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persons should be accepted as bail l
those cases" said the Captain.
Did you report it?"
Gets In u Sim mt Martin.

81 refuse to answer"
The Captain must answer" said Pres
ldont Martin. stcrny.
You ought MT - hold me for that,
Mr. Presi lent. ! reported hat u you,
Did yDu report In wr:ing"'
NO. sir. verbally"
"lliin,t.. you report it TO the Superin-
Mr.; Grant objected.
The capt1in must answer" said
President Martin flushed, pcrspiring
and tanning himself
wei, Mr. President, reported it to
! asked that the man who took that
bail h" transferred, and you know II.
You ought not to hOl1 M responsible
now" demonstrated the big captain.
why didn't you report to the super
intendGnt?" asked Mr. Wcllman.
ought to-"
did you ever ask the Superintendent
against 20 Second avenue, and close up
the house, when You found by two years
trying that you couldn't break 1t up?'
THE, superintendent couldn't do any
AS II matter Of fact, didn't you report
regularly every month that there was
not a house Of that character In your
whole precinct"
MIR. Grant objected; that the record
shovel for Itself.
MIR. p llman inquired about an alleged
disorh ay house in East Thirteenth
Doherty's attention by petition signed
by forty n"ighbOrs.
Yes and put "A man at the door for
twenty-five days and broke the house
up. retorted the Captain.
Yes. but that was IA year later, and
not until the Parkhurst people came
around observed Mr. Wellman. qui-
at is fact, isn't it, that the officer
you sent in response to that petition
reported that he failed at the last min
ute IN obtaining testimony, in conse-
charged?'
He couldn't get the evidence. and the
two citizens who had volunteered to
assist me and who did get the required
to court and testify so the raid failed, :"
replied the Captain hotly.
women OF the Thirteenth street house
TESTIFY that you would pass the house
and, finding the women hanging out at
TIE window. you would say: Get in
there, you - - -"'
Accuses Osborne OF bribery.
Yes. I did, and that man, Mr.. Os-
borne, paid her s. for testifying to
that shouted the irate Captain, point
Ing at Mr. Wellman's assistant
That concluded the cross-examina-
ton, the features of which We're the ac.
cusation against Assistant District-At-
torney James Il. Osborne. the tale of
the lucky Investment of Police Sergt.
i've months, and the reluctant state
ment of the big Captain that he re-
ported verbally to President Martin as
soon as he discovered that his sergeant
were accepting Mollie Burns and Mrs,
Thurow as bail for their girls
II told you that there would surely he
scandal. said the big Captain. look
Ing straight at the flushed President
Martin.
Holds Martin ResponsibIc.
81 asked you to Immediately transfer
me sergeants who had been guilty of
taking such bail, to avoid a scandal
and at your request | left the whole
matter to you.
Il thought had done my duty in re-
porting to you, Mr. President, to avoid
scandal. and do not feel that 1 ought
TO be held responsible for what hap
nened in that matter after that. for r
left It in your hands Mt your request =
I nder redirect examination. cant.
l,oherty explained that Thirteenth
f,rst sa petition; He said that; when he
dinerent numbers in East Thirteenth
street mad been on the paper, each Of
mem erased and third one substi-
The changes had been made after tho
paper was signed by the petitioners and
ne value OF the paper thus DESTROYED.
a." showed the paper to the magistrate
AIR tromme called Inspector AleXan-
der ;. Williams as witness.
me big Inspector who says jokingly
testeG hat h poi had Rnow is E dead
l,oherty twenty-three years, and de-
:lared that as Capital in his inspec-
be attending to mis- business. seldom 10.
sent from the precinct, capable, pains
taking.
VI knew D,oherty as a patrolman.
roundsman and sergeant. He was sober,
Industrious and respectful" said the In
spectOr
capt. poherty was recalled, and to
blotter showed it. he was not in the sta
tion-house at any hour suggested. the
rules requiring him to sign the book
whenever he came in
Then II tn" book doesn't show you
present between and . in the evening
or Jan. you were not there
Then Mrs. Thurow made a mistake
in the hour and it might have been be.
tween and o'clock -
Doherty Loses His Temper.
You're a contem"-began the Can.
tain hotly, but checked himself at a
warning from President Martin.
"Oh, let him finish" exclaimed Well
man fd drrIs,Ve esse hvfn his own o c1nnse
| exempt"
| 'apt. lponertS, replying to questions
| from Mr.. Wellman, said that the bro
ker, Aladdin futile, paid S22,~o profit!
on New England and D., l.. and w. I,
| him In cash, $1,000 in une payment II,
| would be surprised to learn that Mr.
futile had lived at the Sinclair Hous,
| in two years.
| The Case Closed.
This completed the case for the de
Tense. Mr.. Wcllman put the blottsr IL
evidence, and that completed the cas-,
| on both sides.
Mr.. Fromme then began the half-hou
| address allowed to him. and which Mr.
! Wellman waived the right to answer.
| MIR Fromme did not explain how i
happened that he dil not produce thu
| Broker, futile. to tell the Commission
| vestment of 500 for DOherty. lie talke,
half an hour.
He was followed by Mr.. Grant, VII,
! decision of the Court of Appeals tina
only upon strictly legal evidence.
"Do you believe. Messrs. Commits
sioners," he asked, that the preponder
ance OF evidence sustains the Charge,
. on which Capt. Doherty and DtfiCer,
4 Meehau and Hook are being tried.
II YOU do. you must publish to tn,
world that the word Of "A cunfesse,
woman of the tow, Is to be preferred [
that OF - sworn and trusted public OH
Ger aud police officers. The mainstay .
the DiS.riCt-Atturney office is the pros
/ cCution If crime, for str testimony 4
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