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Show STRETCHED ON THE RACK, lQTill0atlon ol ine Charges Pnftrr.d Against U. 3. ConnlHloners. THIS JI0I1MM.S IMIUt I ..IIIVH. loinmlitloiifr Jlatlln Tilli Ills Slor), aud l.l-llipulj M.u-lml Joe lluill loltousoii tlio Maud. Tho Inquiry Into tlio rhargiaprc-firrot rhargiaprc-firrot ty u number of members of thu Hilt Like blr niralnst CcniiuUtloners Martin aid Moycr, upon an order Isruid by thu Territorial Hupnme court a wnk ni.o,tean at 10 80 this morning In the Third District court room. Tbu hearing brought tojclhir n lari'e con-oiursoof con-oiursoof Intonated speitators, among whom thero was n oeusldirublu S tinkling uf attorneys. The Invettlgitlng commlttio (as clioti n I y tlio Bupreme court) ooutlstud of District Attorney Varlau, Judgu llowatand JuJgo Thomas Marshall. I'or thuiitltlouers Alturueja J. II. Hurd, thus, Ilaldwln nnd John M. C union api oarud, Cominltslouir Martin Mar-tin wai re resiiii, d b) Judge Loot-lourow,nmi Loot-lourow,nmi Judgu Judd was presint In theiutereitsut Comm'sOomrMojer. Wliiu "lime" was called Judu Judd u marked that thu charges hiro set forth setmed to bu mostly nutters of Implication i r In'ireuie, and alto-kither alto-kither based up in rumors. Ho real from thu e tuion I merited to the liirltorlalbuireme loutt Judgtslasl Widiu.Jnj (I no lull text ol which has ruvloiisly hi peare I In thu Npws), di-clured di-clured that thu allegations were untrue lu litct, untrue In Ihtur; , and said that su far as Mr. Mover's lotllclsl couduvt wai concernud as commlnsloiier, I o was i re arod to lay lt,ou lu Ihutaretl manner osublt , lur lavestlgallon. Mr. Major ha 1 1 over, at any time, dunuur said imytliliK In uuy way that was corrut or looked to cornvllou that wasiiotlnierf.it hsrmouy and ton-aouauco ton-aouauco Willi Judicial I tegrlty and U right aud houttt cltlziuihlp. Aa to thai part of thu illtlon setllug forth that "they and taoh of theai (the ssld comm listeners) have done aud sullered various other wronglul and lmroir acts and practice-, both In civil and crin liialiuits ivml othrrwiso to the manifest dotrlnunt nnd pervtr.lon uf Joitlco nod oipnolon of litigants lu ttioir cost', and tinting lo bring thu administration of Justice Into con-timpt, con-timpt, nud burdening tbu docket ol thu district c urt wall appeals and trivial Mild groiinult-s cans," lie move I to either have It stricken out or that thu louimlttiu ruaku a lulu U on thu gentlemen who brought Ihu cbargts that they oiler some specification specifica-tion of what Ihey meaut by tlmo leueinlal egatlous. Iiwas not proper Itiat couuiol stieuld bu exptclbd to meet an) ruch general Indictment as that contained lu the etltlou. Attorney Hurd lusl.ted that thero had beeunuamluspiclllustlou male. Judgu Loolbourow said toat In, too, woulJ hku tu couc-cl for the petitioners tortatod llnllily ou what lluoi thuy e&itctcd to f rosecute, if thiy rulled on this general allegation. Attorney Varian, chairman of tlio commlttiv, said the comiiiltltu were of optiiiuu luat they Iial no power to modify tlio ctltion In nuy part. It was in tho nature uf tt complaint, which haj bteii eubmltteJ to the suireme uourt and resumably In-liolid In-liolid by tlat body. Ihu motion could not be tustalnuJ. Thu wltnessts to be called during thu Investigation were then Invited to come forward and bo sworn, und quite a finest ut hands went up. Coinmisilonir Martin was tbu first ixsmlned. In answer lo Attorney HurJ ho slid ho was appointed U. B. ommlssloner between tho JUtii and '.(IthJaiiu ry,1692. During thelulerval he had til on bis dookn U(iwards of 000 civil caws. Ho was questioned In regarl tu feus which he nad reoelved In lerlaln casta entered In bis court, aud as to tho rule of service In others. Nonuof the plaintiffs hJ, liu declared, reived Hit Ir own sum-monies, sum-monies, so far as hu knew. Witness ujunedup a (criminal docket at thu samu time, nnd sixteen ca.ua had since bein commenced Willi him. Mr Martin was Interrogated as to the disposal ol Unit. Ill one case, It transpired, a youth named l'recd wint Into thu lomnilislouir's olllcu, stall d that flu had had au altercation Willi another youug man, uud that lie desired to 1 lend gullly. In themciintlruea com. plaint had bien entered liiCommlsslon-or liiCommlsslon-or Trail's court b) the Injured party. Wltneks told lilm that hu did not think he had any authority to lluu hlui, ns he (Treed) was not under arrest, llo was then, however, formilly sublictsd to arrtstand witness fined lilm Jl aud costs, tho latter amounting to iS, Attorney llalawln Did you awoar anybody? Wltnesi No, sir, I Jutt took Ills pita Attorney Hurd, among other Items lu thecouimlMloiier's docket, dlrrolid nttentlon to an culrj of $2 for Issuing a warrant, und asked, "Is that the usual charge!" rtio witness sal J lie bellavod soj but It was pointed out that tl was allowed by the statute. Inthecasu of tho Teoplu vs. Carl Dammau, who nas charged with telling wliliti) on u Buudu), It tram-I tram-I Ired lhal although thu flue was pild ou August 1st, lbl-, the money was not turned Into tbu county treasury until March IStli, H91 after the present pres-ent procetdlngs had bien I intituled. In that uf Ilia Teoplu vs. John Tiilllls, tho complaining witness was charged $7 00 fur coiumbalouer's fees prior to the htarlng, but Ihu charge waslguorod by the grand Jury. In another cale It w as shown that although al-though the defendant, who was ills charged, paid J5, coitsof arnlgument, eto , tbu same was not docketed ut all Was the complaining witness In court when thu case) was dlsmlsioj?" allied Mr. Hurd. ..... The witness did not think he was. "What did you do with thu tf costs which thu defenlant paid," queried Mr. Hurd. "Why, I kept fd and gavo thu olllcer who made the arrest $2," was Ihu au-BWcr au-BWcr Asked whether there woro auy other cases br uihl tutu Ids c urt not entered upon his mokul, wiln re , i llo Mi, Ihu caw of ttuUnl m Hiatus v. lltbr. Cotuplalul m hied In I lilsclllcuond n wirrmt ImubI, lot tlio phariu was ill-n luod belointhepar. ties iult thu Willi un notion of tho ooniplalnln wlllieis, .win pal t tho roils. Nutntryol this was undo In his hook at all I u this pnrtli nlnr esse. It wn a luilltid by tho witness lint all the tuner w.ro lust. (Itwasdaikly lilnle-J tint tlodsftnd-ant tlodsftnd-ant Hobbs sll J 50 to have ilia ruHiillsiuisiid, and that thu money w divided belvt t eu tho oouri nud the i Hirer who ma lo the arr t) Ultuest denied that tho papers had bteiissrrttej Innuy way. Tbeyvuru plsotd, hu salJ, lei ihu olllca situ whin dono wltli, but hil Ihoj missing for threu or icur nitmlhi. Iliusitlial, honnvi r, r'malned uuloc-tcd .'.e, u unit, to Hint p r!ii throuijh careleuneM Mr Hurd What wasthuam untof innuy, then, pild Jell ou the dismissal of the ltobbscm? Wllnrsi- That I am not pesltlvu ab ut; but whalovir It was Is indicated Uiou the mining pipers Mr. Hurd You isiuud a rectltfor that didn't jou, Mr. Martin? Wlluiss I do nut know. ) You have not any rrcdlrctlon? A I have not. Judge Howst Who was the com plslulug wltntst? Wllneo I Iiavu forgotten her nam. Attorney IlalJwlu Ak him "aquart," Mr. Hurd, II he did not gut tou tor Hist iw. Mils remark das, however, passed silently by, aud Judgo llowat asked Wlni advlseel tho toiuplalunig wltuois tu dlsrnlss tho cast? Wltnesi said tin was driving up thu comrlalnt in his cfllcuwnei l)riit) Marshul Iljih went out uud spoke with the complaining wllnis., wh re-turnel re-turnel with him uud said sho would give Ihu defendant another chance, and withdrew the roui lalnt. Judgo llowat How much did she ray you? WllntM Not exceeding V, II she paid that, but tho amount is on the papirs. Attorney Hurd Didn't you slate lo Mr. Canuon and mysolf on Haturdsy last that II lih was not au olllcer at that Urn 7 Wlluisi Well, I had learned so by somebody slnrn as) Ing It. Attorney Hurl Was not the balanced bal-anced thu$-V) cltimeJ to have been aid by the defou luut divided between jou and Mr. Hush? Wltnesi No, air, It wai not. I know myfeeni lommlitlouer dIJ nit exceed 3. I did not glvu llio wouiau a receipt for $25. "Didn't Harney Harvry," asked Attorney Hurd," tall your attention lothu fuel Hist Hobbihaic mil. tiled of ling "jobbed?" Witness Hu toll mo that Hobbs com) talne I lo lilm that lluih ha I "biir.zel" him for $10 and connected me with It" "What ill 1 Hobbs eav to you about lhe SVJ?" quelle I Mr. Hurl Witness He ail I he boll rnl that n Job had I ten put upon lilm and asked mo If n cornplsiut had b n fllnl In my court. I told lilm It ha I Wlluets hud not seou llobb since then. Asked what sort of a man Hobbi wui, the wltuuis dsscrlbrd him as "tall and slim." (Hu Ii now mlsiluj as well as thu pai era ) Judgu llowat I umltratnnd hlra to bun man h way uplusocltty? Witness Hu Is u llulteriuii detective, detec-tive, so It was rertej tome, nud a salaried man. To Attorney J. M Ciiiuon I saw Uvn Watklui (that turtle I out lo be thu young woman's iiamei ou thu atrsul, some two or thrse months ago, but not since. Attorney Varian Have jou occasionally occas-ionally been In tho abltof taking cosls from pro'icunu wltuc.es un the dismissal let leu to nhero Ihu charge was reilfy one tor tlm luvosll gatlou of Hie grand Jurj? Wilms rej lied lu Ibu affirmative, oxplilnlng that be ijiiiclontlou.ly took this view of It that If tho .rile, camo lu wishing lo withdraw thn oaso, and wuru alio, he ha I rtquittod Ihiiu to pay thecoalf, but not ou condition of anydlBuiNsal. Varlau Was that generally your rule? Witness Yei, I have dona It to savu the government evury dollar I coul 1 in frivolous later, Lx-Diiity Manhal Joo Hush was then called to tho stouJ. Hu said hu knew Hobbsaud had I uenlutroduced to Ihe.womaulnqutitluii. Mlia Watklns, wlluiss and Mr, Martin weru thu uuly lirtius I resent whu the casu w s dlsinlsied Hobbs was list thtre. lhe charge was aJulltry. Wltiirts did, however, go out ami tell Hobta what thu taie coulj Lu "fixed" for, and hlmielf got Hu wua not a deputy marihul at that time. Attorney Varlau What did you do with the 25. Wltnesi I gave It to the woman, who gave Hie comoilsiloner f 5 and inr W and kept tho balance. Tu Judgo llowat, llu.ll tall that ho and Hobbs weru friends. They orico worked on a tase together, Hobbs lu thu capacity of a detictlvu, Asked why he took up tho oudgols galnit lilm, thin, In thlscaae.wllntss said hu didn't know It wua Hobbs who was Involved at the time, ns ho woe going under another name. At this stage of the hearing tho court took a receas till 2 p lu. |