The evening world., 1894-08-01
now KNOX =
4 II RApS MARTIN.
antimates There Is Crooked
ness in The Police Hell.
ID met Contract.
tf ~ 81.
EPEllMAHeEIs THE ORDERS.
He Charges 1926, Although
Kno1's Regular Price Is
ssa 2 and Has Been So.
fsrA1eo sHAslslY, ALSO.
Knox Says He Paid Barney Mar.
Tins Campaign Ex penses and
y, y Political Asses sments.
kpElINiH GETS THE ORDERS.
'tKEA1Eo sHAsLaLY, ALSO.

N -
wiH fhe thraats of ex-Polce Capt
" f,oheray ringing in his ears. and with
pubiic opinion focused upon him in a
rnoet uncomfortable manner, Police
commissioner JAMES ]. Martin is called
4i,,pon this morning. to answer another
n and, unlocked for charge. The COM
'nlainant in ;bS ,ease is Knox, the
"A f3roaxiway- halter, who declares that
%fhroreh Martins agency he lost the
contract for SUPP Syfng the patrolmen
with helmets, a ooStract which he had
4 en1oyed for years. end who supplied
y bsin,ets which no ont> ever objected TO
Hphtn james J. Martin became Po-
Hoe Commissioner.
& What the public and thr patrolmen
IA are particularly interested In. however,
~ that J. II. spelinian. who now supplies
3 the helmets to the DepartE ent. charges
like amount more gthtsn he is willing to
supply them for at th'i present time, u,
hat does not seem ver,S much to look at.
but when 1t Is rememb,S red that the pa,
from ySal s sG xe 80
az ,i pnrchs: ssdrs' e. Every year, i
saylng $500 more ios hats every year
~ What makes Mr.. kipox NarticuiaIy
affsry Is that he regards the yhole affair
the ffst place. he bia3es VI. Marlin for
&everything, and has hired la yyer Louis
~ Grant 10 get the. facts before the
sfedit 'of = having e TAKEN ': .;;Bainey Mar
Rtihs- brother OF the Police Conn ssioner.
t.fESfa the depths OF obscurity and given
have s psd M rst en- np a
4expenses when he ran for Aida man
ID, he paid paid his political "a
g0t. tbs nomination for Coroner; thar ne
the fu1srsl .eHpemses When his sxG n
B t1bye.bis friend Through lie; that he has
now Police Justice Bernard J. Martin.
neveiC sinceT and that generally he IL a
rmuch-abused man.
The story Of the change in CONTRACTORS
ssS hs' nn Mhisn , @s Of k@ ,Ss
police. records bears out, is interesting.
kEeE Hesrs Knox supplied them to the
made a fair profit at that. Then James
!, II is MARTIN doomed upon the scene as
SESHpisslenssr, and a great change
~ Until Mr.. Martins arrival at the Null
liberty street building 1t had been the
habit whenever the time came around
for giving out the contracts to advertise
4 for bids. Mr.. Knox goes further and
rays that every natter IN town was no no,
reasy anG send in 'nat pns
viii James, j. Martins appointment
as Commissioner. however, according
MI ths 't % Park Row and
e Chambers street J. II. Spellman keeps
hat store. 1t may be that he has a
present time few persons seems to have
been aware of Its existence. The hat
store adtoins the Liquor . store store which
1T lis q wsll-known fact that Diver
ard Spellman were and are fast friends.
t3nAllfr1g fi4 membar of DlNveF's Assoc
OF Herman Boite. one Of Diver. lieu.
z[hsf,Ea1l,. Tbs Is the Spelman who now
supplies the helmets 10 the Police De
4S When. after Martins admission to tas
I Police Board. the time came around fol
nIets. Mr.; Knox says he put in a BID
<At the old rate OF 81 in spite of the IA
3ki that the contracts had not been adver
fytIsed. He was surprised later to anc
that Spellman VA. the s successful bidder d.
Eff Il was then that Mr. Knox began t.
IL think and think pretty hard at that
k{vihing, He says now that he called OF
" NarHes J. Martin several times to ash
tioti. Next year, although the contracts
were not advertised. Mr.. Knox put n
Z his bid, as OF old. for 81 per hat. 1t wa
y waste OF time, however, as SpellmaI
agaiu got the contract at the old rat,
OF $225 He has enjoyed the contrac
When Commissioner Martin arrived II
Headquarters this morning, and wa
questioned, he refused to say anythin
sskir,s them II they e had ' eone into 9 oh
hat i{uli2css,
z. srtts, w4oie story is silly" he added
Then he Safed upstaiTs S' and n AZ b eiI
iniueD by ,Commissioners Kerwin an
\ 4. MIrsaNs ,pfaceeded to hear the com
.ls.lV mol In,
fss5frorA Major Kipp. Clerk Of the Boarc
N LIT was. ascertained that II has not bee
& the practice. to advertise nor to let ou
ia nos f SanSe tha doi ia
ss ag Sf the se lpy o Rssssa we
had decided that the Speliman hat wa
the best. II. was claimed that the onl
room. He delivered his hats at PouC
n + Headquarters and sold them TO the me
~ fsthere. L ..I
n Net%irhstanding the positive statemei
q 4 made by ex-P Police Capt. Doherty that
Lexow. iRvestigating Committee and t,
& Ian The knows OF Police Department ma
tets its bsiieved that he will be CALI
& From the day Of the conclusion
poherty's trial until yesterday Mr.. Go
5S sms m hitbsrta mas reSsx
4 sAI,. Con- will. It is said. call him as
- Eltnss,s;. and then the ey;Gaptain VII
come to town to-day. After seeing La
ik<if Fromme last evening and arrangi
t5.p missioner MONEYS Report
81 ,ths report OF Robert Mooney Commission
. | y 1urors lor the quarter ending March 81, p,
athsa to-dly. shows that the total number
gurora drawn was stSo: Of which s7oI sc,us