Evening journal., 1902-01-29


TO take care Of unem, until NE came in.
Did you ever see the dhief open one
OF these letters addressed to aim in
that handwriting?
Yes, sir / did. There was letter,
sometime after he called my attention
to the handwriting
What did you see, Il anything. taken
from that letter?
saw bank note taken out Of II.
Did you bring letters OF similar
appearance, In the same handwriting
TO the chief after that occurrence?
Yes, sir. One or two after that.
Did The chief have any conversation
with You about the banknote taken
from THAT letter?
Yes, sir. He opened the letter and
TOOK II oul In my presence and put It
IN MS pocket and said Il was present
lrom this man Levy. ! spoke about it
then 70 him and ] said VI would make
trouble sooner on later. and advised him
not 10 have anything to do with Levy
lie SAID u was not contrary to the rules
lot hhe department TO take n present
and he took this bank note as a present
and me received 10 as SUCH He said Il
was not given him In any way to bribe
him In the discharge Of hts duty.
DO you know whether or not policy
was going on in this city at that tlmeg
Yes, sir. IL was going on at times.
but not right steady like it was before
that
Did You ever tell the Police Commits
sionos about that occurrence?
Yes, SIR. ] did | spoke TO Mr.. Pyle
the president OF the board.
Just explain why YOU told Mr.. Pyle
about this bank note occurrence.
Because Mr.. Pyle came to me and
talked Go me about this policy business.
He was kicking and going on and said
he had reported Il here aad that moth
Ing had been done with IT, He wanted
TO know Why the policy was not broken
up and | told him as near as ] could
what was the matter.
Why don't you go to the Police Com
mission at once at the time you saw
the money taken from the envelope?
Because / was friend Of the chiefs
and did not want to make any trouble
for him.
DO YOU know what Mr.. Pyle did with
iAat information?
/ No, sir | do not.
Do you know whether he communi-
Gated II to Mr. Clarl1son or not?
He told me he went to Mr.. Clarkson
and laid the matter before him and
before Mr.. Pyle left the board The made
a proposition to Mr. ClarksOn. | don't
know that he did, but that Is what he
told me and he said the proposition
was to prefer charges against the ohief
for neglect OF duty
Md ,hn afnfa ~, .r,,tt NJ fffn rIss.r.,, -
lanswer?
No, sir. ! don't think he did.
Mr.. Clarlson at this point stated:
Mr. Pyle never made any proposition
TO prefer charges against the chief but
he did suggest to reduce the chief to a
subordinate position. That was about
two weeks before Mr. Pyle went ont OF
the board. / suggested 20 Mr Pyle in
view OF the fact that he was going out
of the board so soon that possibly we
b had better not make this radical
change at That time. as Il might be con-
strued as a piece Of spite work on his
part
Mr. ReinhRrdt. resuming the exami-
nation. asked Why did you tell Mr..
lClarkson finally?
Because things had come TO such a
pitch here and NJ looked as though
was trying to be forced out Of here by
people on the outside who wanted to
run this policy business.
Were such attempts made 10 force
you out?
Yes sir: and efforts were made
lagainst me by policy writer's
Captain Black was cross examined in
detail by Mr.. Nields and told the same
STORY that he told In ms direct exam
ination He denied that In the theatre
lin Philadelphia that Levy sat alongside
of either OF them and insisted that he
sat some seats In front of them with a
woman Captain Black denied that he
said last spring In the police station to
'lChief Massey: Why don't you get into
uhis thing and get all you can out OF
Hit? You are accused Of Il and ! would
lif' were you Captain Black also de-
lnied that Massey replied: ! don't care
what | am accused OF so long as my
! conscience rs clear, Captain Black on
further CrOss-c examination also said
that he had been slow In reporting the
letters from Levy to the Police Com
mission because he did not know what
they contained. because Massey was
his superior officer and his friend.
On redirect examination by Mr..
Relnhardt Captain Black testified that
policy did not start again after the
MAY term OF court. He Thought that
, IA Levy had been arrested when met at
the B. & o. station and some induce
2 lmcnts held out to the policy writer's
) under bail at that time TO testify
against him Levy might have been con
o victed. and he. Captain Black. would
e have been willing TO try VI If the ohiei
had ordered him to do So
II Patrolman Harry c. Taylor testified
$ TO being on duty as spe-
q cial officer at the City Hal
q during the winter Of 1900 anc
q 1901 and TO delivering several letter'
8 marked personal" 10 the dhief
On cross-examinatiou by MT Rein
u hardt Chief Massey said that he went
Inn 10 the Hotel Walton with Mr.. Pyle
T but did not remember whether Captain
Black asked them TO so or not Ih'
purpose of this visit be did not know
unless It was to hear the statemen
made to AIR Pyle and which previously
s.. had been made to him. While Pyl