The evening world., 1894-04-09
DEvERYS SUSPENSE,
Police Captain May Learn His
Fate by Tonight
Called No Witnesses, but Relied on
His Counsel's 0ratory.
Col. James Pleaded No Case and
Claimed Absence of Motive.


When Justice o'Brien resumed the
''a, VI '''e 'ap'' "iii'al' .. be'ers
IN the court or oyer and Terminer this
morning. Col. James. counsel for Capt
Deyerv ,nnounc.d ,b,, bo had aaoid,a
.''"' '' ''a'
that the evidence ohered by prosecutor
Weeks was not sufficient to make It
nocessorv 10, bin, ~ oeor ,rv tos,,l
inohy IN opposition to It,
Twelve policemen in uniform had
marched in to court, an imposing array
from the Eleventh Precinct come to tes-
tify for their late Captain, and now they
all marched out apain Rnt Detective-
sargts vo,,o,,. Enan,aa pean an,
others from Police Headquarters re-
NAMED and listened incidentallv ac-
on" '''.'''' ii'.i"e"'ai's az
anaintins I'll l;dh themselyGs With the appear
as [haheen TO S aisit the scene & OF @ the trial
closing pea He bessn the IN
or william >. Devery. relating the story
OF ms record as a Policeman ana his
promotion Tor effective work in the De-
Col. James told the jury that as
against the long and spotless record of
capt; DeVery, faithful officer, there
should be positive evidence of wrong
rs there any proof-has there been
suggestion that Capt. Devery has had
any interest in permitting these places
to exist? Any suggestion that he has
been bribed? Where is the motive for
committing the offense charged? There
should be n motive for every crime.
Ii will not do to surmise or suspect.
Suspicion can never be made the foun-
dation for a verdict. There must be
proof.
Can 1t be possible that through six
nf nnaritOripls a
jury. OF twelve of his fellow-citizens
could find him guilty Of wilful neglect
Of duty w,h9qt whisper Of evidence
Did you not expect that evidence
| would be laid before you OF wilful
refusal to obey the orders of his superior
houses?"
speaking OF DIR. Parkhursts Society
| for the Prevention OF Crime, Col James
said:
| For many years II labored for and
| carried out the designs for which II was
organized. During the life of that grand,
good man. Rev. DR. Howard Crosby.
who, was its President, 1t accomplished
different hands and different manage
mert.
to be its head, and he has allowed him
self TO be set about and misled by a
| set of Nagabond detectives. and he has
PERMITTED 1t to become known as the
| Parkhusrt crusade and has come here
and from the witness stand has said,
without one word of proof, that 1t Is a
| crusade TO stop the collusion between the
Police Department and criminals
| Not content with that. he includes
the District-Attorney,s office, of which
| my learned friend tBartoW >. Neeksj
is shining member.
| What DO you mink or minister OF
| the Gospel who VIII make such sweep
ing accusation without one word or syl-
lahIe OF evidence TO sustain ~
|
ton without evidence? why has the
| 'arkhurst Soclety Deen represented
mere all through this trial by the at
| torneys of the Society, Frank Moss
and Thaddeus p, Kenneson, to aid the
| District Attorney?
| What is the motive Tor all this
zea'H Why. there was a man connected
with this Society, under ITS present ad-
MN istra ati3n-Charles w Gardner-with
whom Dr. Par hurst has decla ed on the
witnesses stand: he was intimately init
mate. Ihat detective was convicted of
levying blackmail against fallen wom,
an, ana ne was arrested ana convicted
by Capt Devery or through his ef-
| forts
| w ny ulu thls so.called society Tor
the Prevention of Crime. If it really did
these places did it,. when 1t sent
| this accusation and list of places to the
police, send duplicate copies to be pub
lished in all the newspapers?' asked
| Col. James.
Pausng long enough to secure COM
plcte attention, Col. James answered his
| own question:
why It knew that the newspapers
speak in a tremendous voice. heard in
every corner of the city, among the bad
and vicious as well as among the good.
1t knew that the publications would put
the keepers Of ali these places on their
guards, and that they would, thus fore
warned, take special precautions against
| detection and especially by the police
THAT is what IL did IL for. for If IL
wasn't for that. then it was for love
of cheap notoriety.