The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-20

IS IL the common talk among the officers that some of the commissioners did not want the liquor law enforced?''
 There was talk among some of the officers to that effect"
 Were the commissioners mentioned by name"
 'I think the commissioners were Clancy and Gilhuly but l don't re- member that any reason was given why they didn't want the law enforced"
 On examination the witness stated that he had never been hindered from enforcing the liquor law by any remarks that Commissioner Gilhuly had made to him or any one else, and that if Dr. Smyth said he did the state menu was not true. He also denied having said to the police Investigating committee what the devil Is the use of trying to do anything when the com missioners don't want us to-"
 Officer John F. Doran was the next witness. He testified that Commission CT Gilhuly had interfered with him in the discharge of his duty on October, IS. He said that the commissioner same out of Moran's saloon and told him to go about his business and pa trol his beat.
 q told him I was talking police busi- ness, and tried to explain to him, but he would not accept an explanation. l was talking to a woman who came to me and asked me how she could get her trunk. I had never been spoken to by @ police commissioner before about my duty. I never heard from anyone that Commissioner Gilhuly did not want the liquor law enforced. have never been deterred from doing my full duty in reference to the enforcement of the liquor law by Commissioner Gilhuly or any other commissioner"
 Officer George L.Hyde was next called ard testified as follows: q have never been interfered with by Commissioner Gilhuly, nor have ever been deterred in enforcing the liquor law by anything he has ever said to me, nor have l heard any other officer say anything to that effect except Officer Toronto, who said to me that Commissioner Gilhuly had given him a hint that 1t would be better to let certain saloons alone. I testified before the Investigating com mittee that it was common talk among the men at station No. 1 that there were commissioners on the board who did not want the liquor law enforced, and that they were protecting the sa- looms they were interested in. The men felt, l think, that they were not jus tifed in interfering with the saloons while there were soda water dealers on the board"
 
 heard talk about this matter?
 T think have heard Officers Cooper and Dargan talk about it, and I have talked about 1t myself. Also Officer Toronto and Sergeant Bradley, but I can't recall any more at present. have also heard citizens talk about It."
 Attorney Benton-Well, we won't go Into that. Have you heard officers talk about commissioners having dealings with saloons and who they were?
 q have Their names are the same as those have mentioned"
 Attorney Benton-Have you ever been by this fact from enforcing the liquor law?
 q have not. should do my full duty
  -erested in the saloon keepers"
 Attorney Goodhart-Have you ever been influenced or deterred in refer 9nce to the enforcement Of the liquor or any other law by the commission ITS? 'I have not" "Do you know of any officer who l las?" 'I do not If Dr. Smyth said anything Q the effect that said I had been or | Inew of any other officer who had been, le was mistaken"
 Attorney Goodhart--TIave you any in- l that will show that certain | did not want the liquor aw enforced?
 "No sir. I,have not"
 "When did you talk with Officer Dar- can?"
 "It was last year"
 "What was said?"
 'I am not positive. He was trying 0 get evidence against 58 Union street seems to me that something was said bout Clancy selling soda water there, ut I don't remember exactly what he aid In conversation with Officer Coop r he asked my advice in reference to a lace on Grand avenue, which was vio- ating the liquor law. He also said that e got a pail of beer from there one fight at 12:30, and brought it to police eadquarters and yet could not get a told him to take good man ,ith him and collar the proprietor. Ee did so, and he and Officer Dargan roke the place up."
 Attorney Goodhart-Well, the fact nat he didn't get a warrant was not le fault of the police commissioners ut in fact, if any one was to blame, was the prosecuting agent, MT. Me wasn't it?
 q suppose it was" Well, in all your conversations there as nothing which bears out the state ent that the police do not do their i'll duty because of Commissioners Gill lly or Clancey, was there?" "No sir. I guess there was not" Attorney Benton-Were you ever in- rfered with by @ commissioner in ref ( ence to your duty? q never knew of but one such time | nd then I think the remark was made ? Officer Werner, who was with me. he commissioner was MT. Gilhuly e told Officer Werner that the Ger ania house on Union street had a c Id reputation and ought to be broken c ,,o,rov lrY,aTu nut mic +hot GOr, 6