The evening world., 1894-08-30
This Was Put in the Lodges
When One of tho 0ollee-
tiols Was Made
KELLY, NOT STEPHENSON, cor r.
Other Witnesses Called 20 Shew
the Delivery Of Fruitfts
the Captain.

Captain John Thomas btephenson Wa
to-day placed on trial before the Conn
missioners at Police Headquarters on
several charges of bribery.
The evidence upon which the charges
were preferred was furnished by sew
eral business men of the produce dis
trict, and Is In effect that he extortcd
blood money from them in exchanGe
for the privilege of violating the mu-
nicipal laws regarding the obstruction
Of the sidewalks with goods. packing
cases. skids, trucks and the like In ths
course of business.
The alleged bribery took place away
back in 1891 and 1889. when the tall.
handsome Captain was in commane
OF the Fifth Precinct. or Leonard street
station.
The complaints are a. follows:
Feb. %, 1891, according to the state-
ment Of Thomas p. wallace. OF wi
Reade street. Stephenson Got > ~ brss
from him. ~
That on Jan. is. 1852 he received q
from the same merchant.
That on Jan. 1s, 1a9e, No seeeAspA o.
Enos C. Palmer. OF 10 Reade stfsse ~
That on Oct. 10. fSgt. he received fregn
Charles W. Maxfield. Of 1s2 Reade street.
IS.
That on July I. 1891. he received froa
Leroy NJ. Lyon. OF So Washington
street. &25.
That on Jan. 1. 1891, he received frsns.
the same merchant S2S.
That on May 10. 1891. he received fron
Robert B. Sinner. OF as6 Washington
street. $25.
That on Sept. Il, 1891, he received from
s3S In cash and Sl2 worth Of fruit, max
%Snits from arrest Tor o ord noe v,oia- -
ton. s.
$50.
That on Feb. %, 1891, he received from
Louis f. Bernholtz. S56 Greenwich street
main.
u Besides these charges of bribery there
0 nances and Of acts unbecoming an ofIis
Ger and injuries to the welfare Of the
, stephenson's counsel made the usual
,. motion. after the reading OF the specifl-
! The motion was for the dismisssi q sSs
1s' s Ten On wa. the @
: Jurisdiction to try him for such allege1
crimes. the Constitution guaranteeing
: 70 every man the right 70 De tried ~ =
0 This is the same ground on which all
. the other defendants have demanded 9
Il the bribery shhsEs and
Capt, slebert and Of the General Term
In the case of Patrolman Fitzpatrick
5 Capt. siebert was tried and broken
years ago on charge OF perjury com.
United In the trial OF another officer be-
| fore the Commissioners. The Cnnrt
Appeals reinstated Siebert on the ground
o that the Board had no right to try Rny
3 officer on a criminal charge. 40
: In the Fitzpatrick case, ex-Judge Noah
9 Davis, then the Presiding Justice OF the
= General Term of the Supreme Court.
9 at is ridiculous to assume that the
9 Police Board has Jurisdiction to try q
3 charge of criminal acts. like court"
attention to the fact tina he "Pubiic
n Prosecutor" appeared here as the prI-
yate special COUNSEL Of the Police Board
e raised another demurrer to the charge.
b as moS of ts sse sseF OF out sae Sm the
% and acts dnbecomlng an officer In the
ho the srOgna that s ss:
charges, and no defendant could 81
forced TO defend charges that do moi
1. specify the acts charged.
Mr.. Wellman said thRr the rcts q,
bribery and the wilful failure OF II,
n Captain to enforce the la . were tn
y specifications that covered all IN
l. The motion was denied. and then Mr.
II Shater said that the Captain pleade<
~ mot guilty"
q q Then he asked for an adjournmen
~ and made a speech so lengthy anS
y 50 vehement that his horid, fat fac'
- became as red as a peony,
a Mr. Shater said that the truth would b
e that the bride money had been paid I.
~ Ward Man James Kelly. who Is now 4
-, Europe, having retired from the Depart
~ ment last January, and not to Capt
"a Stephenson,
"a "The Board designates an ordinanc
~ man in each precinct" said Mr.. Shafer
u This Board designated Kelly as Buc|
a. ordinance man in Capt. Stephenson
~ precinct. IL was his duty to repor
'e violations of the ordinances. and IN
rules of the Department do not cal
a. upon the Captain to look after sHe
e things. $500
m Kelly Sc now in Europe. as the IN
u; davits which ] now offer, the afiidayIl
N OF kellys wife and son, will show.
ie They say he win be back IN
month.
"An we ask Is an siJolrnment al
month, We invite he Navigator =
III these charges, and all We ask is cha
a, Kelly come back.
"It will be found that he ecotpif
this money in the proofs offered hire
on "A delay OF a month will hurt no On.