge Of the Detective Bureau she
would not have escaped. She was In charge of
counsel
Odd you ever hear rumors or reports that
others than pool sellers were paying tho policef
Al may have heard rumors or received anonys
nous letters. l receive a great many. IRE.
ceived one yesterday while on the stand about
you, Mr.. GoT have It here. Do you want ID
see it2
Mr.. Gof regarded the witness for a momens
curiously and then said: ut is not necessary,
Mr.. Commissioner" Then he paused and added
1T might not surprise you to learn that have
reeeiysd bspsh.ss cf isttsrs about yUu.n
The Witnsss-l p~esume so.
COULD NOT INVESTIGATE RrMoRs.
In answer TO the Chairman's questions tho
witness said he had never had evidence OF poS
lice blackmail before him outside OF what the
committee had discovered.
Mr.. Con Well let us see LET Us see. Did you
ever hear that the sailmakers We're blackmalled
by the police A.-No.
Q.-Dd you ever hear that the west side mer.
chants were assessed by the police for the use
of their sidewalks? A.-No.
q. Mr.. Gofr)-Did you know that the Italian
fruit vendors were compelled 10 pay the poIicef
A.-Only rs II has been testified here.
o. am excluding testimony here. ND you
know the police extorted tribute from he buots
blacks? Al did not.
Q.-Dld you know that tho Long Island clam
diggers paid tribute TO the police \. Where
do they come In
Q.-I am only inQuiring. Did you know thas
houses of il-fame paid protection money! Al
may have read something like that.
". INd you investigator Al could not Inc
O.-Did you not know that houses Of ill-fams
were running openly A.-ldid not.
= ~, pia you examine me REPORTS made oy INC
Chairman LeXow-Except the Superintend-
snts st last special report which stated that in
green goods, no policy, no gambling, no prosti-
Mr. sheeh,p-The superintcndcnrs report
speaks for i'sclf.
O. MI. Lexowl-so Eon accented the ,superip-
dorado Of irtue, rather than the common re-
ports as 10 the prevalence Of protected orimeS
A. / accept the Superintendents report
WHAT 10 you 10 FOR YoUH sALAHYY'
Mr. Lexow threw himself back in his chair as
II he were dIsEusted, and MI. hor stepped
snftly, Yes, yes, yes" Then he shot this at tho
q, Whe, do you do for your salary A,-oh.
= d Hui, really. went 10 know what Won doS
A perform the duties ~ Police tommis-
O. But let us have details. You have testified
here for three days as to absolute ignorance OF
morality and crime Which as a P"ii"c Commis-
snncr you should have known; you have tcsti-
his duty, and you have failed u compel him tu,
but even knowledge by common rep"rt ot
police corruption has been satislactorilS offses
In your mind by the assurance ~ the Superin-
tendent to the contrary nov what doyou do for
attending 10 my duties. seeing that the approx
priation for the department = properly expended
and enforcing the criminal laws.
department. corruption has run riot Ihs
department has given New York the best pro~
:, q ,lnterruptIngJ Il has bacr 81, testified
kS hSsrf fIHt ample prnisc.inn M Is awarded n
Y. satisfied DO you think that the p2or
was driven "It of Az honest business hrcans;
he had no more watches g. pawn for the polioeI
thinE St tS drye lin ont You Yh have n not Heard the
police side OF that stOry-only one side.
THE EUNCoRROBnRATEDE EyIpENCE ~ CRIHINAIs.
Then and for the hundrcdth time Mr..
ion got hack Ia the subject Of how far
tie witness had gone in his efforts "a run
down the pOol- runm protection scandal. For
the huHd rrdth time the Wltur>si repeated
that he hal gone far he could,
and counsel aud witness sresawcd the
questions ana answers with no different result
han was produced the day before, Finally,
hartman LeXuw turned the drift ~ things by
asking the witness:
Q.-Nou disagreed With tho verdict n the casa
4 Capt. Cross Al did. | would not believe
he testimony ~ criminals unless CuTrubpratcd.
O-Then Why lid yuu "a 10 the popl-r"Onl
keepers for evidence IN another CaSef A. Nou
are doing the SAM thing here; all your eyi-
ipnCe Is frHn criminals.
Q.-But we believe the evidence, and son said
,uu would not, - why did yoI 90 a. 'he pol
,elers for evidences A. did NOT corsilrr
hem criminals. Many gentlemen are Ia mat
business.
3T - az y%q expect s e. G"nTGi y, any g%gs %