The sun., 1894-12-28

man accused you Of such thines1 A.-But what
was the result Of the tiial7
o.-Never mind; were you wrong when you
denied that you we're ever 20 accused1 Aft
that record Is correct.
o.-T'll not mislead you by this record. Were
you right or vrong3 A.-No man ever charged
me 80.
o.-ITave you any moral sense at all1 A.
Yes. sir.
Q.-1Tave you any sense Of shame. 10 cit there
and cwcar on your oath that you we're never so
charged by any mani Al was 40 charged by
Mir. wslllbg as Superintendent of Police.
Dwell, he was man all the same7 A.
Yes.
o.-And YOU lied when Won said that no man
had 40 charged you2 A.-No.
Q.-who charged you2 A.-The woman.
: Q.-Worse still, to be 80 charged by rrosti-
tute2 Al did not recollcct
WORRYING THE WITNESS
Mr. Goff tried to 10 some fine reasoning with
the witness by asking him to reconcile his
statement that ho had rp recollection Of tho
trial and his desire 10 state the result Of the
trial. The Inspector fenced rather clumsily.
contenttng himself with wearing Mr.. GoT out
with answers Of al don't rccollect," and II
don't think So" when categorical answers were
demanded. At last Mr.. Coz sncered at him.
"You don't recollect shameful charge Of this
KIND only twenty years ago yet yon recoilect all
about the Nagasakt land transaction OF more
than thirty years ago. You have q convenient
memory.
Fairly 60" answered the witness.
Q.-And now, with your customary bravado,
you say you were not charged because you
have kept that charge of the record7 A.
Whcn you say Kept IL on the recoru you say
what is not the truth.
Q.-Now, will you still deny on your oath that
thoee charges were not preierreu oy Superh-
tendent wallingp Al don't know whether
they were or not
o.-That is not an answer. Remember, sir
that you are here the same as any other wilt
ness. and your gold bars and stripes make you
no better. Al know that, sir
Mr.. Gof again read from his record the full
charge and returned again TO the question
whether the witness would deny that these
charges were so made In spite OF the fact That
there Is no record OF them at Police Headquar-
ters. The witness gave the same answers,
oigressing little occasionally 10 ask ABOUT GER
tain dates mentioned In tho charges till the
Chairman told him that the dates had nothing
TO do with the answer required from him.
whether he was so charged or not. Then Mr..
Con worried along for q time on this line;
-o.-lf charges were 80 preferred would you be
likely to forgetf Ar had been tried, no.
Q-since you would Dc not likely 10 forget,
will you deny that the charges were made A.
Il Will not
o.-fou would DC hkeiy 10 rememoerf A.
as ,,
Iii vo, now denvp A.-No viii mot Tb.rs
4. on. thing
NJ Coo No M
yyi,ne.s-Ivant IN ,av-
Mr. con f.boutinu,-Noi Moi
Cbairman I.,ow-I would not .n,,,o. vii
NO SUCH CHARGE ON THE RECORD.
Th. vi,ns.. ,ootsd pr.ttv angry and nrettv
rg,v Then Mr. Gosr EXAMINED him IN The ,amc
wnv n, IN bi, trioI on the charges. The witness,
rvas nermitted IN look At bis memorandum NJ
record Of hi, trials. and could find no item con-
c.rnino the trial Mr. Gofy referre, IN Tho vi,ne..
saId that bis memorundpm was , tran.crint NJ
,h. of,cia, record n, Police ueadouarters witch
he had caused 70 be made. Mr.. Gofr then stated
tha, the charges under di.cussion we're not the
onlv ones which had been dropped from the
record in some unaccountable vav. and that one
trial in which WinIams had Agured ma tho de-
PENDANT which had be,n referred 20 before IN,
COMMITTEES had been restored to the record re-
osntIv. Chairman Ie,ow wanted IN know n
this WA, the fault OF the clerks or the Commits
sioners and the y,tness seemed tn think that a.
xas ,hs ,,u,t ~ rho clerks
"It IA the fault NJ tho ,Vbols denartmsntn ~
shouted Mr. C;off waving his hand Then he en-
amined the witness "a IN HIS assipnmsnts To
duty as Captain.
wrIJAns TN THE DIN rysnyp,o,N.
He WA, frat in command of the Tbirtv-tbird
nrec,nc, then in wss, Tbirtv. ar,t rect known
a. tbs mounted souad. that was in 1871 and
1870 N.xt n, was In command of the old
T,v.n,v arst nrscinct IN Tbirtv.A Arst street and
in Jplv 1s73' went 10 the Eighth precinct. old
numbers. at Wooster and Prince streets. That
va. then the Tenderlo,n of New Worry and Il
wa. thar. Mr. Cor remained with IN. witness
with ,liQht dipressIon, during the rest OF tho
dav,, examination although the witness was in
command there at that time only sixteen
month. until sentember. 1874
"who was vour ward man there ?" Mr. Con
..k.d
"Tervil,,y.r" answered IN. xitn,s, after n
scanning sfror, m recol,ec,
"No, irs, tb.p MI Gov .aid with . tbpmb
and n , eve on = ,o,rninons ,vne,vrit,an rscord
b.fore him "Rv the vav Won have seen him
l.,.ly 7 ha,,.va yopr Srs, ward man thara
wa. Edward Conollv2" Al don't reeollect