The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-01-01
Ii Is Very Probable That Hs VIII be
Retained as Superintendent Of Police.
PRESIDENT MARTIN WILL RESIGN.
He will Place His Resignation In Mayor
strong's Hands, Too-Tammany
Offictals Moving Out.

in the hands of Mayor-elect Strong. Mr..
Byrnes' announcement of the Police
Board, and the charges that he VAS ham,
pered in the performance of his duties by
the commissioners. also caused consldera-
bic talk. Everybody is wondering now
what will be the outcome OF anairs III
this department. lie declined to sa!
whether his letter to The Mayor con-
tanned formal application for retire
ment TO the police beard to be forwarded
to that body or not, as Mr.. Strong
pleases.
The Superintendent came down to his
office at the usual hour to-day. He re-
ceiyed during the forenoon many callers,
who came TO extend their good wishes.
and all expressed the hope that he would
continue to be the superintendent OF the
force when it is reOrganized.
Among those who called were Colonel
Murphy and eX-Captain Greer, under
whom Mr.. Byrnes performed his iirst
duty as patrolman, in 1854. Captain
Greer was retired in 1870.
He said he wanted TO see Mr.. Byrnes
continued at the head OF the department.
pynyEs HAS NOTHING TO SAY.
The Superintendent was asked whether
he had anything more TO say concerning
his letter TO the Mayor-elect, ana ms
reasons for wishing to retire. He would
rot further discuss the matter. lie
said
Il have said all concerning this matter
that | intend 10 say for the present. MY
letter is in Mr.. Strong's hands, ana
have given my reasons for the action !
have taken When the proper tlme
conns. | may have something more TO
| add TO what I have already stated. But
for the present, l have nothing more TO
| say"
In police circles. the universal impress
son Is that Mr. ByInes will be at the
head cf the reo~gani2ed police force.
The question has been raised as 10
neither or not the Police FCaru "oul
retire Mr.. Byrnes, IN the event that
| N1vor-elect Strong should decide to for
| ward his Application TO the commission
ers. The board has refused TO retire
ablo-bodicd officers. Under ne twenty
year law. Mr.. Ryrnes is entitled TO
| pension of 5000 per annum II Is D9-
! Iieved there will be no change In the
| heads Of the department until May ISL.
| None Of the inspectors who were AT
| headouarters cared 10 discuss the step
| taken i,v their chief. The department.
| &c ia a. state If turmoil over the eA-
| posures made before the LeAow Cohni'-
| tee md the sensation caused by MT.
| Byrnes' offer to retire.
| NO EVIDENCE AGAINST BYRNEs.
ceoa+or Iexow. before he left for Al
| banv was asked what he thought OF some
| of The more recent criticism OF the com
mittee. and more particularly with reter-
ence to some sharp things Whch nav
been said regarding the examination VI
Superintendent Byrnes.
| "Well." said he. 1--WE expected that we
would be criticised. whether we hau
| Rvrnes on the stand or not, and II We
are criticised adversely it will not only
| be unfair but unjust. Byrnes was asheu
| TO account for his wealth, and he did so
"-rhere was not bit of evidence 10
J show that he was guilty of corruption
I And now. as a matter 0f fact THIS cry,
this State. almost every state IN .Ae
| Union. was scraped as with me too'h-
| con,b i'm order to get some evidence
| against him. but it could not be FOUND
! MIR. Eyrnes was questioned on an lhe9
upon which the counsel had any intorna-
| ton.
.If any one knew anything concerning
the official career of Superintendent
| Bvrnes they should have Informed Us OF II.
| Why did not they come fortn WIN II,
| Ryrpes as a matter Of fact, chahe. ged
| any one. llSlAt VI DhNs''N
ment TO show that he was ever 5ullty
| of a. single wrong act
eft has been said,' remarked one Of
those who had heard the senator's WofoS'
that the committee ana the SupeIih-
tendent understood each other before he
went on the stand, and that there had
been an agreement or understanding ot
some sort by which Byrnes was 70 be
let down easy. ..
a uNtnlnW
Ike it," was the response, us simply
manufacturing a lie
Then there is no truth in that report!
"NOt 4 word.
| PRESIDENT MARTIN WILL hESfGS.
President James j Martin. of the Po-
! lice Department. VIII resign his Office
within the next few days. Martin him
| self made the announcement shortly be
fore half-past Y at the police headquar-
ters. When he announced his intention
TO resign President Martin SAID:
My friends know that l have been
anxious to retire for some time This
place has never been congenial TO me,
| and. now that the investigation by the
Lexow committee has been concluded, l
intend 10 resign. / did not resign under
fire. NV resignation will be in The hands
of Mayor Strong within few days.
Concerning the testimony given by Mr..
BylneS before the committee / nave TINS
to say: As president of this department
| do not wish TO enter into a controversy
with the Superintendent or any one else,
but / emphatically deny that the board
| or | personally have ever done anything
to interfere with or hamper the Super
intendent in the proper discharge of his
duties"
TAMMaNY OFFICIALS MOVING OUT.
Tammany officials whose terms expire
tomorrow were preparing to move to-
day. Mayor Gilroy packed up mis- pri-
vatc papers in the Mayors office this
morning, and was ready to go after the
meeting OF the Board of Estimate and
Apportlonment, which took hnai action
on the departmental estimate for 1875.
The Mayor said that he had not yet
completed his plans for the future; he
| might go TO Europe or TO Florida in a
, | few weeks for vacation. After that
( he will probably go into business. lie
| declared to-day that Tammany still had
q bright future and that he would al
, ways be ready TO work Cor the organlza-
tion.
Willis Holly. the Mayors secretary, has
already gone to Albany, where he will be
the correspondents OF New York news
paper.
Other Tammany officials who were max
ing ready to move this morning were
, | Daniel Engiehard. the Mayors marshal
| George H. Mcclellan. president OF the
! board Of Aldermen Sherin John B. Sex
ton: Coroners Shea and Shultz; Recorder
snyth. and Judge Truax, OF the Superior
. Coirt.