Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-04-25
CROKER GOING ABROAD
The Mazet Committee Excuses Him
Until Aug. ~.
WILL LEAVE CITY AT ONCE.
Police Captains Testify Before the
Committee Regarding the Al
legged Fund to Affect Leg
islatiOn at Albany.

New York, April 25.-Richard Croker
| will sail for Europe at once on the
Kaiser Friedrich. He saw Mr.. Mazet
and Mr.. Moss before the session of the
investigating committee, and Mr.. Moss
excused him. Mr.. Croker said:
II will sail for Europe at once. They
have subpnnaed me to appear before
the committee on Aug. 29, and I'll be
back by that time, because l will have
finished my business abroad then
The first witness of the day was Police
Captain Eason, now in command OF the
bridge police. John Proctor Clarke con-
Quoted his examination. Mr.. Clarke
asked a number of questions about the
organization known as the New York
City Officers Endowment association,
made up of the chief, deputy chiefs. in
spectors and captains. Mr.. Clarke then
asked if Captain Eason took any inter-
est in pending police legislation at AL
bany. Captain Eason said he thought
he had taken about the same interest as
other police officers. He said that he
had taken no special interest In police
legislation. although he knew that the
pending bills provided for the practical
reorganization of the police force.
Captain Eason remembered that there
had been a meeting of the police cap
tains recently to take action on Captain
Worth's death. These were the officers
of the Police Burial association, quite
a different organization from the en-
dowment association. Captain Eason
said that he had never heard of the New
York Officers Endowment association
hiJth n RI hplnnp-
ed to the Brooklyn organization
He denied he had ever asked his men
to help him pay his assessments. He
told of two general meetings of police
captains at headquarters. He denied
there was any talk of assessments for
fund to be sent to Albany. His exam-
nation was suspended, and Inspector
Kane was called.
Kane Doesn't Remember.
Kane. who is in commander the Fifth
inspection district, was asked about
meeting of the captains of his district
on Feb 90. He remembered that he had
called this meeting, but he declared that
he did not remember the purpose of the
meeting. Chairman Mazet took Kane
in hand, but the inspectors memory re-
fused to work. He declared that he
took absolutely no interest In police leg
islation at Albany. He said that dur
ing the time he has been inspector he
has held only three meetings of cap
tains. There was no botter or other
record that would show the purpose of
the much talked of meeting of police
captains on Feb. 90 He said that the
organization of the New York Officers
Endowment aSsOcia ton followed on
March S.
The next witness, Captain Haughey,
remembered the meeting of police cap
tans called by Inspector Kane on the
night of Feb. 20. He was called to the
meeting by telephone and arrived about
s o'clock. There had been four or five
such meetings. all called so that In
spector Kane could instruct the men as
to the enforcement of excise, or Sunday
law. His memory about that meeting of
Feb 20 was as vague as that of In
spector Kane. He could not remember
what happened at the meeting. He
thought the meeting had to do with in
structions as to the excise law
Police Captain kirchner did not at
tend the meeting on Feb. 20. He said
he took no interest in pending police
legislation.
recall the meeting of police captains
called on the night of Feb. 20 by In
spector Kane. All the meetings that
Inspector Kane had called, he said were
for the purpose of squirting up the cap
tains. He was not interested in police
legislation. he declared.