Results of the Parkhurst Crusade
The results of the great Parkhurst crusade against the New York police force, and the subsequent investigation by the Lexow Committee of the Senate, have dwindled to small proportions as compared with the great ado that was made about the affair. The World says:— "Of the thirty-one men indicted only one, Captain Carpenter, has been punished through the process of criminal proceedings. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to pay a fine of $1,000 and serve a month in the penitentiary, which he did. Only six of the thirty-one indicted men, an inspector and five captains, have ever been tried. Seventeen of the thirty-one accused men are now on duty, occupying the same rank as before, five of these being captains, five sergeants, and seven patrolmen. Only five of the indicted men, two captains and three patrolmen, have actually been dismissed from the force. Two of the indicted men, a captain and a patrolman, have been retired on pension. The cases against three of the indicted patrolmen are still pending."