The evening world., 1894-08-02
CHARGES ALL READY.
Martin Considering Accusations
Against Doherty's Men.
Devery Likely 10 Be the Next Police
Captain TO Be Tried.
To BE Arraigned on the Testimony
OF Lexow Witnesses.

The charges against Police Sergts.
Liebers McKenna and Jordan. of the
Fifth street station: Sergt Clark, Of
Police Headquarters, and Sergt. Parkin-
son, of the East Thirty-ffth street sta
ton: Policemen Mallon and Meyer, Capt
Doherty's edward men, are in the hands
of President Martin, of the Police
Board.
The President Is examining the charges
and will, II Is expected, make state
ment Of the allegations against each
OF the accused officers to the news
papers late this afternoon.
The charges are voluminous. filling
some nifty pages of closely type writ
ten foolscap paper, are said to contain
a vast amount of legal verbiaRe. the
same as in the case of Capt. Doherty,
Mr.. Wellmans object being, in so close
ly adhering to legal diction and rules,
to allow OF no loophole for escape
| through a technicality.
At l1.3O o'clock Supt: Byrnes went to
| President Martins office and was fol
lowed moment later by Chief Clerk
Kipp. The Superintendent carried In his
hand large bundle OF typewriter
matter which 1t was said. were the
against the accused policemen. The
President, Superintendent and the Chief
Clerk remained In consultation until Il
The. Superintendent, who was subse-
Quently seen in his office, said that the
charges were so voluminous that II
| would undoubtedly be three or four
days before the substance would be
given 10 the press.
President Martin denied that he had
| received the charges. but 1t was, never
4 hall I1t, hat haN
had been completed and were to be de-
livered to the President at II o'clock to-
day for his approval
Mr.. Wellman called on. the Superin
| fendent this morning and remained In
| consultation with him for over half AT
hour. The subject discussed. Mr.. Well
man acknowledged, was, the charges
Wellman said that all that remained
now was the approval OF the President.
As previously stated In The Evening
OF President Martin viii be withheld
until after q verdict is rendered in the
case OF exWard Man Levy, now on tria
in General Sessions for bribery.
| President Martin refused to make any
satisfactory or intelligent answers to two
! or three civil questions propounded Il
him by an Evening WORLD reporter
tots mornlng relative to the charges
out first reading the charges, he said he
had not received them yet and would
| not anticipate any of his acts.
| "Will YOU make the charges public Il
| they are delivered to you to-day?'
81 have told you all there is to say in
the matter. When ! get ready to give
the charges out you may hear Of 1t
Now. that's all there IL OF It," said he
drawing his face up into fierce scow
and turning his back upon the reporter
That charges OF neglect of duty Will
be preferred by Supt. Byrnes against
Capt. william s. bevery within the
next few days. seems now "A certainty
under discussion between the Superin
tendent and M, Wellman at Polio,
| Headquarters this morning.
| The complaint and charges have beer
In the course OF preparation for two
weeks and would have been presented
before this had not 80 much OF the Su
perintendent's time been taken up II
| OF the Department
The charges against Capt. Devery viii
be made chiefly on evidence given before
| the Iexow Committee by Carl Werner
| and Mrs. Sanford. DeVery Is now IN
command of the Old slip station. Tn,
charges cover the period OF his officiu
life when he had command of the FL
bridge street station.
1t will be charged that he accepted
| protection money and looked ate
the interests of disorderly houses in tn,
| Eleventh Precinct. much the same as /
was alleged that Capt. Doherty locke,
after the same, further M the east side
| In the Fourteenth Precinct.
Although the Superintendent and tn,
TO discuss the Devery charges. IL is be
lieved that the presenting OF them L
| the Commissioners Is no further ava,
| than Saturday.