New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-27
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GOFF TAKES UP WILLIAMS.
A FLOOD OF GLIB DENIALG
EDWARD MAN SHALVEY COLLECTED
BLACKMAIL FOR FOUR CAPTAINS.

IT TO A BANK-HE HAS BEEN TRIED
on CHARGES EIGHTEEN TIMES
TO BE CALLED AS A WIT
NESS AGAIN TO-DAY
Public interest In the closing days Of the Lexow
Committees investigation Of the Police Depart.
ment was raised to a high pitch yesterday By
the beginning Of what doubtless will be a search
ing examination Of Inspector Alexander S. Will
Jams. Only part Of the days session was
spent by John w. Goff in examining the In
spector, and the continuation OF the examination
to-day Is likely to be important. Williams has
been brazen and defiant in his attitude toward
the Investigation. as he was bullying and abusive
and brutal and rufianly in his talk about the
Rev Dr. Parkhurst before the investigation was
ordered by the State Senate. and there has been
a general desire the part Of decent people IN
this city to have him subjected to a merciless
examination by Mr. Goff.
The attitude of williams in the witness-chair
yesterday afternoon in keeping with his
past conduct. He assumed to be bold and con-
fident and wanted to make coarse jokes. He had
been tried on charges before the Police Com
missioners no less thar eighteen times he de-
cared, If the fact was Of character to IN
crease his Importance He was so we'll known In
the city, he said that even the car horses nodded
good morning TO hirl when he passed them Mr.
Goff made him understand that his disposition
TO play the part Of buffoon before the COM
mittee would not be tolerated.
ASUSPICIOuS STORY.
1t was plain that Williams had made up his
mind to deny under oath every charge which had
been made against him by other witnesses be-
fore the committee, and that his implication by
the confession OF Captain Schmittberger had
not made him lose confidence in his purpose
Doubtless ne expected to be asked about his
accumulation Of wealth. and he declared that
he had property amounting 20 nearly $4,000 when
he Joined the force as patroman, in 1866. at
the age OF twenty-four years.
He kept the money in the safe Of friend. who
is now dead. he declared. No but the man
who is dead knew Of that money. There
had been a good deal of talk about his supposed
interest in the sale of Hollywood whiskey. Will
Jams said. but ne declared that he never had
such an interest and that the talk was false. He
had never received money for protecting disor-
derlv houses in the 'Tenderoin' when he was
captain. he swore. and he had reported those
houses and had closed some Of them. although he
could not remember which ones. He denied that
he had accepted bribes when he was in charge Of
the Street-Cleanng Bureau. and he swore that
Perkins the contractor had committed perjury
in testifying about the alleged bribe of $780,
schmittberger had perjured himself in the CON-
fesson. Williams declared. because the captain
had wanted to keep out OF prison. His denial
that he had received money from Schmittberger
was positive and plain.
EVIDENTLY UNTRUTHFUL
1t must have been evident to many persons who
heard Williams make the denias that he was
lin In uOtr hS nd r asked
in reference 10 official reports:
Don't You know that when you were in the
Tenderlo.n you made repo' to Headquarters
which you knew to be lies
mo-" the Inspector snarled.
The opinion Of Williams which is held by many
persons was we'll expressed yesterday in an edi-
torlal in The Times follows:
For example the first half-dozen decent and wen-
informed citizens who might be- asked who was the
s ors %o1 Srobaby @ name the same man an and they
would all be hke.y to call him Captain Williams. as
corruption and conspicuous brutality earned,
rather than by the title OF his present rank. Would
such man, ey though he promised to give evil
MONEY FOR FOUR CAPTAINS.
An important confession made to the
committee yesterday by Policeman Edward Shall
vcy who has been a member Of the force for
nearly thirty-four years He testified that he
was d ward in the Twelfth Precinct for
about six years. during which time he was the
regular collector OF police backmail in the pre-
cinct The station Of the precinct is at Delaney
and Attorney SITS. surrounded on all sides with
tenement houses and factories. Captain Webb.
since retired. was the commander of the pre-
cinct for two years. and Shalvey collected over
$1,000 for hial. Webb was succeeded by Captain
Doherty, who dismissed from the force last
summer and Is now under indictment. and when
Doherty left the precinct he succeeded by
Captain Eakins. Each of the captains remained
in the precinct about eighteen months. and
Shalvey collected for each Of them about $4,000.
After Eakins was moved from the precinct Cap
tain Schultz was sent to Delancey-st. Shalvey
remained as the collector Of hush-money until
last June. when all Of the ward men were re-
manded to patrol duty and although the COM
mittee w~s listening 10 testimony about police
blackmail. he was able to collect about $4,000 for
Captain Schultz.
shavey admitted that he received 20 per cent
OF the ill-gotten money for his trouble. He kept
over S. 900 Of the $255O0 In the beginning he
paid to Captain Webb all of the money which
he collected and Webb paid him back COM
mission he said but he deducted his own COM
missions before he paid The other captains To
all four commanders of the precinct he had paid
the money in bills in the police station. making
the payments near the beginning of each month,
and being asked no questions.
ON BUSINESS BASIS
The confession Of shalvey showed how exact
had become the system Of evying police tribute
Poorooms in the precinct paid $50 a month, and
the ward man had TO 60 after the money. Dis
orderly houses paid $40 or s25 each. and the
money carried TO the ward man by Max
Hochstm. a Tammany politician. who has been
a bondsman for many prisoners at the Essex
Market Police Court Policy shops taxed
$50 each, and men named McCabe and Friedman.
who had control of the shops carried the money
to Shalvey at the beginning OF every month.
Liquor-dealers who belonged to regular asso-
citation were made to pay only 81 a month each
for the privilege OF selling liquor Sundays with