New-York tribune., 1902-04-22
TTLTS AT THE FOODY TRIAL.
JUDGE OLCOTT OBJECTS To THE Dis
TRICT ATTORNEYS PRESENCE
JEROME IN RETURN HURLS A FEW BOLTS
AT MAYOR LOw-PARTRIDGE SHUTS OFF
ATTEMPTS AT DELAY.

The opening of the trial OF Captain Michael e
Foody Police Headquarters yesterday morning
enlivened by a display Of oratorical fireworks
Ex-Judge W. NJ. K Olcott. Foody's counsel. shot
rockets at District Attorney Jerome who was pres
ent to prosecute the charges and Mr.. Jerome flung
red fire at Mayor Low.
Mr. Olcott objected 70 the charges Of neglect Of
duty which Foody called to answer. because
they had been prepared by the District Attorney
He declared that Mr.. Jerome had no authority
under the charte- TO make and prosecute such
charges. He asserted that the unlawful presence
of the District Attorney the trial meant duress
against the witness and tended either to the
suppression of the truth its exaggeraton. or to
the invention Of faIsehood.' He moved for the dis
missaI Of the charges on the ground that they
made or inspired by the District Attorney OF this
county in persuance of some Interior and wholly
improper plan
Then Mr. Olcott referred to the attitude Of the
Mayor indicating that Foody should not be tried
for failure TO enforce the Excise law Sunday in
hts precinct by the of policemen in plain
clothes. He referred to the statement of Mayor
Low that the extreme Of the law was the extreme
OF injustice" and quoted part of what the Mayor
wrote last week 20 Police Commissioner Partridge
rs the enforcement of the law against Hebrew
shOpkeeperS Sundays.
Mr.. Jerome replied with spirit. He declared that
he had found the police force corrupt almost be-
yond belief and that good police force was neces-
sary for proper enforcement of the law.
When the Governor of the state orders to
enforce a law" he said II think it be en-
forced, particularly when he has told TO get
an outside force TO find the rottenness in the de-
partmeut- 1 make this efficient and
organized force. That is why / here to-day"
Mr.. Jerome declared that he never had said the
law should be enforced He was pledged by his
oath. he said, enforce II. Then. turning to the
Commissioner. he said:
Neither /. nor you. nor Mayor Low. nor any one
else. has the power to suspend the laws of this
STATE nor can we give Poody eiean eonSSenS1 9f n
duty because the Mayor or somebody else has said
being the extreme of injustice.
Commissioner Partridge denied the motions OF
Mr.. OIcott who then took new turn and asked
for the suspension Of the trial pending the de-
cision as 70 the OF Foody an officer The
Civil Service Commission. he said. had declared
viii gSp % ,h 5esi ne
That is nonsense" Mr.. oleott replied.
mand OF the precinct whether he was captain
a6,t s aas UEeafH anohr ove 20 r seay de-
claring that the specifications alleging neglect Of
cinct who neglectfui.
Mr. Jerome said that il was absurd for Foody
TO plead ignorance of the meaning of the charges.
when he had allowed liquor stores in his precinct
beaers Association had declared the saioonkeep
ers would do business in the old way and pay the
fhe trial then proceeded. and clerks were called
in Foody's precinct and the assignment Of Foody
70 Wben sne C5srIes Dillon one ot the county datec
M9 tres 6esan TO testify about dung saloons open
colt objected again. saying that there were 29S
FOR all that interrupted District Attorney
Jerome, ION the last Sunday, mentioned in this
Complaint when Captain F1Ody the sick
list. a small number Of men succeeded in closing
up large sDs TpmeST M OF oT9sf ana am credbv
informed that Yesterday about every saloon
open in New-York but that faS nothing to do
with this only want il remembered that
didn't bring UP the subject
Il don't see what that has do with this case
said the Commissioner. I'D like to have IL
stopped
Dillon testified that he and several other detec-
tives went into saloons in the precinct four
Sundays in March. entering without trouble and
nnding the openly violated. One saloon
directly opposite the police station In West Thirty
seventh-st AT several Raines law hotels the de-
tectives were supplied with liquor. although they
ordered no meals. At such place there was a
sandwich the table.
FEARFUL OF BRITISH TRUSTS.
London April 21.-In the-House OF Commons next
Thursday Mr.. Macveagh will call the attention of
MIR. Balfour the government leader. to the growth
of trusts in England. and. in view OF the evil ef
fects he says they have produced in the United
States. will ask the government to appoint a
commission to inquire into the subject.
Charleston. Savannah. Montgomery. Jack
sonville, Port Tampa and intermediate points. Ad-
dress J. J. Farnsworth 80 Broadway. N. Y.-Adve.