New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-28
ANOTHER CAPTAIN ca UGH1.
DIR. pARKHURsT ANNOUNCES 1T AT
PUBLIC MEETING.
THE NAME OF TIE Guilty OFFICER NOT GIVEN
nl,T THE CASE WILL COME BEFORE THE
LExoNv COMMITTEE On MONDAY.

LEXoNv COMMITTEE on MONDAY.
TIE announcement that the Rev. Or Charles II.
Parkhurst was to speak in the DE Wit MeHio''d'
church at No. 2SD Rvington-st. caused great
throng OF men and women TO gather at the churcH
las, evening II YVES crowded TO the doors before
the time fixed for the meeting OF the CITY Nis'-""Ce
League and then about as many more peope
h'ocl,ed the street in font OF the church ana Nahy
stroye to get IN. 1t was necessary at lengh 10
send 70 the De,arcey-st. police station ioi 49,.
ance 20 keep the crowd at the doors III circh' Ia"
Rev w 7 E.sing. pastor Of the chuTch' pfeH'ueu
NJ the meeting He first introduced the Rev. H. l.
McI;wen pastor Of the Fourteenth Street Presny-
terrain Church who said that. although Tweed was
driven from power in this city twen;Y-thrSe years
ago the city has been ruled lately by iMev'S COM
pared with whom Tweed was pygmy ana an anna
teur The Tweed rims stole $.00o1o, ne Said' Out
the present gang has been stealing N@voV" d
year
Tho Minis of the CITY Vigilance League were
talked of by other speakers. and then Dr. PARK
hurst was introduced. The applause with when
he was greeted was so deafenng that many per
sons in the church could not hear what lie said
when he began speak. He said in part;
Two and a half years ago when ! SAID int "a,
on by the Grand Jury. The preseniment vas snp-
ported by judy MSTR Wn1 his n Audience U coud
repeat that remark. and there would be no pre-,
on by February Grand Jury picked up by
a March Grand Jury ana viii never cease to be
thankful TO that March Grand Jury Then people !s
came to my house by stealth. looking up and down
the street to make sure no policeman was IN sight
a hsy SnS hy Gi tn e aSY s but
must not be known don't want to say tnat , my
in their hands when they came 20 giye informa,
lion. Now pe9pe come boldly ana AZ, AK: , me
Lexow Committee 10 resume? have got some
thing to give in the way Of informaon: d neCpe
Truth is in the air and victory is coming
Dr. Parkhurst took paper from his pocket,
waved IT aloft. and said 1t was document that
contained something Of importance about one OF the
police captains He would not read the paper. he
said. but he would tell something about II later
1t was something fresh, and he always wanted 70
have something fresh at each OF the meetings Then
he began to talk about the fight for reform to be
waged at the polls in November. and he said: Il
am in this fight to stay II we are whipped on No
vember will take a two weeks vacation. and
then will begin again. Having got the enemy on
the are bound 10 keep them running 1890
He talked about the need OF having men Of h'sh
Every man grows by the thing he looks up TO-,
He described the character Of the man he wanted
@e T can i% ook N np Ne Want who SO
and sweet that even thu men WHO are opposed TO
him politically can find rOthing to say agains; him
We want man who Is So big that no boss can
control him. Oh how loathe the whole breed d, o; o.
He went to say that the ideal Mayor must be
man who would be nd of father TO TO 6 the em ys
terious document which ne held in his hand, say
ing:
7The Lexow- Committee IS to resume the investga-
ton OF the Police DEPARTING on MONDAY. During
the recess the work OF preparation has been going
on, ! have here an ffiavit which | canno, read.
because IL is to he uscl in the investigation, nut
IL contains a statement by a man upon whom 4 ce.
mand for money for projection was made by one Of
the police captains OF the city. Il Is egu d0cu-
ment sworn TO- and il icals with a captain whose
name has not been mentioned heretofore before the
committee We have tecn so long breathing the
atmosphere OF corruption that IL would seem that
nobody could have ESCAPED contamination
DR.. Parkhurs; put the affidavit back into his
pocket without telling the name of the captain who
address with an appeal for united reform work In
the city. After the meeting had adjourned he re
fused to tell the newspaper men present anything
more about the captar whose name had escaped
mention in testimony be fore the Lexow Committee