Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-01-03

well, from the time that / was
placed in charge of the detective de-
| partment, ! was thrown amongst
many prominent Wall street men. and
bought stocks. Among stocks l
| bought We're Wabash. Union Pacific,
Western Union and Southern Pacific.
The late Jay Gould was my friend
and he acted AS my broker. He made
| for me S22o, 900. and since his death
his son, George. made $4,000. have
a letter from George Gould giving
amounts made. which is in my safe,
and l will most willingly give il 10
| the committee
when did you first get your
money!
"A friend of Senator Palmer,
named Burridge, very old man, who
! lived in Dutchess county. left me
/ s. 900. l bought property and sold it,
and made some money. Old Comma
| dore Vanderbilt asked ME on one oc-
caSion if l had any money and l said
yes l had $4,000. He asked me for it.
| and l got $4,000 back. as he had in
vested it, very successfully for me.
/ This made ME worth some $4,000 in
1915"
The witness then told a long story
as to how he become acquainted with
! Jay Gould. 1t was through catching
a man who wrote threa tening letters.
Mr. Gould offered him a present, but
he refused. Then Mr.. Gould, he said,
offered to buy stocks for him and did
not want to accept any margin, but
Byrnes insisted He put up $4,000,
with the result that the amount was
increased to $4,000. He said that he
could not remember just where he
got $4,000. but that he had it all
right, he declared. At the present
time he held 5,4OO shares of stock,
some of his own and some on mar
gins.
! every turn of the Wheel said he,
, means $1,000 lost or gained" He eS-
timated that he was worth $3.50, 900.
He refused to tell the names of the
stocks, as many people might so down
town Monday and lose their money.
| Then Mr.. Golf asked as the suppress
sion Of prostitution.
when L became superintendent !
! believed the department was honey
cOmbed with certain abuses. In order
to put an end to that state OF things,
[ transferred many officers to other
precincts. l reported several captains
for not carrying out their duties, and
asked that rule be made rendering in
spectors liable to their districts, but
this the commissioners refused
Have you ever accepted money for
not carrying out the law"
Il never accepted a dollar in my life
unless honestly
The witness then stated so long as
politics governed appointments the
! police would never be efficient. Super
intendent ByrneS said that he haG
written a letter to Mayorelecl Strong
! rendering his resignation. Local pol
iticians, he claimed, are the curse oil
the department and so long as politics
are a factor such a state of things
will exist. Although he had heard
substantial information as to the cor
ruption and bribery, he was unable tt
get at it and the whole department
was impregnated with the belief tha
promotion had to be bought and meri
was of no avail. He claimed to hav,
done cool deal towards helping brin:
. sbout exposures. He paid a tribute t
, Dr. ParkhurSt, who, he said, manu-
, featured the public sentiment withou
, which it would be impossible for tn
committee to have acquired the infor
. nation it did.
The police force must be reOrganized
The present system is all wrong" h
said. Resolutions We're then passe,
: thanking all who had been concerned
in the investigation, and after som
complimentary speeches the commit
tee adjourned sine die.
New York, Dec. 3O.-Anthony Com
: stock has addressed a letter to the Lex
oW cOTQmittee regarding the Statemen
! made by the witness named Streep, Of
, Thursday, that he (Streep) paid Com
stock $1,000 to drop the prosecution
against him for swindling.
''The assault made upon me by tn
. conmvance and consent Of the coun
+ sci of your committee" ComstOc
writes, 'is a monstrOus pervasion 0
personal rights"
J After further denunciation of Gof
Comstock states at great length tn
: work he has accomplished as agent 70
: the Society for the Suppression o
Vice. He denies that he ever sough
! to obtain the dismissal of an indict
5 ment against Streep and asserts il
7 fact that he protested against i
| The case of Olin D. Gray he review
/ in great detail, renewing his charg
f that indictments against that defend
} ant were dismissed at the recommeI
l dation of Mr.. Golf, while assistant dis
trict attorney.
AN ODD AFFAIR