The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-01-01
HOT AFTER WILLIAMS.
rho New york Police Captain Aghu
before Mr.. con.

New YORK, Dee. %. NOtwithStln t.
ing the general impression that yester-
day would be the last day of the session
Of thc Lexow committee for some
days at any rate and the fact that
several prominent police officials
we're vet to be examined, the attend
ance Of auditors was much smaller
than usual
Inspector Williams was recalled
to the stand and Mr.. Goff
asked HIM il he ever had any United
States bonds. The witness said that
he never had Several questions as
TO the witness' property followed AID
also a few questions about his yacht
"Eleneaor.
"Did you ever get n presentation in
Lyric hall?'
Yes, sir an album
'What was IL worth2'
Two thousand five hundred dollars.
10 was presented TO me by jerome
Buck Several persons subscribed TO
the fund to buy the album, among
whom were several Judges of criminal
courts here, after ] was exonerated
on trial"
Then Mr.. Golf called up a young
man and asked the Inspector whether
he recognized him.
81 may have seen him before, but
can't locate him." was the reply.
well. lie is n respectable Young
man named Rose cnfeld, and he went
TO your Office 20 make a complaint
against one Cf your subord mates.
Didn't you ask him If he had any
money to settle the matter, and say
to him, when he stated that he had
none to give up if he had, Go TO hell,
you sheepv | am tired of you Christ
killers. You prosecuted Chris and
you are not wanted here2'
~ brand that as IA lie was the
reply.
Mr. Goff then read list of brothel
keepers in certain streets of the Ten
derloin which were reported by In
spector Williams as existing in the
precinct and asked whether he closed
them Williams said that he had
closed some of them. He was always
closing disorderly houses while IN the
precinct. .rH t.
~''Now, tell us how much money you
got each month while acting captain
of the Tenderloin2" again asked Mr.
GofT
y
"Wen your wardmau dd2'
"No, he did not
"You have got rich on the proceeds
of police corruption?"
IF | were rich man | would not
be here now answering your Aques-
tjons." H t
''Did you say to a policeman that
you were not such u chump as to in
vest your money in brown stone
houses, where it was bound TO come
out some time, but that you had your
money invested in good American
bonds?"
The person who says that is a lar,
aHd you are liar If yuu saV So, too !"
exclaimed Mr.. Williams nngrny-N q
Mr.. Gof objected TO this language,
and Chairman LeNow tried TO calm
the witness.
Z Then Mr. Goh turned to Captain
Sehmittberger's evidence and asked:
"Schmittberger was your confidential
man?'
"Ie was not; had NO confidential
man"
Williams denounced Schmittberger's S
! testimony against him as false aud
| said Schmittberger was lar Fg !
| Asked if his wife did not wear a
| dianlpnd cross, taken from a notodouS
woman, Williams shouted pass ionhtc-
! ly: ~ deny it and brand it as AM in
| famous lie. | never knew the French
madame. She was not French-she
was German.
| After a few more questions were
answered Williams was eXcused, and
Moritz Rosenfeld took the stand and
told OF appealing to Williams for pro
lection against mistreatment by po-
! licemeu 't4h
but Williams says he docs not
know you interposed Mr.. Goif.
Gle is a liar" replied Rosenfeld.
Gle threatened to throw me out of
the station and said You damned
sheeny, killed Christ for thirty pieces
of silver, and shall have nothing to
DO with YOU"