The sun., 1894-10-20
Police BEFORE THE GRAND JURY.
The Cases OF SchmIttberger and Doberty
Supposed TO Have Been Considered.

The Cases OF Schrnittbergcr and Doberty
Supposed TO Have Been Considered.
The Grand Jury held three sessions yesterday,
two Of which were in the afternoon. II is al
most unprecedented for any session to he held
after lunch. and this. with the fact that the
Grand Jury began on Thursday to investiGa
charges against members of tho police force
brought out In the Lexow investigation. led to n
good deal Of talk number of policemen went
before the Grand Jury, including Superintend-
ent Byrnes Capts Slevin. Donohuc and Nc
Cullagh. and Acting Captain O'Tooe.
Ii was stated semi-offcially that still more rig
orous measures were TO he taken by the Police De-
partment to prevent false registration. Superin-
tendent Byrnes will send men out from Head
quarters all over the city to make Investigations
md he has notified ell the Captains that he will
hold them responsible for any frauds which
may occur in their precincts.
The appearance of Capt Schmittberger in
plain clothes and a little later the arrival OF A.
Forget. agent for the French line. AM Charles
II. West. superintendent of the company's
docks. gave the first indication that another line
of inquiry was To be taken up. Lawyer Howe
made IA visit to District Attorney Fellows's Office
about the same time. IL was reported that he
had been retained as counsel for Capt. Schmitt-
berger.
for the day. Before O'Clock. however they
had returned and were again in session. In half
an hour they filed into Judge COwing's court
room and handed up Dig batch of indictments
They returned to their room and continued
the session until after o'clock. The presence
newed rumors that several police officials had
b,en indicted. Mrs. Thurow. who. testified
agafust Doherty before the Police Commission
ers. examined by the Grand Jury on Thurs
day. Doherty did not go before the Grand
Jury yesterday. Louis j. Grant. who defended
Attorney Battle, who has charge oI indictments.
during the afternoon.
" have not been summoned before the Grand
Jury. :" he said in answer TO questions have
heard rumors that nv clients case is being con-
sdered and am here in his behalf. ! will ask
heard before the Grand Jury in the event Of
Capt Doherty's case being taken up"
Ex-Capt. DOherty did not leave the District
Attorneys Office for half hour after the
Grand Jury adjourned. He was not under ar
rest. IL was reported that an indictment had
been found. This report perhaps arose from
the fact that a man named Doughsrty had been
before Foreman Van Valkenburgh of the Grand
Jury went out, although his colleagues had left
long before.
II was stated positively after the adjournment
that Capt. Schmittberger had not been in
dicted. Ii was also said that the Ggand Jury
cussing plans for thorough Investigation OF
the police charges in all their extent. There
was a rumor that Doherty's wnrdmen, John
Hook and Bernard Meehan, had been indicted
as well as Sergeants Hugh Clark. George G. Lie
bers, Felix McKenna, and Charles A. ParkersOn
and ex-Sergeant Jordan.
Assistant District Attorney Battle would say
nothing about the indictments which had been
found, except that he knew OF no arrests TO be
made last night