The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-02-16
LBXOW AT LUNCH.
Feeding P1att's Poodle Into
Voting for the SeVenty's
Police Bill.
THE INDICTMENT BUG-A-BO0
Probably Is Mere Newspaper Fic-
tion-Mrs. Schubert Back,
Swearing Again.


NEW YORK, Feb. 16. 1Ss5-The pub
lished statement that a meeting be-
| tween Senator Lexow and the Executive
Committee of the Committee of Seventy
would be held this morning in the Cham
! Der OF Commerce excited a great deal OF
| interest in political circles in this city.
| The hour for the conference was f1xe9
! at II A. NJ. but at that time there was no
sign of Charles Stewart Smith, Senator
Lexow or any other prominent politician
in the rooms. Mr.. Smith, who is chair
man of the Executive Committee of the
| Committee of Seventy, sent word that
he would be at the meeting place aC
noon.
The object of the conference is. it is
said. to discuss the police bills. Mr..
Smith, it is rumored, is willing to ac-
cept a police bill which will provide for
police board of one. thrae or five in
dividuals, so as to remove anything BIZ
partisan about the proposed scheme. and
also to take away the Election Bureau
from the control of the Police Depart,
ment.
Senator Lexow will lay the views of the
Plattites before the Committee of Sew.
enty, and a compromise may be effected.
Senator Lexow reached his Office about
eleven o'clock. He said that he and Mr..
Smith had arranged to have a meeting
today.
Il don't know. however" said Senator +
Lexow, when and where We will meet.
Our meeting will not. however, be in the
nature of a conference
LUNCH AND POLITICS.
Charles Stewart Smith and Chairman
Rives Of the subcommittee of the Com 4
Club, from whence they sent Mr.. Della
field with letter to NIr. Lexow's office
inviting the Senate to lunch.
Senator LeXow wenk to the Down
Town Club A few minutes later Messrs.
G. G; Beamsn, George L. Rives. James
c. Carter. Chairman Jos. Larecoue Of )
he GGgmIfes aTTSed OF SgerI nsrtIs sbdda sbd
a few moments and then adjourned up
stairs. NTessrs. Laroceue, Delafeld and
tend meeting of the Executive Commit
tee of the Committee of Seventy that was
being held in the Chamber of Commerce.
The others renamed in conference
The greatest secrecy was maintained
about the meeting. and reporters were
not allowed to come within the confer
THE INDICTMENT SENSATION.
The report that indictments had been
found by the Oyer and Terminer Grand
Jury against Inspectors Williams, Nc
Laughlin and McAvoy and two Captains
| much talk around Police Headquartery
this morning. The Special Grand jun
which has been Investigate ting the Pol5.
terday until March 4. and rumor has. it
that indictments were found against the
police officials named. 1t is said tha {.
the indictments against Inspectors. Will
Jams and McAvoy were found on evidence
given by Captain Schmittberger former
accused both Williams and McAvoy OF
corruption before the Lexow Committee
1t is reported that Katie Schubert gave
hafO fhO md n
Inspector Mclaughlin. She is the woTl-s
an who formerly kept a disorderly house
the Police Board that she paid protections
money to Captains Devery, Cross and to-
Inspector Mclaughlin when he was Caps
tain. They were in command Of the Eli
bridge street station during the time
she conducted the house in Allen street.,
Il was on her evidence that Cross and
disappeared right after the Cross and
Devery trial and took steamer for
that she was to be indicted for perjury
and that she skipped to avoid the con-
sequences. If Mrs: Schubert has returns
ed the fact has been kept very. quiet
port that she is back and that she was.
PERHAPS A LIE.
If indictments have been found as rs-s
ported. no one at headquarters seems
dent Byrnes was seen this forenoon and,
asked about the reported indictments,
He said he had not heard anything
officially about the matter.
Inspectors Williams, McAvey and Nc
Laughlin were attending to their duties
as usual this morning.
Asked about the rurnor of their indict-.s
ment, they said it was news to them.
Apparently none of them were much coma;
cerned over the report. :
Inspector Mclaughlin has already de-x
clared in most positive terms. that thes
statements made by Mrs. Schubert ats
the trials of Devery and Cross were un-F
true and false. and branded her as az
liar.
McAvoy and Williams have also saifs
that Schmittberger's charges againstS;
them were false.
Ex-Police Captain Doherty. with hisSt
counsel, ex-Secretary of the Navy Bend
jamin F. Tracy, was in the District At-S
torney's office this forenoon, the ex-,
Secretary having called to '1ook intos
things a bit.'' as his client remarked.S
E2-Captain Doherty's trial for accepts
inc bribes begins on Monday next.