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I c l MOJ 54E waa > a > jj b ii0 domttte Co 5 i anuls tofKeYBal j7ery V lS 4 I V n o iQSiasg 3I 0 3f j ft r 1 c 2 8CflJtGI LRAK OF JSTRAaiBeAT SQitJAB BOOKED ONIWgST Wj t aS 1 Aiieaipted JSsrltMsry toTe spii to-Te tia my Ser eaHt Baylor JPurn 3 sA IHIs CelIc < rtisR Over te laspec i i e it Kea t iaartcrs VTltea 1 U4e Toelt CkargQ Her LHkt Xt He-r the Besk 1 tke Sta I Saiv lt cXfez c I NewToriCi Dec 18 Wfrarafchs Xiexow oomnrtttee began ite tFoVk todfty there 1 jrere > pre eat ins the court room Felice Cpfcan Crew Afair add t Cr e3nn all in luff unflferai HTther aCcDosaald ff SroefclyB Trap 01 iateresrted specta Ix opening Mr 3Sex w said lie den d-en officially informed that tHfteus pension of Oaj > talDL Crredcn by r the polioa bowrd had bee revoked L V 3Mr Got remarked ha a his mind bere wa 2i1e doubt as i to trbether < jit aot 1t 4Ss an indlcfcate offense for a body even the police hoard to bring oti against a pen who has givea evX e beLbr the committee The act that they ha glvesi testimony uoteed itheni immunity A persoa who does not testify against hkneelfi continued Hr Goft 44ks atoeohrtriy Exempt frtwn any indictment indict-ment and from TroBecution based upon the testimony Captaia Strauss watf the flrst witness of the day He testified th at Ihis wifes name ws Barbara and that neither he asor 5ns wife had s Sank iascouni He also enid there was no xeal estatei or mortgages in1 his wifes met me-t Contain erection Man Johin Rappfarftiagen the man who handled Captain Creedonff 15000 wad the next witness Witness reiterated Ms testimony of Friday to the effect that Snell < gave him a check ibr 16000 nd tthfet iEartin knew he had this oheci Then he deposited the check nd aftarwarddraw it out on July 16 I 1882 I 1882When did 3Jartin tell you that you coild ihave the 5400 of the 15000 When I went to pay the 10000 ever to Martin Well now as a matter of fact r wasnt this 55000 paid to you as a bribe for TOUT interest the matter r Well I dare say it was Rapnamhtegen then went on to state he 5000 when it 5iad been paid he k used la paying pressing debts Is it not a custom for the saloonkeepers saloon-keepers In your vicinity to give small p scans TO the police Oh yea 4 or 310 ait a time And as a result the police ure not BO strict about the enforcement of tha excise law are they No they ore not Is It not a fact that the saloon Iceepefrs are assessed to make a Christmas Christ-mas present for the captain Yes it is every year iEfe said he had ibeen assessed only once and then fof Captain Cassidy i since dead This was an 1891 Police ONeal was then called to the stand Sergeant Taylor and Captain A3 layre were also called and sworn and requested to leave the room while OKelll testified While you were on the steamboat squad did you ever receive any money fronu the White Star line Ten dollars a < week and my meals Out of the 10 a week did you have to pay anything Yes 25 a month to Wardman Michael Mich-ael Gannon lor Captain Schmittenber gee Officer Beck another member of the eteaunboat squad testified that some F tune ago he paid Sergeant Taylor of L the same squad 10 which he had received re-ceived for extra work for a steamship company He had to pay 10 a month t out of his salary John O Mahoney another member of the steamboat squad had received 20 a month from the Baltimore Ohio railway for his services In the com panys yards Witness testified that Officers Baa and Gannon and Sergeant Taylor got Slu a month of this money from him for Captains Allayre and Schmitt berger F A Bribe from SchinlttMerser Conchis general agent of Oscar B the French steamship company testified testi-fied that in behalf of Captain Schmltjt 1000 berger his company was offered ft they would refuse to show the books of the company in which an entry of 500 paid to the captain had been made Edward Ball who served under Cape Cap-e itiun Gestlin was the next witness He i said that when Captain Schmittberger first assumed charge of the steamboat quad he wanted the men to turn overall over-all extra money to him Some of them agreed to this but others objected What money did you ever collect for Schmittberger f I collected 350 from Agent Townsend I of the Pennsylvania line for the captain ri cap-tain I also went to Hoboken once and got some money from one of the ferry lines there How much did you set 550 Well now for instance how much did you collect for Captain Schmitt berger during the first month he was on the squad i 210 And that was the regular monthly collection Yes Sergeant Taylor another collector for i the captains of the steamboat squad was called to the stand Sergeant how much did you collect luring Mr Schmittbergers capacity About 210 What did you do with it I paid the most of it to Inspector Steers at headquarters A buzz went around the room at this answer and everybody suddenly became be-came attentive What became of the other portion I kept it And how often did you go thereto headquarters I mean Every month < And why did yofVpay to mm 4 Because he ordered me to do so How much did you pay to Inspector Gteers What percentage SO per cent And you kept 20 per cent Tes When Captain AUayre took charge I what diet you do with the money you collected Well I put It In an envelope and laid it on the desk in the station house and never saw it any more I wrote on the envelope Street cleaning depart meat and left it on the rergeants i desk deskDid you continue to put the1 envelope on the desk after AHayre came jn Yes Well to whom were you responsible t for the collection of this money I dont know I merely continued as I had been doing Two witnesses testified to having received re-ceived money from Alderman Benjamin as brines to vote the Democratic ticket but both declared that after accepting the money they voted the Republican ticket c Whfera thfe fact was developed Mr GofT etottd that to hia opinion the matT mat-T b I c l MOJ 54E waa > a > jj b ii0 domttte Co 5 i anuls tofKeYBal j7ery V lS 4 I V n o iQSiasg 3I 0 3f j ft r 1 c 2 8CflJtGI LRAK OF JSTRAaiBeAT SQitJAB BOOKED ONIWgST Wj t aS 1 Aiieaipted JSsrltMsry toTe spii to-Te tia my Ser eaHt Baylor JPurn 3 sA IHIs CelIc < rtisR Over te laspec i i e it Kea t iaartcrs VTltea 1 U4e Toelt CkargQ Her LHkt Xt He-r the Besk 1 tke Sta I Saiv lt cXfez c I NewToriCi Dec 18 Wfrarafchs Xiexow oomnrtttee began ite tFoVk todfty there 1 jrere > pre eat ins the court room Felice Cpfcan Crew Afair add t Cr e3nn all in luff unflferai HTther aCcDosaald ff SroefclyB Trap 01 iateresrted specta Ix opening Mr 3Sex w said lie den d-en officially informed that tHfteus pension of Oaj > talDL Crredcn by r the polioa bowrd had bee revoked L V 3Mr Got remarked ha a his mind bere wa 2i1e doubt as i to trbether < jit aot 1t 4Ss an indlcfcate offense for a body even the police hoard to bring oti against a pen who has givea evX e beLbr the committee The act that they ha glvesi testimony uoteed itheni immunity A persoa who does not testify against hkneelfi continued Hr Goft 44ks atoeohrtriy Exempt frtwn any indictment indict-ment and from TroBecution based upon the testimony Captaia Strauss watf the flrst witness of the day He testified th at Ihis wifes name ws Barbara and that neither he asor 5ns wife had s Sank iascouni He also enid there was no xeal estatei or mortgages in1 his wifes met me-t Contain erection Man Johin Rappfarftiagen the man who handled Captain Creedonff 15000 wad the next witness Witness reiterated Ms testimony of Friday to the effect that Snell < gave him a check ibr 16000 nd tthfet iEartin knew he had this oheci Then he deposited the check nd aftarwarddraw it out on July 16 I 1882 I 1882When did 3Jartin tell you that you coild ihave the 5400 of the 15000 When I went to pay the 10000 ever to Martin Well now as a matter of fact r wasnt this 55000 paid to you as a bribe for TOUT interest the matter r Well I dare say it was Rapnamhtegen then went on to state he 5000 when it 5iad been paid he k used la paying pressing debts Is it not a custom for the saloonkeepers saloon-keepers In your vicinity to give small p scans TO the police Oh yea 4 or 310 ait a time And as a result the police ure not BO strict about the enforcement of tha excise law are they No they ore not Is It not a fact that the saloon Iceepefrs are assessed to make a Christmas Christ-mas present for the captain Yes it is every year iEfe said he had ibeen assessed only once and then fof Captain Cassidy i since dead This was an 1891 Police ONeal was then called to the stand Sergeant Taylor and Captain A3 layre were also called and sworn and requested to leave the room while OKelll testified While you were on the steamboat squad did you ever receive any money fronu the White Star line Ten dollars a < week and my meals Out of the 10 a week did you have to pay anything Yes 25 a month to Wardman Michael Mich-ael Gannon lor Captain Schmittenber gee Officer Beck another member of the eteaunboat squad testified that some F tune ago he paid Sergeant Taylor of L the same squad 10 which he had received re-ceived for extra work for a steamship company He had to pay 10 a month t out of his salary John O Mahoney another member of the steamboat squad had received 20 a month from the Baltimore Ohio railway for his services In the com panys yards Witness testified that Officers Baa and Gannon and Sergeant Taylor got Slu a month of this money from him for Captains Allayre and Schmitt berger F A Bribe from SchinlttMerser Conchis general agent of Oscar B the French steamship company testified testi-fied that in behalf of Captain Schmltjt 1000 berger his company was offered ft they would refuse to show the books of the company in which an entry of 500 paid to the captain had been made Edward Ball who served under Cape Cap-e itiun Gestlin was the next witness He i said that when Captain Schmittberger first assumed charge of the steamboat quad he wanted the men to turn overall over-all extra money to him Some of them agreed to this but others objected What money did you ever collect for Schmittberger f I collected 350 from Agent Townsend I of the Pennsylvania line for the captain ri cap-tain I also went to Hoboken once and got some money from one of the ferry lines there How much did you set 550 Well now for instance how much did you collect for Captain Schmitt berger during the first month he was on the squad i 210 And that was the regular monthly collection Yes Sergeant Taylor another collector for i the captains of the steamboat squad was called to the stand Sergeant how much did you collect luring Mr Schmittbergers capacity About 210 What did you do with it I paid the most of it to Inspector Steers at headquarters A buzz went around the room at this answer and everybody suddenly became be-came attentive What became of the other portion I kept it And how often did you go thereto headquarters I mean Every month < And why did yofVpay to mm 4 Because he ordered me to do so How much did you pay to Inspector Gteers What percentage SO per cent And you kept 20 per cent Tes When Captain AUayre took charge I what diet you do with the money you collected Well I put It In an envelope and laid it on the desk in the station house and never saw it any more I wrote on the envelope Street cleaning depart meat and left it on the rergeants i desk deskDid you continue to put the1 envelope on the desk after AHayre came jn Yes Well to whom were you responsible t for the collection of this money I dont know I merely continued as I had been doing Two witnesses testified to having received re-ceived money from Alderman Benjamin as brines to vote the Democratic ticket but both declared that after accepting the money they voted the Republican ticket c Whfera thfe fact was developed Mr GofT etottd that to hia opinion the matT mat-T b |
