The herald., 1894-12-28

4 lux tHfOuku N6Hzby utFo0t tuiH mhn
stopped me and said: Let me intro.
duce you to Alderman Smith, He took
me for q countrym man on q common.
| took him by the throat and threw him
into the street as an citizen has right
to serve loafer."
"You did not throw Haggsrty. the
Philadelphia tough, into the street 2"
asked Mr.. Goff.
81 did not meet him."
"Oh. yes you did. He was looking
for you and wanted to clean out the
town."
II did not meet him." persisted the
inspector.
you did not throw Joe Coburn?"
Yes; did,"
The witness denied any panel hous 9
robbsries having occurred in the Eighth
precinct.
Mr.. Goff then said there was charge
against Williams. the trial OF which
lasted three days, but there was no res
cord OF it on the police books.
Have you any recollection OF one
| commissioner voting for your dismissal /
on account Of your disgrsceful conduct 2"
NO."
Don't you know the voting Was two
and two?''
There is no record OF it,"
who keeps the records ?"
Chairman Robert Peters," said the
witness.
Have you forgotten the charge
against the proprietor of an oyster stand
who bad permit? You made the ar
rest yourself"
at is not in the record"
"Do you recollect the arrest OF q man
named Donovan by Officer Fitzgerald? =?
Donovan was brought before Judge
Munsell and said you came up behind
him and dubbed him on the head and
neck. The judge discharged him and
said: This clubbing by policemen must
be stopped"
The witness said he never told lies
about respectable men. He hao repu.
tation for clubbing but did not thi1k he
deserved it.
did you say at lunch the day after q
meeting OF starving people in Union
square this year. that they were lot of
howlers. and ell you had to do was to
show your pistol and disperse them p"
81 never said such thing"
THosE LOTS IN JAPAN.
After little sparring. Mr.. Goff said !:
"By the way, captain, tell us in what
part of Japan you owned those lots"
I'm Hakodate, in the northarn por .
tion.:
did you get desd?"
"Yes."
Your ewn name? 2"
"Yes."
"Where is it?"
II left it With man named Freder-
ick Wilkie. don't know whore ne
is."
''Don't you know that foreigners can
not hold land in Japan except in treaty
| ports ?"
That WAS treaty port"
The Japanese consul tells mo at tn e
| time you sllege you had that land there
were no treaties which would allow you
to hold this land. Do you know more
than he?"
81 vas there"
80 was he. How do you explain
| it?"
The inspector could not.
ibid any officer named Willigan re-.
port robbery in panel houses to you
when you were in the Eighth precinct ?"
asked Mr.. Goff.
ii don't remember"
| mates in the 83 houses OF ill fame?"
"No, have asked what the number
WAS. | have asked the proprietress of
some houses how many inmates she
had"
The witness and Mr. Golf then had q
little tiff. Inspector Williams obiected
to the document from which Mr.. Goff
read.
II don't know where you got it,"
said he, "sud it is . long time ago."
"Don't mind where l got it," said Mr..
Goff. "It contains matters that hav Q
| been suppressed by the police depsr t.
ment They suppressed good many
things about you."
They seem to have suppressed every.
thing good," was Williams' reply.
Williams then left the. stand for q
brief time.
A STRICKEN WITNESS.
Dr. Walsh WAS called, and testified
that Captain Meakim was unable to be
be out and probably would not for sew
eral days.
will he be able to appear as a Wit
ness by Saturday ?" asked Mr.. Goff.
| "Well," said the doctor, "the farther
chance there is that be can attend. /
am sure his attendance will seriously
affect his condition."
II am quite snre it would" said Mr..
Goff amid great laughter
NOW, DOCTOR" said Mr.. Goff in his
sweetest tones, "Will you bear this
message to Captain Meakim? Tell him
ne has been accused before this commit.
tee OF being guilty OF bribery and cor
ruption. 1t has been stated that he has
grown rich On the fruit OF this corrup.
ton. Now, tell him also il he 10 an
honeat man he WILL come here in
obedience to the subpeu@ served on
| him."
The doctor then left the stand.
The DIR. Daniel Donovan, enc OF the
police surgeons, gave synopsis of the
procedure OF the police surgeons with
regsrd to men reported i'll. The witness
said he had reported Captain Meakm i'll.
After some questions of no impor.
tance, Inspector Williams was recalled.
tie said he knew of three panel houses
in the Eighth precinct.
You swore before recess there were
no panel houses in the precinct"
Yes, 10 beat of my recollection"
Senator O'Connor entered on q long
legal argument with Mr.. Goff a. to
whether the inspector was guilty of per-
jury. The senator said he WAS NOT n.
Iess the testimony was given with q
false and corrupt intention.
Mr.. Gof said the inspector might
have been mistaken.
"Yes," said the witness, 81 admit that