Connecticut western news., 1894-12-20
LEXOW SENSATIONS.
Ex-POLlcE INSPECTOR STEERS iM-
 PllCATED BY A WITNESS.

The Investigators Into the New York Police
 Higher"-Captain Creeden's sI5, 900 Pro-
 motion.
 NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-Police Captain T. J. Creeden confessed before the Lexow committee that he had paid s15 900 to se- cure his captaincy. A few hours later he was suspended from the force by the board of police commissioners on recoIl- mendation of Superintendent Byrnes, who was instructed to prepare charges against him.
 The Lexow committee had agreed that Creeden should be granted immunity from punishment for his purchase of a captain cy, and when the action of the police com missioners became known they, as well as Superintendent Byrhes, were subpoenaed to appear before the senate Investigating body.
 Captain Creeden's confession was the biggest sensation yet brought forth by the Lexow committee. In itself the captain $ statement was merely confirmation of testimony elicited before the senators the day before, but the startling facts, essen tially interwoven with this sensational ex- pose, affix the taint of dishonor and cor ruption upon men who have held some of the most responsible offices in the gift of the community. The affair not only in- wolves and duplicates men who have filled some of the most important positions in the police department but verifles and corroborates the gTayest charges of official corruption that were ever preferred against the constabulary of New York city.
 From the Harlem to the Battery, from cl of hn St da fp hea stone mansions of the west side, the city is ringing today with the news of these extraordinary developments before the Lexow committee
 The inquisitorial senators have "gone higher up." They have almost reached the climax of their Investigating labors.
 But public censure is not heaped on Creeden's head. It falls on those who are supposed to have induced him into the deal
 Captain Creeden has served in the local police department for 30 years with honor and distinction. He is a war scared vet eran, whose record shows that in 23 en- agreements of the civil war he barred his bosom for his country's cause. In all his 30 years of police service he was fined only six days pay for trivial and minor Gerelic- tions. And the captains one fault is for gotten by the popular mind in sympathy for his present trying position and respect for his past deeds.
 Succession of Sensations.
 The day was replete with exciting and dramatic incidents in consequence of the Lexow committee proceedings throughout the official channels that bear relation to the public departments involved in the investigation.
 
 The news of Captain Creeden's comics sion ran like a flash through police head quarters It carried with it consternation and dismay. Men who have aged and grown gray in the exciting pursuit of pol itics paled with surprise for the first time in years. Everywhere there was the inn press and tinge of some extraordinary oc- currence.
 Superintendent Byrnes and Commis- sioner Martin refused to be seen. Com missioner Sheehan, when told of Creeden s statement, asked:
 "Who got the money?"
 When told that this point had not yet been fully developed, he said:
 'That's what they want to find out. If they keep up their investigation long enough, guess they will. :"
 But the scenes in and around the meet ing room of the committee in the old Tweed courthouse were intensely dramatic and sensational. Men were moved by passions and emotions they had never felt before.
 The courtroom was filed with more than 800 pcrsons-witnesse interspersed with representative citizens, who were de- sirous of hearing the testimony.
 Captain Creeoen had said Thursday on the witness stand that he paid no money for his captaincy. But yesterday, after Captain Schmittberger, who is under in dictment, refused by advice of his counsel to answer MT. Golf s questions, Creeden was allowed an opportunity to tell the truth And he told it.
 He had been reared in that part of Ire land where the role of an informer was deemed the most despicable of human characters He had preferred to sacrifice himself rather than duplicate those who he supposed were his friends, but he had thought the matter over during the night and decided to tell all he knew.
 The witness spoke slowly, with down east eyes. He was moved by conflicting emotions, and the sympathies of his au- ditors went out to the white haired vet eran. In a straightforward though shame faced manner he told how he had risen from the position of patrolman to ser geant.