New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-04
xrvRrRGER MAKES A DEMAND.

< ~ c,roke-'s departure David VI. New
- q LAWYER. who was accused on the pre-
go. a. % having used the District Attorneys
-. =, ,,tl,nidate a witness who had appeared
49,. oc,ior brought against brewery Arm 10
- damages for injuring child rose and
,.,s,,. demanded the right to make an explana-
49,. xa,vbereer was the counsel for the brew
-. g., question Nj Mazet informed him that
49, u.o,d better confer With John Proctor
c,o-,e who would doubtless that he was
called.
90 don't think that IS necessary" Newberger
,nor.es ~lnnucrdocs have been made against
40 ana propose TO take the stand to refute
ths charges
49,, u-s,t stump speeches here. This gentle
van must take his seat
N.s,res-gor continued to address the commit
o-s was only suhdued when Mr.. Mazet or
a.. tho sergeant alarms 70 compel him to
..,a b,s seat or leave the room. Newberger,
g. conference with Mr. Clarke put on
.,e stand. and declared that the statement
vb,cb was said 20 have been obtained from the
youth Schoe- was a voluntary statement. He
admitted however. that ne had himself filed
ont p subpoena for Schoen. which purported 70
have been issued by the District Attorneys Of
doing this as he was assisting the District At
torney's Office IN preparing a perjury case. which
grew out q tho civn action referred 70.
Mr. Nose resumed his exposure Of the malad-
rninistrat,9n q the District Attorneys office.
Counsel also drew the attention Ct the COM
nittee TO the fact that Mr. Gardiner ignored a
subpoena which was served upon him the night
before subpoena server named Rearaon
swore that at o'clock on Thursday evening he
tried to serve the District Attorney, who re-
fused 20 accept it. Thereupon Riordan placed
the paper on Mr. Gardeners shoulder. II fell
to the Sidewalk and was left there. Yesterday
morning It was returned to Mr. Moss office
BY policeman. by whom it sent back TO
Mr Gardiner The policeman appeared later
before the committee and ported that ne had
been unable to get near the District Attorney
SOME UNEXPLAINABLE DIsMIssALs
Several witnesses were put on the stand md
gave similar evidence TO that heard on the day
before. when 1t was shown that not only was
there an interminahle delay In bringing cases to
trial. but that prisoners had been discharged
for seemingly ineXplicahle reasons and without
he knowledge In many cases Of the complain
ants
Records from the Police Department and the
District Attorneys Office were also put IN owl
dence. proving that crime has been more preva-
,r6ar C-rfaf 1rcrurorb's II was shown also that
out OF over one hundred and twenty convictions
for gambling since January J. lN'>. ana for
keeping gambling places. only eight persons
We're imprisoned. While in twenty-five cases sen
tence was suspended. ont &C :G1 raids on
gambling houses IN the same period gambling
lav1uts were seized in only three instances and
IN each case the property was delivered % the
Sheriff ~ replevin. Since January ], 1899 MIR
Moss showed that there had been no arrests
made hy The Detective Bureau FOR keeping pool
rooms or policy shops or dsorlery houses
George Hammond. an assistant employed by
Mr Moss testified 10 the large Increase of dis
orderly houses in this city. Much Of his evil
messed ~ late in these places was unfit for pub
Ncation. he suhstantiated his testimony with
photographs which he said We're openly sold in
the vicious places h. had visited
Replying o. Mr Hoffman the witness said he
did not attribute L. the Raines law the exist
ence = Tie many Gers of vice IN this city. but
law by the local authorities permitted such
places % do business. IL also said that the
police ala mot interfere with violations Of the
liquor Jaw. which were openly committed Po-
Ncemeu. he said. were VIGOROUSLY derelict in
performing their duty and I'm patroiling the
streets lu the night time The witness said he
found hlt single patrolman in long tour ne
took carly one morning in the business and
financial districts
ADJOURNED TO NOVEMBER 81
shortly after O'Clock the committee adj
,our1-l until November 21 Yesterdays sitting
was ne ff'ioth held by tho committee.
Nj Hoffman. the Tammany member OF the
committee. after the adjournment repeated his
statement that the Investigation would not be
resumed again. "Tnless' he said, grave pol'l-
cal reasons arise for the continuance OF the
comritf-D e n.ll never meet again.
The nlNt session. Mr. Hoffman said. would be
Democratic In which case" he added an
other Investigation committee VII pe app'Nt'-
Cd one - whose first duties VIII De TO subpoena
Serat0r pa-t'