The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-27
THEY PUMPED TEKULSKY.
REPUBLICAN, sENhTo soRELY DIS
lPPOINIRD AT TIE OUTCOME

Learn thst ~ ssiii-s Liquor % su-ds,
Every Mas Mu.t assure His Ows Risks
The Senate investigating committee. mucl
to sverybody's surprise. called upon Mr.. Morri,
Tekulsky. the President Of the State Llquo
Dealers Association. yesterday to tell then
| what he knew about the relations between tn,
| Police Department and the liquor dealers o.
this city Mr.. Tekulsky proved very unsatis
factory witness from the Republican stand.
point
When the witness took the stand everybody
in the room wore broad smile
Mr.. Tekuisky." began Lawyer Sutherland
at whose instance were you nominated can
didate for the Constitutional Convention -
"A COMMITTEES OF the LIQUOR Dealers Asso-
citation saw Mr.. Croker. the leader Of Tsmmany
Hall"
Did you call upon Mr.. Croker on other 90
cssions than this p
Probably q hundred timea"
"Did you over make complaints to him
AT out the operations Of policemen
no. I did not"
"Did you call upon Mr.. Croker within tn.
last six months"
NO. sir"
Whom did you call upon with reference to
police Interference
Il don't know that I called upon anybody"
900. o,ran,..,ioa ,n 80. r...ana. ,h.t :.
would have the police Captains instructed
thereafter to obey the orders OF the Tammany
Hall leader in that district with regard to arr
~ .,r. ~. All notn
Did Mr.. Croker tell you or this committee
that you could 60 yourself to any Tsmmany
Hall district leader. and that upon your re-
quest he would compel the police to do what
-N-N. IL 1. n.
evsr you W,'neu III 'hiS reEa'a'
Can ANYBODY get an excise license without
recommendation ,ror . Tor,rn.n. MN IA.
trict leader"
ooh yes som. peopls can. ANNA ran cat
,,.r, ri,hcrt an, ,roms,s III. o,Ssn.
'nem "nhou' any "oupie, WINS others' OF
their friends"
Have you ever mad patroiman transier-
red. aud II 30. for what reasonr"
,srr.d ,rom ~, di,,ric, hacons. =. haa n Us
ierred from my oistrleI because ne mad In
"W.s II not bscauss be had arrestsd I,,,o-
~" '''N''
No. sir"
How many times have you been In court in
behalf OF LIQUOR dealers who have been are
rested for violating the Excise law during the
la,ttv vears2n
"oh. should say about i've hundred times"
Now. Mr.. Tekulsky. hAvs you not stated on
more man one occasion ina. you visited Mr..
croker ana heard from him the statement that
he had Instructed the police captains to obey
"No .is NJ, nn.,,i.ai, 10, '0A'
no. sT. MOST pos,ively NOT
to these. MIR. Sutherland sat down. completely
JaHs sw nsST aes9T S S G1d jottet
that 5nries IT, dia sS9 or t a,a you not Know
n yisw 10 innEcinu than to s1nnort ona or Mn
other OF the POLITICAL parties O-' ~ '"'
Have Won snT facts in xour no.....io,
SotSinK at S ali" Guy ''Rh' upon 'h'' SaO'eo''
hss .es excise of drS 81 ehs city
deslers into ths supnort Of one or tbs otbsp %,
the R S.ItiSsII PS s1
Was not your association organized for the
Dart Of the polico and sIeise os aHSY 'H"
publican paTty .. 70 start % an Ofeas
Bradley put his hsnd S over 6 soe mo sh
70 sSos s mann ssin III. ,sgis,,tIor ., IN. oror
DO YOU not" Senator JeXoH rS eoor
tinusd. ''i'
Yes. That was the reason"
do Won Know whstbar n ia . fan, that a, .
patI Ssss me DOltGs
day and to sell after the Iega. closinG time" ''
That is not so; at least as far as the mem /
IRE ali ssioons siioMsS ~ he npsn o. ar. ali
closed during the hours prohiSit.d by law
" every man has to take his ennnsss Sm'ihg'
imam and s,,ms are not ansS ~ ,a, ~ Oh 10 DO
''f did ndG not S say anytRing eft6s Kind. Ims,nt
eauRht az nv 10 NV
''6o all lInuor dealara taxa chanc.a ar onIv
some I" " WHY
can tel gov that. II Is supposed that
prohiLitad nv law ' "'S
but they are not 2"
THAT IL for IN. eommi,taa IN find mn,
don't know ANYTHING about The OIL sps
,om etim es keep open myself" 'A' WHITE
,ot ~ asked Mr. De Iancsv Mail u" nav 'ou
"Yss and II / do it again TAI. tha ..m.
chances that every one else tatsaS 'Ao '~He
IL n nor 1.pt Of yons dnti. p...,,.
II the LI1uor DealersS Associatio .sEa5
AWyer SutharIand "to taEs stans 70 1922
uturs arrestsPT '' " '0''@''
Yea We are irving In form aam. LI,b .,
- MA Sou aYSr No 10 an la IL,
ubiset ~ ~ - -' vs." "AAS'a' VI 'hs'
"CsrtaInly mot"