The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-25

than the aldermanic chamber be used,
 as the room was not suitable to accom- modate the public wishing to attend the hearings.
 | City Court Clerk Isbell was the next
 person to present testimony. He read lengthy paper which he had prepared | in which he stated he would like to ac-.
 quaint the committee with certain facts | in his possession and also give them. | his own opinion and belief about the
 matter under discussion. The witness | first statement was that it was his be- lies that the fault was with the board
 Of police commissioners rather than
 with the police force itself. Witness
 stated that there was evidently no en-
 forcement of the regulations on the
 force, and no enforcement desired by | the commissioners. He stated that sev-
 eral members of the police force were actively engaged in working in the
 caucus primaries for different political
 factions. The retaining of their jobs i depended on the work. Witness also re- 1 ferred to the transfers made in the
 beats of patrolmen, which he claimed
 were made for the benefit of proprietors
 of gambling joints and houses of i'll fame, who were being protected by the police. Witness said he had discussed l the matter and the reported condition of the force twice with Chief Wrinn,
 and at these times had mentioned the
 attitude of the force in regard to poli-
 tics. He thought that Chief Wrinn had
 taken no measures as he was afraid Of
 losing his office if he acted contrary to | the wishes of the commission. Mr.Is- | bell referred to a case in the city court
 in which charges were brought against
 two females from houses of i'll fame. At | this time the females did not appear in | the court room, but were represented by
 police sergeant. The sergeant attend | ed the women and suggested slight | fine as their punishment. Witness said l that he desired to say in regard to the I statement made at the last meeting to the effect that Assistant Prosecuting At orney Hall was negligent in his duties, | that only one case had been brought | before the court by MT. Hall In this
 case MT. Hall had showed great vigil-
 ence and careful investigation and pre-
 sentation of the evidence. A great many
 references were made in MT. Isbell's testimony to political matters and diff | ferences between the Ullman faction of
 the New Haven republicans and the l faction headed by himself known as
 the Blakeslee or Isbell faction. These
 references occupied a great deal of | time.
 The paper containing the prepared
 statement Mir. Isbell handed to Attor- 1 ney Wolfe, to assist him in his cross examination. Though the cross examin- ation was carried on for over an hour
 and was filled with many bright, witty
 and sometimes evasive answers, and
 abounded in many political references
 which afforded much amusement to the
 audience, little new evidence and few
 statements of any importance were
 brought out. Like the other witnesses Mr. Isbell said he knew the names of
 of the members of the police force he
 had referred to, but as he wished no
 harm to come to them he thought it
 would be best not to divulge their
 names at present. The question was asked by Dean Rogers of the investi- gating committee: "You know that this
 committee is sitting to investigate any charges against members of the police :! force, and if you gentlemen are not will- | ing to give the names of the members
 against whom you bring charges, in what way can the board obtain evi- dence?'' The following reply from MT. | Isbell was greeted with some applause | by the audience: "In a better way-by
 calling in the entire police department. l questioning them.'
 1, City Attorney Webb was recalled and 1 questioned by Judge Harrison in regard to raid he referred to at the last hear ing. MT. Webb stated that he had is- sued a warrant to the local police to make the raid. The raid was never made, and the warrant could probably
 be obtained from the police. A raid was afterwards made by the state police on | a new warrant.
 MT. Webb said he felt positive then, even after the Mckee raid, another pool room was in existence in New Haven, l with different branches in the city where books were made.
 A few questions were asked Captain s. F. Thrasher. He explained the meth cd of playing policy, and said that he thought there were several places in New Haven where lottery tickets were sold.
 This completed the testimony at the hearing. Judge Harrison stated that he had received another petition similar to the one received at the last meeting from c. H. Rich. But as the communi- cation was in the nature of complaint or charge against the mayor, as he had stated before he felt the committee could not consider it.
 Judge Harrison stated that as the members of the committee would be busy next week as it was commence ment week, there would be no hearing before the committee during the coming week. The meeting adjourned sine die.
 Professor Yandell Henderson was in- vited to appear before at hearing last night and continue the statement begun by him two weeks ago. Professor Hen derEon did not appear at the hearing.