The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-20
CITY'S CASE IS FINISHED.
CO1LIIISSTONER GLLHULY'S SIDE TO
 BE BEGUN NEXT FRIDAY.

Were Last Nights Witnesses-JacksoI
 Denies Statements Alleged to Have Beer
 Made by Him Before Investigation Com
 mittee-Dargan's Statement.
 But thirteen of the twenty-four mem
 bers of the board of aldermen were
 present last evening, when the trial ot
 Police Commissioner Daniel s. Gilhuly
 was resumed. The absentees were Al
 dermen Skiff, Blakeslee, Belden, Leary Lambert Rattlesdorfer, Shanley,
 Moore, Rabanus, Parish and Reyes
 There was also a large and interested audience present
 Officer Cooper was first recalled for cross examination by Attorney Good hart.
 Attorney Goodhart-I understood you last night to say that personally you were not hindered or prevented from the enforcement of the liquor law by anything you heard that Commissioner Gilhuly had said. Is that true?
 Officer Cooper-Yes sir, it is.
 ''Have you ever said anything to the contrary to Rev. pr. Smyth2"
 Officer Cooper-I did not that I re- member nor do I remember hearing of any other officer who has said so.
 Patrolman Benjamin $. Jackson was the next witness. He testified: q have been a member of the police force for twenty-two years and for the past two years and a half have been at the Grand avenue precinct. I have been on the Sunday detail for about ten months during which time l made arrests and caused arrests to be made n conse- quence of what I discovered. In two cases made complaints for which never received warrants. was changed from the Sunday detail at my own request. didn't like the work, thought I had had my share of the work, and asked my superior officers to take me off the Sunday detail and they did so. There were some violations of the law which I did not report because I did not have and could not get sufficient evidence. My failure to report viola tions was not due to any thought or impression that Commissioners Gilhuly were on the board.
 Attorney Ely-Did you testify before the investigation committee that it was not the custom to report the violations of the liquor law in station 2? CTes- timony read).
 Officer JacksonAI did not so testify or at least I don't remember it.
 The officer continued; 'T met Com missioner Gilhuly after had caused the arrest of a violator of the law and he asked me how bad the case was I told him I thought we had a good one. He laughed, but said nothing more His actions did not give me the impression that he did not want the liquor law enforced. He may have spoken to me three or four times, but has never said or done anything to discourage me from doing my duty. Commissioner Clancey also has spoken to me in reference to liquor raids. Other commissioners may have spoken to me, but I don't remember.
 Attorney E1y-Did they ask you how you caught them and how bad the case was?
 Officer Jackson-Commission Clan cey did, but I don't think Commis- sioner Gilhuly was interested in the case. Clancey was interested in the case because he sold his soda there. He came to my house and asked me to make it as light as I could.
 Attorney Ely-Why in your evidence before the Investigating committee did you say: They seemed interested in the case?'"
 Officer Jackson--I didn't say any such thing. There are a great many things pr. Smyth has charged me with saying that I never said. Commissioner Gill huly never came to see me in refer ence to the case. I met him on the street and he asked me about the case I do not think that Commissioner Gill huly was interested in the case.
 Attorney Ely-Do you deny the state l ments which I have read to you and l which you testified to before the inves- tigating committee?
 Officer Jackson-I do some of them.
 Attorney Ely-Who have you talked | with about this case?
 Officer Jackson-I told Captain | o'Keefe and Officers Lins1ey and others | that the statement made by Dr. Smyth | In reference to me and what I testified | to was untrue.
 Attorney Ely-Have you ever spoken to Commissioner Gilhuly about it.
 Officer Jackson-I did not.
 'Do you think, officer, that the liquor aw is regidly enforced in your pre- ainct?"
 ''I might answer that question yes md no think, however, that the law s enforced as we'll as 1t can be under existing circumstances"
 "Do you remember making any state nent to the Investigating committee hat the commissioners afforded pro- ection to the saloon keepers" (Evi- fence read by MT. Ely.)
 ''I don't think said any such thing, f I did didn't understand the ques- ion, for I don't believe any of the commissioners do. I don't know what 1 meant by it if did say so and have erious doubts that I ever said so.'
 Attorney Ely here read more testimo- " from the evidence adduced before he special Investigating committee. he testimony read was that of Officer Jackson. Attorney Ely-Do you think there is ny saloon down there in which com- nissioners took great deal of inter- l st? [ "No, do not" Attorney Ely-Didn't you testify that
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