The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-13

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ACCUSED uF OFFERING WAITE ASH
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The Indictment AGAINST Richmond was
found upon Waitr'e testimony alone.
The Indictment Is found under section =
of the penal code and section y of the
consolidation act. which provide, Il pun
ishment of imprisonment for n wears
and 4 fine Of 5000 for giving ur otter
ing a bribe 10 a public officer. The in
dictment charges that on June ~. 1881.
RlshmOnd Offered Waite a lar-e sum of
money of great value. and did feloni.
ously give an.l offer u the said Charles
Il. Waite. promise and agreement Of
the SAID sum of money aS a hrlhr. with
the intent thereby t. influence SAID
Charles II. Waite tayur;thlv. in respect
to his vot" 4, alderman in the Broaiwav
job.
JIM EtcHNpNp.
Immediately after his release on hail
MIR. Richmond drove down t. MI Bliss
office, and later IN the afternoon he and
MIR. Bliss were clu-attd tu-ether. Mr..
Richmond ,iincd early II tie Br,yoott
House ami Went out Tor the evening to
avoid callers.
MIR. Richmond D. ~ y,ui- Old His
dress and hi, manners an both quiet.
HIS features are ,.Ir,e. lie Is not mar.
rled. and for nearly I N Years hc has
made his home az the Br,vcurt House.
taking up hi, residence ther" when the
late Mr., Waite. father ut the cN alder.
man, WAS proprietor, and tie present pro-
prictor, Mr.. Libby. VA, ,hict clrik. Nlr.
Richmond has lived quietly ut the house,
having little t. ,ay oi his affairs and
in an eminent dpgrc miniirg Il s. own
business. What that business WAS has
never been quite known, bat II has l,rn
understood that hi, means wcrH ample.
and that he was chiefly oncupl with the
investment of HI, capital. When alder
man Waite became PROPRIETOR Of the
Brevoort House Mr.. Rtchmond am he
were on terms Of closn intimacy. and
ran to fires together. Nr Richmond,
according To Jacob SHARP. got $4,000
worth Of itroalway railroad bonds for
some consideration not explained. and it
was he who bought III the l.vdlv in.
tibiI NuAi 'll't A'N.sl iilN ti'lNItlI'I
to put through the franchise At ,hc meet
Ing of Aug. 2l, lSNl.
Mr.. Richmond wa born IA lleikmrr
county. but came h. New York early in
life. and first engaged ~ the produce
business. He entered ppIiias about 1860,
and in ls6i WI, dc'cat,l ror the Assem-
bly,. \ year later he WAS elected lie
was formerly interested in the Twenty
third street railway.
MILLER rrlEGRArn> en- TuR i5hlL
Detective sergeant Cu,groye and po.
liccman Brown, who was assigned 60 ac-
company the sergeant because he had
Just returned from Florida and knew tia
lay of the land there, started for Jack
sonyilp at f. O'clock ON MONDAY nj ut.
They had two bench warrant, one for
the arrest of cy Alderman Mailer and the
other for ey.Ati,rmun DEMPSEY. They
bag Sed Miller, hat Dcmp,cy j. ~uppu.ed
to bc in Cuba. Wien they rturn 1t will
be decided Nheth,y Dempsey shah i"
followed up or not, The standard S?j,-
600 bail will bc fixed. There i, no m.
dictment against Miller. and hr might
have refused TO come north lie could
not he cNtraditcd with ut an indie tmnnt.
He will probably reach here this after.
noon. Miller, who has had some prom
inehce in hi, ward Is a Sunday school
teacher. seems to b. determined not To
be locked up over ~nnllr. l'c tel.
egraphcl Yesterday from Juchaonvillc,
Just before he STATED north to cx-Recpt.
der James VI. Smith. hi, couns !. to ar.
range fol his immediate release on hal.
Mr.. Snh th gave the NAMES of two men
that he wanted for boujsmon, and Mr..
Smith submitted the names to District
Attorney MARITIME at once. Mr. MARITIME
will decide this morning whether he will
accept them,