The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-07

proper enforcement OF CQ0 TuleS dLuOuB
the officers as secondary to the expen'
diturs of the $5,OOO,OOO appropriation.
The commissioner, ho wever, would not
admit the truth Of such an inference.
In the afternoon, Mr.. Golf spent con.
siderable time questioning the witness
about the New York signal service.
| The commissioner admitted that the
service was greatly inferior to that OF
Chicago, Boston and several other large
| cities, but he could not explain why
| this was the case. At the conclusion
of Mr.. Sheehan's testimony for the day,
Mr.. Golf told the witness to bring his
private and public bank book tomor-
row. This the witness positively re-
fused to do.
Some of the incidents of the day fol-
low:
"Wbat do you do, anyhow, for your
salary2" Mr.. Goff asked.
81 work for my salary"
81 want a specific answer to my
question"
"We have to see that the money ap'
propriated by the city Is properly e9'
pended; we have also to see that the
police force does Its duty, and a thous.
and and one thing5p"
"What eIsep"
1--WE must see that the laws Of the
city of New York are enforced"
"Have the police commissioners seen
that the laws were eoforcedT"
"Yes sir, the police commissioners
have given the citizens Of New York
the best protection they ever had, and
the people are satisfied with the police
force. There may be few dishonora-
BILE men on the force, but the remain
Ing members should not be held re-.
Bpopsible for their acts"
81 have no doubt, Mr.: Commission.
er," said Mr.. Goff, sarcastically, "but
that q certain percentage of the citl.
zens of New York have had ample pro-
lection"
Chairman Lexow then asked the wit
ness whether in the Cross trial he had
not said he would not believe the evi.
dence Of q woman who kept 8 disorder
ly house. The witness said he was not
prepared to express any opinion on any
trial unless 1t was before him. 81 am
rot going to say whether I would be-
lieve q witness or not" said he, until
the entire evidence Is in."
"But you took the evidence of pool
room keepers.
"There were many decent men among
the pool room keepers. They gave up
the business when 1t was declared tlle-
gal"
Mr.. Golf referred to the case of Capt.
Price, who was tried for allowing dis
orderly houses to run in his precinct.
"What was the verdict In Capt. Prices
case."
"He was fined five days pay"
"Well, Capt. Martens was tried for
the same offence and fiued thirty days
pay, while Capt. Doherty was dismiss.
ed on the same charge. Explain how
these different sentences came about
for the same offence"
"Capt. Price was tried on the charge
Of allowing disorderly house to run
in his precinct. This house. had been
closed long before, but two detectives
managed TO bring women in the house.
He was fined for not being Vlgilant
enough. I was In favor Of reprlmand.
Ing him, ss believed the house had
been closed"
"Why did you vote for his convic-
tion?"
"Well, In order to m AXE him vIgilant,
IL two detectives got into the house
other people could also get In. Ehe
evidence showed Price did his BEST,
"Why was he convicted ,then?" asked
Senator OConnor.
because, 1 suppose, he did not do
better"
The case of Captains Westervelt and
Haughey were then referred to. They
we're both fined for sllo wing dlsordsrly
houses to run IN their precincts.
"In the month Of July, Captains
Cross, Devery and Doherty were dis.
missed from the force for permitting
disorderly houses to run; while Cap.
tatns Price, Martens, Haughey and
Wester velt were only fined for the
same offense. Please explala the diff
ferent sentencesp"
"The cases against Cross, Doherty
and Dsvery were entirely different
from the others. The three captains
who were dismissed were also convict
ed Of taking money for protection from
the keepers of disorderly houses"
"Is it not fact that those captains
who were fined belonged to what Is
known as the Sheehan- Williams ring"
II never heard Of such a ring"
Haven't certain commissioners ia.
ken pains to protect certain captainsp"
Il have never heard of it,"
Mr.. Golf read the presentment of the
grand jury on March, 1892, calling 'or
the suppression of vice and the weed
ing out of corruption from the police
force. THAT is a general Indictment
said the witness. ~ believe it was
learned afterwards that 1t was based
on the reports Of newspapers"
"Why, the superintendent himself
was before the grand jury"
"Oh, yes, believe he was"
"Have you heard that Mr.. Tabor, tho
foreman Of the grand jury, said 10 an
interview, that from 100000 to $lO,.
100000 Was paid annually to the police
force for prOtection2"
"If Mr.. Tabor made that statement
be lied"
"Do you mean to say that Mr.. Tabor,
respectable merchant, lied ?"
81 mean to say that If he made that
statement. he lied"
"Is that Menry M. Tabor2" asked the
chairman:
"Yes SIR" replied Mr.. Golf.
"Did Mr.. Tabor lie when he said
that the police department Of this city
received blackmail ?"
HE lied when he said the police de.
partment received $100O0,0O0."
"That is not the question; did he lie
when he said the police department re.
ceiYed blackmafIY"