Reverend Charles Parkhurst's City Vigilant League precipitated NY State to appoint State Senator Clarence Lexow to hold extensive hearings about corruption in the Police Department which eventually led to the downfall of Tammany Hall by forming the Lexow Committee.&nbsp;

Mr. Devery tells "where he got it."Shows a sleeping man in a police uniform -- a caricature of New York City Police Chief William Stephen Devery-- seated on a fire hydrant; a fairy with wings decorated with playing card suits holds a wand over him to showers him with coins.Author: William A. Rogers

Lexow Committee established