The evening world., 1894-10-01
EDITION.
PROBING HAS
BEGUN AGAIN.
The LeIoV Committee Re-
SumeS Its Work OF InYeS.
tigating The Police.
POWER FOR SUBPOENA MEN.
They Are to Be Invested with
the Authority Of Deputy
Sheriffg.
CLERK KIPP ON THE STAND.
He Brings Records Of Trials q
Accused Police
Officers.
CLERK KIPP ON THE STAND.

the Police Department by the Lexow
Committee, which was interrupted
nearly three weeks ago to allow the
Senators to devote their attention to
State politics for awhile, was resumed
to-day.
The Committee has changed its head
quarters from the large, comfortable
room In the Superior Court to the
smaller room formerly occupied as Para
Ill. of the Court of General Sessions In
the old brownstone building. Lack %
accommodation was very apparent ana
there was no end OF grumbling at ths
change.
Even the members of the COMMITTEES
were cramped for room, and the news
paper representatives were squeezed
into the narrowest quarters. The old
room has been partially dismantlea
since the removal to the new Criminal
Court Building, and big. light-coloroA
square in the centre Of the smoky wau
showed where the clock had formerly
hung.
II reports are true the Committee -
now in for a long session. and viii prob
ably sit. with very few interruptions, -
the holidays at least Mr.. Con, Il y
5dll, mas soult VI iuOSt 6saA Nlh8
sensations yet in reserve. but whether
he will bring them out at once he VIE
not say. 1t Is certain, however, that ho
intends to, train the guns Of the Com
mttee on higher game than green-goodD
men, brothel keepers, ward men, or even
police captains, and the heads OF tho
department have for some time past
been getting ready for the cyclone which
has been threatening to swoop down
upon them with redoubled force az soon
as the Committee got together again
Senators saxton and Cantor Absent.
The courtroom was packed at 100
A. NJ. Chairman Lexow had come In
and was holding consultation with
his colleagues, Senators bradley OCon-
Saxton. the Republican candidate for
Lieutenant was an absentee.
and IL was said TO be doubtful whether
OF the Committee expect that he will
send in his resignation now that he In
running for ONCE. Senator Cantor was
also absent.
ness-box, and among, members OF the
Police Department who were on hand
with subpoenas were. Major Kipps
the Chief Clerk. of the Board. and
the uniform of the mounted squad. to
which he was transferred after his re-
cent trial, when the jury disagreed
Two or three green-goods and conf
dence men, who have been witnesses
before the Committee. were also present
but Apo was not on hand. Angel"
bennett, the big Parkhurst detective
from Vermont, put in an appearance
with a luxuriant pair Of curly mutton
chops. which he has grown during the
vacation.
Assaults on Subpoena Servers.
II was Just IL o'clock when Chairman
Lexow raped for order. Mr.; Con. whe
was ready &c go on, opened the proceed
gV,ar 49, fF,r ha he
attention OF the Committee TO several
assaults that had been committed on
subpoena servers and other persons en-
ployei by him in getting witnesses.
He referred TO the case OF Apo. and
added that this witness had been assault
"a twice on previous occasions, and that
other employees OF the Committee had
been 4nterterei with;
Il want to say right here that II these
gangs OF thugs and cutthroats think
that the exposures of the COMMITTEES
Punishment IL they interfere with an
employee, they are greatly mistaken"
Il think that the Legislature should
have conferred the power OF peace offi-
GERS on every one in the service OF this
Committee, for no one knows what OBJ
stacles We have had TO contend with.
II the Committee sits until the next
Legislature assemblies II Should grant
that power, for without IL We are at q
great disadvantage
DO you mean that the police insti-
gaze lNOs- dSSdulbSs aSASh ING ShSA-
NO. sill. don't say that. I want to
be far with them, but in one case, at
least. they failed 10 make arrests when
this should have been done. This was
when Apo was assaulted In the POST
ONCE"
Have you anything TO suggest as an
immediate rene IyP''
No. ! simr-y want 10 bring the mat
ter 20 public attenti n
Couldn't the Sheriff have done some
thing in the way OF authorizing sub
poena-sC-ve-s 10 act as lequtiesE' asked
Senator D'ConnOr.
we tried that, and the Sheriff at
first consented. hut forwards said he
could not take the r possibility
More Power for SubPorna-ServersO
After some more discussion the Com
mittee consulted together and Chairman
I.eNow announced that he had been au-
n Sheriff 10 invest the subpoena-servers
of the Committee with power as deputy
lin Justice to Capt. O'Connor." said
Mr. Con, II would state that he offered
to send out an officer in plain clothes to
serve subpoenAs in his precinct, but II ~
hardly necessary TO say We declined the
offer with thanks" added Mr.. Con. sar-
castically. -.