The evening world., 1894-03-31
MERIT COUNTS,
SOME 7 Times.
tOontfnued from First Pnoe. '

Does this include the history of your
earlier llfe?' MIR. Sutherland asked.
Its about all can remember; III the
ton l shall be very glad to give them
all lin my power"
duty Of the Board as the administrator
and discipline of the police force. He
thought his general clerical experience
and familiarity with other city depart
ments had fitted him for the office, OF
Police Commissioner, and he had fur-
Their qualified himself for the position by
studying up the laws pertaining to tne
subject and the rules and regulations
Of the Department.
All orders of the Board to the force
Were transmitted through the Superin-
tendent, who was the absolute execu,
tive officer. No one Commissioner could
give orders to the Superintendent,
Supt. Byrnes was appointed TO ms Of
flee In April, 1892. Commissioner Martin
did not know that any more arrests
In excise cases were made after Byrnes's
appointment than before. He knew mat
ing violators OF the Excise law since
Byrnes had been Superintendent.
He testified that supt. Byrnes took a
Inspector Steers was in charge of the
force, but he denied that he had sent
for Steers and given him any i%nstruc-
tions in regard to the making Of ar
WAS there not a complaint made to
you in writing by the s~aloon-keep.er,s OF
the City IN Regard 10 tDeSe HTTtStS'
mot that l know"
Commissioner Martin remembered that
there was a complaint against the = spy
system" about that time, when was
visit saloons durin the hours "hen the
sale of liquor was prohibited. ana black
mail the saloon-keepers.
"Did not. the Board pass a resolution
discontinuing this practice 2
mo. They simply passed a resolution
declaring that they believed the system
improper. The reason was that we
ing to the force"
Ibid you hear 1t said that policemen
took money from sa~loon-keepers.'
The Witness finally did remember an
OCCASION. one Saturday during the sum
away. that he sent for Chief, Inspector
Steers and told him that he had heard
h captains were sending out a good
called his attention to the resolution OF
the Board condemnlng the practice.
went sto IHeadauarters expecting to
was away l sent for Inspector Steers,
why, didn't you wait for Byrnes to
"Because 1 didn't think 1t necessary.
And Steers promulgated This order to
The witness said he had heard the ru-
NOR about sending out the unusual num-
Der of smen from several citizens Whotn
he met that day so on the street This was
The occasion, he thought. was a prop
err one to call attention to the resolution
passed the previous year against the
III thought the captains were sending
out these men. I did not know that Supt.
w Hylne Il. m fSe a sSspterlntendent was only
away for the day, / understood"
"You did not give Supt. Byrnes any ex-
glanation t for sPeakin wbsl to he i rslmrned
t 1see foli SS snsS w @ "a VINE" "'
mo, i don't think / did. I didn't see
I would have given the instructions to
Mr.. Byrnes II ne had been in town"
MI: sutherland branehsd on at this
lions about his political leadership in the
1wenty-frst Assembly District.
"Believes'' He's Leader.
esYou are the leader of the districtT'
"That's what they call It, l believe"
'rYou select the district captains each
"Yes, that's one OF my duties."
And you civ them instructions?'
mot very often"
from men In your district for office are
reasrrea to you. are they not?'
aAnd vo, are required to obtain places
7 for men IN your district"
Yes, to q certain extent"
Mr.. Martin said there, was no social
hat his brother Police Justice, "Barney'
Martin, had a club in the Eighth Dis
tffct, OF which he was leader. This was
the Iroquois Club.
In the Thirteenth District, he said,
there was the Pequod Club, over which
Police Commissioner Sheehan presided.
b witness thought that LIQUOR was
was frequently INDUCED In.
He didn't know whether any police
men were members of these clubs or not,
but said that II they were he did not
"Tammaky Hall holds you responsible
for your district in election times, doesn't
We'll. my district is a pretty hard one
to hold any one responsible for
But you are expected to carry it, are
Yes. we try to do the best we can"
The witness said he had recommended
Z good many men for appointment or
n or two of his own appointees.
He denied that he knew what police.
% r. ,o %sre on to el be iapp0inted to !r,s sSrvs s a.
all designated by the superintendent.
DIR. Pnrkhurst Comes In.
During the examination DR.. Parkhurs
qnd Charles 8. Smith came in and lis
eened with close attention to Commits
efoner Martins testimony.
"As President of the Board, is not you,
appointing power greater than when yo'
were only a Commissioner
"Not necessarily. | probably got fly
men appointed before l was Presiden
and about ten since"
The witness admitted that he though
II was a bad thing for members OF tn
police force to belong to political clubs
and said that he had told Supt. Byrne
co. The latter had called his attentio
to- the fact that a great many police
men were members of such clubs.
what did you do about IT,
81 spoke to members of tn" ENccutiv
Committee of Tammany Hall about
and told them they ought 10 get rid ,
the policemen in their clubs"
Bic you do anything else"
mo"
.'You thought Tammany Hall e~xercls,
80 much power that it conld correct IN
abuse"
Yes, ] believe Tammany Hall has
great deal of influence in these clubs, ar
j thought 1t should be used 10 lncrea.
the efficiency of the force"
Commissioner Martin explained tn,
he didn OF think 1t wrong 10 ra polio
y man TO belong to a social club In Il
neighborhood where they lived, hut
regarded 1t as demoraliZing for men
run around and join a lot OF clubs sr
% ply to secure advancement through p
ltlcal influence.
1t was this abuse that he was oppos
to, and 1t was such men that he ask
MI u fha rLlaHaru tn knap ont Of th4ir .lis,ry