The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-25
POLICE BOARD.
s,,oerinlendent Loan on Trial.
..,,r gIrNKO THIEVES TRIUM
PLANT
,o,fntssIONER RYAN BACKS
DOWN.

mcn,dgoiea and voted for tho resolution
Z Do inr'nc Tho closing Of al the bunko
oruca"e i have no other information
house9sh o eubject. Tho communication
upon, al WA 10 this effect: us tho
roc,e as "a Police or tho Police Board re-
onnaa.aiblc for The many robberies pcrpe-
tratora ,,n u ~, signed Many Mer-
@s,nts and / replied that tho chief
claa n,i OF the police force was alone
eAre,u,onsible. TO the best Of my belief.
respassnburp Was IL after receiving
..,s Communication that you made this
answer - 81.
tsIIshemer-Do you know OF any cir
uros,ance that will operate against
t wi Loan or In favor Of yourself2
hnyyais ah the answer)
rl p" cbjei executive officer OF the police
i asoe ia il alone responsible. so far us Is
i paown 10 the undersigned.
Know" " VIZ v. A. RYAN.
M vol, know who wrote 1t sir
ppyan~I think IL was written by u
,onnu man named Lytton.
ynpaaIsheimer- DO you know whether or
81 Won gave II TO Col. Loan?
r. Ryan-I don't know whether no saw
tor not. ,,,,
cation signed MANY Merchants" and
Who wrote the reply: were they not writ
ien BY the same party?
Ryan--I do not know II 1t was done by
the same party or not.
Dalsheiiner- Previous to your answer
s,atinp that Col. Loan was alone respon-
sjble. did you have any conversation
'i Rynn-I think ] spoke TO him.
Colonel Loan here spoke and said: II
aont think you mentioned It,"
w nalsheimer- Then. Major Ryan, this
,.niv which appears TO be written by
,rvnrr,rrself was written without any con-
suiation with Col. Loan upon the
Ryan-I had no conversation with
him. , III.
Mr. Bartel next appeared us n wit
ness. but stated he had conscientious
sornles against being sworn on the
BIbIe. and desired In lieu thereof to
Inzenburg Where do you live Mr..
Ain Vermont.
O.-Whcn did you come to this cityP
I-i cannot exactly tell, think just
about four weeks.
0-You came here about the Christ
mas holidays. We are Investigating the
charge against Superintendent Loan OF
neglecting to carry out the resolution Oh
the Police Board with regard to closing
the bunko houses. Now, j want to ask
YOU n question. Have you ever visited
these houses and do you know anything
about them? You can give the answer
IN your own way. Did you visit any
such place and lose any money thercini
Al did lose some money In one Ol
them. II was two weeks ago last Satur'
day.
DWELL, was IL since the Goth Doccm-
brg
Ayes.
Q-Iow much did you lose?
A-Ono hundred and five dollars.
Q-Wherep
AIT "a ST. Charles street.
Q.-What kind Of gamer
A-Twas going down 81. Charles street
whon well dressed young man called
mo suddenly by namo,. ana ne
stepped UP and offered me
His hand He seemed TO look
very good naturod; ] told him did not
know him, and could not call to mino
his name. lie said to me don't you re-
member mo, my name isd'letcher. lie
deceived mo by that name, because
there Is n President OF a bank named
Fletcher known to me In Vermont; ht
has number OF grandsons, although
donot know them all, and l suspected
that the young man was from there. ~
asked me when was going back. Tic
patl l.... In In Avs
4 and asked me IL / was going up the
1 street. then turned TO him and
invited him to my room; he then said
he was In hurry; that he had got a
Havana Lottery ticket i'm his pocket,
and the clerk OF the hotel had just told
him he had drawn u ten thousand dol
lar prize; stated that ie was then going
] 70 get the money, and asked II l would
walk with him to the lottery Office. We
vent up stairs into u room, aId this
4 young man asked IL this was the Office,
and II no had drawn u prize.
4 The man who was up. stairs looked ut
me ticket and said yes, he had won a
prie OF $500, and he would pay 1t. He
went behind u counter, and said n GER
aln part of the prize would bo paid by
ticket In the next scheme, and the
Young man, Fletcher, said he would
leave directions, as he was going away
ma day or two; well, the other man
said We will arrange this so that you
can draw It right off. He took u cover
gu the board and produced D little
pack Of cards. Mr.. Fletcher said he
proposed to draw ticket, and put down
aaollar, / advised him not. He said
mwould; and the other chap said he
.laa drawn SO much money, ana t'c0
' %g,s tickets. He put down another
VIVA, and entrusted one OF the tickets
.Ume. ! did not want Il and left II on
ae table. Then the man be-
nna the counter said according
the rules OF the drawing be
use deposit seven dollars. he
%ppslted this amount and asked me to
N.Y. w, ane same. / refused. and said ! did
". want anything TO do with it.. Then
4 ietcher insisted that l6 had de-
r Tor me; but the man behind the
,sa ster objected and said, you gave this
ssu.lenlan that ticket and every man
St aeposit for his own ticket. We'll
nan rN.cner urged me then to save his
SsG., ana put down seven dollars. l
sss ~ ~ save him his money, but under
otner circumstances would not.
~ wen drew five times and Informed
M uiat | had to put down an amount OF
ai,moaghtto myself that I had seven
ss OF good money at stake, and did
saht TO lose it. The result was $l05
sno w De put down, and it was then In
h%hhent swept into the drawer. / saw
ls,"Lhole game. ! did not suspect Mr..
I@aer, but found i had been robbed.
pai.. you make any CON-
NAat 70 the Chief az pnlica2