New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-11

-.
sidered but they wanted to get at the facts and
they were not bound by the ordinary rules OF EVIL
dence He ruled that Mr.. Kempner might proceed
Senator Cantor declared that the chairman coud
not properly make such ruling without conferrng
with other members of the committee. but Mr.
exow said the ruling would stand unless the other
members of the committee voted against It, AS Mr..
Nicoll continued to make objections. he was told
by the chairman that he would not be permitted 70
obstruct the progress Of the investigation, and ne
subsidized
Mr.. Kempner then said that the police went from
place to place in the district and ordered the pro-
pretors of stores to take down the Autographs an
nouncing his meetings. The Autographs with MS
picture had been displayed in the show WINDOWS
facing the streets The taking down of the pictures
caused misunderstanding. Friends had come 10
him and asked il he had withdrawn from the race.
There was meeting OF Mr.. Kempners adherehts
on the evening OF November s. and the action OF
the police in ordering the removal OF his pictures
was denounced. 1t was believed to be time Tor ac-
ton. and Mr. Kempner yesterday described what
he did on the following morning
ORDERED DOWN BY THE DETECTIVES.
.I determined to 20 through the district and make
an investigation" he said, land l had hardly got
around the corner from my house when saw TWO
men in plain clothes. whom 1 recognized ana khe"
as policemen coming out OF Frank Scavetta OAR
ber-shop at No. 3i7 Fifth-st. Suspectng what the
detectives had been in the shop for. immediateiy
| entered the place and the barber with one OF
nv lthographs in his hand. He had just removed
il from the show window of his shop. asked why
he had taken down the picture, ana ne saiu 'ne
detectives had ordered him to take 1t down. ran
out OF the shop, intending TO follow the hetecu'es
and catch them at their work AS was pass"is
the butter and egg store at No. 4O5 Fifth-st saw
| li,bo nhe
window The detectives came out OF the store just
then and we faced each other on the SIDEWALK
looked at them and they looked at me. Ihey went
into another store. l entered the butter anu ess
store and asked the proprietor why ne had taken
away the lithograph in the window lie saiu ie
had been ordered 10 take II away.
"I went TO Police Headquarters and made COM
nlaint to Superintendent Byrnes He ordered an IN
vestgation and for the captain OF the precinct
That captain was only passive captain. Inc reai
active captain was the Tammany district leader
superntendent Byrnes instructed the police captain
| as TO his duties and asked me to make Written
| complaint did write letter later
O-Who was the police captain? A-His name
| Is Doherty.
o.-who was the active captain? A-senator
George f. Roesch. the Tammany leader IN the o's-
/ trict. ,,
letter of complaint which he sent to Superinteh-
dent Brynes: oo,
Dear Sir: David j. Mallon and John Hook, two
ward detectives attached the Fourteenth Precinct
Police Station, and another oicer accsed of in
timdating storekeepers IN tne alrh nuh,,c eIention
! in the interest OF Tammany Hall candidates Ihey
have made a tour of the district. going from STORE
store and odeas o faen ns be- taken down
they claim to be carrying out the commands Oh
pntectve Malon has entered the following places
and in offensive manner commanaea m sJ1 M and
| Es Fifth.st and 4S5 Sixth-st Detective HOOK ana %
another officer @ 5 been a. seen 81 U and fHe s Hr
MaIlon also entered 3l7 Fifth-st. and behaved ar ar
roganty and abusively toward the proprietor ia ''e
| presence of his customers
| LETTER FROM MR.. KEMPNER
superntendent Byrnes sent for the detectives
mentioned in the complaint. Mr.. kempner said' ana
they denied in his presence that they had oeeh
ouitv OF the interference charged. After the
election. Mr. Kempner said. he came to the con-
cusion that II would be farce to press the charge
o,rs, the detectives at the Central Office and he
sent the following letter to the superintendent
November O. 1898.
Ia ra,ororca N the charges brought by me against
ward IN 6rtpSves o Hook and permit q
say that since YOU have no Soa Warranted in
proceeding further in the matter trial before the tne
Police bosrd %ST 9T received orders from power
/ outside the Police Department The same Po"eF @ 81
loan NOT
,, h "' c,s hut also reward them for their trans
rrcssons with promotion. They brazenly lied 70
Are assured OF protection from higher power thsy
need not fear respect their ouperlh.euSem' S ,
ion~ a. our municipal departments are run py ioss
croker they win be regarded as adJunC.S , ,oa on ;, q
political organization and VIII oe useu ~ Nv such
H. novyer 4 pOlice commission controlleu pS sum
| influence is incapable OF rendering Justice
o-What answer was made to that letter - Nv
answer was sent to me. want 10 say '""' ''''
detectives went to the different stores aiter poe
men in uniform had made the rouhus' y" Va.
afternoon of the outrage directed the secretary %
,,r oryonization TO make an investigation ana he
saw the policemen going from store to store
Mr. N,coll made a motion TO have the testimony
Of Mr. Kempner so far as 1t was hea,s"s 80
mony expunged from the record pu' 'ne i"o'''
was denied. ,,o,
In replv TO questions by Mr. Nicol Mr.. Kempnei
aid no had not seen any of mis- pictures taken ou
| ~ m. windows by policemen. but he was satlsheu
that the pictures removed by the oruef Vi '''
nolice About i5O0 of the Autographs were printed
and they were all displayed IN WINDOWS III '
district until the police had them removed
o-so YOU thought you would have your hand
some face shown in the shop windows? Al was
not so sure that IT was handsome, but the race o
the other man was much uglier.
O-Had YOU any right to put the pictures III 'h'
windows? A.-They were placed there oy my
friends. 49,
OFF they changed their minds about keeping
them in the windows they had the right to taK'
them down? A.-There was no law to prevent II
o-They had a right to change their attitude
Al don't know of single case where there was
a voluntary change.
| HE TRIED TO MAKE IT HOT"
O-You were making hot canvass In the dis
| trct? Al try to make it hot as a rule.
| O-When you ran on the Tammany ticket yot
made 1t hot for the opposition? Ayes.
O-And when you ran on the opposition ticKe
YOU made 1t hot for Tammany? Ayes
O-When did you begin to take an active IN
terest In politics In the district2 A.-As soon a:
| began 20 take an interest in anything there
Mr. Nlcoll said that must have been at yer!
early day. and by other questions he drew from
the witness the statement that he had not JOINED
any political organization until shortly before NJ
was nominated on the Tammany ticket for AS
semblyman in the district.
Q-Are you the author Of several recently pup