The evening world., 1894-08-02
CHARGES ALL READY.
Martin Considering Accusations
Against Doherty's Men.
Devery Likely TO Be the Next Police
Captain TO Be Tried.
To he 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, and Policemen Mailon 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, 1t is expected, make a state
ment Of the allegations against each
of the accused officers to the news
papers In a day or two.
The charges are voluminous, filling
some fifty pages of closely typewriter
foolscap paper, and are said to contain
a vast amount of legal verbiage, the
same as In the case OF Capt. Doherty,
Mr.. Wellmsn's object being, In 50 close
ly sdhering to legal diction and rules.
to allow of no loophole for escape
through technically.
At ll.30 o'clock Supt. Byrnes went to
President Martins office and was fol-
lowed a moment later by Chief Clerk
Kpp. The Superintendent carried in his
hand large bundle of typewritts IN
matter which. II was said. were the
charges drawn up by Mr.. Wellman
against the accused policemen. The
President, Superintendent and the Chief
Clerk remained In consultation until Il
o'clock.
The Superintendent, who was subse-
quently seen in his office. said that the
charges were SO voluminous that 1t
would undoubtedly be three or four
days before the substance would be
given to the press.
President Martin denied that he had
received the charges. but II was, never
al tLll Iy IarI nod hat hat
had all been completed and were to be
delivered to the President at IL o'clock
| to-day for his approval.
Mr. Wellman called on the superin-
tendent this morning and remained In
consultation with him for over half an
hour. The subject discussed, Mr.. Well
man man acknowledged, was the charges
Wellman said that all that remained
now was the approval of the President.
AS previously stated in " The Evening
World" It Is probable that the approval
until after g verdict Is rendered in the
case OF ex-Ward Man Levy, now on trial
in General Sessions for bribery.
satisfactory, or intelligent answers to two
or three civil questions propounded tC
him by an Evening World reporter
his morning elative TO the charges
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"
Il have told you all there Is to say In
the matter. When i get ready to give
the charges out you may hear OF 1t
Now, that's all there Is OF It," said he
drawing his face up into a fierce scow
and turning his back upon the reporter
That charges OF neglect of duty will
be preferred by supt Rvrnes agains
Capt. William 8. Dew : within thu
next few days. seems nov certainty
This was .one of the special matter!
under discussion between the Superin
tendent and Mr.. 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 so much of the Su
perintendents time been taken up II
securing evidence against other officers
of the Department.
TIL charges against Capt Devery will
be made chiefly on evidence given befor
the LeXow Committee by Carl Verne
and Mrs. Sanford Devery is now Il
command of the Old slip station. TIL
charges co"er the period of his ofiicia
life when he had command of the Ell
bridge street station,
Although the Superintendent and tn
Assistant District Attorney do not wis
TO discuss the Devery charges, II Is be
lieved that the presenting of them (
the Commissioners Is no further ava
than Saturday.