The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-12-28
INSPECTOR WILLIAMS.
He is Again on the Stand Be-
fore GOfE.
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New York, Dec. 27.--Inspector Will
liams resumed his Testimony before the
Lexow committee today. He looked
composed as Goff began the cross-exam-
inaltion. Goff asked:
"Wllll you swear Perkins did not get
check for $500 through you when you
were superintendent of the Street clean
ing department?"
~ will not"
Everybody who has testified against
you is "a perjurer or liar. Now has
there ever been a member of the police
force charged wlth more corruption
than you?"
81 have no. been charged with corrup.
tfon."
Were you ever charged with steal.
ing s1cks?"
mo"
Mr.. Goff referred to document and
daid: IT find on March 2S. 1878, you
were charged by Louise Smith, keeper
of disorderly house, with taking from
her six pocket fIandkerchiefs. one gold.
headed cane, one pistol, one pair OF
slippers, one velvet vest, and one and
onls-half dozen pairs of socks"
II don't remember it,
Coming to the time Williams had
charge of the EigOllh precinct, Goff
asked the witness If There were any
houses of iE-fame there.
II found them There" he replied,
''And you left them there?"
fEes, because they were fashionable
ait that time" was Williams extraor.
dinary reply.
Gon got lthe inspect0R to say that he
would not give The mamie of the proprie-
tor of house of ill-fame to the COM
mittee in 1874 BECAUSE he considered the
committee was not an honest one.
r Ibid you ever know OF am honest IN
vestlgIuting committee before whom you
appaared?"
yes"
you said before the committee that !
'uhe houses Of ill-fame do not injure
children going to SCHOOL,"
Yes"
"Have you the audaclty to sit there
now and say SOP"
"Yes, SIR
Were you ever called a uniformed
hullyY
mo, SIR"
"Were you ever called the champion
clubber?"
YES, SIR
Then, as to the charges which you
do remember. You have committed so
MANY outrages against THE citizens Of
New York thlat you don't remember the
chIarges?"
mo, SIR"
Goff then said there was a charge
against Williams, the trial of which
LASTED Iuhree days, but there was no
record Of 1t ON the police books.
Have you amy recollection of one
commissioner voting for your dismissal
On account of your disgraceful con-
duot?'
mo"
Don't you know the voting was two
and two?'
There is no record Of IT."
did you say at lunch the day after
the meeting of the starving people in
Union Square this year that they were
a lot of howlers. and adj you had Ito do
was 10 show your pistol and disperse
tthem?"
II never said such thing"
Inspiedtor WilIfams Isaad hle knew
three panel houses IN the eighth pre-
cdnct.
You swore before recess thlat there
were no panel houses in that precinct?"
yes. TO the best OF my recollection"
Senator O'Connor then entered long
legal argument with Con- as to whether
the inspector was guilty of perjury
The senator said he was not unless the
testimony was given with false and cur
rupt intention.
Goff Said the inspector might have
been mistaken.
Yes" said the witness, Il admit that
what sworc to this morning was false,
but when gave it believed 1t Ito be
true"
Louis Streep, a green goods operator.
was called This witness crested SEN
sation by telling story involving An
thony Comstock, agent OF the Society Z
for the Prevention OF Vice.
"on May 2Sd, 1889" said Streep, two
Indictments were found against me for
operating In green goods. Anthony
ComHtock was pgosecItor. / paid Com
1tock $1,000 and the indictments were
He also testified that a man named
Brerhal. arrested for robbery, paid !
comE1ock $1,000 and was discharged
HEAVY SNOW IN pENNsyIvANIA h