The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-09
SWITH NOW WITH PARKERl
urJPs HIM TO oUTToTB DOM
De MISSIONER MOSS.

An"-Wnn,.b,o Resorts to the President OF
ned as well as to the Chief Laid over
GARNER rms Inmate Dropped.
,.nr,issioner Parker appeared at the meet
y - che Police Board yesterday just In time
49, Mr.. Andrews mention his name.
.ngs,,'s thatl' he said. What was itr'
az -os merely saying" said Mr.. Andrews
~, ,lisht bow, that the papers in tho
49,, case are lost, and that Col. Grant said
rsJbe you had hen.
a. parker shrugged his shoulders.
a., that 1 know Of" no said. There In .
-. feasibility that they may be up at the
-, They are not here. / have looked for
~, Now that l como to think, I don't think
ever had them
IN. waters case Erew.out Of the prosecution,
..-a,u,ion. OF Capt. Sheohan. Waters was
Lss,,o.man chosen by ox.Chiof Conlin, because
.h.d n srudse against Sheehan, to get owl
-. n, Motley playing In tho latter's precinct
go, testified at tho trial that he and Waters
so,b aid tho bidding Of Parker In the matter.
uy.,srs go. tho evidence" and wrecked the
ga. and nearly himself and the Chief with It
~. witnesses were. arrested for perjury. and
N, oa,e against the Captain thrown out
commissioners Roosevelt and Andrews moved
n dismiss the charges against sheehan and to
IN, Waters on trial. but both propositions were
hing UP In the dcadlocked board. That was
ip.,he middle OF February.
.Evcr since" said Mr.. Andrews yesterday,
IT have tried to have something done about
~, W ,,ers charges, alwaysunsuocessfully. I
,nose 10 Col. Grant about them on more than
AZ. occasion. He never said positively what
y. rould do. Finally he said that he could not
srd the parers. He admitted that they were
,,fo-red TO him as Chairman Of the Committee
81, Rules ard Discipline, but said that he did
"a, b,ye them. He thought they must DO In
Mr.. Parker's possession
Mr. Parker entered at that point He wanted
IA know II there was anything in tho papers that
.ould no, be duplicated. Mr.. Andrews said
,h,. tho charges were based on evidence some
a, which was now out Of reach. "Thoy woro
vary serious charges" no added, "and ought to
b d~ealt.wtth."
Under tho circumstances he, as the present
msirman OF the Committee on Rules and Dis
etpl,no hardly knew what to report at the mo
uent II Mr.. Parker would search his house
and then" interjected President Moss, lean
ing over the table to catch his colleagues eye
1tyOu find them"
"oh, certainly" said Mr.. Parker. and tho
matter was dropped for the time being,
,- inc case sp D. By Inspeetor BrooEs's report that
ks was suspended. Taylor was appointed last
fal. 4 few days ago "a citizen wrote to the
Reiormatory when he was q youth. Inquiry
was made and the statement was found 10 be
true. The record OF Taylor's conviction for
burglary in 1856 and OF his sentence to incar-
eerstion in the retormatory accompanied the
papers. Taylor broke into the house OF henry
Ambecker, at 523 West Fifty-second street.
and stole a silk dress and some other things.
BE was in Elmira eighteen, months, according
TO the showing made. The board voted to dis:
been legally a policeman. his appointment
having been obtained through perjury.
On the motion OF Col. Smith the action OF the
board at its last meeting in retiring two men
with only three member present was sub
mitted TO the Corporation Counsel for his
scrutiny. The law says that retirements shall
Be- made by a majority vote Of the full board
This board took the stand that three were Q
nAsjOrty. Past boards have IN listed that III .he
Smith wanted the point autaoritatively de-
eiiei.
$50 did l." President Moss said in surprise.
There was some discussion, during which
Commissioner Andrews summed the matter up
Boiled down, it means three votes, - he said.
The distinction between three votes of three
present and three votes Of four present seems
700 fine to discuss" But Col. Smiths resoiu'
ton passed.
ward q routine matter from the Thirty.fftt
Assembly district Mr.. Parker is a member
Of that committee. but nobody seemed to re
member II.
Z am on that committee. I would like Il
zee 1t" he said. Col. Smith handed him the
paper with an apology. A little later, wher
President Moss brought up a resolution he
leemed anxious to have passed, he Joined
Commissioner Parker in opposing its imme
date passage. He wanted II laid over for con
The fesqIation directed Police Captains to
report weekly all questionable resorts in theil
Precincts, and all efforts made TO suppress
them, TO the President OF the board as well a.
70 the Chief.
That Mr.. Moss "a counsel for the Parkhurst
EoeietY set tongues wagging in Mulberry street
He wanted the report, 1t was said, as materia
tr his society's work. AS a matter Of fact
the reference to efforts made to suppress tn,
dives holds the key to the riddle Mulberry
street tried to guess. Mr.. Moss Is a man O
method. He keeps an account, as 1t were. with
the precincts. He watches week by week tn,
humber or suspicious resorts reported by tn,
Captains. II it is always the same he has tn,
Captains looked up. Every house that ia raidec
checked off on the Presidents book. Then h,
has something definite upon which TO base hi
estimate OF the Captains efficiency. Whel
promotions come around his notebook will com
Into use.