The sun., 1879-02-22
THE ST. LOUIS SCANDAL.
DFrITLS or THE CHARGES AGAINST
TIIE COMMISSIONHRS or POLICE.
ou. Accused Of Receiving Monthly Salary
from the Cnmhicrs aud the Other OF Im-
,,rai Prnctices-I he Influence of Que "In-
o,uous Man" on the Ctty Government.


ii,a, 10, s. LOIS Gtso H,n,o-nit
Tb, Committee of the State Senate ap-
,ointel TO Investigate Dr. J. c. Nidclrt md W.
= raJI the newly appointed Police Commits
,t,rsrs were astounded Yesterday afternoonto
.erln the ErenmO Post and Dispatch an elabo-
rate account Of their proceedings. MS we'll as the
,.s,in,ory taken before them. The report OF
tho testimony was generally admitted hv tho
yiinesscs TO be substantially full and correct
According to the Post and Dispatch. H. c. Pate.
tho proprietor Of keno establishment
testified that in 1875. when DR.. Nidrlat
WAS icc-presdent OF the Police Board
B. Wakefield came to him and proposed
ma, he would secure him patel against any
trouble from raids by the police. provided that
be tWakeneldl should have n one-quar,cr in
tr,st in the profits OF Patc's keno house. and |
iha; he ratcl should pay Wakefield the sum OF |
500 n month for Dr. Ndelet. Or. Nidelct |
being vlce-Prcsident OF the Police Board. had |
hc Issuing Of warrants against gambling |
houses solely in his hands MIR. Wakefield told !
Pate that Nidclot would always give him warn
ine as to when raids would be- made These !
warnings were conveyed in various ways. !
A man hired in Pate's establishment gen.
orally acted MS n go-tctween between
Pate and Wakefield. lie went to Patio in
the afternoon on various occasions and said.
Tho old man A" tmcanlng Wnheneld has had
dream that there will be q raid on keno houses
tonight at O'clock" On other occasions
Wakefield went to Pate himself personally and
said. Pate. would hnte TO have n keno house
tonight at Q O'Clock. meaning. Of course. that
there was TO be a raid. The raids always oc-
Cured. without q single exception. after these
mysterious warnings were given. At the end OF
the first month. under the Arrangement
between Pate and Wakefield. the two met
tccthcr to settle UP. When Pate went
10 pny Wakefield the s40O for DR.. Nide-
let. Wakefield objected and said. This won't
do" thereupon pulling out pacl; OF cards and
proposing "a game with t40O rs the stakes and
saying. " Now I'll win and you'll lose" Wake
field did win and got the 800 that month and
every month after. This occurred in 1873 At
one time II appeared that DR.. Nideet became
dissatisfied with the Arrangement. and Henry
Ferris went to Pate and told him that Nidclet
didn't understand how things were going on.
Pate said to him: You 20 and tell DR.. Nidelet
10 meet me in presence OF Mr.. Wakefield. and !
m to ndH Re h% meeting tina:
never occurred.
.Q-po you know Of any, money having posi-
oihs services 10 the gamblers Al do not
know OF any ct my personal knowledge ,,
Frank j. Bowman testified to inducing Mr..
Silas Bent TO accept the position Of Police Conn
missioner when Mr.. Armstrong WAS appointed
lured states senator, vice Bogy. deceased.
Wakefield had urged him to support Ladd and
be had refused The witness testified further:
The day after Bent's commission cnme down
] went over TO n restaurant 20 take dinner.
Wakefield was ~ there. and lustas | was pulling
20 my oyereoat ne sIiI; I BowmHn, com. here.
@ get DR.. Ndelet in for Vice President OF the
Police Board. and said he, Il y9p will DO that
you shall have $500 month. | will see that you
get the money every month. Y you do no, see
fit to come 10 me will send the money 10 your
wife or any way to get II 10 you | rejected
the proposal. Mr.. Crsus Price came TO me and
also asked me 70 do what could TO have DR.;
Nidelet made Nlce-l resident Ot the Board. |
received information that Wakefield tried TO
work the same ihing through Charles I. John;
him by all his towers Of persuasion again and
again 20 60 into tho combination 10 secure the
appointment OF Ladd md Ndele,. He said
there was money in it, and money WAS all
people wanted in these times. Ladd and
Nidelet are very Intimate and have room TO-
Cesus Price Will say that as soon MS hr saw
that Dr. Niieet was under the control Of Wake
Held Tor bad purposes he turned against him.
and has had nothing to do with him Tor the past
yeur. II you confirm thes" two men YOU might
IA we'll give Wakefield control of the city"
isted at the St. james Hotel between Iaid and
womans medical attendant. Ne said the init
macy between Mrs. Tnndy and Ladd became so
apparent that hr. Boyle. the proprietor. re-
Quesied them tp leave the hotel. They DID 20
aud went TO Barnums. and were soon turned
away from there. and then went 10 the Pan
ters' House where they were also expelled.
Cant sil9s Bent. next examined, admitted
could always give gamblers warning before
raid took place; He had heard OF the intimacy
between Wakefield and Ndeet. but knew moth
ing personally Of It,
W II. Cugnipgham. clerk at the. Planters
House. TESTIFIED 10 Mr.. Ladi ana Mrs. Tanly
being asked % leave the hotel. on account Of tho
general Impression among the guests that
everything was not right between them, though
nothing WIS ever seen between them positively
ei%sen WaEsacid and Sideiet Sit"t at the hote
People LOOK upon Wakefield as a man full Of
tricks and schemes, and honsting constantly Of
hs Intimacy with Gov Phelps.
and for several months attsrwaTd, several
horses belonging TO DR.. Nidrlet and Cnlsus
i, rrice were Kept at the police stables. OF which
department; the horses were also snod at the
deHartments rNprnse.
Dir, Justin MckinstrY testified in substance
as follows; About eighteen months ago Wake
Held told me that he wanted me for Chiei of Po-
put on the Police Board. was not an applicant
Tor the position Of Chief Of Police, and am not
meeting NJ Wakefield h Anderson's olice
under under the Opera Houss on certain
Sa,,n 90 have Ladd -, appointed to the va; va;
a Hr ArmsTons to tR UntSd % STATES snast
The meeting was attended hy Ladd. Capt. Price.
Wakefield Anderson. DR.. Ndelet. and myself
Held for an explanation OF the wranRle that had
occurred. and WAS told that Pric" WAS not salts
nned about the way things were working. had
Atst sqi arqlainird with Wakefield In 1872. and
embarked with him in several Enterprises. All
1t whirh proved disastrous. One OF them was
the Opera House.
Wakefield tlld me- on one occasion thnt there
WAS gambling ring in st. LOUIS. and that Mr..
Hyde Of the Republican belonged % H. Chief
McDonough. himself (Wakeheldl. Il. c. Pate
ana @shd probably one or two others; Makehrld
sall that the share Of money for llr. Hyde was
paid 70 Mr.. Ptsrhal OF the RepuJiicdn ONCE
lhM Chief McDOnough' s share won't 10 pay or 4
note which mad been endorsed by the KnHpps.
On another occasion Wakefield came 10 me
and confessed mat he had lost large sums oi
money in consequence OF his connection with
the gamblers ring. and begged me not to de-
bert MN. lthen told him to tell me tho truth
about the whole thing. and he then SAIL that
Dr, Nidel"t recsived t4OO "A month Mr.. Celsus
Price, t2oD; NJ Grorge niisQn of the GloLe-
democrat 800 month; Mr.. HHrdhway OF the
Journal. 800 u month. Wakefield snid putt
was the go-between Tor Hyde IN the mntter.
sisted on having Wakne.d tell the particular.
OF the arrangement between Hyde and the ring
but Wakefield would never tell the particulars
and i was in doubt as 10 whether Mr. Hyd,
ever had anything to do with IT, and believed
that Wakefield had told me this simply 10 make
an impression upon my mind.
Mex instry then went on To state what n haC
man Wakefield was that he WAS sorry that hi
had ever been brought into any connection viii
him. He had known of five