The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-04
LEXOW'S MEN AT WORK
RESUMPTION OF THE INQUIRY INTO
NEW YORK POLICE AFFAIRS.
Father Ducey I'm Court Against Arch
bishop COrrigan's Order Colonel
Fellows ON Trial.


recess the Senate investigating committee
to-day resumed its probing into the cor
rupton of the police department in this
city. Since Senator Saxton's resignation
from the committee almost Immediately
after his selection as Lieutenant Governor,
II leaves the committee with only six men,
bers Father Ducey appeared in the court
room at l:4o o'clock. The fact that his rev.
erence ignored Archbishop Corrigan's order
not to present himself at the sessions of
the Lexow committee was a topic of inter-
est In response TO a reporters question,
Father Ducey said: For information of
any kind l shall have to refer you to Mad
ison avenue" where Archbishop Corrigan
lives. The chamber was we'll filed by IL
o'clock. shortly after which hour Recorder
elect Goff arrived. When the committee
was called to order there were present SEN
ators Lexow, Bradley, Robertson and
OConnor. Among those who were present
In the chamber was John Burns, the Eng
lish labor leader, who was accompanied
by Samuel Gompers.
Evelyn Bells name was called, and as
she did not respond, Mr.. Goff asked that
she be declared in contempt. A request by
Commissioner of Street-cleaning Andrews
that he be furnished with a copy of The
l..
Lewis admitted. under examination, that he
had committed perjury in swearing that he
was the owner of a saloon of which Mad
anne Schaude was the real owner. The lat
ter was under the ban of the excise board
and could not procure license in her own
name. This witness did not recoilect hav-
ing heard Nine. Schaude say that she was
Obliged to pay the police big money for
protection.
DR.. Charles H. Parkhurst entered and
Goff few minutes before the committee
was called to order in the afternoon. When
Witness Ryan was called he refused still
to give any testimony about the "green
goods business and on leaving the court
room was arrested for refusing to obey a
subpoena to testify. He was held in $500
ball. ex-Assemblyman Michael Callahan be-
ing his bondsman
Charles Harris, alias Michael Newton,
was then called. He was recently released
from the Erie county pententiary. He testi-
fed that the Hon. Paddy Divyer had sent
him to the island on one occason for two
months for being drunk and diSorderly.
The witness also said that in 1892, just be-
fore the presidential election, he was paid
30 cents by Jimmy Diver wv to register iens
Hotel. The next day he was told Assembly
man Mitchell Callahan wanted some voters.
In this INSTANCE he registered i u under ,,sI an
Assemblyman Callahan paid him 81 for
this. Harris explained that after all he
did not vote. He was arrested and sent
to Erie county prison before the election.
Trial of Colonel Fellows.
NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-The trial of Col.
John r. Fellows, district attorney of the
city and county of New York, upon charges
, of neglect of duty. was begun before Gov.
Flowers commissioner, ex-senator John j.
Lenson, of Kingston. to-day. One set of
charges made by Good Government Club
men embraces over three hundred specified
German-American Reform Union. made ex-
actly sol. The first series of charges were
read by Mr. MacMahon. who then swore to
their accuracy. Cross-examination brought
out that the witness was swearing to in
formation. II was conceded by counsel that
the accused was under no compulsion to
take the witness stand TO swear that his
| defense was true. The attorney for the
German-American Reform Union argued
that the charges preferred by that body
should, where the specific charges are not
| the same. be tried separately. and as dis
| tinct cases
| Commissioner Linson decided, despite OBJ
| Five. that the charges of the former should
| be heard next: After recess the charges
regarding forfeitsd ps5,,, rec9gnzanees We're
American Union, produced evidence TO show
negligence by Colonel Fellows in collect
| ing forfeited recognizances in a large num-
| ber OF cases. After a number or such cases
/ had been called up Mr.. Fellows objected,
| saying that IL was the duty OF the district
attorney simply TO issue execution and then
leave the matter to the sheriff. Commits
] sioner Linson said: IF you can show that
/ 1t is the duty OF the district attorney to go
further than to issue execution, then | will
| not shut you off," Mr.. Phillips argued that
/ 1t was the district attorneys duty to prose-
cute cases where frau ent bonds were
! given or where transf, hal been made
10 defraud people. Tn, had sixty cases,
he said where S70.O 900 worm OF hall had been
forfeited. and only few Thousands col
lected and ten professions S)ndsmen al
lowed 10 go unprosecuied. Co.,nel Fellows
! refused 10 produce the DO ks Of his Office,
stating thai they would SHOW the names
] OF persons indicted and not yet arrested.