The sun., 1897-04-23
MOSSIN THE POLICE BOARD.
AAT0R PICKS OUT a CTS UNION
PhRKHURST REPUBLICAN,.


Prosecutor or thr PsIirs ITO ne sure. West OF
| the Prosecutions Faiiedj to st In sndErsent
upou Them Andrews TO Gail n special
Meeting OF the Board To-day ana Preside.
F-,nt Moss counsel of tho Parkburst society
and onc of Al, directors is the man Nayor Strong
onno,, od ,o h. Police Comm,ssIoner
in n,acc n; Tbeodoro Roosevelt. Mr.. Moss was
,,vorr &, n, Tho ,Jorors Office AT o.ao o'clock in
the afternoon ITo is a native Of Putnam county.
IA ~ yenrs ola and IA Iovvcr with an Office in
80 - ~ el'o ~ 80 -. .a. "A
inc nenhett oniiuihg. ho mas Deen zen ~ u
S' Tomaa a It's hea%
mas pcen the prosecutor OF many po'ice ohicoLs .
who are still mciubers OF tho force and who will
no,, ho suhordina,c IN lin, Most of the pros.
no,,,ions so;InS
1t was evident that Moss was tho last resort OF
the Mayor in his hunt for successor to Mr.:
Roosevelt. Coz. Strong IL Is seid' had oneroo
the place 10 score of men. all OF whom had re-
fused n,
Aue.u It,
II was not candidate for the place SUm. Dn:
.n,a s .oi, n,e .uD. NV; 81, .na. ~
friends had recommended my appointment. ne
told me to-day that was to be tho President Of
the hoard ~ either Commissioner Parker or
Grant could be cot to vote for me or il Commis-
sioner Parker should be removed"
The Commissioner said that ho is an enrolled
Republican and member OF the Harlem Repub-
lican Club. He is also connected with the City
vioi,ance Jeaou. which In AFFILIATED with the
Citizens Union movement in opposition to the
oo,,,,n oa,,,aaie,r
coming caihp"ish'
nrosecute rai Cant Alexander S. wiiliams before
~. po,;.. psa.s A., xta.. 10. ann..raJ a.
'hc roiice ~ i'oaru' 'ii. 'ios' na' ,1I %
rlr0 nr n N
He was special counsel for the Police Board In
the preparation OF the case against Police Cap
ment in thia case. When asked about this he
said:
at the trial OF peSery' II Is true that 1 made
the case against him and prepared the testi-
hnrs. ,o oud decide t6e case NV the eridenee and
without pre,udicc."
He got into a sauabble with Commissioner
Grant not long ago over the coming trial of
mittee on T Rules and Discipline wanted to
know the details of the evidence which Mr..
Moss az nrosecnf;np counsel was preparinr.
Mr. Moss wouidn' I give them.
You have got 10 take them on trust" he
is guilty and should be removed but I want TO
Commissioner % @ Moss said he had decided on no
particular policy but il is unierstood that he
was appointed TO back up Commissioner An.
welt and Andrews were pursuing al the time
M RnoseTeit resipned Sayor Stron9's only
,nent aha, he annointed Mr. Moss because he
considered him a 9nod man for the place
Observation-Disclosures % u cr gaye ont tbis a. ,eu,ent
,ast exeninS. IT have SnoEn Mr. Moss for
something over two wears and have never had
snv unnIeasant relations with him. Any man
Who enfcrs tbe Board of Police Commjs sionern
nrn,edaed and NTH tbe intention of acIing
fairly, can. with his colleagues. in a weeks time
helm comnose the differences raised nv the nm.
fortnnate disnosition NJ the late Cornmis ssiooer
Rooseveii. Had any such M mi man been in the late
rornn;ssionar pnnseTnit's niace ibnre wnniS
have been no such differences 10 compose: but
a. ~, ,e,,, ,,a,nh har cnr,es nIedged nv csre not
bn bou nc CIV " rn"nite5 ~ cnrrxn detetm mineS
nniirr IN continue or iniensifT the old Si6erence
N rrcate new ones I have no Doubt fhere ara
IN I'm ho,p in The Who viii
sno"it ~ ,bnrns.iycs we'll in any such ront;ngencv
Tba Naxor; "a not unaware ri ;ba disnosit1on ~
rnIniEsjnncr 10 n Gran1 and mrsrIf he was ner
sonalIy annrisef of il. 'eA' "''' p''