Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-12-27
/ "rwo hundred dollars each

rnlS money ulu you ever uiFiue Win
any betweens"
II gave Cannon. my collector, 20 per
cent, and gave Williams $500 per
month"
"In view Of all these facts. you know
it was the inspectors duty to prefer
charges against Your
Certainly"
"And you paid this money to keep
him from prefering such chargesT
Certainly"
"And were any charges ever made
against You by himr'
s.Never." gf -'
"Have you any knowledge about any
other captain who paid money to Will
liamsY'
'.No, I have not; but 1t was the GUS
tom of all the captains to pay this
money"
'And why were you finally transfer
red from that precinct|
"For interfering with liquor dealers" :"
Witness then explained that when
Byrnes was made superintendent, he
instructed all the men not to make ex-
else arrests unless they were sure of
conviction, as he did not believe In ex-
posures. Schmittberger made too many
bona fide arrests, and he gave 1t as his
opinion that this was the cause Of his
transfer.
"Did you ever hear who proposed
your transfer to the Police board?"
eyes, Mr.. Martin"
"You were then transferred to the
Fifth precfnctT
Eyes, Leonard street"
"How much did you collect from the
two pools rooms there?"
1.-TWO hundred dollars each"
"And while you were in that precinct
did you ever pay money to any one?'
"Yes."
"To whomT 2"
"Inspector McAvoy."
There was considerable excitement at
some trouble in quieting the audience.
allow much did you pay him?"
"Fifty each month"
Captain Schmittberger was then
transferred to Charles street station.
"And did you make collections
therer'
''lIot one cent"
From Charles street, the captain was
transferred to Forty-seventh street sta
tion which ne liked better than Charles
street
"what collections did you make at
the Forty-seventh street stationY'
"There were some policy shops and
disorderly houses"
"How much money did you collect
there each month";"
Between $500 and 5000"
"How much did you collect from the
fast houses"
From $40 to $50 each"
"Well, captain, were there any in
structions given about protecting any
disorderly houses in that precinct?
eyes, went to see Commissioner
Martin and he told me to let the houses
In Forty-sixth street go for the pres
ent."
"Did you disobeyT
Eyes, 1t was No. 234 West Forty
first street. 1 sent one Of my men
there to investigate once, and after
wards some one made complaint to
Commissioner Martin and he sent for
me. He told me that 1 would have to
send the same man back to apologize" F."
"Did you do itr'
II had to do it. The next day my
man had to go and apologize"
There was fresh burst Of laughter
at this point and Mr.. Gofr paused for
several minutes before continuing:
"were there any houses that received
protection without paying for it"
"Yes."
"What were they?"
81 once received q letter of intro
ductfon from Commissioner Sheehan
Introducing man named Proctor and
telling me I could do what Proctor
asked. Proctor then told me he was d
partner with Maynard, storekeeper
on Broadway, and that Maynard want
ed to open gambling house. told
him I would not let him do 80 until ]
saw Superintendent Byrnes. then
saw the superintendent and told him
the whole story and he told me not to
allow the house to open.
The witness stated that after this he
saw Sheehan about and Sheehan
grew angry and said II Maynard could
not play, DAILY could not play.
"What DAILY is thatT
"John DAILY. The commissioner at
the time said he had place In Fifty
ninth street, but 1t was not So"
"Did you pay any part Of your col
lections in this precinct to any police
off1cialT
eyes"
''Who was ft?'
inspector McAvoy."
"How much did you pay himT'
about $50 per month"
did ne ever menulon tne matter 10
you at all?"
Eyes, once. He said ne would not
like to accept money from disorderly
houses. l told him that the money wsis
not from these houses at all, and moth.
ing more was said about 1t"
'sDid he have any scruples about tax
ing money from these people"
"He was very religious man and
alnDOse he did"
There was very universal smile
and as Mr.. Goff asked:
"For this reason, you told him It was
not, did you not?" the smile turned
into a laugh.
The witness answered In the affirm
ative and Mr. Goff said: "You paid this
money as a bribe so you would not be
called upon to enforce the law. did
you notT
sSThat was my purpose"
Mr.. Goff then turned his attention to
the Tenderloin.
"were your collections there large or
small?"
''They were very little"
~Another question about Forty-sev-
enth street, before forget II, said Mr..
Goff.
"Do you know Georgiana HastingsT
= 81 know of her."
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