The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-02
STILL BLACkMA|LING.
But the Police Use New Methods,
Lawyer Moss Says.
Now They Make "Investmen's' and
n, Send for the Dividends.
Intimaticn that Doherty Will BE
Called Upon to Testify.

It may be only coincidence, but
many persons regard It as peculiar that
affost at the same time that John w.
Con. counsel for the Lexow Investiga-
ting Committee. leaves the city for
weil-earned vacation. Lawyer Frank
Moss. of DR.. Parkhurst's Society, and
Mr.. Cons associate in the investigating
business. should return from his vaca-
I ton.
4 MIR. Moss Is back and as full OF night
as ever. He was found at his Office by
an Evening World" reporter this morn
Ing going through a mass OF complaints
aEainst policemen and public officials
generally. While away he kept himself
well Informed OF the Doherty and other
matters. When asked IL the ex-Captain
would be called as a witness and made
TO fell all he knows OF police affairs, he
( replied gravely:
-'Nothing Is impossible. do not care
TO answer that question directly. All
will say is that we are looking for in
formation from every quarter and that
we will use all we can get We have
kept track of Capt. Doherty's case and
the testimony which he himself gave on
the witness stand before the Police Com
nnissioners.
.Tt is rather early. however. to say
Committee will not meet again until
Sept. 10. Our lines are out In many
directions. and We have ample time 10
arrange our programme"
In answer TO the reporter, question
whether the exposures before the bexow
Committee hal served to abatr crime IN
New York and whether the alleged
blackmail on the part OF the polise had
ceased. he replied.
II am sorry to say that nothing Of the
KIND has happened. The same system Is
20, as in the old days. Different methods
are pursued. The police are covering up
their tracks In much more careful
s5aaner and pssn the dssk Of eating evil
pile of letters lying on his desk, ARE
~ number of complaints which have
sion of Crime. regarding the existence
Of disorderly houses, gambling dens and
such like. or course. the Society has
been Seyotps , ssI mainly to the L. he ::
not yet lost sight Of the fact that there
are Grand Juries In New York. and
that It Is possible to obtain Indictments.
however. Cannot l say Just now now. sA''
. Mr.. Moss spoke again or the Doherty
matter and then proceeded to illustrate
s0ne Of the methods by which 4 Is pos
suppose" he said. that Captain
knows a man who IL doing u little brok-
z erage business. He goes to him and
puts few dollars in his hand. say 500
and tells him to invest 1t for him. II.
Will tell the broker: I know nothing
about these matters. but go ahead and
make all the money you can for me
Then, continued Mr.. Moss .what is the
matter with the ward man, or whoever
collects the blackmail. going to the
broker every week or every month with
the, money. The broker sees the Cap
tain, pays II over to him with the re-
mark that the Investment Is paying big
dividends. No books are kept. no
memorsndums Of any kind. and-there
cot course, don't mean to say" con.
cluded Mr.. Moss laughingly. that Capt
Doherty got his So. 900 In that manner
but you can see the possibilities"
1t was stated at Mr.. COTS office tina,
he would not be back for at least fou,
weeks. When he left the city last night
&c refused to leave any address, saying
ne wanted absolute rest.
lawyer Louis J. Grant Is At New Ha'
sentative. Jacob Rouss. to tell inquirers
that he was still acting as counsel for
ex-Capt. Doherty. and that there never
had been any quarrel between them.
The Captain saw Mr.. Grant on Tues
day night" Mr.. Rouss said, "and tn.
details of the appeal to tho Genera
Term were arranged. Just as soon a.
the papers are made out the Captain
will come in here from Atlantic High
lands and swear to them. There is NJ
doubt OF his reinstatement"