Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-03-02

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Examination Admits Having
Attempted to Bribe an oficer-
Testimony OF Other Witnesses
Case for the Prosecution closed
Testimony for the Defense to be
Heard on Monday.
The preliminary examination in the
case Of the People VS.. T. ]. Cuddy, on
the charge o. receiving bribe, was re-
sumed before Justice Ling at 10 o'clock
yesterday morning As on the previous
day, the Court was thronged by that
class Of persons who, seemingly. take
great interest in all ,.ialar judicial pro-
eeedings. Our repors yesterday closed
with the examination in chief Of 7. J.
De Puy. the prosecuting witness, and
we resume to-day with cross-exam.
ination. which comprised the greater
part Of
YESTERDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
T.J. De Puy, cross examined: Col.
Godfrey asked witness as TO his testi-
mony yesterday. giving the sum and
substance Of 1t. Witness Stated that the
facts set forth in his evidence were cor
rect. He had made an. attempt to bribe
! public officer That is the fact. /
heard the accusation against Sullivan
the first time / saw him. 1t was on
Monday. l had conv. rsation with
Cuddy. cannot repeat the conyersa-
tion. After had interviewed Sullivan.
returned to the police Office to get the
facts Of the case learned from Cuddy
that this man was arrested by somebody
Alae. Sullivan bad made proposition
to him to go with bin 10 the room, to
commit the crime against nature The
police were to rush in and capture them.
This was carried out. l concluded II to
be only an assault TO commit this crime.
Cuddy told me had q sure thing on this
man for this offense. Chief King aided
in the arrest. Cuddy maze no offer to
me at this time to bribe tho District
Attorney. I made inquiry for
Sullivan, but did not see him. I saw
Sullivan several times during the week.
The second time / cav Cuddy was when
We had the conversation about the bribe.
stated TO Cuddy that Sullivan was com
planning about being in jail. and that
some arrangement should be made.
Thought he was decentlooking man.
went to the police Office; Cu.idy hap
pened to be there. I knew that the Dis
trict Attorney was the proper man to
see. Cuddy and I were friends, and it
was the near est point. got my infor-
nation, as an attorney. as easily as pos
sible. did not ask when the case was
to be set. Cuddy made a suggestion to
me at thm time. made no suggestion.
! was surprised. commenced law prac-
tice in this city in the month Of April
preceding. There were some cases which
the police recommended to me- Chief
King assisted me in my bnsiness.
He was very kind 10 me Cuddy
never sent me any cases, except the
Chinese cases. thought that Cuddy
was an honest man. ! supposed that he
was Joking at first. I took q serious
view Of itbefore the close Of the conver-
sation. He then said that the case could
be arranged. inquired Of him how it
could be fixed. He said that Sullivan
had money and could pay for it. and
that the matter could be arranged with
Morgan. did not have Sullivan's bank
book, but had his fifty dollar fee. I
told him in Jail what Cuddy said. l
told him didn't know how much money
it would cost. l went to Cuddy aud he
said that he would find out. These
transactions were on the same day.
Cuddy told me the amount, 500, the
next time saw him. I told Sullivan
the amount. He said that it was too
much Sullivan always said that he
was not guilty. heard the state
ments Of the officers. l thought
that he might be held on examination,
but would not be held for trial. I ad-
viscd him not to take that course. /
took the check to Mr.. Cuddy to arrange
with Morgan. Afterwards The case was
called up before Justice Adams and dis
missed. 1t was the same day that paid
the money to Cuddy. Morgan moved
to dismiss the case. drew out the money
by my own check. l paid the money out
Of my own pocket from money entrusted
to me, and got it out Of the bank on
Monday. think that saw Sullivan
after he was discharged. I saw him
again last Thursday. Inever heard from
him while he was away. first heard
/ from him indirectly through Major Bell,
kbetween July and December last Major
Ben showed me two letters. 1 ai,i not
want the letters published in the Porcu-
pine. was worried abort il. did
not want the matter brought out
AZ il would injure me. II did not want
to DO mixed up in it. They were Sulli-
vans letters and / burned them. There
was nothing in them about Cuddy. The
next thing was subpoena to go before
the Grand Jury. The Sheriff served it
and told me what it was for. He said
it concerned Morgan. went before
the Grand Jury. 1t was in the early
part of the week. / testified there the
first time, also the second time on the
same day. Mr.. White and went up to
the bank to get information. The third
time was called, stated that I had no
more evidence that knew. I did moi
testify tthsfI took 500 fee from Sui
livan. Afterwards recollected that there
had been money paid to me by that man.
I stated that the money was paid to de-
fend Sullivan. stated that used
the money from the check myself.
had no conversation with Nor
Ran's clerk. sid that the ar
ranRement was between three parties.
stated that it was large fee. and that
lawyers take all they can get. l said
that II was dirty oase. and that ! did
not want much to do with it. I saw
Morgan on the day testified before the
grand jury, and I asked II he knew that
the grand jury was after him. l stated
that I knew nothing against Morgan.
Cuddy said that he bad not paid the
money to Morgan. l have never had a
similar transaction since this one. The
money that l paid to Cuddy was in gold
and silver. I paid IL to him on the
street nearly opposite the Eintracht ga
loon. 1t was in the forenoon Of Satur-
day. Ireceived the bank books from the
police Office, not from Sullivan. Sulli-
van told me to leave the bank books at
San Francisco where he could get them.
burnt them up to get rid of them.
did not want the affair to be opened, as
I was involved in it. I burned them mp
quickly, in about twenty minutes. They
were brought to my office. 1 did not
tell Cuddy about them. was
anxious to keep the thing
quiet, and not make the thing
public. l supposed when the letters
were burned, that that settled the
matter. did not suppose when the
matter was spoken concerning Morgan.
did not think that il affected myself.
The graud jury asked me how much
money I had received. ! said between
tive and three hundred dollars. / told
them that had not paid Morgan any.
thing. I had the idea all the time to tell
nothing but facts. but to deceive the grand
Jury. did not want the truth to come
out The attempt to tell the truth and
not tell the truth al the same time. Is
what worried me. l went to the police
Office. No one was there but Judge
Morgan and Cuddy. never spoke to
Cuddy when anybody else was around.
Tho grand jury 1T my afternoon testi-
mony, had nothing against Cuddy.
money, had nothing against Cuddy.