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was any uchstipulation or not. the acceptance
Of his assistance practically involved deal
and a committee that came down from Albany
% wGh the 6 Express bsys eareu Ia
avoid even the appearance Of having suscepti-
hle side for the very sort OF onense that they
IL has seemed to- our COMMITTEES strange that
the Senators, knowing the earnesiness and the
what extent we regard Mr.. Byrnes as that ele-
mcnt IN the force TINT was the hardest TO reach.
and from whom we felt that most was to be
feared, have not taken some pains to faniliarize
Themselves with the point OF view which we
Scn Gr9pgnt m 70 SScT6y ~ 10 % WE
have given 10 the committee the ebeneflt Of our
work aud tho resources OF our oiiice; wo Knew
some of the rural me IN bcrsof the committed were
probably aware that we had apolice force. We
have had opportunities in our three years, war
fare Of asccrtaining the true complexion of mat
ters such as has been impossible TO the committee.
supposed, II they had the disposition TO make
thorough md earnest work with the matter,
they would haye s1nfSrred a WITH @ U.S. w0nd hsve Aye
long fight that we hsyc been waging, and won
from us the outlook we have SO e,xpensiyely
gained. They have sought nothing of the Kind
nor did they allow for the examination OF Mr.
Byrnes sufficient time to avail of any such dis
We OF the Executive Committee feel that our
fght during tho past three years has been per- per
known perfectly we'll that our only intention
has been TO secure the enforcement OF law In
this city, and yet he has doeged our steps from
first to last, and has omitted no efforts 10 dis
credit us in the estimation Of the community.
II the executive element of the Police Depart
would have crushed the $. T.. g.; there would
have been no Lexow committee, and Grant
When our G agents were making il uncomfort.
able for their associates, Mr.. Byrnes repre-
sented TO the Police Justices, so the press in
sponsible parties ought to be stopped We raise
no question as TO the wisdom of the rule pro-
posed by superintendent Byrnes In this partic-
ular: we are only calling attention to the fact
that 1t was he that ruled in the matter, and that
the immediate effect of that rule 80 adopted
would be TO retard the operations of our detec-
tives; Weunderstood; and the community under
stood, that that was the object which Mr. Byrnes
had in view. Mr.. Byrnes struck at our society
in the arrest OF our Chief Detective Gardner. I
am not raising any question here as to Mr.. Gard
ner's guilt or innocence, but am only saying that
the Police Department conspired with phenom-
enal unanilnity 70 rid itself Of the embarrass-
superintendent himself taking n hand in IL and
wrenching from frightened Maret df Marets
% he might be" be- able '' to- e1tort. % Granting V that at
Byrnes didn't treat Maret with greater bru-
% ~ and han s4sn,ns he tbs f right
legitimate appurtenance Of police force in this
century yet the point is that II was in an at
ent's drastic measures were used. Byrnes hated
us. and kept tab on us, and tried to make us con-
agent was ievying blaokmail. which. as shown
by the Lexow committee, was precisely what
his agents were doing, and precisely what we
Within three days Of the above attack he
discredit its President. Unless all the news
papers of that date lied, he called together
ts0ness published to the world a mess OF black
guardism touching the motives Of my work, the
se bspT1e h S q
this without animosty, but he lied all the same.
and the object OF the lie was to break the power
lis He s1en ve
sneaking, insipuation against my church by
ssShHF ns' me eRsT from my
to disreputable resort. For low-lived vi
ci9usness that tannt Is easily entitled eE to the
was trodden by but one Individual. and he in no
propef9ense mem per Of my congregation and
come into my possession from Mr.. Byrnes's own
hand.
1t will be proper to introduce 1t this point by
way of Indicating more fully Mr.. Byrnes's attf-
tude toward us, the following extracts from
1892:
A Society for the Prevention OF Crime That is
ns s for an Of b wh1 says from
denounced Not only have they blackmalleTs among
s nGf a4n win % ns o@ IN
m are 81
number spies practice on fears these most
unfortunate women The cruelty Of It aoa1es me; .;
is Is not their condition sqnclently pliiable with
in Gardners case the threat Of an Indictment was
uss M @ 'ef o
.Sss sa 9 4 81 ' guilty
heT hs re of ~na
While Ls then Wait until the ns sS what has
as long as .n'
by ana as s S
they eorro99rate what have said about him and his
the % at @ sharp snd clear had
Eynn him r credit a before as It. now sppeaa simply for
AND Sa
ssa i ai
:aS @ other, opportaSitis: and other ends.
home shall be prspars pre- When Dr. Partsurs. comes
a s eads OF e doom Ss Of his
upon Which his hado@s might eypsit shsaseiss;
with atyantage 70 the security and good repute q his
achieved In their present vain hunt.
Our agents. acting in tho legitimate discharge
chartered by the State. were mobbed a year and
more ago by the toughs and thugs that sprang
to the relief Of Nj and his
morning were full of the details of the outrage.
but Mr.. Byrnes on examination was unable to
discover that any, outrage had been committed
necessitating action on his part. and in that way
official announcement was made that the agents
of our society need not look for official protec-
ton, and were to be considered as legitimate
Now. that is Byrnes. He is the man that we
have had steadily in our eye for three years, and
he has had us just as steadily in his eye. As
nothing but the overthrow of misrule In this
city. Byrnes has known that as well as tho
have not the Senatorial COMMITTEES, through
their counsel made themselves familiar with
these mattersS We have urged that Mr.