Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-22
lolttl 10 The Core, Says Captain
SChmltlb,T6eE
OFFICER INDICTED FOR BRIBERY
Makes n Confession duplicating a
Number OF Men-Dyrnes an
Exception.

effect that the entire police system Of
Now York, with the exception Of
Superintendent Bytnes and few
Others, was rotten to the core; that
blnokmRil aud bribery, oxtorlion ana
corruption were common crlmea In the
department, and that mcrconary
methods alone acluatcd HE fellow ofii-
GERS. His charges implicated lnspec-
tor Williams aud MoAvOy, eG'lnspuo-
tor Steers, Police Commissioner James
IL. Martin aud John q. bneehan, Cap
tainB Price, Gastlin und Maftoue, eA.
Captain John Gunner and Wnrdmcn
Dunlap, Robert Vail anu James Gan
non.
Captain sohmittbergor isunder 10.
diolmVnt Tor bribery, He had pre-
viously refused to tvalliy before the
Senate committee. Yesterday. now.
ever, he was ro.arrested aud his
bail Increased. Today he took nd.
vantage OF an offer Ui immunity from
punienment held out 10 him by hT.
Con anu agreed 10 make clean breast
Of it.
Father Ducey was present.
IL was late Ia the uay when Captain
Bohmittbefgor took tue stand. Ho
said he Joined the force In 1874. His
duties NJ first were light on account VI
pull ho had with tho sergeant nj the
dcsk.
"Captain, have you ever heard OF
case wnere patrolman paid sergeant
any money 10 DO aauigned 10 light
Wofk2D
"Nes, l have heard Of them"
The captain went on ~ tell what ho
know Of several dives In his precinct
which wero trCquented by all tho
criminals VI Now York. Ho said
iuTther that no pretense Of Obsefv-
ing tho excise law ut these
places was ever made, aud the fast
women aud criminals did as they
pleased.
"would II have been possible for
these places TO run open without
special arrangements with tho pollcu2"
"Cortainly not"
"Now, captain, about the time you
were In command OF tto steamboat
tquAd. you learned, Of course, that the
men on tbs dooka had 10 give up half
Of their ssiatlos2"
"Yee; Watdmnn Veil told mo Of II.
told him 1 did not want 10 keep II up,
und he told mo that / was a fool;
that tho men had lust ne soon give
Il up rs not, and 1 might rs well get
IT,"
"How much did Vail collect for you
each month";"
about Si9O.D
"well, captain, was you ever called
upon 10 divide your collsclions?"
al wasp
"With whom7"
"inspector WIllianlH."
The audience was thrown into COM
motion, and It was come time bsfors
Mr.. Gyn could continue.
show much did you pay him each
month";"
"Flity dollars"
"Dld you tsny time ever pay him
more than thlt2"
III paid him 500 one month"
Tho fact was then developed that
Bchmitiberger had beeu Transferred
In the general shakt-up from tho
TwenIy.titth to the rwenly-HeyenIh
precinct.
"wero there any policy shops
THEREOF
"Yes.O
"And bow much did tho collections
amounted"
"About 5000"
"WeTo there any poolroomI9D
"rhero were three"
"How much did you collect from
these pO0lrUOms"
1.-TWO hundred dollars each per
month";
"And during the time you collected
this money, did you ever divide with
nny go.betweens2"
~ gave Cannon, my collector, 20
per ceut and gave Williams 500 per
MONTH"
Sand why wero you finally trans
fefTgd from that precinct2"
"for Interfering with liquor deal.
ers.O
Witness then ez plained that when
ByTnos was made superintendent, ho
Instructed all the men not 10 make ca.
clse arfests unless they were sure OF a
conviction Ms mo did not behave In
exposures. schmlltberger made too
many bona fido Rrtesls, and he gave IL
hs his opinion that this was the cause
OF his transfer.
At the Forty.aeventh street station
he collected between $500 aud 5000 "a
month from policy shops anu disorder
Iy housea.
"Woll, captain, were there any in.
siructlons given you about protecting
any dlaorderly houses In that pre-.
cinoi2"
UYe,; went to see Csmmlsslonor
Martin, and he told mo 70 los the
houses in Forly.slxlh street 10 Tor tho
present"
"Did he mention any other houGet?"
"YUt; II was No. 234 west Forty.
first street. l sont Ons OF my men 10
investigate once, and afterwards some
one made complaint 10 Commissioner
Martin anu he sent Tor me. lie told
me that would have 10 send the same
man back to npolOgizo.D
"Dld you do ~"
81 had TO DO Il. The next day nay
man had to 20 and apologize"
There WAC fresh buTst u laughter
at this point, and Mr.. Goil paused tsT
several minutes before continuing.
"Woro there any houses that re-
ceived protection without pnylng for
il9"
"Yee.s
"What were lhty?"
81 once received u letter OF introduce
tiou from Commissioner SheehAu In
Producing a man named Proctor, and
telling me 4 could DO what Proctor
asked. Proctor then told me he was
partner with Maynard, q storokeeper
on Broadway, and that Maynard
wanted to open gambling house.
told him l would not lot him DO 90
until saw Superintendent Byrnss.