Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-21
 ROTTEN AND MORE OF IT Is the Condition of New York's
 Police Force. THE LEX0W COMMITTEE Continues to Find BlaCkm all to an Alarming Extent Be-
 ing Carried On.
COMMITTEE

NEW EoRK, Dec. 20.-'rhe rumor that John w. Golf will continue as counsel of the Lexow committee during the month of January after he has been sworn in as re- corder IS not generally credited. There is some doubt ex pressed as to his authority to do such thing, and the general opinion is that he will Sever his connection with the Lsxuw committee at tue close of this week s session.
 The first witness before the committee today was W. s. Harrison, builder. He testified to various levies ot blackmail upon him by tue police, who annoyed him and arrested his men upon trivial matters and so embarrassed his work that he paid the sums demanded. He then had no further trouble. lie implicated Captain McLaugh- lin and his wardman, Burns.
 Lawyer Moss then said he had statc- meut to make about u man called H. M. Stanuyough, one of Parkhurst's agents, who, he alleged, was corrupted by some ot he police. Mir. Moss sad he induced Stannyough to make affidavit as to his dealings with headquarters. He read the affidavit, which was signed by Stannyough and Dr. Parkhurst.
 In the affidavit Stannyough stated that he went to see Sergeant Mcdonald of the Filth precinct 10 ask hlm to get him work. Mcdonald gave him a letter to Inspector Williams and he saw the latter at his house July 24, 1894. Williams asked him how he would like to be made detective on the reg ular force, and asked him ques- tions about working the Society for the Prevention of Crime. Slaunyough says he went to headquarters with Mcdonald, where a man took down his reports. Stannyough stated that Inspector Will Hams wanted him to put up job on Cap tain Wishart of the Society for the Proven ton of Crime and gave him an envelope with money in it. He refused to do IL. Stannyough then made an affidavit and fled to New Jersey, being afraid of the police.
 "This shows," said Lawyer Moss, s'that the police were engaged in a con spiracy to break up the Society for the Pre- ventiou of Crane, as Is testified lodty.''
 "It goes iurther,o said Captain Lexow, ''for it shows that the police were en- deavoring to make a man commit a crime. .''
 Captain Allaire was then recalled. He professed entire ignorance of money hay. ing been placed in a drawer in his desk by Taylor, one of his sergeauts, or oi any thing like blackmail or extraction being pract iced by the police. ,@f
 Captain Ssra usS was recalled. His was a condition of denser ignorance than that of Captain Allaire. He never heard of his wardmeu levying tribute on liquor deal CTS, but he thou ght the liquor men coulI nave Deeu DlackHAileQ WllnOul HIS kHOWl- edge. He did not pay for hisappoi D tment. He had borrowed s2J00 of one of lis police men named Walienstein, but it was for household purposes and was not all used, and was repaid in few weeks. Some of his replies in connection with this loan brought from Mir. Golf the rtjoinder: "Now you know you are lying, and any sensible man won't believe that story.''
 A little later on the witness said he had never heard that A captaincy had 10 be paid for until Captain Creedon testified.
 "Now, Captain Strauss, don't want to bring nun per of men here to swear you are pefjurer. want to giveyo chance. Did you ever complain of heavy assess ment made on you|'
 ''No, sir: never did,
 He was then excused for the present.
 c. Cato, manager for the Gorman Mauu- featuring company, was called. He testi- fled that his firm was often robbed and that when the goods were plwned by the thieves the house had to pay twice their value for them. "We also paid central office de- tectives.
 MT. Golf asked: "Who were the off cers?"
 "DoIan. Slosson, Conuor, Heidelberg and others, about dozen in all. ''
 "Its a remarkable thing" said MT. Golf, "that this Heidelberg, who is now a detective, was once thief, but that beer, out the old saying, 'set thief 10 catch thief.''
 The Witness said the police were paid voluntarily.
 "About how much have you given to the police by the way of presenls?' asked Golf.
 About $40o or $5oo," the witness re- piled.
 "Did the detectives ever tell you you need not pay the pawn oroker?'
 "I don't remember that they did. o
 An adjournment was then taken until Friday morning.