The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-06
CAPT. STEPHENSON'S CASE.
May lie Decided mt "a Meeting of
COnimiHsiOners This Afternoon.

There will be meeting OF the Com
missioners OF Police some time during
the day. None OF the Commissioners
could say this morning at what time
during the day the meeting would he
called
Commissioner Kerwin said this morn
Ing that as far as ne knew. the only
matter that would be discussed to-day
would be the decision in the case OF
Capt Stephenson.
There might possibly, ne thought. be
some discussion as to whether any fur
ther charges would be entertained
agai INST police officials prior TO the con
vening OF the Lexow Committee. and II
such charges were entertained. whether
the trials would come OF while the In
vestigating Committee was In session.
vaded Police Headquarters this fore
! noon. Supt. Byrnes wore the express
sionless count-nance OF the SphynN and
Complaint Clerk Peterson looked care
worn. Neither OF these officials would
say what the day might bring forth.
Commissioner Murray WAS the first Of
the Board to arrive on the scene. He
said:
The Board will not meet till This
| afternoon. hut | would advise the re-
porters to remain here. No one can tell
what might happen,
Then the Commissioner re-tnveloped
himself In an air OF deep mystery.
One by one the Police Commissioners
appeared at Headquarters. Commissioner
Snttnhn arriving laSL. IL was ! - ell th
when he arrived.
The Board spent fifteen minutes in DIS
GUESSING the sheet iron polling booth that
had occupied space in the courtyard or
quarters building. After that they all
gathered in the office OF Commissioner
Murray. preliminary to an open meeting
The ostensible purpose OF to.day's
| apt John Thomas Stephenson, but As
sistnnt District-Attorney Francis l..
Wellman, the special counsel TO tn"
! Commissioners in the trials OF the po-
! lice captains, has been making strenu-
Gus efforts the past three days to pre-
, vail upon John W. Con, counsel to the
Commissioners. In the maine OF that
| Committee. to suspend their trials OF
police officers during the sessions Of the
Committee; which begin next Monday.
| MIR. Wellmun has been unsuccessful
Mr.. Con replying In effect
"Oh, no: this IL your ice. We asked
you not to begin cutting till the Com
mittee had concluded Its laburS. You
would not heed us, but went on cutting
ice. Now YOU say that you are tired
and want to take your postponed vaca
ton; that the Commissioners are anN
ious to quit
III you want to quit why don't YOU
It's none OF our funeral. You have be
gun contrary to the expressed wish o
the LeXow Committee. now we don
care whether you continue or not"
The logic OF this IL that n the Commits
siuners OF Police need the request OF
Mr.. Con and Chairman IeXow to Qui
have 1t not, they VIII go on with tn,
trials OF the -four captains against whom
cases are already prepared, four NOR,
whose cases, are nearly prepared, nnt
twenty ward men against whom ther,
are the strongest kind of cases" as MIR
Wellman said 10 4 group of reporters.
| Who will be- first"
II was stated ON authority month
d ago that he Eoh"mian Liquor AssoCia
4 ton had put up an imrregnahle cas-,
e against PantatH Wilhelm Strauss. of tn.
III EAST Sixty seventh street station. iu
he r. Wellman says tina, that ease feel
O. 'ough
n hlany witnesses have been examine,
mir. Wrllmun'S assistants, who toll,
i'll ands about capt. Max Schmittbergrr
prt i, Is said, that one set of witnesses
&c The han exceedingly stif' case against
he precinc commander Of the Tenderloi
n Mr.. C..,
er he has ithers stated positively tha'
III C'aptniu 9aid before witnesses to q