The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-12-22
man in tho Nineteenth who was your

"AlcCullough and Steers"
"And you were ward detective under
Steers, believe. Now during that time
was there any understanding as to the
protection OF lighthouses and law
breakers?
"There was tacit understanding" T"
he admitted. He went on to explain
that he had for partner at that time
"a wardman named Dunlap, and this
understanding was between them.
"Who succeeded DunlapW
"Price, now also captain"
"Sow. captain, You know what the
Pequoid Club is, do not you%
Yea"
"And do you know wunzinger, the
mineral water manufacturer, who is the
secretary%
"Yes."
"And did you ever hear that the
police brought their influence to bear
on saloonkeepers aud made them buy
this water from Munzinger by threats ?"
"Yes."
"Did you ever do such q thingp
"No; | spoke to one saloonkeeper
about 1t, and afterwsrd ne began using
1t. did not threaten him, though"
The captain went on to tell what he
knew OF several dives in his precinct
which were frequented by all the GRIM
inals in New York. He said further
that no pretense OF observing the excise
law at these place was ever made and
the fast women and criminals did as
they pleased.
"Would 1t have been possible for
these places to run open without spe ecial
arrangement with the police"
Certainly not"
"Do you know OF any case where
policeman was instructed to cooperate
with the keepers of these dives to crush
out the facts about small crimea"
mot personally, butt was understood
that this was factY'
swell, captain" Mr.. Gof continued,
"in your duties as special officer, were
you ever required to collect any tribute
from the disorderly house in your pre-
cinct?
mo, never was. / was in the legiti.
mate business Of the precinct. Another
man did the collecting"
"You were made q roundsman in
1892"
Eyes"
"Did you pay anything for this pro-
motion?"
"No, did not"
"who appointed you to this posi-
tion?'
Commissioner Wheeler"
"Why did he do itP"
"How much did Vail collect for you
each month"
"About $50"
MIR. Goff led the witness to say that
he did not like the precinct and was
transferred at his own request 10 the
Sixty.Seventh street station.
well, what wero the sources OF your
revenue there2" Mr.. Goff asked.
"Policy shops--nothing else.",
,"How many were there In the pre-
cinct?"
about ten OF them"
"Aud how much did you get from
each OF these shopsW -
Twenty dollars each. The Bohemian
Liquor Dealers Association paid me
about $50 month"
"Aud now much OF this did you get2"
Eighty per cent"
"Well, captain. your collections in
that district were you ever called upon
to divide with anybody at albany
police official?"
II was"
"Who was it?"
Inspector Williams."
The audience was thrown into COM
motion and it was sometime before Mr.
Goft could continue.
"How much did you pay him each
month";
FIFTY dollars.
And where did you pay this money
"In his office in police headquarters
in person. l gave it to him in an en-
velope.
"And what was said the first time
this money was given to him%
Nothing at all. I simply passed 1t
over"
"Did you at any time ever pay him
more than this?" =,
~ paid him slO0 one month";"
"And why did you have to pay this
money TO him?"
"Because had promised the shops
protection, and unless this was given to
Williams he would have raided them
over my head and / wouid have lost it"
Captain Schmittberger then went on
to say that Inspector Williams had
never mentioned policy shops to him,
but frequently told him 10 enforce the
excise law.
"Did you do SO"
"Not very closely."
The fact was then developed that
Schmittberger had been transferred in
the general shake up from the 25th to
the 9th precinct. -.
"Werc there any policy shops therc?"
Mr.. Gof asked.
"Yes."
"And how much did the collections
amount to"
"About $500"
"How many policy shops were in the
precinct?"
about ten, think" ... D,
"Were there any pool rooms%
"There were three" e..
SLOW much did you cellect from
these pool rooms?"
5000 each per month"
"And did you collect anything from
the liquor dealers%
mo, did not, and l did not want to
get tangled up with them"
"Was not this about the time that
the liquor dealers made their peace
with the police through Tammany
hall?"
"Yes."
"And 1t was commanly understood in
the department thnt the liquor dealers
paid to fammany hall rather than the
police?"
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