, 1864-12-21

| were willing to act upon all and every charge
Of the police force. when that charge shall bt
properly brought before the Board from their &C
On motion of tho sever., nemherz rumher a.
men we're added to the police force.
On motion tho Board adjourned.
| THE POLICE BRIBERY CHARGES.
Examination Of the Prisoners-Its Contlnua,
tlon before tie .. S. COMMISSIONER
The Re-arrest Of kenney--fie
Is Again Held 10 BaiI.
| The examination Of Robert Kenney, Of the City
Detective force, and officers CLARK and ueuneseey
OF The patrol, upon the charge Of aiding and abct
ting enlisted men to desert from the military ser
vice O. the United States, was continued yesterday
| forenoon before U. :. Commissioner Hoyne. The
prisoners were represented by John Lyle King,
! Etq- and the Government by E. c. Larncd, Esq.
| District Attorney.
ISfer ForroA sseorn-I live on the North Side :
have no regular business at present; have seen
ssa 3, W,ST ri at de5snt ere hays
KsnDey On Il sd WhteoT R Sw ot no
aSSy het aoR Rss 9 gf az @ e
know Daily, Mcbride and Dorus; don't know OF
any money being p.ia BY Webb and Kenncy to
these pnrdcs; heard Whitelow say that they were
going 70 get some money; learned the officers
couldn't prove anything against them, and went
10 ste Il something could not bc done to get them
ont; went to Webb and KenncZ to help me TO see
| eral; Webb and kcnney stood aside whenI talked
With SNhitclowi don't know 4 they heard what
aye ,s, e Sa5
cd; 2sked him If il was tue, aaa he said the fee1
ment had disbanded; some arrangement was made
ne he moncy wesa ret whd1 ts;
don't 1ccollect II ! named the necessary nmount;
don't know II suggested That the5 should ralse
sell; never had any talk with kenaey or Webb
of money being Taiscd q fnrnished ly any party
to par these officers to ald prisoners to escape
.qhn Hari, s1cora: =, LIZ on Wells street; know
was paid; have heard So; :: Reddy" once borrowed @
SIC Of me; don't know to whom he paid It;
he % did not tcll me that ii vas 70 pre-,
vent bis arrest; ;;.,. thd did not know @ that
be Tas ~ bor TIC ee
turned: he gave nc no security when he borrow
cd II; i don't know what he did with the money;
when1 gave it to him there wns no person present;
] think Storcr Was aloug with him when loaned
the money; both came into my place together;
s1orcr did not know to my knowledge that loan.
cd money to him; no one knew that = Reddy"
Webb; have not learned from any person what
know If - Reddy" iain town he paid me day
l,ecn to see nc about this matter; "Reddy'' has
always done business on the squire with me.
.rUsx eranintd-1hink the man who came in
Storer being shown the witnese. he identified
ifm i !, q ;, the man who visited his saloon with
.neIdy'' put the money in his pocket Did not
zee Etofcr after TINT
Witness here said Stoser was not the man, and
e. ks9nsy being 6rouEhi a sorws he said by
my 0Wn lame."
Mrest saaminatiqn rsssnsS-kenncy re- .:S resembled
CF0ss examination rtslu3ed-Can't cay for ccr
tain whether II was Storer or not; don't think he
II the man; think kelncy was; can't swear posi-
Hreet examination rfsuutd-Y Freddy" had
.worn he paid the money hc borrowed OF me to
kennty, IRON my recollection Of the affair, I
should believe him.
s. L. tHorf+, s,rorn-Know last witness; have
been In his store Within week. never went into
1Iast,s store with him; DO not know that - ncddy"
had been arrested and paid s75 to get clear; don't
know y. .ReddT' is in town; heard he was yes.
scrdar; he came to my Office with Colee and
ont Of which they were bcat when they were
arrested; they charged officers Webb and kenney
| With getting the money. 80.
Office and made thcir complaints: directed lhc.n
| to apply to attorncys-mendoned Jones and Fell
hef- Whttciow came to see me In my Office, and
that he had been beat out Of money; don't know
NJ know John A. uenncescy; no atiidaytts were
1akcn in my office: saw two in the hands Of Eel
| Eer: l was member Of the police when Bradley
/ 1as after . Rcddy't Ind been TO see me; had
heard thu. Mh,sow had bsen beat out Of his
Iirtct EIGnination Atetratd.-Was relieved
from the police July 18th; It WIS generally known
f %h,slo% Moee in e Lad espfe that
Cross Organization rtsnntd-I carry on the
street, G. F Bradley II occasionally there.
and have orrcsted ION Woods as dcserter; it
aenE 81 % sns Sesss that he was
June; be stated, when brought him into 1sI L.
mory, that he paid $50 the other day to get away,
| md could have The came amount II would let
Wv. Kennedy testified that the first time thsi
be had ang connection with the arrest Of Whites
,ow % was F. during re early part Of oc.ober last,
as :ps esau Sa sE
on the southwest Plank road known as the - Con
Wager HOUSE; thcy arrested James White1aw,
oss be- socs recoee
taken froEl there directly to The armofy, and
locked up; did not make the charge against
ID noa sec aet hS el At taas s as
| Until about the fret of November; be
| received orders from the Superintendent o!
aa so arfeea tIsrsp ana p1g
DalS, md Andrew Coaec; sent the prisoners di-
against them; the only time he saw them alter
I wards was the night before the election: they
were brought up th4t the Police Commissioners
might see thrm; was present at the meeting and
| Eaw them there
At this slase Of the examination the case was
continued by consen. until p. m. on Thursday
| next
KEFoHE JUSTICE STANFORD.
JuEt as the examination before Commissioner
uo. ne Was concluded, and while the parties were
BY Constable Alvosd upon warrant iasue3 by
appeared in yesterday 3 THlBrsE. He was taken
mtny Of II. !. Crcss, the complaining witness, wac
In no rnhicftnt scnsc different from that swOrr to
In his affidavit and for that reason ig omitted here.
| Cr0ss-exaM1nAtiun.
Icame TO town Saturday evening, from St Cath.
way 10 Canton, ILL.,; rrad in Chicago p paper of
the arsee1 Of kcnney, and concluded tnat would
take steps 70 get ms money back; met Hathaway
IN Thomas's eating suloon, and he told me that he
mndc IN affidavit to recover bis money; We then
left the room and saw Storer; hathaway told Sto-
rer that was the one who was arrested with HIM;
VIC al went up into Storer'a ouIce; W. $. Fclkcr
drew up my affidavit, and YVES In Siorer's Office at
The time first saw him: i Was at Aslhaway's sus
gcttion that employed FeIkes to draw the afida-
| /
with him: l was arrested by officer Reed while
buyfng ticket for Buffalo; wa* searched and
S75o = found upon me; think the money was
takcn fa charge by the Superintendent; saw Ken
neg next morning; the 1rst conversation had
with Kenney w.s In the morning; kenncy said a
soldier had been robbed, and that We should hare
10 rrnain Until he could get him ont Of town, was
born in St GATHERINGS; laet season Lad charge
Of the har At the Chiffon House, opposite the sns-
Rsnsion9 tIidge; hare Kept baf 1t the Everett
St Louis With ne; married my wife in Roehes-
| ter three years ago; l was steward on the Ohio
kirsr before the rebellion received 3lO0 Of my
brother. and altcrWnrd Iwon some money at cards
! It Canton
7: B. Brotcn, J. P, <rorn-Kuow Robert Ken
ney end complainant; the complainant was
brought before nc upon eharsc prclerrcd
ngainst him for larceny. and dischargcd; u ere
wus no evidence produced jnsdfying his holding
Crcts to bail; they told nc the witness in the lar
ceny matter was out Of town, and they would be
ney Who tod me this; eaw tic pocket.hook con-
timing the money; examined #; found one $500
bi mud ono SlGO bill, and other bills as sworn to
| by Cress.
Frank Red, s.corn-Arrcsted Cress at the Cen
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