New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-04
An UNEASY LOT OF APTAINS.
EACH FEARFUL LEST HIS TURN SHALL
COME NEXT.
THE DISMISSAL OF STEPHENSON THOUGHT ~
BE ALREADY SETrLED-TALk ABDUL
pEVERY AND HIS pos
SIBLE REVENGE.

sIBLE REVENGE.
Police CAPTAIN John T. Stephenson Will begin his
defence before the Commissioners az the Cehra
Office at 1890 a. m. to-day and his counse. are eA
pected to make a stubborn hSht IN 'he c"o'' :"
prove that he did not take the morey whlch 'alie'
Kelly, the former ordinance man OF the f"'" re
c!nc,. indus,riousy collected from downtown me'
chants VIM were allowed 20 blockade the sidewalks
with their goods ,,
When Assistant DistrictAtorney Weilmah an
nounced on Friday that the testimony Tor the prose-
cut!on in Stephenson's case was al IN ira ohaier
Of counsel Cor Captain Stephenson. said the deiehce
would not require more than two days In ali prop
ability but the Commissioners have not forgotten
that the counsel for Policeman Burns lately said
they might REQUIRE only three hours for the defence
of that ward man. and then prolonged the case ioi
three days. Officials at the Central once Yesterday
said that the dismissal Of Stephenson from ue
force was foregone conclusion and that MS deIehce
doubtless would be conducted IN such way as 70
furnish evidence upon WHICH the 0o"'" '
asked TO reinsiate him.
The report that William 5. Devery, who lost MS
gold shield last week, may Offer TO tell the LeXow
Committee where some of the money coEec'ed from
disordery houses in the Eleventh freo"io' "e"'
to when he the captain of the precinct CONTINUES
10 make talk in the Police Department Many pei !
sons have believed that Devery was not pernit.eu
to put into his pocket all of the money re
of the captains whose appointment 49, Cor the
10 Tammany Hall. and If he was an aSsh' i t NV
collection OF Tammany revenues ne hous l'iioi ma
tion which the leaders of that corrupt poll'Cai OF
ganizafjon will not care TO have disclosed DeNerf
dd not appear before the Commissioners on ms a.
and he therefore not compared 10 trstn! ~
his own defence that he took no money from M
keepers of the disorderly houses he nee1 no, ieaI
an Indictment for perjury II he goes before !ut
Iexow Committee and tells all he knows apont me
collection and distribution OF the money anu nc
would be protected as a witness 1900, -
''Suppose that Devery should come OUT anu sd!
thai he collected the money "a ! amHlahy cam
paign fund said of the police officials YESTERDAY
.'somcbody would be hurt and ny the same toh.h
somebody would be willing 10 come down hdIusoihe-
lv 10 keen the captain quiet DeVery may hol wan,
10 gel back on the force. He may make more r3he!
bv threa tening exposure and belng paid 10 Keep
way from the Lex)w Committee. , -,
II is believed he as good as settled that :, the
trials of police captains at the Contra! once WIZ Ne
discontinued while the investigation OF the io'lce
Department by the Lexow Committee Is gong on
after next Monday At the same time there u gIea'
curiosity In the department regarding the Tour GAP
tains against whom charges have been prepared OF
nearly prepared. by Mr. We.lman. the names OF
the four captains are known to several men IN me
District Attorneys Office to the Police cionmisslon-
ers and TO Superin tendent Byrncs, hut MI NeI.nah
has managed 10 keep the names from being known
10 other members OF the department. with the re-
suit that every captain s In the force whose name
was mentioned by witnesses before the l"eXow Com
mittce Is on tener hooks. CAPTAINS with guilty. con,
sciences are said to be making sti.! hunts Tor cld
1cduantances who might be inclined 10 give testl,
mony against them. II ig time for suspicion ana
for schemes and captain fees that he Is SAFE