New-York tribune., 1894-10-30

that he ala not and then offered another cx-
planation hat the board, when the papers IN IN, me
ably exercised over this invcstiga ton" MI Martin
has asked FOR these papers, repeated the CQinmiS
sioncr but Commissioner Murray rcpied that ne
had not yet read the papers, and was not mere
;ore ready 20 take the matter up 10Y maj COLI
Has there been any canvass" said NE; Go''
as 10 the opinion Of IT, CGnmtsslCeTb @ nO s,Sb can
vass after the case ended. and when asked as
didn't believe that there had been any expression
O:Was il said that the Board in the case would
be a tie? Al read something Of that kind in the
newspapers. r l.,
a tone more solemn than usual. "can You give lhe
committee any reason why the Board of Police
portance involving discipline. good order the
character of the force and the criminal action oi
a police captain for such a length Of time, ana
up to the present has reached no decision on H. y
win are rot ready to report upon IT, he rcphed'
THE CHARGE OF ASSAULT NEVER SETTLED
Q-Were you made aware since your appoint
ment or at the time of the trial Of Captain O'Connor
that there was then a undisposed OF against
him. and in which decision lad never been
reached? Al not sure about that
We'll" went on counsel Il Will refresh your
memory"
Mr. Con then read from the records that on March
=. 1891. there was complaint against OConnoI loi M
assault and that, although It had been tried no
The witness persisted in saying mat ne hdu "e'''
heard of the case -,
The chairman wanted. his part to know why
it that Captain OConnor had not been M iriel
again on the charge o! assault put the Wl'"es'
could give no information on the matt sIr,.i, What
was the charge against him? A-For a;low'ns J
nn ds9dfy houses 5bi IN No h' was M
The papers in that case are a.so peofe ,he IN aMD
cases were undecided when Commissioner McCia'e
left office A., .,.. ~,
January g. 1882 officer Peter Lynch WAS tired for
criminal assault, upon nan in hospital Was
The witness said that although A case Of that
character was necessarily very serious case He
didn't remember anything about IT,
THE BOARD LET THESE CASES SLIDE
Mr. Gon brought later that FOR a lesser Of
fence some breach Of discipline. or the like-Lynch
,,ng subsequently, had been dismissed from the
force while no punlshmen; had been visited upon
him for his other brutal ami rcvo.'ng offence lie
also quoted "A number OF cases Of policemen ma,
February H. iss3 for using Indecent language to a
woman and entering her EriV1te rom, nom, ~
women. February To- 1891. officer James 4 Guern
was tried for assaultns two women. NJ J. MGManus
Thomas l.. Conkin july 9, 1871. Thomas F Foley
some time in lS9l MI G2f couidnt sXe thr ,r 80 %,
1892 Thomas l.. smith July J., lS3 Emil olpsh-
he.mer; September % 1893 Patrick j. kane. an
number Of other cases al Tor as iult upon cI"'l
in which no decision reached. The charge "i
oppression agairs, Policeman NiHhm '"!ei va
also brought up. the name % the yctlm nfIhg
liuuorshoI-owner named Cr~ss. IN Nassiu-st.. ana
Of assault against Defective Sergeant John Coit?"Il
November q 1899 in which he ana another detective
sergeant fought each Other In . Nel :; ntH ".htH
sec0nd-st. and SXth-ave. Tn" witness sald no'ilh f;
was done in the laSt-namcl clsr p-'au'r rNP.t 81. IL
tenden Byrnes didn't believr II was necessary, hut
had the laid aside. and may ord'F IL up any
rSc b,jrman-Do YOU consider the superiniend-
ont under your orders Ave have no control
over him. he Is the executive charged hY thr ioiIcr
Department to carry out the law ana ne il supreme
I,le oh m t,E
Mr. CON then read from Rules ]. and 3. of tho
department which showed that the witness diin
know what he talking about when ne sdid mat
the Commissioners had no control over the Supcrlh-
tendent.
BYRNES AT FAULT. HE SAYS
O-Can YOU believe that the state Of affairs. tn
corruption and the backmail revealed 10y the test-
monv before this committee. could have gone on
for 40 long and the Superintendent no; know II
A. (signihcantly)-He ought to know it.
O.-You said that you knew Of the existence Of
corruption or protection paid the police by pool
rooms? Al said / had reason to believe thai
money was paid but didn't say TO whom II was
paid | read in the papers that II was pald 70 me
police but | could not hnd on, 10 whom | heard
more about this before than since ! became
Police Commissioner
ntendent Byrnes was more qualified To ma ou'
the existence OF wrongdoing than the Commission-
all the facilities and have none.
Q.-Was he negligent in his DUTY Al ain not
prepared 70 say that. nor Will offer an opinion
Pui him on the stand and let him answer Tor him
Louis J. Grant. the lawyer who was sitting with
Lleutenant-Governor Shcehan, facing the witness
to the witness. and he peremporly and open
ly rebukcd by the chairman, who brought down his
gavel with bang, and shouted warningiy, Now.
Mr Grant,