Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-03-22
PULPIT AND POLICE.
THE WAR BETWEEN DR.. PARkHURST
AND SUPT. BYRNES STILL ON.
"A Strange Drama In Which George Gould,
Zella Nicolaus, the Alleged Adventures,
tho Noted Clergyman and New YOrks
Police Superintendent All Play Parts.

Tho fight between Police Superintend-
ent Byrnes and tho Rev. DR.. Charles III.
Parkhurst has broken out in New York
In three places, and 1t looks like war to
the knife now. Tho famous anti-Tam-
many divine sent the notorious Zella Mic
CLAUS to tho grand jury room, where 1t Is
said that she gave testimony tending to
show that Mr.. Byrnes prosecuted her and
misapplied his official powers. That was
one battle In the Parkhurst- Byrnos war.
Battle No. was when "Angel" Arthur
bennett and r.. A. Whitney Of tho Park
hurst society were arrested charged with
conspiring to procure the disgrace Of De-
tective Sergeants Jacobs and McManus
by charging them with arranging with
Burglar Jacob Liss to rob storo. Liss
was arrested also. All three got bail. Liss
says that when McManus arrested him he
kicked him and yelled, "I'll teach you to
90 back on your friends" The police au-
thorities were severely criticised for CIV
ing tho warrant to McManus to serve.
The third battle was begun In the
Tombs police court, but its object and
meaning are not so clear, except that IL Is
charged that tho police arc trying to in
jure DR.. Parkhurst by striking ut two Of
Nicolaus and her dappor littlo husband,
AL Ruhman Thoy lived in tho samo
house where two clerks resided who arc
now under arrest on tho charge of stealing
cigars. Tho Nicolaus woman and her hus-
band wero subp1naed In the case But
tho real motives In tho three battles do not
seem to have any reference to cigars or to
burglars Those arc moro itoms i'm tho
great Park khurst Byrnes battle. Parkhurst
Is after Byrnos, and tho clergyman's
friends say that Byrnes Is after Parkhurst.
BY far tho most interesting development
to como will bo tho explanation Of some
secret negotiations that have boen going
on between Zella Nicolaus ana DIR. Park
hurst. It Is understood that for thrco
weeks or moro tho woman and her hus-
band have been drawing money from the
treasury Of tho Society For tho Prevention
of Crime, tho consideration thoy gavo tho
society boing startling information boar
ing upon alleged corruption In tho police
department.. 1t Is certain that since sho
camo TO New York few weeks ago Xclla
Nicolaus has been followed everywhere by
central Office detectives IL ~ said also
that these detectives wcro "shadowcd" IN
turn by agents Of the Society For tho Pre-
vontion of Crime.
Zolla Nloolaus first camo into promi-
ncnco about yoar ago by claiming that
sho had noto or check for $40, 900 from
George Gould and by threatening to suo
for tho amount. Exactly how George
Gould came to owo her that amount was
ncvor explained, but before tho caso came
up In court Superintendent Byrncs took
hand I'm tho affair, and 10 IL understood
that no had Zella before him at police
headquarters and put bor through mild
form OF his thirty -thiSd degree" Zclla
was not 20 DO frightened by any Of his
throQts, however, and remained In town.
All this time her constant companion
vas Al RuhmnD. and the notoriety tho