The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-07-12
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city Attorney Hall since he testified
here last Friday EVENING""
mo, sir"
Next to the stand was Charles B.
Rich.
Have you any charges to make
against anyone?" asked Chairman Har-
rison.
Not to YOU
Continuing the reading Of a set Of
printed questions, Chairman Harrison
asked if Mr. Rich had any information
to give in regard to assaults, burg
laries, violations of the liquor law, or
neglect of duty on the part Of the police
department.
II want. first, to know who called
me-" answered Mr.. Rich.
Your name was given us by Captain
E. L. Isbell as a person who had infor-
nation to. give on the subject, and he
acted In accordance with your response
to our invitation" which was then read.
i Are these Captain Isbelrs ques-
tions?" asked Mr.. Rich They are the
commissions questions. from the
i chairman. who continued: Have you
anything to say in regard to political
influence in the department Not at
this time
Have you anything to say?" mot ct
this time"
AT this point Dean Rogers addressed
the witness, practically repeating the
question and receiving the same reply.
i Witness did not know either Mr..
| Ullman or Mr.. Manning when he first
met them, but did when he objected to
the faction of the state" in prosecuting
sol F'ieldman, the socialist orator.
i nMr. William Truernan," called Chair
man Harrison. as Mr.. Rich concluded.
Il No answer. however. was forthcom-
II ing, nor did Edward Brennan aor Wal
lace Moyle respond when summoned
Il AfterArequestin Captain Isbell to ask
i Attorney wallace Moyle to be present
in the afternoon, and requesting Mr..
Arvine to try to secure the attendance
of Judge Blydenburgh, Chairman Har-
rison at 11:45 O'clock announced the adj
4 journmeTit Of the hearing until 2 o'clock
yesterday afternoon.
j with an extremely light attendance
the hearing was resumed shortly after
the hour appointed. Policeman Taylor
i adding a few unimportant words to his
Istaterf1ent at the opening o., the pro-
ceedings. In response to the request
of Captain Isbell Wallace Moyle was
i present and was sworn as the first
witness OF the session.
j Questioned by Chairman Harrison,
witness stated that he had no knowl-
edge Of inefficiency on the part Of the
i police in the matters of assaults or
i burglaries, the same set Of interroga-
i lions being presented as were asked Of
Mr.. Rich in the morning.
4 In regard to the violation of the
liquor law Mr.. Moyle stated that within
Il two months he had heard that the
Sunday law was broken, and that he
would like to make a statement in re-
gard to this condition being due. to
politics. This was permitted.
Prior to the caucuses,' said Mr..
4 Moyle, at was generally stated that
Il numerous saloons in the Eleventh and
i Twelfth wards were violating the Sun
i day law. An organization Of twenty
gentlemen met on several occasions at
i which reports were made, one man
stating that at the time of registration
he had got into eight saloons in the
Il Sixth, Seventh and Twelfth wards.
4 Were these gentlemen of the Ull-
man faction?'' asked Mr.. Martin. No,
sir; am not an Ullman man."
'tWere the drinks served in the saloon
proper" mo, but in side rooms, or
the cellars
i "Will you give the names Of these sa-
loonkeepers?' from Chairman Harri-
son.
i mo, sir; the men who secured the in
4 formation are friends of the saloon-
i keepers, and will not allow their own
names or those of the liquor dealers to
be divulged ! myself went to see q
saloonkeeper, who. I have heard, was
Il against u.s. asked why this was,
and he said, Because have to look out
i for my business, and have added fif-
teen men to the rolls of the other fac
ton
i Another similar instance was also
cited, Mr.. Moyle declining to give the
Il names Of the saloonkeepers he had In
terviewed, but intimated that he might
i later, maybe after the commission has
concluded it's investigation. or before,
lshould my testimony require corrobora-
ton"
Mr.. MoyIe deprecated the practice of
send out such well known policemen as
Cohane and others to ferret out liquor
violations. He had no charges to make
under the head of policy playing.
i In regard to the connection between
the police department and politics, Mr..
Moyle said that he and others had
heard before the caucuses that "the po-
lice were against him." An officer men
toned by name as antagonistic to Mr..
Moyle was Cohane, then supernumer-
airy. Isl
"On the night of the caucus Cohane
was present in citizens clothes and
was one of the hardest workers for the
Ullman faction.
i Another case was that of man
named Charbonneau, who was appoint
ed supernunnerary. at the gas house
one week before. the caucuses, who
openly boasted that he had enlisted
nearly all the French. Cana dams N fhe