The evening world., 1894-07-10
lilo TO STAY away.
Strong Advice to Witnesses Sum-
moned by the Police Board.
.Wine ard Spirit Gazette" De.
V nounces the investigation.
vllmHa Complains that Witnesses
"a Have Refused to Testify.

In view of the published statements
mat the pending investigation by this
Police Commissioners OF accused police
soaicIals has been arranged for the pur.
uose OF whttcwaehing men whose char
srters have been attacked before the
Fle.ow Committee, and niso with the
fnca of hurnssing people who have
Already testified before the Committee,
and Ia this manner deterring other wit
pesses from appearing before the Com
,n,.,ce. Tile Wine and Spirit Gazette will
in I;s issue Tomorrow make the follow
Ing Important announcement editorially:
No savi,, ~ vitnssses Who may PC sum-
,pet T., fpn,nr before the rnitco Commissioners
IN tho coming fa.ra to psy uo attention what
,ur 10 thu iIrlmuat. ih,H advice nppiic6 es-
pAc,:i'y TO l,Guot der.crr. stsy away from Police
,us,ity lrtcro tho Police commiss.ourrs
The Vile and Spirit Gazette ID the
leading representative Of the liquor in
t,.ests ia this city, and when 1t Gomez
tut III a bold and flat-fuoted manner like
rnisaud aIvises It's constituents to utter
H. ignore the investigation which Is con-
torlylsteJ by the Police Commissioners
..d ousiluct It's progress as much az pos
s!be. its stand IL bound to attract wide
sprcsd attention.
This publication goes on to suy, edl-
turally:
Tho people want no false preterro In the mock
,.4sa TO I've began 81 Police pcaoquartcra. Let
H. have i close oxsmireucu o. the records Of the
two Ttmmeny Hall Police Commissioners. There
81 yuod reason to believe that Commissioner Ne.
,Sge ~ nury - COMPARED Win S"T M Fs M, sha
and 'Jchrny'' shecnaa. Public sar,imcnt does
not demand ;ho punishment Of some minor polite
ohri.ls but the revelation of tho truth as to tho
uJnrs OF the Tammanr Police COMMUNIST Oners
Who arc justly held Responsible for the corrup
l5n thst he's been nhown to exist In the De-
purEea'.
NJ. V Gilman cUmplsired bitterly this
AFTERNOON of the difficulty he was hay
ing IN securing witnesses who would
testify before the Police Commissioners
e cia in' pe"o''S 'r'1'S o' 'he accused OH
\ large proportion of those he had sub
posnaed had ialted to appear, and others
Th ,o. had come to ms =, "iice had refused
swore that he had paid sl0O to Capt
Stephenson for protection.
Committees counsel, had told him he
needn't say snythlng; that he was
mittce, and 10 one could compel him to
testify.
,, "Tha, Is 81, 2 sample Of what | have to
grounds. Ryan. is the only one who
said that he had been advised by Mr..
N2ss or any one wrn else net to testify
sn sSa Hed wa S faro ne hTd S yhat
missioner. Marti,, was also here. and
wss very INDIGNANT when / told him why
y bad a conversation with Mr.. Goff
me matter. He thousht that il the
Efforts to break these police captains
81 would be good thing to 90 on
With The p rossse q, ,,, nov, while the
'Yie even Went SO far as 10 say to me
hat II 1t was guaranteed by the Commits
aiurure that the witnesses who appeared
he harsssed he would use his iniu-
rncc and give his aid to secure the con
,'rtion of these officials.
y pointed out to him tho desirabiiity
the force at once IL the charges against
hem were true, and he admitted that
"Can the Police commissioners compel
l'tlfy If they appeur?'
y have not look II into tho law very
'arfu'ly, but ] am of the opinion that
ihc Commissioners can compel he al
tendance of any witnesses, ana II they
refuse! to obey the subpoena. or to tor
w when they, have cppeared, they
thl ie pu.li req Tor CCnlGnip., Just az
they could by II court NJ law"
How would you regard 2 person who
advised such witness ca not to testify. or
who would advise them to Ignore sub
pocna?"
should say that 4 person who gave
such advice would be guilty of Il mis-
drmeanur and could hr nrosecmted"
-? course" continued Mr.. Welman.
these people can refuse to answer UNI
der TIE protection of the Lexow COM
mittee and the state Senate, but
sioners can land them IN Jail Just the
sane