Superintendent Byrnes Resigns

lhe Lexow mvestigating committee, which has unearthed so niuch corruption in Xew York City municipal afïairs that the whole United States has been shocked, has adjourned subject to cali of the chairman. Among the last officials examined was Superintendent Byrnes, the famous head of New York City's pólice, and he, at the conclusión of his inquisition, sprung one of the biggest sensations of the entire session, bjr handing' a letter to Chairman Lexow and said that it was a copy of one that he had sent to Mayor-elect Strong early this month. It was his resignation from the force - of which he has been a member for the last 32 years- owing to the continual conflict between the commissioners and himself in his endeavors to secure absolute disciplim'. The departnient is honeycombt-'d with abuses which had been growing for 30 years, and they eould only be remedied by radical legislation. Local politicians, he claimed, were the curse of the department. Although he had done his utmost to procure substantial information as to corruption and bribery, he was unable to get it and the whole department was impregnated with the belief that promotion had to be bought and merit was of no avail. He claimed to have done a good deal toward helping to bring about the exposures. He paid a tribute to Dr. Parkhurst. Mr. Jiyrnes' wealth, which heestimatedat 8350,000, was made by spcculation, he said, in Wall street, through the Ooulds. Bis purchases of real estáte were also viu-y profitable.