New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-19
PART II.
PAGES 10 TO %.
.ruoJS THE NEXT, THEY ASK
re- THE QUESTION OF ANXIOUS
POLICE CAPTAINS.
,v THAT STRAUSS AND STEPHENSON
,,,. HAVE THEIR TURN sooN-IN-
.,-rOp ,f.i.ArCIU1N'S

.,,o TALK THAT sIhA0SS AND srhrhEN'oN
ur,,. HAVE THEIR TURN sooN-IN-
spEcTOR M'LAUGHLlN's CASE.
...,sr the trials OF Police Captains Cross and
ans Of Policemen Burns Gennon and Smith
V'.o 70 last at least another week, members
~ police Department yesterday appeared 10 be
interested N the question. who next? Re-
tD a, The Central Once that Captain
~. of the East Sixty-seventh-s,. station prob
E',ud be mex, called before the Commissioners
~.sl Oh charges Of having been the 'pantata
-. bohemian liquor-store keepers IN his precinct
f,..-mj,ting them to sell beer openly on Sundays;
80, cantar Stephenson would be tried on charges
..lng Sidewalk privileges to downtown mer-
60. through his ward man. when he WAS In
land Of the police in Leonard-st. In spite OF
e~,,snt desire Of Commissioner Sheehan 10 force
,..l Of Inspector Mclaughlin on charges OF
..rmailng keepers Of dsorderly houses In the
-..r.h Precinct when he the captain there
,, IN 1892 the other Commissioners are understood
. !. imposed 10 having the Inspector on trial be-
~. there Is more evidence against him in sight.
"...,.,ant Dlstrict-Attorney Weman. who told the
..,nissoners last week that he was opposed 10
ling Mclaughlin tried with the two captains ana
- AWARD men. because there was not sufficient
.rtssnce against the Inspector 10 warrant convc-
A., Is said 20 have beer making an effort 10 Sc
80. ,,or. evidence lie went to Southampton early
.,,o,row morning. leaving Assistant District-At-
.,r.v osborne in charge OF the Investigations. Mr.
o.,or,e said Yesterday that the evidence for the
o.acution in the pending trials probably would be
= ny TUESDAY and that the defence probably would
.u,v the rest Of the week. He was not authorized
a, .sv that no charges would be made against In
.o.ctor Mclaughlin. but he said that the evidence
,sains, the Inspector was not CONSIDERED sU0hg
enough 10 place him on trial
n M witness
,,o.cution in the pending trials who can testify
s,sc,ly against the Inspector She is Katie Schu-
NV, who declared that she paid money 10 three
,.,,a,ns while she kept the disorderly house at NO
ga chryse-si There is said 10 be no confederation
~ 10, srory In the case Of Mclaughlin who was in
charge of the precinct only three months, While her
testimony agans, Cross has been corroborated. and
,h.re are several Witnesses 10 testify against Doth
Cross ani Devery. , ON .-
CAPTAIN Cross was at the Central once yester,
s,v and talked as If he were still confident OF
Syr abia 10 indicate himself. The corroboraton
e s,ss story told by the Schubert woman is re-
Tarded the worst evidence ye, proauceu hi.
ssounsei insisted on Friday that the witness Ahce
RYDER should be produced at me t'a,-aooi,i asa,
S,cS was served upon her the lawyers doubtless
Iii make an effort to have her damaging testimony
'T rsStan Devery was sl hidden from view in his
home at No. 1853 West Tweniy-eign1h n Ihyssc,an
said that Captain Deyery was improvipg slew ny.
huf was condition TO appear peioie ~
", rm1ssioners who have been trying him In his
sbsence Friends Of Deyery have SAID b sna for ne
snS make a fight TO get back with the aid OF me
courts than face trial at HEADQUARTERS, Dr
Becker asked yesterday II tapta pa 80 nrs
were aware OF the testimony ~hlch mac Dee" PiV
ssnted 10 the Commissioners at the trial ,
Il can say" Or. Becker replied INA. n, ~ 81 Nm
have been 10 keep all such Information from MN
al present l am treating him as man ana not
as police captain 49,. c,,,,,ss,oner.
II is expected that the Police Commlss,,92hels s
NAV soon decide TO try Policemen Emanuel Meyer
and David j. Maon. against whom eharsesi, c OF
neglect Of duty are pending, together WIN one
man Jeremiah S Levy. who has been suspended
without pay The cases against Mallon and MEYER
rest on the evidence Of Mrs. Thurow that shS Wa
permitted 10 run her house at no. q Secohu- ~
Tor long time without being molestea % tie
nolca Nsllon and Meyer were Captain Doherty
detectives during part OF the time that ME-
Thurow In the precinct. Ihey are CHa' so'
With falling to suppress her house. -
she will ai%o- he used a witness against Levy
vwhom she alleges she paid $50 for the privilege
eopenng a house in the Eleventh Precincs wm f.
XVI was ward man at the time After M = J,
hurow appears against the three omcers hai AZ .
ae will no longer be required as a witness u! mo
r<,,.o Dava f-1ay