New-York tribune., 1901-02-15
HERLIHY CASE ENDED.
oICOTT RIDDLES POLICE TESTIMONY
BOARD TO CONSIDER EVIDENCE
TO-DAY

The trial OF Police Captain Herhhy came 10
close yesterday. far as the presenting OF e'l'
denoe and the argument is concerned. Ihere
seems 70 be likelihood that a decision will be
reached before the present Police Board goes out oi
Office After the adjournment Mr.. Grant referred
sokingly 10 the report that Mr.. Olcou had asked
the Governor 70 hold back his signature 10 the
Police bill till the Herlihy case should be oeclae"
Mr.. Olcott replied that he had had n 'a'k VII" ''7
Governor on that subject
The Commissioners took their seats ~ p. m. MI
Grant moved 10 strike ont all the TESTIMONY as 10
the reputation Of tho houses menuoneo IN t"e
charges from the records. on the ground mat IL Nd
hearsav and that the fact that house IS as
orderly cannot be established by reputation. Pres
ident York said that this would be ruled on later'
NJ Grant then announced that Captain herllhN
bss instructed him 10 rest without summing up
Tn opening Mr. Oloott referred 10 the chaIEe '''"'
Herlihy had failed 10 keep proper records
..Nyas IT," he said. because the captain "ah'eo
N hide the real conditions or because he was 50
used 10 those conditions that he thought nothlhE
~ them? In any event, ne was guilty OF hrea'h
~ discipline
Nr OIcott took up the general charges Of fall
rro no enforce the laws against disorderly women
and houses He said that nothing could better show
the counterfeit character Of the defence than A
comparison Of Captain Herlihys alleged attempts
10 supnress crime with the success Of the police
IN zurprossing other forms of crime. He added;
Why has he drawn line between the kinds of
vice thar he should suppress Inc captain ol a
precinct is not asked 10 suppress me soeIl efIt
hut the children al play IN the street, men solle
about their business. pure women SolIs ~ az -
cf their homes, are tntl''a il"' 80 L' g. | @ " ,St,
Of his dirty vice thrust into lnelI faces a. 'll'H
60 from duty duty.
ne the citizens OF rms cliy non me noiSI, IN e
less he he careless. but 'he captain reSlolss 10.
answer is made as the captain made il here that
neither the Rev Mr. Fadaock non "a 5hE p o9IE t r es
cinot. II Is his business 10 mo out these inSS i
and give Captain Herllhy credit ihs5 naa a. j aT5h
Of r.-flfr no "
ont help, and al once.
N- Oloott declared that the evidence Of the de-
<ence which showed that the l2o men sent into
The rrecincr 10 help Herhnv had not made single
arrest while seven well known officers had made
800 arrests. was good negative evidence ior 'he
prosecution ,,.
In referring TO the case in which Mr.. Paddock
interested himself Mr.. Olcott said. He was tres
passing on the time honored preserves OF ponce
Mr. olcott snalyzed the testimony Of the police in
regard the visit Of Mr Faddock to & lnspeS9toEI 9E
Crosss office. He said that Inspector cross nae
been i'm some ways the best witness he had ever
nan Continued Mr.. olcott His testimony diff
fered greatly from that Of the other witnesses, ,
Bar looked with microscope II IS found 70 be 4
better grade Of cloth than the web OF testimony
srsGs ~ clotb In savors Of art The story is
natural According TO the story there Was nolhlhs
hui pleasant words there was no necessity TO erect
beforehand the bulk of the defence which Inspector
Cross began 10 erect. when he al once reported IN
detail 10 The Chief To me the story only 'oIton" DO
rates the belief that the TWO ministers were not The
periurers in testifNing 10 that occasion
Mr. Olcott had referred, before speaking OF IN
spector Cross's testimony, 10 eNldent perjury
shown hz the eNactness Of the memories Of the
u0liceueu Te referred TO the police testimony IN
general finally by saying that IL was strilng eA-
auple of what the Commissioners had no DOUBT
seen often m trial rOom-the well known esprit
of the only esprit de corps but esprit de
perjury
Affer NJ Olcott had finished, the Commissioners
yerired ~ President York's room. where they We're
in conference about half an hour II was decided
10 hold a meeting AZ o'clock this afternoon. when
the Herhv case will probably be discussed II is
thought that a decision will not he arrived al to-
das. however.