The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-12-28
THEYREAPREClOUSLO LOT
L.Xov Confines 10 Golss Up Municipal
Pllth In uev York.


Yootoroay 8ue Held his Own
With ooff-rony comstook.
Good. Pious Tony.
NEW YoRK, Dee. N.-Inspector Will.
Jams resumed bis testimony before the
Lsxow eommittse as II as o'clock.
GolR called the namss Of Captains Mar.
tin, Msakim, Washburu and Westeevslt.
IL vas stated by lnspestor Williams that
Wsstsrvslt was sick. CoR rstostsd that
captain Westervsls was we'll enough to
b - bic station two hours ago whom sub.
poeussd."
captain Msskim has bssn Ill.," con.
tinued Go6, ''but the police surgeon has
testified that bile illnsss muscular rheu.
mstism) 10 not serious enough to prevent
his attendance u be desires to come. ]
shall ask you to Gallo Captain Meakim.
II he 10 an honest man and not guilty OF
the corruption charged against him, he
will come here and testify. hops these
words will reach him, and that hs will
weigh their siRnlflcauce."
Inspector Williams looked perfectly
composed % GoR began his cross-exami.
nation. Col asked, Twill you swear that
Perkins did not got check for $500
through you whom you were superintend.
ent Of tho street cleaning Department."
NJ will not"
Everybody who has testified against
you 10 perjursr or liar. Now has there
ever been member OF the police force
charged With more corruption than youf"
~ have not been charged with corrup-
tion." 4
"wsrs you ever ehssssd with stealing
socks?"
'No."
Mr.. Goif referred to . document and
said: II find on March %, ls7s. you we're
charged by Louise Smith, keeper Of dis
orderly house, with taking from hsr six
pocket handkerchiefs, one gold.headcd
cane. one pistol, one pair Of slippers, one
velvet vsss end one and . half dossn pairs
Of socks,b
VI don't ssmsmbsr Il"
"Haven't you reviswed up your record
often enough since this committee sat to
remember Il? Don't you know that Su.
perintsndent Walliug brought these
charges against you2"
He did mot; . woman brought them."
"Were you found guilty."
II don't think 20. can find out by 70.
fesriua to my record"
II don't want your record. lwant you
TO answer my questions. Don't think b.
cause you wear y gold shield here and are
IN lnspeetos, yen ase one whit different
from any other witness"
II know am not"
"Will you swear that ON April 9, 1885.
you did not 60 to police headquarters to
stand your trial on these charges 2"
II don't recollect."
ibid not you swear yesterday you had
boon charged with ofenses lS times? Can.
not you remember these ofienses
"No; can tell you BY referring to my
records. .-....
II Wish to say," said COT. "that ON .
charge brought against inspector Will
liams by Howard Crosby the commits.
sioners have divided"
Coming to the time that Williams had
charge Of the Eighth precinct. Cot asked
the witness II there were any houses of III
fame there.
II found them thsrs," be replied.
"And you left them thsre?"
"Yes; because they wore fashionable ct
that time" was Williams' extraordinary
reply.
Go6 then called the names Of many
notorious houses in Mercer, Green, Sulli.
van and Blocker streets.
Williams said that no had heard of
them and had assisted tho board Of educa.
tion to close them up. He insisted they
were ''allsssd" disordsfiy houses, oil.
though he had said he know ell about
them at an inquiry instituted by tho
board Of education.
Goif got the inspector to say that he
would not give the name Of the proprie.
tor Of 0 certain house Of illfams In 1874 |,
no considered the committee not On hon.
est one. He testified that he stated on
former occasion that the house Of ill.fsme
did not injure children going TO school.
He said hs had been called tho ''cham.
p,on clubbsr." He was not in the habit
Of throwing people OF OF the street, %
charged. He never heard that the com.
missioners had voted for his dismissal ON
account Of his disgraceful conduct. Tho
witness said he never told lies about re.
spectacle men. He said be had the repu.
totion for clubbing but did not deserve it.
Goff then questioned the witness fur.
thsr about his land In Japan aud came
down again to the subject OF houses of I'LL.
fame In the Eighth precinct.
Williams objected to the document
from which Golf was quoting, saying that
ii was very old. COT said It contained in.
formation that had been suppressed by
the police department.. Being questioned
about the panel houses, the inspector
asked GoR is he knew what panel house
was.
This created laughter aud tho witness
was lectured. The witness could not 70.
member that any complaint had been
made TO him about these houses. This
ended the testimony Of Williams.
Louis Sireep, q green goods man, was
called aud created o sensation by telling a
story involving Anthony Comstock. lie
said two indictments were found against
him In 1889. Comstock being his prose.
cutor. Comsiock wanted him TO give IN
the name of his accomplicc. which he
refused to do. Afterwards Comstock
| told him that he would not be prosecuted
if he would give up si.0oo, saying the
money was not in the nature Of bribe
| but subscription to n society. He bor.
rowcd tho money and paid it.
On tho following Friday the indictment
was dismissed. lie said Coms,ock subse
| lucntly calIcd OH him 10 get HIM 10 sweaI