Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-05-25
RETIREMENT
UNDER FIRE
Of Capt. Mclaughlin of
New York Police
The Investigation of Official
Interference with Gould
Domestic Troubles

New York. May 24-Capt VIM. Nc
Laughlin. one of the best known offic-
ers of the New York police department
who has been thirty years in the SER
vice. will retire from the force at
midnight tonight. The former inspect
or today made application for retire
ment on half pay. which will be $500
a year, and rs ne has served twenty
five years and no charges against him
are pending. Commissioner Bingham
has no alternative but to grant the
application.
His retirement. too. will remove
Mclaughlin as a figure i'm the investi-
cation of the alleged Gould conspir-
acy. The captain has been i'll with
bronchitis and it was understood that
he was soon To have been officially ex-
amined by the headquarter physicians
II to determine when he would be able
TO appear before Deputy Commissioner
I Hansen and explain his alleged con-
! nection with the affair of which Lieut..
/ Frank Peabody told Hansen last night
/ However. as the application for retire.
/ ment forestalled possible charges. Nc
( Laughlin may be said to be out of the
case.
| when Mclaughlin was preparing
his application FOR retirement today.
: Deputy Commissioner Hansen was
continuing his inquiry at police head
I quarters. II is learned that both How
ard Gould and his wife have been serv-
ed with subpoenas to appear before
/ him and tell what they know about
the participation Of Peabody and Nc
Laughlin in the Gould'S search for di-
Vorce evidence Edward Sholes.
former circus rider. who is credited
/ with having started a report that Mrs.
Could. while Miss Katherine Glenn
mons. had been married in Baltimore
TO Samuel Dawson before she came to
New York. was before the commission
er and threw still more light upon the
connection Of the police with the
Gould family troubles. He was placed
on the stand and after relating CONVEX
sations he had had with Big Bill
Hawley in regard to the alleged mar
fiage and the investigation of it in
Baltimore. he said: Later on | was
summoned to McLaughlin's office He
closely questioned me. He asked me
if WAS sure that the woman who
married Dawson was Mrs. Gould. II
! said Now YOU come with me- down
10 Delaney NicoH's office
Il went with Mclaughlin to the Of
flee and told NicoH just what told
the inspector and Peabody and Pig"
Haw!ey and others. That is all / nab
u do with the affair Sholes was
asked if Mclaughlin ever suggested
To him 10 visit the district attorneys
office. he replied in the negative.
Nicoll. upon whom. as counsel for
Could. Mrs Gould served notice Of
suit for "a permanent separation upon
the grounds Of desertion. cruelty and
inhuman treatment. including police
conspiracy against her today made a
statement setting forth his connection
with the alleged conspiracy.
In brief. Nicoli explains tina; there
came to the ears of the police that
crime had been committed in that
Katherine Clemmons. while having a
husband living. married Howard Could
Very properly. he holds. the police
looked into the matter at his sugges-
ton. when they had satisfied them
selves that the gossip concerning Mrs.
Gould was baseless. they dropped the
investigation he says.
There was nothing done" Nicoll
adds. ION behalf of Mr.. Could which
was unusual. other than any other cit
iZen has a right 10 have done for him"
II was said tonight that the retirement
of Mclaughlin and the explanation OF
Nicoil would not stop the inquiry un-
der way at police headquarters.