The Meeker herald., 1894-12-29
70 hundred dollars each

| any betweensT"
81 gave Cannon, my collector, 20 per
cent. and gave Williams $500 per
month
'In view of all these facts, you know
it was the inspectors duty to prefer
| charges against you"
Certainly
"And you paid this money to keep
him from prefering such cbargesT'
Certainly"
"And were any charges ever made
| against you by him?'
Never"
''Have you any knowledge about any
other captain who paid money to Will
liams?"
mo. have not; but it was the GUS
tom of all the captains TO pay this
money"
"And why were you finally transfer
red from that precinctF'
"For interfering with liquor dealers. y
Witness then explained that when
Byrnes was made superintendent, he
instructed all the men not to make ex-
else arrests unless they were sure of
conviction. as he did not believe in ex-
posures. Schmittberger made too many
bona fide arrests, and he gave it as his
oplAion that this was the cause of his
transfer.
did you ever hear who proposed
your transfer to the Police boardT'
Yes. Mr.. Martin"
You were then transferred to the
Fifth precinctw
Eyes, Leonard street,
'How much did you collect from the
two pools rooms there?r
1.-TWO hundred dollars each"
And while you We're in that precinct
did you ever pay money to any oneT'
"Yes"
ITO whom?''
"Inspector McAvoy."
There was considerable excitement at
this point and Senator Lexow had
some trouble In quietfng the audience
"IIow much did you pay HING
FIFTY each month";
Captain Schmittberger was then
transferred 10 Charles street station.
And did you make collections
thereT"
mot one cent"
From Charles street, the captain was
transferred TO Forty-seventh street sta
ton which he liked better than Charles
street.
what collections did you make at
the Forty-seventh street stationy'
There were some policy shops and
disorderly houses"
How much money did you collect
there each month";
Between $500 and 5000"
''How much did you collect from the
fast housesr'
From so to $50 EACH
well. captain, were there any in
structions gwen about protecting any
disorderly houses in that precinct?
"Yes. | went 10 see Commissioner
Martin and he told me to let the houses
in Forty-sixrh street go for the pres
ent."
did you disobeyy'
Yes, 1t was No. 234 West Forty
first street. ] sent one OF my men
there to investigate once, and after
wards some one made complaint to
Commissioner Martin and he sent for
me. he told me that / would have 10
send the same man back to apologize"
did you do itY'
Il had to do 1t. The next day my
man had to go and apologize"
There was fresh burst Of laughter
at this point and Mr.. Golf paused for
several minutes before continuing:
Were there any houses that received
protection without paying for it."
"Yes."
"What were theyY
81 once received a letter of intro
duction from Commissioner Sheehan
Introducing a man named Proctor and
telling me ! could do what Proctor
asked. Proctor then told me he was
partner with Maynard, storekeeper
on Broadway, and that Maynard want
ed to open a gambling house. | told
him j would not let him do so until
saw Superint endent Byrnes. / then
saw the superintendent and told him
the whole story and he told me not to
allow the house to open.
The witness stated that after this lie
saw Sheehan about and Sheehan
grew angry and said If Maynard could
not play, DAILY could not play.
"What DAILY is that"
"John DAILY. The commissioner az
the time said he had place in Fifty
ninth street, but it was not So"
did you pay any part of your col
lections in this precinct to any police
officialy
"Yes."
"Who was III"
inspector McAvoy"
How much did you pay himY
about $50 per month"
Did he ever mention the matter 10
you at allT
Eyes, once. He said he would not
like to accept money from disorderly
houses | told him that the money was
not from these houses at all, and moth
ing more was said about It,"
Did he have any scruples about TAX
ing money from these peopleT
He was very religious man and
suppose he did"
There was very universal smile
and as Mr.. Golf asked:
For this reason, you told him 1t was
not, did you noti" the smile turned
into laugh.
The witness answered In the affirm
alive and Mr.. Golf said: "You paid this
money as bride so you would not be
On llnl Ia nm ur In In, Ii