The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-31

let off with reprimands, aLs lad placed other captains on tr; the captains had escaped puM by the commissioners before tkt ga- tion had disclosed the extent lp tion in the department.
 CREDIT TO DIR. P4RKHt Superintendent Byrnes sail nt- ed to give all possible credit,u r.ev. Dr. Parkhurst for his work, and he denied that he had said some harsh things about pr. Parkhurst that had been imputed to him. He also declared that he had been a factor in preparing the way for the investigation by making | it possible for the committee to get the testimony of a number of important witnesses.
 There was much interesting testimony by the superintendent regarding the difficulties in the way of enforcing the excise law and suppressing policy shops and pool rooms in the city. He told how he had secured the aid of Richard | Croker in closing the pool rooms in the city in 1893. MT Croker saw the mayor, and the mayor laid down the law to the police justices, who had been refusing to hold the proprietors of the poo! rooms who were arrested
 MARTINS ELECTION INSTRUCTIONS:
 MT, Byrnes told how he had called down President Martin of the police board when MT. Martin had undertaken to give orders to police captains about the conduct of the police in the election of 1892, and he declared that he had not invited MT. Martin to the meeting with the captains on that occasion.
 Superintendent Byrnes has been 2 member of the department for nearly thirtythree years, and he declared las evening that he had performed more hard work as an officer of the force than had been performed by any police official of his rank in the world. IT announcing his offer. to retire from tn, department he said he was chiefly con cerned for the welfare of the force.
 M'LAUGHLtN's BIG PILE.
 Police Inspector William Mclaughlin was on the witness stand during great part of the session, and wal dragged through a severe examination by MT. Golf, Much of the inquiry wa devoted to ascertaining how mucl property the inspector had acquired and he was forced to admit at lengtl that he had accumulated property wort over $100,000. His explanations as t. the manner in which such a forum had been made while he was receivin, salary not greatly in excess of hi living expenses also took much time He declared he had earned and save $6,O00 before he became policeman and that he had allowed the money be cared for by the woman who late became his wife. Then he had investe less than s2,0O0 in @ patent switch, an had got about $4O,000 out of the invest ment. He contended that most of hi fortune had been gained by bushes conducted by his wife, but he refuse to tell the nature of her business, al though declaring that 1t was respecta ble. He mentioned number of req estate transactions by which he elaine he had made about $37,00O.
 The began long series of denials As a captain of police in the First pre- , cinct, the witness declared he ha, not known of the alleged blackmailin operations of his ordinance mar Burns, which had been described b witnesses before the committees H denied that he had received any black mail when he was in that precinc and he denied that he haf
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