The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-01
LAST EDITION.
HOW ABOUT IT,
Mr.. MARTIN?
What Has Become OF the
Cases Against SleYin
and 0'COnnor
both TRIED SIX MONTHS AGO..
They Were Charged with Per-
hitting Open Violations
Of tho Law.
ALL QUIET At HEADQUARTERS.
None Of the Dismissed Men
Appears to Get His
Salary.
ALL QUIET At HEADQUARTERS.

There was the peace Of sheer exhaus-
ton about Police Headquarters to-day.
Supt. Byrnes said there were no more
charges to serve upon accused police
captains. and that there would not be
for some time.
Gen. Kerwin. the new Treasurer of
the Police Board, was the only Commits
sioner to appear at Headquarters. and
he was engaged in paying off," this be-
ing the monthly payday for the whole
Department. One by one the Captains
came with their payrolls for the Gener-
ais signature. and went away to dole
out the money at their respective sta
tions.
Capt. Devery was not there. Neither
was Capt. Cross, and they or their rep
ressntstives will collect their August
salaries from q new commandant In
the First and Fourteenth precincts. re-
speetiveiy, for they ceased to be police
captains at o'clock last evening, as
told In 1.-THE Evening Worlds" 6
o'clock extra
The trial of Capt. John Thomas Ste
pheasofi, Which has reached the dividing
line between prosecution AMI defense,
will be resumed Tuesday morning, and
the question uppermost among the off,
GERS. and hangers-on at Headquarters
y; what defense can !, the ..S SSDtain
Keeper, the exDress driver and the
teiitaie way-bill book. and the receipt
bearing the alleged signature Of ,, the
t to Be '1 PART r1e q a a 10 Sri Be A
1t seems to have been forgotten by
April they tried two captains. who are
still in command Of their precincts. Tried
them on charges similar to those on
cry were tried. and backed up by testi-
mony similar to that adduced in these
CAPT. Edward slevin. Of the Fourth
Precinct, where all the sailor dives and
other low brothels flourish; vas charged
his precinct The evidence went to
prove that several such places were run
ming full blast, but there was no charge
sievin Vas tried before the full Board.
McCieve. MacLean and sheehan. That
VA arh Aprgw 81 revealed that in the
Sanised gambling house running In the
Srs e Gsp, AS'e squad only
for the establishment. A., :.
and the witnesses against him were
&S Hsn l snd Ranisi L Lane oNsi
NJ .S Ss: y be: eases snd aen
an Evening World" reporter called hi
attention TO them to-day =. s,ut,amn
ton. and Mr.. Con was not to be fou IN
70 answer M G %sll, s s.,t m s,a.s% wR
sss ssf hs$Se4':e R% '1 roI
running away, and that II any one wa
respopiibls FOR her escape to Europe
Before Ne left for SOUTHAMPTON M
that he had cases under way again,
'a su a!asf he s'es sadsd r0'sf cannot tie
until the Lexow Committee has decide
It Is known that Mr.. Weilman's a
sistants have examined many witness
ss sarss s GaPts; Strauss KilIiiea sehmit
Major Klpp. Chief clerk of the polis
Department, received this morning II
Ws sheas p OF ESa anS SO asa by
while they were captains OF the polio
There were also three shields of viii
pmss,al; ,d bearing .1.nSS, the numbers by whiG
JAMES Burns. the dismissed ward me
were known. while patrolmen in Il
Department.
The dismissal of these five men. {
the heels of the breaking of Car
Michael Doherty, Ward Men Hook al
Meehan, and Sergeants McKenna, Lie
ers. Parkinson and Jordan. OF Il
Fourteenth Precinct, has thrown
gloom over the uniformed force, al
the policemen are very serious in the
1t was believed, apparently. that I
Commissioners would save some of t
accused. That they would break Cal
Deyery and his ward man Glennon W
z foregene c9nclusion. for they offer
no defense. But there was much dou
IN the minds Of policemen about the "a
81 Smith and Burns, and as for Ca
Gross there seemed to be a general
lief that in view Of the hard night
made In his own defense and the chs
artet of the witnesses who accused h
the Board would make an exception
his case.
SOMETIME the ELEoTRoPoIsE cures when
ha al Ill ~ Mt,