The Portland daily press., 1886-03-19
WHOSE TURN NEXT?
Is the Question Asked by the New
York Aldermen
one Of Their Number Arrested and
Great Excitement Manifested.
Interesting Developments in the
Broadway Surface Railroad
Scheme.

New YORK, March 17.-Aldermen Henry
w. Jaehne was arrested in City Hall at noon
to-day and taken at once to the police head
quarters. He is charged with bribery. He
is the one in whose jewelry store Mrs.
Hamiltons stolen silver ware was melted
after it had been stolen. She traced the
property to him, and he paid her S1100 in
settlement of her claim. For long time he
has been directly charged with being a
'fence' for stolen goods, and it was in his
safe that the doodle" used to bribe the al
dermen of 1884 was secreted. Rumors that
other arrests will follow are rife. Great ex-
element prevails among politicians OF CITY
Hail." and on every side is heard the ques
tion Whose turn next
[LATER.l
An Indictment against Alderman Jaehne
has been found but not filed. The charge
against him is that he received bribe in
consideration for which he voted for grant
ing the franchise to the Broadway Surface
Railroad Company after the resolution mad
been vetoed by the mayor Bail was hXed at
$4,000 which was furnished.
In an interview to-day inspector Byrnes
told of the steps which led up to the arrest
of Alderman Jaehne. He had cultivated an
intimacy with Jaehne purposely nearly, a
year ago and finally Jaehne, who thought
Byrnes was good friend, told him all about
Jaehne at his house and the interview lasted
four hours. The inspector says, had two
of my men posted where they could hear
everything that was said without being seen.
Jaehne said he got $4,000 for his vote on the
Broadway franchise. He told me how he
got it and how much he had got for the other
railroad franchise; how these sums were
paid and much more. He named other
aldermen who had been bribed and volun-
teered the information that those OF them
who had invested in real estate or business
in which money might show on inquiry had,
since the Senate investigation began, had a
certain lawyer go over their books and fix
them so it would appear all right when their
turn should come. He said who the lawyer
was but l am not going to tell you now. l
shall not tell you either, in detail just what
he said and whom he implicated. That will
appear in proper season. Jaehne said in
cfdentally during the interview that if things
got much hotter he was going to skip the
town. Jaehne thought / was a very good
friend of his and thought enough of him,
anyhow, to have him looked after closely
that night Up to II O'Clock this morning
two detectives were on his track all the time,
and at that hour / made. my report to the
district attorney and received warrant for
his arrest While was in Martins saw
Jaehne going through City Hall park follow
ed by Rogers and Hardy, two of my detec-
tives | at once sent Detective Reilly out
with the warrant and they arrested Jaehne
and took him to police headquarters.
The rumor got abroad about midnight that
several of the aldermen who voted away the
franchise that gave Jake Sharp liberty to
invade Broadway had been arrested and
locked up at police headquarters. 1t was inn
possible to verify the rumor. Ii any arrests
were made the prisoners were not taken to
the Central Office.