The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-01


After having some more fun with the
witness, MIR. GOff excused Tim and a re-
cess was taken.
WeIIman Got ~. 800.
Corporation Counsel William II. Clark
and capt. Cortright were in the court
room when the Committee resumed
work in the afternoon. Senator OCon-
nor presided in the absence of Chairman
LeXow.
Mr. Clark was called as the first wit
ness. and in reply to Mr. COTS ques-
Corporation 1t was his duty to act as
counsel to the Police Board. When my
case affecting the Police Board came up
he usually designated one or another Of
his assistants to attend the case.
"The Committee would like to know
how 1t was you were superseded in the
recent police trials and an outsider was
designated" said MIR. Goff.
81 wasn't exactly superseded" replied
Mr.. Clark president Martin came to
me to consult about the matter, and sug
gested Mr.. Wellman to conduct the
his success in other cases"
Then Mr.. Wellman was selected as n
sort Of special assistant to your office
and did not prosecute as an Assistant
District Attorney
THAT was my understanding of it,"
Was Mr., osborne also designated by
mo; I believe he was appointed by
Mr.. Wellman to assist him"
What provision has been made for
paying for these extra services of coun-
sel?'
81 paid Mr. Wellman $500 out of a
fund for that purpose for has services
but ! understand he thinks ne ought to
| have received more"
II only want to get at the legal status
of this special counsel said Mr.. Con-.
and 1t Is not material what he received,
so long as you had a fund for that pur-
pose at your disposal
| Mr.. Clark said he did not think that
! Mr.. Wellman as Assistant Distrct-At-
/ torney was debarred from receiving pay
as an Assistant Corporation Counsel al
decided this point.
Then you don't think there Is any
law which prevents n public officer from
/ receiving double pay?'
NO. sir A. Assistant District Attor-
ney MIR. Wellman was acting as n county
officer, The Corporation Counsels of.
could employ Mr.. Wellman or any one
else. If It was to be regarded as a
county office 1t would be different"
| Mr., Clark did not think that "a power
missed from the force by the Police
Commissioners was detrimental in any
way to the discipline of the force. He
thought 1t was right that every man
/ decision against him by the Commits
sioners.
strange Police Decisions.
| Mr.. Goff called attention to the case
of Patrolman John Mitchell, who was
| dismissed and afterwards relnstated,
| which Mr. Clark said was remarkable
one. Mitchell was absent without leave
for ten days, and was tried and dis
missed, In his appeal he claimed that
he was suffering from mental abcrra,
ton, while the Commissioners thought
he had simply gone on spree. As the
latter had not taken this into Considera-
| ton, the decision of the Board was re
yersed and Mitchell got back on the
| force.
Lawyer Louis j. Grant was the next
witness He aid he had tried at least
800 cases before the Police Board durine
the past eighteen years In a great
many cases he had taken appeals from
the decision of the Commissioners. He
had about forty appeals pending now
and In many Instances his clients haC
been rcinStated on the force.
In nearly every case, he said, that
the courts had reversed the decision OF
the Commissioners 1T had been on sub
thought guilty men had escaped pun
ishment while others whose Innocence
had been fully established at the tria
had been dismissed. Usually the grount
Of the reversal, the witness said, was
that the evidence had not been sutii
ctent to Justify dismissal
Mr. Grant related the case of Rounds
man John Goodwin, Of the Oak stree
station, who. he believed. had been un
t Justly dismissed, The case was pending
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