New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-20

JOHN MARETT
for ten years He Nigh; have sent ne. except for
one reason, which l might tell here. We were bota
Masons.
Mr.. Moss wanted the witness 10 swear that he
had been frightened into betrayins to the Supern-
endcnt secrets IF the defence in the Gardner
trial, bu; the committee would not allow II.
M. Moss-What wouid Your Honors say If We
should prove that the Superintendent had his rep
resentativcs in court re.ays Of them to report the
progress Of the case
Senator Lexow-Hc may have had relays here.
judging by the rapidty with which creoden was su@-
pended.
Sergeant Patrick Byrne OF the Steamboat Squad.
testified that ne had heard that policemen In the
| squad giving up part % The money tina; iheH
received from the steamship companies. hui ne
had no personal knowledge of The matter He never
had seen tie envelopes marked street Cleaning
Report" IL which sergeant Taylor had sent the
! money 10 the Central Office.
Sergeant Cornelius Reid. x the same squat. gave
| substantially the same testimony. The sergeAn'H
were told to return the station % the squad and
! teI Captain Aaire to attend ihe committee s'S-
TAYLORS TALK WITH STEERS
| Sergeant John j. Taylor was then recalled to the
witness chair and he said he had been a. the house
OF ex-Inspecior steers Saturday eveninS. A. MI.
! Steers had stated IN published interviews. re now
! ever denied that he had used. or that Mr.. steers
!
! Q-Tcll what You did say 20 Alr Sie'f-. y =
! rad the k.nlest regards for tie l"speci'f ani i
went 10 Ms house on Saturday evening 10 'o' MN
Z know that would have - ics'iI De."'v '.' ..,
mljtee and that was dc;ernintl - 'A "e ~ d
about the collection @; ma money; mex nm a.
! the door Of the house and saih - hlm ult N"u'.
be a witness. | said 10 him. Il nave come 10 yen
YOU that will tell the truth re ~ g., 81 ' i,
sad ~ vii! nave to cli the truth. Good ngat,
AS ns,ian come in AMI see Mrs Steers bu,
| fused and came away had been about ne SSoars
day day DseGS my KAY k9o% S wG 9uf od him ,
the truth about tina; money. ne Kne" Pc''ec'P "''
what that meant for him ,,-...s .,.
o-Had YOU denied ,hat you hal collected none
bcr had said to other officers In the squad that
would tell the truth If was caied a, ,,nv knew
nothing abou; the envelopes in which ne moi none
vas p sHo "a them abon s" the envelope
Q-What Was the object Of collecting the money
WHAT II nat was the purpose Of the custom? ina,
the men might remain az the piers wheTc 'heg WI
making .c ,S cN'r@ money given to Steers with
tent that the men should bc alo"ei TO remain on
Inc piers where they were Stationed A.-IH"' WAS
ct o~Then the money was paid as a bribe' A
o'-Why Gid You place the envelope with the
money in particular drHTT Tc Came 81 cs to the sana
vas told by inspector Steers TO place the enVe!-
opes in that drawer
! Captain Alla!re had not reached the courtroom"
ule e
CAPTAIN ALLAIRE HARD TO HANDLE.
The mill was half hour late. as usual IN sc'hs
started After recess. Senator OConnor came IN al
o.. ,o,,cL followed shortly afterward by Senators
I.xov. BRADLEY and Robertson. Senator ChliIs was
,rc of the visitors who hear1 the testimony from
the bench with John < Kenyon, clerk OF the state
/ Senate senator LeXows father was also Pi
/ Two Young women accompanied by men, also SH'
lnslde the rail but they didn't stay long over
md, le
c,a,e and the word "Excclsior,' sat cN-lhspcc'''
Steers Captain Crcedcn and other "e'i-kho"" POM
! officials The courtroom was packer as usual 80
! anticipation Of 4 breezy session
CAPTAIN Anthony J. Adire. now IN coi'"a"' %
tho Steamboat sauad and who was indirectly impll-
Gated by the testimony Of acting captain layIo''
was the first witness, and ne proved to DE Il n"'u
mn, for III Gon 20 crack. In answer 10 questions
az 20 mis- record ne said he had been '"eh'S nm"
wears on the force. He Joined II August ~ i"''' a"
lcf, II in 1862 10 enter the Union ARMY. 1e ''I
! :, IN Iulv Iss, as a roundsman. Within four daN
n. WAS made a sergeant. He explained "''' -"
rand promotion was due to a regulation u 'I' "
u,r,r,cnt which restored policemen "Ho I''t INV
force 10 ioia the Union Army to the same '"''N
/ they occupied prior to their enlistment" ,
| ,rhen a good deal of time was consumed IN tyihs
n find out how much Captain Aid'Ie ""' VIZ 90
Ito Told how he had moved from place 10 P''e
| around the city until finally in 1892 he hai Dough,
| bis house In Ninety for when ne Pai
| ~ oo lie paid 5000 cash and gave Ho''s"se
for the rest The mortgage he paid IN siN o' 't"'
mon MS from the proceeds Of The sale OF M "''''
| in Nine,eenth-st. whcn brought him sls"".
oHave you any real estate besides your Nih ,hs
| arst-st house? A.-No; that's all own ana "'"'
represents the savings Of forty year ,,. IN the
| Do you know any one 81 youi hara mar
| c,,vo A.Yes and want to say rsh, hels ,s s,.
| ,hev cause me Il good deal or trouble. o'u VI ,nu
- constantly buying real estate al my nam; IL"
the other is all the time running ID In he rnixeJ
| 81 fp.gs
| ., him and said he would MAKE ii '''''''
| hut Qaughlngly) ne never "iu
rho witness said that outside OF his real estate ne
nal q, 1872 about $500 in the Easi River BahH' s-"V'
| -. a. ~, IN the Union Trust Company. ~" III u'e
| po,,n,v Rank and about 100 laid aside HIS wie'
Vie con and daughter he'd no property III 'rus' LOT
| rIIr BROADWAY SQUAD IN FORMER DAi'
rbon the captain gave the names OF the pTecii'ou
| no had comma ndcd. The first was the twenty III
| rhepce he went 10 he Oak-st station j" i''
| After two years there he went 10 the ''o''""'
| squad +, ,ra,d ~ the
| praadway Squad XII Burns ran his rat pdi c ~,
| wWater'st didn't he? Axe Burns had one place
~ have reference to the place wnere i'urnS
ran pit. dog pit , prize hsnI don't dom remern-
| hnr nj, having any such place , a,r,rc
| Q-You were with the Broad"ay s''"' '''"s
t a., YOU recall the fact that robberes were re
| o,,ent on the Broadway stages at thdt "he' ~
| doh n5,dn't YOU ever hear that the thieves na!i
poadway parce!led Off so that there were h
| ausrres when some thieves uesPasSe' upon Wv
| territory OF others? A'-No. -,
| nv y,,ness said that after leaving the broadway
Quad no went to the Twenty-first Precinct, IN which
l ne was little over IA year. Ihence ne wen. !" '
/ ro,r,eenth NOW the Tenth Precinct OF wh'ch ne
| a charoe about three years. From the Tenth ne
Il uhic he commanded