The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-02

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LAWYER MOSS
In tn" first place he said he wanted
to show the attitude Of the police to the
citizens Of New York, as disturhers
g,rous 10 the lives and safety of the
citizens. To do this he would show the
number of accusations Of assaults upon
citizens 10y the police and the number
of convictions under such charges
He had found only four dlsmissals
during the last three years. although
more than 100 charges had been pre-
ferred and ninety Convictionis had
In the second place, he proposed to
show ny evidence OF witnesses and rec
ords Of the Police Department that to
al inients and purposes the police
! force ~ New York was exempted from
the operation Of the law Of the land.
Police Exempt from the LAW.
These men" said Mr.. Con-. "can com
init felonies and msdemeanOrs, and have
done so FOR years, and have gon" un.
punished. II civilian had committed
these crimes his punishment would have
I'm other words, the operation of the
law which applies to ordinary. citizens
stops short when II comes to the police
force. A police officer can brain a citi-
zen, and all that he has to fear is n
trial before the Police Commissioners.
and possibly the payment of the sum Of
I'm the third place We propose to
show that in the trials of the police
before the Police Commissioners, the
perjury committed by members of the
force and their witnesses Is unmens.
urable and Unparalleled. The air of the
trial-room at Police Headquarters Is
blue with perjury whenever these So
called trials are going on there"
These facts Mr. Goff said, would be
brought ont by documentary evidence in
a large measure. ana he asked that the
Committee should listen patiently. Chair
man Lexow replied that he regarded the
IN" Of INVESTIGATION taken mp by the
greateat Importance, and said that 1t
ought to receive the closest attention.
Lawyer Noss Testinc-.
Mr.. Con then called Lawyer Frank
Moss, his colleague, &C the witness stand
early efforts of the Soclery for the Pre-
vention OF crime and the BUSINESS Mem
Drgdnization, Of which he hat been a
member, to purify the TenderIoln Pre-
cinct III the days of Captain now In
spector. Williams.
This was r'cognized "a the first gun in
the campaign which the Committee has
long threatened to inauguIatc ngans,
me hiEher officials II the Police De
partment.
The object Of the business, Mems or
EanlZatinn,' Mr.. Moss said was to sup
press 4 number of disIrle houses in
West Twenty seventh street, and In gen
ernl 70 Improve, the character of that
hSiEhborhood, That was in 1856. -
lie mentioned the names OF the keepers
81 several houses Of ll-fame maintained
mere among them Nine. Enge
Nine, Brooks, Mamie st. Clair
troM. nals,, and one house kept by
Emile PLATED, which was always Know
as the Captains House" This was al
10y West Twenty-seventh street.
me SoSiEty. he said, he'd weekly meet
inEs and Interested a large number o
me business men and residents OF tn,
nelghborhool. MANY efforts were mad,
to induce Capt Williams to suppress
though they were run openly. and n
pfctense was made of regula ling them
Charges Against Williams.
We presented the matter to Mayo
Levitt, end through his assislanc,
ana he was tried In July, 1885, Although
many business men, several mlnst r.
pnd number of ladies testified at tn
trial. proving beyond doubt the la,
aud diSreputahle character OF the place
. in rwenty-seVenth street. and that The
hGd been permitted to run openly ny tn
criminal negligence of the Captain, ~
was not convicted
Mr.. CON read the minutes OF the meet
, Ing Of the Board at which the charge
were acted upon after the trial Tier
siuner N-onl,s moved fOr conviction or
seven CT them. lie was supported b,
, | Commissioner Porter, bat ON every sle
cihcation Commissioners French and Nc
> Gave voted for aCQuIttAL The reSu,
| was tie, amt nothing had ever bee
,, i5ne to press the charges since then.
Afterwards Mr.. Con read from tn
record showing that when capt VII
Jams mad been appointed Inspector, Com
mSsiOners French, McCI9vr aul Nooi
his had voted for his promotion, wh!l
Commissioner Porter HAD opposed It,
Others Tried, hut Nnt Acquitted.
= There were two other CHotains again,
~ whom serious charges had been hrOugh
w. said Mr.. Moss, and they had beea the
II but not acquitted These Were capt
e Mel .aughl,u and ttrp'nt"' The charg,
II against them We're that they hal ncl
" leetea To- proceed against EImhhu,
i been preferred by the society Tor IN
= Prevention ot crime, Of which tne wi
=, ness was then counsel.
S ,N men !, zane 70 d Not" Of the roh,
had favored dismissal, while Mart!
# ant McClaye voted for ronyiruou m
-, result was the same ds that in Ii
r. case Of capt. w lltams, The eases la
q, never been decided, and the rharg,
II wrrc tu Toe REGARDED as sun pending
The record was produced shown
n that Mcl.augnlin had been promoted
~ an inspectorship, while capt. Carpent,
l. mad been permitted 10 retire on a pei
: sion.
Mr.. Moss said that Caps. KrIUea h.
also been tried on ch1rses, which had !
ers, ani that nothing had ever he,
NJ heard Of the charges afterwards
ee Now Comes Appo's Cnse.
When Mr., Moss retired Mr. Goff call,
u Policeman Thomas Coleman, who h,
ST watched George Apo In the Chambe
~ Street Hospital from to u O'Clock ,
On Friday night and from 10 " o'clock Sa
d, urday morning, as the next witness,
n Coleman is the policeman who is 7
w sponslble for the story that Apo hi
81 confessed that he had tried to conn
& suicide Mr.. Con labored with him
n long time to try and bring out the g
r. act language used by Apo when
made this confession.
Coleman persisted in his story tn
D. Apo had made the confession about
w o'clock on Saturday morning, Apo W
raving all the night and had to be ii