Satan's Invisible World Displayed or, Despairing Democracy

of the sittings of

olice-stations, where prisoners in custody of the officers of the law, and under the law's protection, have be

violent assault on prisoners in the cells by policemen were numerous. That

on. Now not to pay blackmail yourself was bad enough; but it was far worse to threaten to dry up the contributory sources of police revenue. The poor wretch denied that he had ever uttered such a threat. "Take him into the cell and attend to him!" said the Captain. Prince was marched out by the wardman, who was also blackmail collector for the precinct. When they reached the cell, the turnkey and the wardman kicked him

r arrest, and which is one the best attested in the collection

o, loving their country not wisely but too well, crossed the Atlantic for the purpose of righting the wrongs of Ireland. His zeal brought him into collision with the Coercionist Government that was then supreme. He was convicted and sentenced to twelve years' penal servitude. He was a political offender, the American Government intervened on his behalf, and the treaty known as the Warren and Costello Treaty was negotiated, which led to his liberation before his sentence had expired. During his incarceration in this country he was confined in several prisons, both in England and Ireland, and thus had a fair opportunity of forming a first-hand estimate of the int

th captains and inspectors. He discharged his duties with satisfaction to his employers, and without any complaint on the part of the police. Two lawyers of good standing, who were called as witnesses, testified that they had known him for years as a t

ere duly paid over by him to the fund in question. But just as the book was beginning to boom, the Superintendent of Police brought out a book of his own, entitled "The Great Criminals of New York." No sooner had it appeared than the police withdrew all their support from Mr. Costello's book, declared they had nothing to do with it officially, and left him stranded with the unso

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r. Costello set to work. He printed 2,500 copies of the book, with 900 illustrations. The book itself was bulky, containing as many as 1,100 pages, and costing nearly ￡5,000 to produce, an expenditure which he had incurred entirely on reliance upon the support of the Fire Department promised him in the letter written by Mr. Croker and his fellow commissioners. But again an adverse fate befell the unfortunate Costello. Just as t

ved from the Fire Department. This was resented, and it seems to have been decided to "down" Costello. The method adopted was characteristic. The Fire Commissioners and the Police were two branches of Tammany administration. When Mr. Costello's canvassers were going about their business, they were subjected to arrest. He had as many as half-a-dozen of his canvassers arrested at various times. They were seized by the police on one pretext and another, locked up all night in the police cell, and then liberated the next mor

aptaincy. Mr. Costello complained of the repeated arrests, and declared that he would not let it occur again if he could help it. Captain McLaughlin showed him the books that had been taken from the imprisoned canvassers, in one of which there was a loose paper containing the memorandum of sales made on that day, and a copy of the Crok

epute of being the champion clubber of the whole force, and it was he also who first gave the soubriquet of "Tenderloin" to the worst precinct in New York. The origin of this phrase was said to be a remark made by Inspector Williams on his removal from the Fourth to the Twenty-ninth Precinct. Williams, who was then c

hours that he stayed there he noticed what he described as "very funny work" going on. The Inspector was telephoning here and there; detectives were coming in and whispering, as if receiving secret orders; and at last, at midnight, two detectives came in and whispered a message to the Inspector. Thereupon Williams turned to Costello, ordered him to accompany the detectives, and consider himself under arrest. A foreboding of coming trouble crossed Costello's mind. He asked his book-ke

light cast a shadow, and in that shadow he saw Captain McLaughlin raise his fist and deal a savage blow at his face. He instinctively drew back his head, and the Captain's brass-knuckled fist struck him on the cheek-bone, knocking him down into the gutter. The detectives stood by, indifferent spectato

t for him again. What followed is best told by the tr

here is another way of punishing me; this is not right." You could hardly recognise me as a human being at this time; I was covered with blood, mud, and dirt, and had rolled over and over again in trying t

were the

two wardmen of that precinct; there was a second man with the man

ou mean; on

treet; and when I got into the station-house, I asked to be allowed to wash the

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sorts of attitudes and tried to s

e general room of

partment, was present at the time; he

the middle of the station-house floor wh

you or I will have to die; one man of two will be taken out of this station-house dead, and so, stop." At this time I had my fighting blood up, and had recovered from the collapse I was thrown into. I said, "You may think me not prot

he nature of

knuckled me.-(Vo

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d hands. I could not wash the blood off, because that was coming down in torrents; and when I was going downstairs, somebody kicked me or punched me severely in the back, and I feel the

ughlin go i

uld be in a faint-because I felt very weak from the loss of blood-I took out my note-book and wrote in it, "If I am found dead here to-morrow, I want it known I am murdered by Captain McLaughlin and his

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a way that they would

ou call

a little rest, I was routed out from my bed and told to get ready; then I asked the privilege of getting something to brush off my clothes and my shoes, and after pay

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tectives were up at my house bullying my wife and scaring her to death, and all this time they knew I was down in the hands of Inspector Williams. Inspector Williams told me this with great glee as I was about to be taken away. I said, "You must have no heart." I said, "I don't mind the persecution I have been subject

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fy, who is at present justice of the peace in Long Island City, and I told him what happened to me, and he said, "These people are too much for me; I will go and get somebody to assist you. What do you think of Mr. Hummel?" I said, "Do what you like about it; have Mr. Hummel." I paid him a retainer fee, and he said, "These are infernal brutes, and we ought to break

was Mr. Croker's brother-in-law, certified that the injury to the face had been produced by brass knuckles, the cut be

n-house all bloody and muddy, his book-keeper came to obtain access to him. Cap

in made no answer, but continued the search.

ll what it means

d you," said Stanle

aptain, "get the Hell out of here!" and the book-keeper was promptly forced right out, and left on the sidewalk

als in New York, for he was not only a Celtic Irishman but a Catholic Irishman, and murder was repugnant both to his religion and to his nature. Other redress than that which could be gained by your own right hand it was impossible to obtain, for it

, as in McLaughlin's case, provided with brass knuckles. Standant's nose was smashed, the blood poured from his eyes and ears, and he was carried to the hospital, where he had to submit to various operations before he recovered his eyesight and hearing. He was badly disfigured for

etween the customer and the protected oyster stand keeper he walked up to the witness and, without a word, delivered a smashing blow upon his mouth. Two front teeth were splintered up into the gum, inflicting so severe an injury that it was two days before the swelling abated sufficiently for the dentist to be

with his eye in this ghastly position, was arrested by his assailant, and taken to the police-court. The poor fellow, not knowing what would befall him, sent for a lawyer, who first of all charged him ￡10 for his professional services, and then said that the only way for him to get out of the scrape was to pay the officer ￡5, which he accordingly did. The judge asked him no question, and discharged the case. It is needless to say that Ang

years, that it could be proved that the police force was to all intents and purposes and in practice exempted from and above the operation of the law of the land. Mr. Goff, after saying that

plies to the citizens of New York, and to all persons as it should, stops short of the police force. Felonious assaults have been committed upon citizens by policemen, which if committed by a civilian would result possibly in four or five years' sentence in Sing Sing, and all the policeman need apprehend is, a charge against him, with a possible conviction findi

nd another for the poor. It is one law for t

ed him down in the gutter, and then standing over him, belaboured him unmercifully with his club on his face and head. "For God's sake!" cried the man, "do not kill me altogether." A young man, a stranger, coming past, seeing the outrageous nature of the assault, asked the policeman to stop. Thereupon another policeman in citizen's clothes ran up, knocked him down, jumped on him, and then marched Lucas and the stranger off to the police-station. The blood running down Lucas's neck, drenched his shirt, and one of the picturesque inciden

p the whole case in th

perior officers, have abused the resources of physical power which have been provided for them and their use only in cases of necessity in the making

vered with blood and bruises, and in some cases battered out of recognition. Witnesses testified to severe assaults upon them while under arrest in the station-houses. The line of testimony might have been endlessly pursued by your committee.... We emphasise this finding of brutality because it affects every citizen

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