The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-02
PREPARING THE CHARGES.
Ward Men, It Il Said, win BE the
First OIL Trial.


Supt. Byrres is going to work in
very leisureiS way to carry out the in
swuctions Of the Police Commissioners
embodied In hte resolution they passed
last FRIDAY
No witnesses have yet beap summoned.
or even thought OF, so far as could be
gathered from the Superintendent this
morning, and probably no active move
will. be made until some definite pro-
granms fot the investfgat!on of the ac-
-eused captains and officers has been
decided upoD.
you must not forget" said the Super
intendnnt fills morning. That there Is
a great mass Of testimony 70 be examined
befofe charges can be framed
II cannot be denied that 6upt Byrnes
looked worried. ami well he might be
with the dlsagreeabls work that the
Commissioners have laid out before
him. It, would not be surprising II he
went aAit in n balf-hcarted sort OF way,
considering bow little would he accm-
plished should the prosecution be carried
out in street accordance with the letter
. of thp resolution.
Those who have in charge the affairs
Of the I.cx9w Committee say that Mr;
Golf had only just begun to touch upon
the corruption of the Police Depart
nent as far as bringing definite acts OF
blackmals, extortion and bribery home
to Individuals connected with the De-
partment was concerned.
" the Police Commissioners try the
accused rsohce1nen burine the .Snmer IN
remission of the Committee, they VIII
ali. ana many others in addition. have
to be tried all over again on new
charges AFTER NJ. Gofi gets through with
II has been iearned that The Commit;
tees coulisef had by no means eAhnustsd
his seourcss of Information Mheh .ns
of testimony IL still walungto be brought
out. and FRAT it as of even greater sehsa.
ti6nal interest than any Nhien mas yet
AS to his plans however. Supt Byriles
was dumb as an oyster this morning,
and decHned to give any inklinS as 10
when it might be expected that charges
against any ono Of the accused officials
would be- for mn1eted and the proceedings
before tn. Commissioners SGT IN motion
Stephensop would probably be- the first
Of the Captains to be brought 10 the bar
at Police Headquarters, hut the super
intendent would not confirm TINS. ~ ~
Understood, however. that in his private
ofifce the charges are already being pre-
pared against several of the ward men
irnylicatel IN the blackmatliag business
br6ughr our before the Iexow Commit
tee by Its Witnesses, ana mat as soon
as they can hs submitted TO the Poilse
Hoard the accused men VIII be brought
An interesting question has arisen as
to whether the LeHow COMMITTEE WI
before the Police Commissioner when
1t is probable that tiany o. the WIZ
nssses WHO originally testified before
the Committoe VIII be sunmo ,,,a. Mh en-
The lawyers have not yet definitely
settel ,hs 9 \, but e
10 he The general opinion tnnt some
member OF the counsel will atend the
police trials e fn. Wa do 90 70" on anI look
ont 10 some extent for the interests or
The witnesses who are likely TO have II
hard time Of it,, IL they should ne COM
n is no. expected however. that the
Commuters counsel will be, present in
any oaS'al sapa,a,ii oy or MAKE ANY 'e
nJns, at present IL is extremely uncer-
tain whit direction the Police lnVest1ga-
ton of the high crimes ahn vii, n take
and everything will depend upon thn
time which matters take after the baii
has been fairly started.
early this morning aud 1t was salu tna'
he had betu out OF town resting IN, n SHel
sanday one of the callers ,Sr s as s
The Reuiod Club: Police Commissioner
John q. Sheehans Tanmany social or
ganizatlon OF the Thirteenth Assembi!
lie Wore a furious look and told Mr.
G;o1t's assistant that he had come to SEE
il he could not get the books and papers
OF the pequod Club, which ne had turnet
over to the Committee two or three
weeEs ago for Inspection.
lie WAS much put out when ne wa'
Informed that the Committee had no
yet completed the examination of The
books, apd that ire would have TO wal
little wnile longer.
j. is reported that this is. the. wors
Summer % record 10 rthe SAFE OF chow
Retween the hard times and thu
Le1ow Cumnllttse, the Tammany club
ers havirr mighty task 10 dispose o
pastebodrds nj the usual market rate o
s. apiece. There is serious talk OF Gnt
ting prices down to the bone, Or Of Civ
Ing up ne choNders for the season.
SUM-. I3Nrnes was asked lkis morning
IL he had anything 10 suy with rcSdr
to the charge made by the Rev. Or. Mac
Arthur inhis sermon yesterday tina
being hl3ckmailea by the ward men
who w0uf5 come around to rheir house
and insist upon selling them a copy O
the hook ntiQcd our Police ProteC
- tors" which is popuiarlH supposed to b
published under the auspices of some O
the hiean officials Of the Police Depart
ment.
~ don't know anything about the sal
of the book and don't know who Is in
terested in it, ] certainly am not. h'
lieve il was published some years as
by n newspaper man. That is all kno
OF i. -.
charges, it IS his duty as good citize
to represent the facts 4 this Depar
meut, ard II proven guilty the Offender
will be sympathy dealt with