Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-04-19

would not have charged it.
Mr.. Greider-Did you have warrants
for these tramps when you arrested them :
Al had not.
Mr.. Greider-Then don't think you
had right to charge any mileage at all.
Omcer Leman Examined
Officer B. Frank Leman was examined
this morning. He answered tho leading
questions in the negative. Could not rec
Ollect how many of the tranps he had ar
rested near Bird-in- Hand had no war
rants; placed them in the Jail to save the
trouble of bringing them down to the sta
tiOn house this was on Sunday they
were brought in in two or three patches
and brought in ON farmers wagons, by
some Of the officers, the other officers re-
naming behind to make further ar
rests Mr.. Eichholtz was one of them.
Witness knew nothing about Eich-
holtz making 90 Of these arrests all in
one day; Kautz was one of the officers !;
did not know whether Shay was along.
In cases Of several complaints against
man, witness charges for complaints and
warrants separately but not for mileage,
and when it was pointed out that the bill
showed charges for mileage in each case,
Leman said the bill had been made
out by Alderman Spurrier. Of seventy
eight complaints and committents in these
cases. witness was unable to state how
many he committed. Officers are allowed
fee of fifty cents for each commitment !;
witness charges for commitment sent
up by the alderman, while the ac-
cused was in prison thinks he is entitled
to it and that the solicitor will bear him
out in this. The record was produced to
show that Leman, EichhOltz and Mussel-
man were all prosecutors against Joseph
Quinn, one of the gang. Officer Leman
did not remember whether he had been
one of the prosecutors, as he depended on
Alderman Spurrier to make out the bills.
Witness could not tell how often he had
summoned the witnesses in these several
cases, nor could he tell how it was that in
the discharged cases there were six or
eight witnesses three of whom were officers
the cases could not be sustained. The
officer had testified as to where he found
them and the condition in which they were
In at the time. Officer Leman stated that
he could not remember any particulars of
against Thomas Connell before Alderman
Donnelly. also against VIM. Clark on the
Sd of November, also against George
whom were discharged.
The officer stated that he had heard Of a
pool of business among policemen before
he became an officer, but knew OF no such
an arrangement now.
Mr.. Leman then gave at length his con-
nection with the cases against George
Thompson, ct al., suspected of the lar
ceny of postage stamps. He stated that
when he went to Ziegler's tavern and at.
tempted to arrest the gang, without a
warrant, Mr.. Ziegler resisted him and
would not let him make the arrest the
men then got off and Thompson was the
only one captured. He then went to Har-
risburg, Reading and other places with
warrants for the arrest Of tho others, but
did not find them. He had not charged a
cent of mileage in these cases that he was
not entitled to.
Mr.. Greider-Is it not custom for OFF,
GERS to give each other warrants to serve
for the arrest of accusad persons? Al
don't know that it is a custom they sOme-
times serve warrants for each other. 1t is
sometimes impossible for one officer to get
near an accused person, while another Off
Ger would have no difficulty in making the
arrest.
MIR. Reeds it your practice to go be-
fore aldermen and make complaints. A.
No, it is not you will find very few COM
plants made by me that are dismissed.
Constable Shay's Testimony.
Officer Shay, of the Eighth ward, was
the next witness examined. He answered
negatively the .fivo leading questions.
He assisted in the arrests of somo Of the
tramps in September last they we've
taken to the Jail had warrants for some,
but did not know the names of all was
not prosecutor in any of the cases against
them executed some of the warrants {;
was down there twice some of the Off
GERS were down oftener don't know that
three we're 70 prosecutions brought against
IA tramps.
Mr.. Greider-The bill shows that you
executed the warrants in eight of these
cases you made but two trips and yet
you charge mileage for 1873 miles. Is that
correct ? A.-If it is OH the bill it is.
Don't recollect who tho prosecutors were
in these cases.
Mr.. Recd-When you arrest five or six
persons at one time do you charge mile
age for each ? A.-No not exactly.
MIR. Reed-But you bill shows mileage
charged in each case. ALI the bill
shows it l supposed it to bc correct. The
alderman makes out the bills. All larceny
cases are taken before the alderman the
mavor does not hear such cases.