The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-30

CHARGE OF EXToRTIoN. Commissioner
smith this morning, John Lynch was charged
with extortion.
Peter Klein sworn-Liye at Twenty-third and
Coates with nv father Philip Klein; my father is a
dtsller; IL was No 23l0 Coates: 1t there i'm Nav
When he came there with John Fec6e9 and al May
der L3yet @ they first came to the private door and
what they wanted they came in; they didn't say any
said he had authority to See It; he said would be
locked up 4 | asked him tor anything Of the kind;
told him that he was upstairs in bed; he told me 10
go up and call him down; | up and called him
spect2r; told him Mr.. stanton was the Inspector;
asked what right we had to run at night without
an Inspectors; we were not running at the time; this
was about o'clock in the morning. he said
spector; when my father came down stairs Mr..
told me to go after tue Inspector, but Fletcher said
father my brother alter the Inspector; my iat6er
ASK asked Fletcher in to have some breakfast; during
over all the. detective officers in The the
itod him that thought mad seen hi@ FetcneTj
NE the be he ne m hsd & IN Penn
Mr.. stanton came and took the place; Mr.. Lynch
P6ip Klein sworn-NWhen I came down stairs
found these officers there; asked Mr. Fletcher who
lot Of officers, and he would like to see theepiace he
8 ne @ look and ss s edH S1d
find anything wrong; he said, "Ysur son is very
sRG wac e R% sen g SS
house and system-rOom let them see how much
whisky there was; Fletcher said, I'VE have been
watching around here TWO nights, TO II into
the sysIen-r DOM, and he cold and hungry and he
would like to have little breakfast; after they had
made the examination l asked Fletcher IL he had
found anything wrong; he said nothing particular;
there were barrels filled with water there; he
marked them, and said they must go away the bar
res were outside of the dstillery; Fletcher said he
them; he said, there is entry that you forgot TO
the date to- he said IL seize the distery will
cost you $500 or $500, probably more; L asked him
what for; he said II L look through the booS may
find more LoVett then came up, and said, "You had
better SETTLE this caSe he said for three four hun
dIed dollars nobody would hurt me any more; L told
him hadn't done anything wrong aud would not
pay anything Lovett then went to Fletcher and
communicated something TO HIM; what it was don't
give three tour hundred dollars and make
II Up' l wouldn't give him o cent;
Lovett then went TO Fletcher and talked to him; he
then said we Will levy on the goods and take the
along he pulled out some paper: said do whatever
you want my vile then came In and said, would not
my boy arrested 1or $500; the boy commenced TO
cry and she went alter the money; Lovett stayed In
the waiting for the money: my wife brought &C.,
and threw 1t on the table, Lovett was there then,
and he took the money one Of my sons came in at
the same time and saw him take the money; Lynch
and Fle cher came in about the time LoVett put the
money in his pocket; Fletcher then said 1t was all
settled. and could Reep the boy; they then went
away together.
The hearing was being continued when our report
closed. Fletcher and Lovett, mentioned in the evil
dence, have not been arrested.