The morning call., 1894-12-22

$50 per month"
sand how much of this did yoa get?"
Eighty per cent"
swell, captain, in your collections in
that district were you ever called upon to
divide with any one at all? Any police
oficial?"
81 was"
"Wh0 was it2"
Inspector Williams"
The audience was thrown into conn.,
motion and it was some time before Mr..
Golf could continue.
''How much did you pay him each
month";"
Fifty dollars"
did you at any time ever pay him more
than this?"
81 paid him 500 one month" The fact
had been transferred in the general shake
up from the Twenty to the Twenty
seventh Precinct.
"Were there any policy shops there?"
Yes"
And now much did the collections
amount to ?'
About $500"
"Were there any poolrooms?"
"rhere were three"
How much did you collect from these
poOlroOms?"
1.-TWO hundred dollars each month"
"And during the time you collected this
money did you ever divide with any one ?"
Il gave Cannon. my collector, 20 per
cent and gave Williams $500 per month"
in view of all these facts. you know it
was the inspectors duty to prefer charges
against you?"
Certainly"
''And you paid this money to keep him
from making such charges?"
Certainly"
"And were any charges ever made against
you by him?"
Never"
"Have you any knowledge about any
other captain who paid money to Will
liams?'
mo. have not; but it was the custom
of all the captains to pay this money"
"And why were you finally transferred
from that predinct?"
For interfering with liquor-dealers."
Witness then explained that when Byrnes
was made Superintendent he instructed all
the man not to make excise arrests unless
they were sure of a conviction, as he did
not believe IN exposures. Schmittberger
made too many bona-fde arrests, and he
gave it as his opinion that this was the
cause of his transfer.
did you ever hear who proposed your
transfer to the Police Board?"
Eyes, Mr.. Marten."
''You were theE transferred to the Fifth
Precinet?"
Eyes, Leonard street."
How much did you collect from the two
p0olrooms there?"
Two hundred dollars each"
"And while you were in that precinct
did you ever pay money to any one?"
Eyes"
ITO whom?"
Inspector McAvoy." There was con-
siderable excitement at this point, and
Senator LeXow had some trouble in quiet
ing the audience.
How much did you pay him?"
Fifty dollars each MONTH" Captain
Schmittberger was then transferred to
Charles-street station.
'And did you make collections there?"
mot one cent" From Charles street,
the captain was transferred to the Forty
seventh-street station, which he liked bet
ter than Charles street.
what collections did you make at the
Furty-seyenth-street station?"
There were some policy shops and dis
orderly houses"
How much money did you collect there
each month"
Between $500 and 5000"
"How much did you collect from the fast
houses?''
From $40 to $50 each"
"Well, captain. were there any instruc-
tons given you about protecting disorderly
houses in that precinct ?'
"Yes; 1 went to see Commissioner Mar
ten aud he told me TO let the houses on
Forty-sixth street go for the present"
did he mention any other houses ?''
Yes; it was 234 West FOrty-frst street.
/ sent one of my men to investigate once,
and afterward some one made complaint
70 Commissioner Marten, and he sent for
me. He told me that would have to send
the same man back to apologize"
ibid you do it?"
81 had 10 do it. The next day my man
had to go and apologize"
There was burst of laughter at this
point, and Mr.. Golf paused several min
utes before continuing.
Were there any houses that received
protection without paying for it?"
Eyes"
What were they?"
81 once received letter of introduction
from Commissioner Sheehan, introducing
man named Proctor and telling me /
could do what Proctor asked. Proctor
then told me he was partner with May
nard, a storekeeper on Broadway, and
that Maynard wanted to open a gambling
house. | told him would not let him do
so until l saw Superintendent Byrnes. I
then saw the Superin tendsnt and told him
the whole story. and he told me not to
allow the house to open" The witness
stated after this he saw Sheehan about il.
and Sheehan grew angry and said if May
nard could not play Daily could not play.
"What DAILY is that?"
John Daily. The Commissioner at the
time said he had place in Fifty-ninih
street, but it was not So"
Ibid you pay any part of your collec-
tons in this precinct to any police off,
cial?"