The evening world., 1894-04-06

pTdctlce OF allOWlnS pOilCem4n 10 JOIN
these clubs for the sake of securing po-
litical influence and proferment was
uemoralizinE to the force and ought
to be discoura ged."
He said hat no one else spoke on the
subject, and that no action was taken
n that time upo his suggestion.
IoIiccmen nv spies.
Regarding the employment OF police
men as spies on the saloon-keepers,
and the charges that they were TAX
ing money from the latter to enable
them to violate the law. Commissioner
Martin said he had never tried TO as
certain the truth of these reports from
the saloon-kcepers.
IL had no opportunity Of meeting the
sa~loon-keepers on this subject he said.
t%ectives who were going around in citi.
zens' clothes ard doing this spy work?'
10 whom did YOU apply?"'
Il spoke to the Superintendent about 1t
on one or two occasions"
How did you hear of these reports?"
II heard only. vague rumors. and prob
ably saw something about 1t in the news
papers"
AIR. Martin said he had spoken to both
Supt. Murray and Supt. Byrnes. The
latter; he said, had told him that he had
also heard these reports Of policemen
hleclsmailing saloon-keepers. but that he
did not believe there was much truth in
them.
Did supt. .Byrnes ever make any re-
port @i6 to you about it?"
Did YOU ever do anything more7'
Il don't think so. / practically dis
missed the subject from my mind"
when did you hear first about the ex-
i,,tencc of. gambling houses and policy
shops In violation of the law by permits
sion of the pohce?" Mr.. Sutherland
asked.
oh, about the time our friend DR..
rtrkhurst began his crusade" replied
the Commissioner airily.
"Was there NOT some change in the
rooms after the last election?'
Not that ] know. | heard that some
of them were open again and running in
a way
What do you mean by in a way?'"
II understood the pool-rooms were
doing a sort OF ticket business. l talked
he said he would stop it. He never
made any report that l can remember"
Anew Of No Foley shops.
Attention was called by MIR, Suther-
Dec. IS, descr bling the violation of the
law by the policy shops, and c%ontai ming
Il protest from the Paulist Fathers,
MIR. Martin said he had never seen
the article and had never heard about
the Paulist Fathers protest.
we have been waiting for evidence TO
" 'l'NiEtll w VS. u tbtS' nv SNNA
furnished" said he.
IT'S a case of mastery inactivity,
mot exactly. We invited the public
generally to give us any proof they had
q. violation of the law. We regarded
this as sufficient"
by a resolution of the Board"
I'm the Fall of 1881"
But we are talking OF 1893"
We'll. that resolution was good for
all time. The, invitation was tackled on
to the tail end of it, =.
Commissioner Martin said he would
have a copy of the resolution sent to thu
Committee.
Asked for Evidence.
He stated that the Police Board hat
invited the Parkhurst Society to furnish
them with evidence a number OF
against disorderly houses.
The witnesses attention was called tc
the various notices sent TO the police by
the Parkhurst Society, and in articles
In THE World" giving the addresses OF
disorderly houses in the, Eleventh Pre-
cinct, and he was asked by Mr.. Suth'
erland II he or any other Commission
err had given Capt. Devery orders &c
protect those places.
Commissioner Martin denied this. and
said although he. had heard that he
had been charged with having given
such orders he had never paid the
slightest attention to them.
charged. togther with your colleague,
Mr.. Sheehan, with having placed the
police force under the complete domino
ton OF Tammany HALF"
Yes, l have heard 1t was published ir
The World / did not read It."
You heard 1t stated, too, that thu
Tammany district leaders were the rea
captains OF the police. Did you evei
NO, sir; / knew they were not true
and 1 paid no attention to them"
Don't you know that Instances Wer'
given prroving to a certain degree thos'
no, don't"
well, specific facts were stated"
IAN know is that they were all lies.
MIR. Martin denied that he had ordere,
the arrest of certain sa~loon-keepers owe
the heads of the captains OF the precinct
for the purpose of furnishing them TO
dlsobeying Tammany orders. He knew
nothing. he said, of any orders given Z
police to take down Candidate Kcmpner'l
pictures in the seventh Assembly Dis
trict.
Did Not Interfere with Byrnes.
He also denied that ne had ever over
ruled or interfered with the Superin
tendent in the execution of his duties
and said that charges made against hin
to that effect were false.
He admitted, however, that the Polio
Board had on certain occasions over
ruled the Superintendent.
He said that he had never heard tina
any charges were made against the con
duct OF the police in the last election
until the Senate Committee began IL
sessions. No complaint was ever mad'
against any police officer on election day
SO far as he knew. of interfering with
Mr.. Martin afterwards admitted tina
he had heard one or two complaint
on election day, and that Police Inspec
tors williams and McAvoy had gon'
out TO Investigate them.
HAS anything been done towards In
y~cstigating the conduct OF policemen
whose names have been brought befor'
this Committee" asked Mr.. Suther
land.
II believe the Superintendent Is inquir
ing into the matter, and will probabl!
make a report in due time"
Mr.. Martin said he had not heard tina
Mr.. Kempner had withdrawn his com
plant because he felt that he coult
not get a fair hearing before the Com
missioners.
FINES of Police Captains.
In reply to Mr.. Sutherland's ques
, lions, MIR. Martin said that as the result
B Of an exposure OF policy shops by {
morning paper, charges were brough
against Capt. Westervelt. and he wa!
, tried by the Board and found guilty.