Evening journal., 1902-01-29

CelNCu llt ItIoIlo. TIE. Aiu nvl iIAAtAlA-
Der seeing the names OF policy men,
which it was testified had been sent in.
Mr.. Clarkson asked:
Didnt l tell you your reputation was
at stake?
Yes, sir.
I told you the reputation of this de-
partment was at stake.
Yes. sir. OF words to THAT effect.
Now, then, did you suppose that 1
would have been impressed Jnat way
If | had not, as everybody had reason
to believe that the town was practically
wide open.
Now, in regard to that period that
would be carried to you, you being in
this position, more so that II you were
not.
This thing had been going on in uae
newspapers before people came to me-
AS soon az heard il ! came here to
you Somebody told me in my office. !
came over here and asked you about
it. You remember me coming here?
Yes.
The latter part of January?
| could not say whom it was
The latter party Of January, strikes
me
DON'T remember. don't know when
1t Was. You came and spoke to me
about the Gibson House, and told me
That they were writing policy there.
and to this day / have never learned
that They did write there.
| told you they were writing all
over town. ] said The thing won't do
YCu always said to me that you had
heard Of it and the rumors. but that
YOU had no evidence and that You had
instructed the officers TO get the evil
dence. ! took it in good faith every
time Now. what want to ask is
that is, in view of the fact THAT these
reports did not come up 10 You. and in
view of tho other fact, as You have
stated, that the officers were negleCtiul
of their duty in not running this thing
and stopping it, why was IL you never
brought these officers up? Not q single
charge against one Of them, excepting
one case, and that in uhe case of Cap
tain Kane. who had failed to get the
pararhernalia out of 40. III Market
street
Because / could not provo it against
them. Suppose you bring a man up,here
and prefer charges. and he will come
and say he did all in his power to se-
cure evidence and was unable TO do So
what are you going to do?
These reports would have been in
evidence.
Chief Under Severe Test
did not see uhe reports. kept all
the reports that / received. If had
destroyed a report never could have
saved the one 1 did produce.
Is it not a matter Of fact THAT l did
not see the report until three weeks af-
ter you received it?
You said so.
want to ask you why did you not
bring that report before the boardg
The only answer ! can give you there
is, that after receiving that report and
getting the statement from the SER
geant THAT did. stating ulat hcso
persons who gave the information said
that if they were brought up and put
on the stand that they would not tes-
tiiy that they did say so. ] said if
that is the case. Try and get somebody
here we cau get to testify.
And you thought that was sufficient
cause for keeping your report back?
Net necessarily, no, sir. IL was not
kept from you for a purpose.
Here is a report that Sergeant Tucker
sent in some time ago When | read il
found that it contained a great deal
of information as to what was gong
on.
That was in answer to a report that
Mr. Pyle had made / had him go out
au1 funroutforafa TIat trrnc limo Df
information he had received.
Who investigated it?
Sergeant Tucker
I remember very well upOn one Oc-
.casion you said ito me when | was urg-
ing that you had done all you could
and that the officers would not bring
you the evidence or run these people
down, what could you do, and you said
I5hat you could not do it very well. and
II said: Chief. I would run this thing
down il ] had to DO II myeclf DO you
remember that?
No, ! do not remember that
Wasn't it your explanation TO me al
the time. that you did not have ans
evidence?
don't know that il was. did tel
you that l had orders from the depart
lment to get evidence and suppress this
ID and I had mot received IT.
/ When ! spoke to You about it, WASH
your reply that you had Instructed the
officers to get the evidence, and uhel
| had not done so?
/ / may have said it,
THAT lis my recollection of it, Don
YOU think What this gambling and roi
icy could have been suppressed II th'
lexecutive head of The department ha'
made up his mind that it should b.
ldone. and warrants had been placed 4
1.-The hands Of the officers with insTuc
ltions to do it?
Yes. sir; that could have been dom
Ibv issuing one warrant My experience
since ] have been with the department
has been to try and get the head q
what was going on. Ii the commission
lis satisfied. or il had known that tho
! would be satisfied to just break ih
mn. there would have been no trouble
IIt would have been done In shoi
time. but my experience and undo
standing has always been to try an
prosecute. never did tell any of ths'
j to drive the people away.
] What did you do IN the case ot Nc