The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1895-01-04
MR.. BYRNES RESIGNS
SAYS HE IS ovERRuLED.
Unable to Reform tho New York Police
Scandals because of tho Commissiou-
crs.-lio Pays Tribute to tho Work
of DR. Parkhurst.

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the chair' thus CLOSING session OF In
vestigatlon which was brimful OF
startling revelations.
After Inspcctor Mclaughlin md sev.
er,I others had ,os,,dnS Sv,>ar,rto,,
Y." "'u 'es..e" ''ul'e'ih'cn'
How long nave you been on the po-
lice forceT
"Aobut tblrty.two years wns mn.
nolnted conto,n In is7o ,rsnoo,or T.,
Zoo -, 81
.''o hau was '''aue superintendent Oh
April Il, lS02.
what property have your
The superintendent gave the location
of the property, which he said was all
in his wife's name. 1t amounted to
500, 800, all free and clear.
How did you become possessed of
such an amount of wealth.
"Well, from the time that l. was
placed In charge of the detective de-
partment l was thrown amongst many
prominent Wall street men, and pur-
chased stocks. Among the stocks
Western Union and Southern Pacific.
The late Jay Gould was my friend and
acted as my broker. He made for me
A23oooo, and since his death his son
George has made $4,000. have n
letter from George Gould giving the
amounts made-Whi4h is In sipr safe,
and will most Willingly give ir 90 me
committee"
pctr n1 Ms to In
preston OF prostitution.
when l became acting superinten-
dent l put down about 500 houses in
the city. After became superintcn-
dent there came change. These
women, when they came before the
police commissioners and said they
paid Tor protection, they would not be
DeiieVed: III they went before the po-
lice justices they We're not believed. If
they went before the grand jury they
were not believed. l endeavored to
put an end TO the evil and ordered
,hesc houses to be broken up, II posi-
Die
want to give DIR. Parkhurst all the
hcip can, although he is bounding
me every time he gets chance. DIR.
Ihrkiurst mas created n public senti-
meIt which would never have existed
III this city If 1t had not been manufac-
,ufeu' ana without which 1t would be
impossible 10 have compelled the own
ers OF these houses to give up their
business, as they have done"
Then" said Mr. Goff, "your evil
dcncc is that, but for the efforts OF DIR.
farkhurst ana the public effect Of the
acuoh OF the committee you would be
poWcriess 10 put an end 10 this state
OF things. Only for these things would
inns corruption have continued;"
No; 1t would TO some extent"
WHY
Because l am 50 tied up. l have
no power to detail special men in any
precinct. could not move man
from here 10 Fourteenth street with
out an order from the police commits
sloners.
But two commissioners have sworn
ilit you exercise all the power
That Is not so.
Well. rs to the Matchmaking OF
merchants and storckcepcrs:
oh, If was To attempt to detail cor
poration ordinances | would not be SUI
perlhtendent OF police in a week.
Mr.. Moss then read en- extract from
an interview In which Mr.. Byrnes was
reported TO have said that the agents
OF the Parkhurst society were living
on and fostering crime. He at the
same time said he would not do all In
his power TO purge the police cepart.
ment-
u never" said the superintendent.
made the statements attributed TO me
In that Interview. ! reported several
captains FOR not carrying out their
duty, and asked that n rule be made
rendering the inspectors liable for
their districts. but this the commits
sioners refused"
Have you ever accepted money for
not carrying out the law"
u never accepted dollar In my life,
unless honestly"
Witness went on 10 say that II he
had been dishonest I've would not have
held his position as long MS he has.
Il wanted 10 resign, but ! did not
think would be doing my duty To the
citizens by So doing"
The audience here broke Into M.
plause. Witness then stated that MS
long ms politics governed the depart
mcnt and the appointments. the police
would never be efficient.
superintendent Byrnes then dis.
cussed the excise law, and said II was
impossible 10 detect violations IL the
men went In uniforms. but that the
commissioners would not allow the
men 10 act otherwise.
Regarding the pool sellers he said
that his hands Were tied until the
mayor Instructed the magistrates TO
convict the pool sellers. As soon ms
al. a
up.
The difference Of Commissioner Mar
tin with the captains ut the time of the
$50. election was then referred TO ana
Superintendent Byrnes described the
meeting ms follows:
commissioner Martin fold ma Ia
usn1 IODINE, a.. .,,,.u.t a. "