New-York tribune., 1900-09-09
WHITEWASH is EXPECTED
CONVICTION GROWING THAT POLICE
INQUIRY Is FARCE.
The CASE OF KEELY STRENGTHENS THIS
BELIEF-YoRK TALKS AGAIN OF
THOROUGH INvEsTIGATTo


Evidences are steadily multiplying that a
negro IN the city Of New-York has few II a1v
rights that Tammany policeman is bound "a
respect Il is more likely that the men in the
command OF Captain Cooney. OF the West Tbir
ty-seve1th-st- station. VIII have their salaries
raised according they administered chas+isa-
rneut 20 the negroes IN the August riots +bs,
that they viii ever suffer the slightest punish
r-eut for their misdeeds That this Is no vaearv
of the imagination was proved yesterday bv
the announcement that Petrolman KeeIy. OF the
Fifteenth Precinct. charged IN October last with
extortiag money from man he had arrested
has not only been let Of without punishment
but that his salary has actually been raised
Kelly Is the man who received attention at
the hands Of the Mazet Committee in October
last He arrested Edward Reardon. who was
4 compsnuy with q man named Brennan. At an
elevated railroad station on the East Side on
October 2 AT the station house KeeIy said
Reardon had not done anything in particular
Rea-don testified before the Mazet Committee
that KeeIy offered 10 let him of on the nav
rneut OF SO Reardon had So only. and gave
hin this IS part Of the price. The second night
aece-wErd, 81 Fourreenth-st. and Second-ave
ReardOn paid another instaIment IN the pres
erce of M. Brennan and another witness Mr.
Hammond. After Reardon had told his story
pe-DIC t+-E -a-11CL No-L4Ll4LLSes charges were
brought against Keely, and the Commissioners
sid that he would have 70 undergo rigid IN
vesr-gstion- n fact, they hinted that a num-
ber O. terrible things would happen to KeeIy.
Ksely vas put on trial by the Commissioners.
sad Senator Tim" Sullivan attended the ex-
animation Then there were strange delays in
KeeIys case and people began to forget Keely.
fust as the Commissioners apparently desired
they should Senator Tim Sullivan kept on
smiling and visiting Commissioner Sexton. and
--4n 10 more was heard Of KeeIy.
WHAT HAPPENED TO KEELY
Il occurred TO Reardon yesterday that It would
b interesting 70 know what had happened to
Keelv, with whom he had had such an interest
ing transaction. He discovered that not only
had the charges against KeeIy been dismissed
but thar his pay had been advanced 500 a
year since last fall
Th4 conviction Is growing with respectable
people that the Police Commissioners are de-
ter1L-e5 20 shield the rufans who openly as
ssults5 detenceless coIored people ar the August
rto-s The conduct OF President York on Friday
Il refusing 70 allow Frank Moss 70 have any
pay- il The investigation strengthens the belief
thst -he-e was conspiracy against the colored
peor-e and that repetition Of the outrage may
r. expected az any time
President York when he reached Police Head
quarters yesterday declined 10 discuss the news
PAPER comments upon the investigation into the
rs-z riots Neither would the president say
what The status Of Zfr. Moss's formal charges
against the Chief Inspector Thompson and Act
trg Captain Cooney Is, but made this statement:
rsssd n The 4swsPapsrs this morning that tod
81 Moss --sl rs charges were --s-l-Ss7o- sa-4
U-ich VIII determine whether the Board itself
5=5cers. = l6s mean tlzas NJ, Moss paper has
been placed among The other papers Of The case
= IN M T1-F1z
YORK sATs Mr.. MOSS MAKES HIM TIRED
say today. es-I-dtd yesterday, thar the Board
IS Ias Board . dlscr1rnirzts 5efweea iaWyers who
EzzE 70 come here and conduct this Investigation
an E-1g e conduct tnls one in ny own way
L1s t1zng II z nan coming here and thinking ne
cc-stzs-s himself ordained 70 keep humanity toelng
tas marx makes ne tired We Do not propose 70
r-S-oss - 4Z-icr - = - --S1,f+{s , g.l "a -io Z GT
rs-c-0ers % air their eoqUerce for the benefit ot
z- 5= o.y sEt5g2cs theE Ass been presented 70 The
E7.-z--- . 577--!2lI We sI@Tleo z on tnat . II
= station. Z VII De hard 70 prove II. We are
E---g 70 80 into Il as thoroughly as We can, and
csz-ocs q getting a any man who was guilty
- u 1-z7-Ess On he +4o-Ce and Il il can Be
proved -e VIII leave the force. 10 matter who he
BuI every nan excepting Elicit whom We have
E.-ze.. cz2I PICK 6Gt tie nan He couldn't
recognize se-geanLs who were az tie desk
~ . r-ck o1- The man who hit him, even Il We
brought every man who was IN the muster room
C. r1a- E-s-o- mere, as We viii do # We can learn
s1y-1-rg t-om them
NO PROOF OF COONEY-s GUILT
Eorr :2ssa5 sao marx @ q he & ytois.oe en- he he re- re-
e. cs- gs--l2z Ta5ce wer5 70 the hotel Without
l--e-1e-s--e. and rEe testimony o, both show that
1e -wo were Il Eigh-h-aVe- within a few minutes
Taxing z to---s charges as true. the only charge
"a could - made against Captain Coonsy IN his
E--cr- SAYS Ccorev stopped the man from beating
e-G- Before can bring such q charge against
Soo1E We must have some PROOF Jnat captain
-o2le saw The affair. We haven't got that yet
Lle-oT savs hat he can produce witnesses hope
80 -e |---- Ire Only "lL-ess We Kno| q = -e
e. 1n5 him before the Investigation IS over The
= 80 case -s ~ o1-y toEElaI cofnpta--iL We naIS
Eo-E -1c-- There have been cases rnenLoned
2 he neVspape-s- We VIII summon every person
.ssLEo-@c Eaen we ger 70 the general Investigation
u ire conduct y the force
You could almost call Keely's case q typical
'ne said Frank Moss last night. An interest
i1g feature II connection with it is that Rear
1on has been doing 2 lot Of good work for Cap
an Goddard IN his fight against the policy
ner- The latter in their defence have lad
keely and Inspector Cross and other policemen
testify thar Resrdon's reputation Is bad, be
,a1se q his having been arrested By Keely. Ny
op3ect Is 10 get this entire outrage against the
S-cre6 people q this city in concrete form. so
I-st TIE public may understand Just what IS
sS-g On suppose the police ohclals VIII
N1-LeNas1 H. but Il must be done publicly, so
nat the people may know Just what the present
administration Is doing"
JERSEY CITY UNION SAYS NO"
The animal r-ze.srg If tra Jersey CITY Wonnau's