Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-05-21
WORTH JUST 100000,
THE PRICE IT TOOK TO BUY MR..
AID RMAN JAEHNE.
Interesting Disclosures at the Trial of the
Notorious Bride Taker-Each of his
Twsnty-one Colleagues In the Same
Boat with Himself.

New YORK, May 14.-Clerk Tuomey re-
sumed the stand in the Jaehne case to day.
He identified the minutes of the meeting
Of aldermen, October 13 1884, and the mes
sage of the mayor of the same date in
reference to the petition of the Broad
way Railroad company, received October
g, and they were admitted and read The
mayors message was in opposition to
granting the petition. Charles b. Waite
was the next witness called. He
served four terms as alderman in 1881,
1882 1888 and 1884. In the latter year he
was II member of the railroad committee,
particularly interested in the Broadway
railroad franchise on account of his friend
ship for James A. Richmond, and had
promised him to do what he could for the
road. In the summer of 1884 the witness
was stopping at the Pequet hotel, New
London, on the evening of August 90. He
received a telegram telling him that there
would be n meeting of the board of alder
men, next morning at 9 O'Clock. He went
to the city and presided at the meeting.
There were two newspaper men present,
when the franchise was passed.
Witness said he called up the report on
the cable road as he was anxious to have
1t passed. He was persuaded, however,
not to push it. Defendant and two or
three other aldermen told him not to
push it and that he would not
the Broadway road to take care of him If
he did not push it, Witness dropped it,
He never had any conversation with de
PENDANT, concerning the Broadway surface
road.
Inspector Byrnes was called. During the
RAT # oil nd ba In
in Washington and casually asked INN if
he had made as much money rs members Of
the bOardiOt aldermen as people said Jae-
hne replied he thought he had made from
$1,000 600 to Sl5O00O and when the witness
expressed surprise, replied that Moloney
had handed all the money and was not the
man to do it for nothing. Witness had a
series of talks with Jaehne up to the time
of his arrest. In the latter part of Octo-
Der, 1883, he met him, and talked
about the Broadway railroad. Witness
told defendant that the aldermen
If they weren't very careful. would be
all sent to prison through Maloney, who
was going around the barrooms talking
about the money he had given them for
their votes. Defendant replied that Ma
loney wasn't any worse than some of the
members. When elected they hadn't
enough to pay election expenses and at
the end of the year they We're buying real
estate when every body knows they
couldn't buy it on their salaries.
When asked if he had thought any real
estate, Jaehne replied he hadn't been a
fool and that they couldn't find out where
his money was. Witness testified also as
to other conversations between himself
and defendant, wherein the latter had re-
vealed secrets to the effect that nearly all
members of the board had received money
for their votes on the Broadway franchise
Jaehne told the witness that the aldermen
held several meetings at Alderman Nc
laughlin's house. AT one meeting there
1t was stated that each of the % al
dermen who were to vote for the
broadway franchise would receive
500 900 each. 1t was to be paid III
cash on the day it was finally passed
He told Moloney that he needed some
money and the latter answered him he
would find it in his box. He did, one
$4,000 bill and ten $1,000 bills. The alder
men, he says, got their money in different
ways, some at the city hall, some in bar
rooms and all around.
Witness also detailed Jaehne's confes
sion at Byrnes's house where five detcc-
tives were concealed and heard it, which
has already been published. Detective
Rogers who heard Jaehne's confession,
corroborated the inspectors testimony.
Adjourned