New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-24
PART II.
PAGES 10 TO "a.
, RECESS MUCH NEEDED.
TO BE THOROUGH IN THE INQUIRY MR.
GOFF MUST HAVE MORE TINE.

y -, a, his office Yesterday He spent the entire
day at home recuperatng from the STRAIN 10 "Ii'0"
~ has been subjected. Mr. Con- Is slehier' puI
y,rv and has an immense capacity for work II Is
w., endurance indeed which may injure his health
An ordinary man would have been forced TO give
a. hefore but Mr.. Golf has struggled on. drawing
more and more upon his surplus OF vitality.
7, "a easy TO see why Tammany wants the com
,n,ttee 10 sit continuously until its work Is zone
tn nea is that accused officials should nave an OPP
or,,ni,v 10 deny the charges against them Oi
course as some have already had TO walt sN "eeNs
without an opportunity 10 take the witheSs-c"a''
tent any great hardship TO walt two months longer
naturally these accused persons wish TO testl! III
once knowing that Messrs. Goff' Jerome ana MOSS
taA had no time to examine their records thorough
So Nv September. these men may be less anxious
Cor a vindica,ion Indeed the committee mas OF
tered one of them chance TO deny the cha'seS
oga,nst him This is Police Justice Patrick blNNeI
witness swore that the Tammany leader was
a mariner of ED" Parmley, the "bunco KING
Tho Senator'S were willing TO let Diver, as judge
take the stand but he has shown no desire 10 90 ~
TINE NEEDED FOR THOROUGHNESS
r,,manv naturally wants the investigation over
.s soon as possible SO that the pubic may pesm
a forget the disclosures Besides. the inquiry must
he much less thorough If carried on continuously d"
little time can be given to looking up eNuo"0'
Mr. Con- and his associates do not want 10 rest
this summer. They merely want time to 90 the"
work well l,,o
Senator Lexow and the other members OF MS No'n
roi.,4e have regarded the testimony OF repu'ao'e
merchants who have paid tribute TO the ponce "s
less damaging 10 the police than the 'ts'HH'"'
which has shown that the police received Dr.o's
,ron the keepers Of dlsorder,y houses the gamblers
~ the sOlndlers Ii is bad enough. they say that
,be nollce should collect money from the respec'-
able business men who are Obliged 10 ulsoDey
cornoration ordinance regarding the use OF 'he
.oewalks but 1t is still worse that the pohce should
take blood money from the recognized la"oreaheiS
and criminals. and encourage them III CRIME '0 '
sake Of the Infamous revenue
WEIGHT, OF THE MERCHANTS TESTIMONY.
TIE testimony of the merchants IS regarded oy
.ta senators as mos, Important. however. as snow
,ng the extent 10 which the Matchmaking operations
~ the police have been carried and also as a cor
roboraton of the testimony Of less reputao'e VII
rasses Senator Lexow said on FRIDAY "heh oHe
~ his colleagues in the Committee remarked mat
there had been sufficient evidence presented 10 prove
,ba, the notice collected tribute from the merchants
TIA, the testimony Of such witnesses was coFroooIa
five of the testimony in other branches Oh 'he cas-
and was therefore valuable as corrooord"0"' ne
was asked yesterday by Tribune reporter WHAT
ba moan, nv the statement and he replied;
What meant that 1t is difhcu.t' II not I'M
,ossjhle 10 corroborate individual cases OF payment
for protection by keepers OF disoraer'y nou9'N "
by criminals. by witnesses who can swear u"eo''s
N the occurrence transaction. BRIDES are given
nj p4t9N'SO -
eiver and the bribe-aker alone There exists among
vs a nreiudce against the testimony OF people VINO
follow unlawful and vicious pursuits Inc esHeI a
tendency of the American mind toward lar pay
nredlsposes II to reject testimony, the sources u
,n,ch are nolluted Ii seemed at first as though
the only corroboratlon that might be expected "ouu
IA that arising from the proof OF great variety OF
smi,ar instances In different precincts by persons
having no acquaintance or touch with each o'heI.
.T, seemed AT first as II we would have 10 be
contented with cases OF that character eXciuSNe.S
ava IN defaul, Of anything better this would De
convincing enough because II is hard 10 peheVe
that so many persons having no previous aclud"
ancs with each other in the same and in dinereht
walks Of vicious activity, yet tesufyng 10 SUI
san,iallv the same system Of blackmalI shouio dIi
perjure themselves
THE VICIOUS CLASSES MORE HELPLESS
"In the testimony OF merchants who have oesn
subiected 10 a systematzed extoruon dHerI"s i'o'''
the former only in degree and not IN hlhu' may y
,ound unimpea cha5le corroboraton OF the genera
MIA, hscause the principe that Is involved 10 pre-
cIse,y the same Can any one say II De con"
coded that merchants standing high IN the com
rnunity were subjected 10 police Dacknah lOi VIVA
,on ~ CITY ordinances that the same system shouiu
not applt 10 poor creatures who claim 10 nave SUI
.s-sl fron, the same oppression? On the contrary
the latter is more likely. because II Is oO''oN'''
fraught with greater danger TO the waid man ~
attempt sxtortion against merchant VINO uIue
oath would be believed than 10 Cypress unlol-
tupates whose occupation tends 10 their oiscreo''.
=, 10 a familiar nroposition Of law and one that /
believe was applied in the recently decided "iman
case that upon the question OF intent crm'ha au,s
similar 10 those on trial, occurring ABOUT the SAM
sI nS, YaS NAV be ofered in corroboraton 1t seems
70 me as though the same principle appleo mere
INFLUENCE ON THE LAWBREAKERS
The moral or immoral. effect of police biacKrlai'
ne exbihi,ed by the testimony Of some Of the OPP
OF the Senators. 1t has been made PLAIN tha' sumo
Of the keepers Of disordery houses In the city nave
thought that they were morally irresponsiDe dV d
their crimes against society 50 long as ann was
to enforce the law More than one of the women
who had been paying he Raveg I0 ben made for
sIcense" They appeared to believe that the pro,
OF authorities were satisfied II Is not
hard 10 believe that the trade In virtue IN uis cry
has been Increased largely by the ponce system VI
AN IMPORTANT POINT.
In contrast with the levying Of tribute upon 'nt
lawbreakers and upon the reputable merchants %
the city the committee has considered tha' tns
payments OF money by the steamboat peopie " wy
policemen who worked overtime at the DOCKS was
small matter The most serious testimony IN ina,
line OF the inquiry was given by Policeman Beecs
when ne acknowledged that he had given one-han
Of me onev mai he received for working overtime
TO Sergeant Taylor. The policeman appearehu u bat
more Conscientious than the policemen VINO ma -
preceded him in the wtness-char. ana II any 3 az
tempt is punish him Tor teilihS t,Ic
about superior officer who may have Deen Su ,.
OF extortion the act will not escape tne nocemer
OF the committee. II is hoped that more poHSenel
will tell the truth about eNtoTton Will WIN ,heyn ~
partment when the opportunity Is gwen mem MN er -
testify The Senators are agreed that tne Po" 81
Of the committee should be ihVoheu iOi '"' "
protection of such policemen
INSPECTOR WILLIAMS AND HIS RECORD
The significant remark by Mr.. Jerome on Friday
that the career OF Police Inspector Williams IN Inc
department would be SHOWN in its completepess II
course Of the investigation. has recalled many .
the reports which have been In circulation aoou
Williams for years. II was when ne was ' .,a',
tho Nineteenth Precinct that the name Tender
loin" was fastened upon that part OF the city ah'
there have been many rumors that ne pro.ec'ei
the 1amblers and keepers OF disorderly houses