New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-25

o.-who are In your inspection precinct; V Wnat
o..--Are they all in the Borough of Manhattan
Brooklyn X~No, sir.
DEvERY ELECTED PRESIDENT.
o.-Now. have asked you specifically in regard
to meeting OF the captains in your inspection ais
uict Have you been present at general mee.ins
OF captains since the middle or the end OF feo-
ruary? Ayes. I have In connection with the
association the Burial Association.
..Q..Where was that meeting held? A.-rohce
Q.-And who presided? A.-Chief Mackellar pre-,
sided at one meeting and the other meennn Ing =
w yn,sk s.c was the election and tnen Oh'ei
.o,,Do you recall the dates of those meetinss'
.3.Were they subsequent to February? Al
vo.Were the Brooklyn captains present. A.
Q.-Was Captain Knipe present? A.-Yes. sir
Knipe Gas II IT was spelt Nipe).
o-was there any discussion at that time about bout
ways and means? A.-No nothing. except IN reia-
tion to the plot for Captain Worth, that matter
was brought up in the meeting Of the Burial AS
30 S,was y that meeting of the Burial Ass0cia
0I am tryn Sf to dsentangle # from the Burial
Association: Ia I am u trying to distinguish between
s sh ;Ss
omThe BENEVOLENT and E n, A-No' not
"a mser Of business Sa SnS or smPIs
the other captains meet together and contribute ute
$40 70 apiece. That is the way II was done IN in, .ne
S GsTe D paid fsptsn in w ssss ali q
Metropolitan Association, and there the Intention
Is In regard to the plot for burial
LIFE MEMBERSHIP COSTS s.
Q.-How Is that supported? A.-That is sup
ported by a contribution OF 81 from any member or
the force and that makes him a life member
Q.-Now this meeting that at the Head
quarters. was that meeting OF the Benent AS
ISOLATION? A-That was a meeting OF the Burial
Association Chief Deverv elected president OF
that, and forget who was elected the Wce-preS'-
dent 80, .,
association? A.-Of the Endowment Association?
O.-Yes? A.-Yes sir; certainly we had; .v.s
Q.-That held at the Headquarters A'-ies'
o. ask you whether Captain Knpe was at that
Q-You don't know? A.-No; know there w was :
0n vent oyer together to on the cars don't
o.-At that meeting was there any talk about
WAYS and means? A.-No. sir.
Q.-was there any talk about assessments? A.
'o."Any talk of money? A.-No. sir. -.
Odd anybody protest against the payment OF
o.Nwas anything said about how much n;u 1t would
cost 10 the association? A-No, sir. oos, %
rrovide for the business for which the association
was formed? A-No. II was not necessary we
Q.~fiow did you know that? Alt was the
Endowment Association. and we knew J JUST VIVA,
the organization was for and what our assessment
Q.Ewhat was your assessment to be? I A;.T 70
eoualze IL each man paid si3 20; each man was 20
pay that amount. Ny snare was ls5O That was
in reference to Captain Worth's death; sossrsr,
was Si aid? were SoW coun n You remind that
W ne;e so %ms saS Sere and the biz
stationery was presented. ] think It amounted to
$50 $40 That was all there was a, me m to how
this assessment was to be aid; ana VINO TI have
| tried to explain It to you,
| HOW THE FIGURES ARE ARRIVED AT.
o.-How was the sis 70 arrived at? A--The notice
I received was from the Chief. stating that an as
| sessment Of SO much had been ordered on the
| death Of Captain Worth.
| Q.-Would you pay that amount for each captain
Ayes. sir. o ,,,,,
| ny the number OF captans-is that the idea? A
| Yes sir: that is 1t exactly. -. .-.,
ion @2YSu say thai was the sole TOPIC ''''e''
''S0n E-No captain objected to that? A.-No, not
Off there was any objection to any talk abou
assessments or any other matter 1t must have beer
about something else; If there was any talk upor
the subject OF assessments on any subject IL mus nus
S SopIa You hear it. A-About any other
Q.~Yes? A-No. sir; no. sir.
| Q.-Ths first meeting Of this new Endow i1s.I,
oWhen ssisson in regard to the pScis n wa ss
| force. isn't that so? Al don't know suppos'
the Legislature was in session at that time,
Why yes think they were. ,. ,,..r,,.a o YEA
| and three months before? Ayes, sir.
| OEAnd It wasn't until the end OF February. whel
police was %as in e4meS that ti
| might have been talked about long before :. .s..
o.-But 1T hadn't been formed? A.-No' I" haoh
Q.HThe police legislation and the Endowment As
| sociation were coincdent? A.-Well, DON hno'
| that they were. am giving you just the facts
% o."Yes? Al know the amount that was laid o.
III" o."Yes? A-That is the assessment.
CANNOT GIVE ANY REASON.
| O-Captain can you give us any reason why. al
| though the force had been made the Greater New
York force on the LIST of January 1898, no proceeu
inss were taken to form an Officers Endo"men
Association until the end OF February 1899? A
! don't know any reason. -,
Ono reason. And. although the new ponc
sorce had been in existence for many. many year,
| no such association was formed untll feDi Va,
w nSn cea'aiV We pI don't know whether there wa
or not. counsellor Now. they may have had d
ISOLATION li %nf e Mot endOwmer
'n oLso n1 i Understood A-That know Of Tia
Burial Association, as I told you. has eHis'e
'~enlS w WE We have got that clearly apart, 81 II
Tia, ion nrocures life membership for burial! A.
Yes -. , Dr., ,nta o,her a,
| .oSio,ton was not formed until the end OF feDrI
eyv isse when certain police legislation was pen,
Albany and when the Senate was very cos'
,hst is a fact is ii not? Ayes. you can say ihs
| "a a fact but II is a matter that has been ta'Ae
talked about all winter? A.-Among the me- y
O-Since the LIST of January when the LesiS'"
IRE was Ayes, and before IT, ,.. L,ou
0'o.-How long before? A.-Oh. don't hnoN
| some time before Gould n,
| I'll exacty: the men there In Headquarters,
| Now Captain. is that really the iac'' ~
otNow. when was It first talked about. "a W.,
think II was In November or pecemoe srncnue,b,ng:
| don't remember what It was: s,o-s had ,
u Was not the talk tNat tnc .,