The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-15
COMPLAINTS COMING IN.
POLICE INVESTIGATING COM
 MITTEE RECEIVE THEM.

From Three Different Persons-Letter
 Sent to Judge Harrison by Anthony
 Carroll, Yesterday In Reply to the
 Judges Letter of June 9th.
 Judge Lynde Harrison, chairman of the Investigation commission, made the following announcement yesterday:
 Written complaints have been re- ceived by the police investigation com- mission from three different persons, and they will be heard in the alder mems chamber at o'clock on Thursday evening. The members of the police de- partment affected by these three com- plaints have been notified, and they will probably be present to hear the charges and evidence that may be presented. Those members os the department who desire to reply will be heard either on Thursday evening, or at a later day if they prefer an adjournment"
 The following letter was sent to Judge Lynde Harrison yesterday:
 New Haven, Conn.,, June IA, 1904. MT. Lynde Harrison:
 Sir: I received your letter Thursday evening. June 9th. After giving the facts and circumstances consideration, as to whether or not I would comply with the voluntary manufactured facts, conditions, circumstances, rulings, etc., in the line of despotism; that is, unless I will consent to comply to the dictates, suggestions, commands and wishes of said commission. I will be deprived not lonly of the rights and privileges, but even of recognition by said commission by the enforcement of the following iron clad rule contained in the 9th part of said letter: When we have received this information from you, we will fix time and place where you can present Iyour evidence. and it will be heard in public In reply, even if l could, that lis, I mean, having said facts, condi- tions, circumstances, etc, at my com lmand, or even having the privilege of getting access to see said facts, condi- tions and circumstances from official sources of the departments of the city government which is well known to you land George B. Martin, that I have spent 1 time, meaning years of labor and money l by the way of petitions not only to the court of common council of the city of New Haven. but to the general assem- | bly, of the state of Connecticut endeav- oring to secure said voluntary manu- 1 lfactured facts mentioned, should ab- solutely refuse to comply with said re- lquests, for the reason that I consider lit would not be judicious or advisable. And if said commission deems them worthy of notice, am prepared at any l time to make known to them in person rather than to communicate them in writing.
 { The following contains what I have mentioned above, as voluntary, manu- lfactured facts, conditions, circum-
 stances, rulings, etc.
 Third part of said letter: we are ap- pointed to investigate the affairs of the police department under the provisions l of the charter, and are ready to hear and investigate any charges that may l be made against any members of the police department Will you please in form me why, and for what purpose, lyou volunteered to send me the said mentioned facts? They were not asked lfor.''
 | Fourth part of said statements of facts and circumstances reads as fol- l lows: will you please, therefore, at once prepare a written statement con- taining the names of those members lof the police department, whom you
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 neglect of duty, etc.?' Will you please inform me why, and for what purpose,
 you volunteered to send me the said
 mentioned facts? They were not asked flor. I have not said in my letter that l l intended to furnish a written state
 ment of any kind, name, nature or de-
 scription; nor that intended to charge
 or bring charges against the members
 of the police department.
 1 Fifth part of said letter: Tn your written statement, state when the per- lsons charged were guilty, and also lstate what the charges are which you lean make against them.'
 l Sixth part of said letter: 'When we Ihave received this information from lyou, we will fix time and place where lyou can present your evidence, and it Twill be heard in public.'
 l The seventh and last part of said Istatements of facts and circumstances lreads as follows: We would like to re-
 ceive these charges from you this lweek.''
 l Under the facts and above circum- lstances that they were not asked for, II most respectfully refuse to comply lwith said request.
 Respectfully submitted,
 ANTHONY CARROLL,