, 1876-10-29

TOO not Tor him. Ggcrally a change Of beat Il
made every six months. Witness lad Ito. rcaso.
| TO believe that Lis Lat was changed IN account
OF the arrest. Mr.. crule had interviewed wit
ness about the a7rct. McMullen was also pres
| ent. lie supposed Trude waa Wcbsters law.
yer, anu when he e'urd that Trudc was On !:
- bl1z2ing" expedition witness lett. Witness
never stated tliat light that Hickey tried to in.
terfere with 'Yebstr's arrest Witness testl-
| mony had not ben 2 subject OF conversation
| with other Officers He had asked Capt Buck.
ley about prosecuting the casc, not through
fear, but because le thought the jury vas being
PACED By WEBSTER,
and there was no 1se to go OH. He never saw
Hickey and We6ter talking together. Web
| ster was often in he station, as he was . pro
fcssional bailcr.
Q.-Why did Hickey say he would take your
| head off It you spread the report about the IS,
| GOO If it did not rdcr to hima Al don't know.
| did not know towhorn Webster referred, and
did not suppose referred to Hickey until he
asked me this QUESTION.
Witness-Noboly gave me to understand that
It would be dangerous for me to interfere with
Webster. have had my beat changed about
five times this yer. This is not customary. I
suppose was clInged because was better ac-
quainted with tn. thieves than sor1c other men.
was sent after the thieves, nnt away from
thcn1- The pole officers never talked much
about this affair don't know whether the the
charges are true or not. Trudc was to see me
yesterday. He tdd me something about telling
the truth. to1dhim that Of course would. I
never received a1y rcbuke from any officer, d.
rcctly or indirectly, for any honest work l did.
never received my orders or hints to protect
anybody who ought to have been arrested. The
majority Of the ofcers had their beats charged
By the CAPTAINS July These changes wr1e
made By the Captains, not By the Superintentl-
ent. David Clar.e came to me when VIC were
out on parade, md asked me some questions
about the truth the reports with reference to
the $3,G00 matter l told him it was false. He
tpld me he came rom Supt. Hickey.
J.F. DE vINNEY,
caterer, at 1152 State street, testified that he
had a servant gil who had robbed him. H.
three weeks be ilew nothing Of it, Ono Of the
detectives Downstairs lin the City-uall) said
that it would cot 500 to arrest her. Witness
finally arrested Ter in Muskegon, and brought
her to Chieag; Webster went her bail.
and if he accepted the bail it was ali right. She
was tried before Judge McAllistcr, but Hickey
said that he ho,ed the woman would be dis
missed, as her fiends wished to reform her.
Her own brothr will arrest her ii she goes
has been passed on her. Witness saw and
heard Hickey whm he made the statement; at
the same time h:r own relatives were anxious
to procure her 1rest- Witness would know
the detective whit asked for the fee if he could
see him again. This was about the 10th Of
Department for help, was simply referred by
supt. Hickey to he Detective Department.. He
called on Hickc', several times afterward and
talked the affair over with him. He knew that
Webstcr's reputtion was bad previous to his
going on the boId.
Aid. McAulcy-We know enough about Web
stcr's character low; don't think We need any
more testimony on that point, but ought to
show the relationship which may have existed
between Webste: and Hickey.
Witness did nd know whether afidavits had
not been presented to Judge McAllister from
the relatives Of The girl.
OFFICER s. ". SCOTT
was next placed On the stands He said: Web
stcr's place is 1ouse Of prostitution; never
saw any thieves tacre; didn't know OF the rela-
tionship between Webster and Hickey. had
heard that Webster bought the property
from Hickey; I was ID, discharged last
was ''inc1Ecieny." I helped to arrest
q prostitute at his place last April. Web
stcr bailed her out. &c was always accepted as
bail by Sunnmerfitld- After the arrest I was
ordered down to dickey's office. Hickey asked
*t What is the matter with you and Old Dana"
Is Nothing, sail, ''e1cept he interfered with
ne in the discharge OF my duty" "Wel,"
Webster up. Doit if he acts so again" sup
posed the reasons for my discharge werc be-
:ause Webster had an influence with the Super
ntende1t, and he had secured my discharge
The general feeling on the force was that Web
;ter was the cause OF my removal; that II we
lid.not act as Webster liked we would have our
1eads cut of. I have heard Buckley say that
lc was sorry that he had so much influence with
he old man (Hickey.) Buckley thought that
ny discharge WIS brought about by Webster.
The Committee then adjourned until 2
o'clock,