The sun., 1894-10-30

| soner hut one. MacIsean. was bribe taker and
/ a thief2 A.-Every man who says so is q liar.
o.. But did you. ever hear III A.,,,,whether
| heard u or not, whoever says SO is liar. -,
,nSt some ' 'Rep"bIicsn stump speaker | said So
| but he was probably bribe taker himself.
Q.-where did you read thst2 AIN the
po.IDid you ever demand retractionP A.
Q.-where9 A.-From the EreninO Telegram.
| Q.-what did you getp "A personal apol-
0t3.-But did YOU ever demand a public rstrac-
Q.-Are you not afraid OF the statute Of llmi-
o.%How does the time run in the statute of
liniltations2 h.LSone Of your business; a,
Again the tn'Tp hsd sness oss %,s So
answering slowly. and Mr.. Goff had succeeded,
apparently, n making him M thoSsoughly lose con
Now Mr.. Commissioner. do you think that
| is rightS Al am here to tell you the truth
o."knd this is about the police. ask you,
have you. ever, when publicly charged by the
| have YOU ever. ask, taken action against the
| papers SO chargingr Al have two actions
Mr.. tioif YES. but they do not relate to such
charges. One II against the World In the Long
Island City contract matter, and one against
lice helmet contract. We will not touch on that
now. Everything in its turn
THE WYNN PooI-sErLISG CASE
Mr.. Gor then took. up law report and read
case quoted by the witness establishing the
LEGALITY Of pool selling Is i was P @ reaG
the case he commented upon It, The decision
seems to have not considered the Anti-pool law.
The conviction in the case was overturned in the
Court OF Appeals on the grounds Of insuiiiciency
of evidence.
as being made up for the purpose by collusion
between the pool-room men and the police;
Commissioner Sheehan- Have you any knowl-
Mr. Goif-Yes, sir; it is within my own knowl-
Witness You were in the District Attorneys
lir. COZ I did know. charged the police
with coluson and refused TO try the case.
Judge CowinR on the bench knows that. The
certificate used by the pool rooms was designed
by law firm for the pool sellers. II was con,
jured case to get a decision to be heralded
abroad and fool my friend, the Commissioners
Witness How about Manchester, Mr.. Goff;
is that any better than Buffalo, ..,
Mr.. Gof paused smiled and then answered
gently, "Oh, yes: there are many more thou-
Mr.. Goff, when running for District Attorney,
sHessr sna Og NOT %ns an M @
that the day before the paper made that state
who dems nded an order for u reading notice at
dollar line, which order Mr.. Con declined to
"cAS'r WE AVOID PorIrIcs?"
o.-And on that conjured case the police al:
lowed the pool rooms 10 rum A.-Because OF
that decision and others. but when the law was
amended we ClOseu lne pOOl TOohs.
imperial we" says, speaking OF Tammany,
senator Cantor,As Thomas C. Plstt says
"we," speaking for the Republican party;
Chairman Lexow-Cannot we avoid pouticsy
Mr.. GoH-l try to avoid names, put my inquiry
Is proper because Mr.. Croker claims to have
done that which this witness by his oath was
After recess the witness said he had recalled
something about the case OF Patrolman Hector,
concerning whom he was asked In the morning.
The came several times, and there were
several ad journments, but the witnesses did not
VIII be- made The case is caiiei and adjourned
several times. but witnesses do not appear
Q.,Then why are not the cases dismissed
journments, II the complaining witnesses do not
Senator O'ConnorN Have the Commissioners
not the power to compel the attendance OF citi-
Zens who make the charges? -
Mr.. Goff-They, have full power to compel the
attendance OF all witnesses. Now, have here
efSfo Shows IN Il ts was eeneuded April a se4
Mr.. Con found on the envelope containing the
record an endorsement by the tierk that the
record had been examined by Commissioners
McClaye. MacLean, Martin, and Sheehan,
.Q.-How can you account for no decision. as
dorsement does not mean an examination OF the
papers, but that the Commissioners whose
names endorsed sat In the case.
Mr.. Goff took up the record in the same shape
in the case of Capt. Slevin. and found no such
endorsement. The witness said that II the ell
dorsement OF the Commissioners who sat in
the case were absent It was an oversight OF the
CLERK ii the Clerk, Major Kipp. testified that
the endorsement meant the examination OF the
papers he was very greatly mistaken.
RULE THE sUPERINTENDENr VIOLATES.
Mr.. Gofr-Let Us return now to the question Of
the relative powers OF the Commissioners and
the Superintendent. read you rules - and 25:
The Superintendent of Police shall be the chief
e1 S~ 81 s Ss Of hs Board q the
Al orders I" The superinten,dent 2f Police shall
Of Pocs and ali orders TO the police force shall he
Sy me ann sy h or 70 them
to the force or any member or members thereof.
Commissioner sheehsn-Yes, but rule "a an
swers that:
shall he the duty OF the Superintendent to enforce
the city of New York all the laws OF the state and
the hoard Of Health and the rules and regulations OF
nd hs S nG places sp S a s a Or
obscene purposes and amusemenis and places kept
for any unlawful purpose whatsoever
Chairman Lexow-But are you not as Com
OF his GHy Gs reqared % report
to us, but he has never made such IA report as he
is required since have been Commissioner.
Rule 20 says:
specors a. such hours daily as he may dessna,s and
sSiidated report % for m the BOard OF Police. '''
The Superintendent has made no such report
Chairman Lexow-why did you not ask for
it, Al have have formally made motions
in the Board for him TO report TO us as the rule
Mr. Lexow-But he then violated the rule, and
II was your duty AS Police Commissioner TO see
that the Superintendent did his duty. Why did
you not try himT A.-Because did not come 10
that conclusion until recently,
MIR. LexOw-YOu have said that yOu knew cor
ruptiOn money was paid. Al said | heard
that II had been paid.
BYRNEs To BE EXAMINED.
Mr.. Goff-What has brought you TO the con-
clusion that the detective force is inefficientl
A combination OF circumstances and things
have heard and read.
Again senator OCOnnor jumped ahead OF Mr..
Goff by asking: what we want to get at Is who
Is liable for the affairs which prove criminal
negligence or criminal cOllusiOn. Is IL your
position that IL Is the fault OF the Superln-
tendent 2" Al mean that the law gives him
all the powers but he has not executed them.
Senator O'COnnOr-Did you act in relation to
such affairs on the Superintendent's reports
which you asked OF him OF ON rumOrsf A.-On
reports.
senator O'Connor- Mr.. Commissioner.
you must see that the logical conclusion is that
you are here unloading on the Superintendent
Al am not here unloading anything. You
must learn from him.
Senator O'COnnor lslowly and emphatically)-
Well. we propose 10 before we get through.
Senator I,RXON-NOu that