Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-05-15
NEW YoRK,s SCANDAL.
Being Taken I'm ahe
broadway surface Road Case.

Hroudway Surface Road Case
NEW York, May l4.-The taking OF
evidence in the trial of Alderman Henry
w. Jaehne, charged with having accept
ed bride of $40. 900 to vote in favor OF
granting franchise to the Broadway
Surface Railroad Company for the run
ming Of oars on Broadway from the Bat
tery to Fourteenth street. was begun
today. s. T. Twomey, Clerk OF the
BOARD of Aldermen, testified that Alder
man Jaehne voted to grant the franchise.
Alderman Charles B. Waite, who pre-
sided AT the memorable meeting and who
rsesntlv made q volunteer statement
concerning the granting Of the franchise
TO the authorities and has since been
kent a prisoner in the house of the as
sistant district attorney, said he was in
terested in the Broadway franchise, and
did what he could to push 1t on account
Of his friendship for James A. Richmond
its president. James Lyddy. who on
August 25th procured an injunction for
bidding the aldermen to proceed further
in the Broadway matter. testified
that he brought suit against the
Broadway surface road for his
brother, John 81. Lyddy. On August
18th he gave consent to the discontisu.
ancs of il. There was no money paid
TO him for the release. but there was
Sl2, 500 paid to his brother. John II
Lyddy. Police Inspector Byrnes, who
played upon Jaehne's confidence and
got him to make the damaging admis-
sion which led 10 his arrest, was
sworn, and told the story OF how
he worked himself into JaehDe's
confidence. In Washington, OF
the time of Presidents Clsveland's
inauguration, Jsehne told him that Billy
Maloney, Reading Clerk Of the Board
had made 500, 900 I'd $3.50, 900, because
he chad handled all the money and
was not the man to do it for nothing"
In 1885 the witness had serious talks
with Jaehne, up to the time Of his ar
rest in the latter part Of October, 1885.
They talked about the Broadway railroad
and witness told defendant that they,
1.-THE Aldermen if not very careful,
would all
BE SENT TO PRISON
through Maloney, who was going
around talking about the money he had
given them for their votes.
Witness had another conversation
with defendant at the city hall couple
OF days before Aldermen testified before
the Senate Committee. Jaehne said they
were in dreadfully bad state. Witness
replied thrt he had told them (the AL.
dermen) they would get into trouble
his evidence. Jaehne asked him
to find out what the District Attorney,
Martin, was doing, and whether there
was going to be any indictme emit.
Witness told him that Waite.
Tulgraff and Miller had been
promised immunity. Jaehne visited
him at his house by appointment that
evening, and in further conversation
said that that the alderman named knew
be did business with Maloney. He be.
longed to the original combination of
thirteen aldermen formed in the early
part of 1884, which met once at Full
CRAFTS office, but afterwards at McLaugh-
Inns house. When railroad matters
were talked over at one meeting there.
it was stated that each Of the twenty
two alderman who were to vote for the
Broadway franchise would receive
$4,000 FOR HIS VOTE,
1t was to be paid 10 cash on the day
il was finally passed. He told Maloney
that he needed some money, aud the
latter answered that he would find it in
his box. He did find there an envelope
containing one $4,000 bill and ten
$1,000 bills. The Aldermen, he says,
got their money in different ways, some
at the city hall, Others in barfooms. and
ali around. Witness suggested that il
Jaehns could get some facts duplicating
Waite, Fullgraff and Miller he
could go to the Grand Jury
and have them indicted, and
thus head them off. Jaehne thought
that good idea, and said he could do 1t
if he could make connection with Ma
loney. When asked whether Maloney
had left the money he was to distribute
in his (Jaehne's) safe one night, the lat
ter admitted it, saying Maloney came to
his store under the influence Of liquor
and he took charge OF the money for
him. The following Wednesday witness
made arrangements to have Jaehne
come to his office. Jsehne came and
Byrnes arranged matters so as to have q
and two OF his detectives were secreted
in an adjoining room. Jaehne began by
denying the rumor that he
INTENDED TO RUN AWAY,
but admitted that he had spoken of doing
so to man named Harvey. Harvey,
he said, had been unable to make con
nsction with Malonsy. Witness then
asked him if he was sure that each of
those who voted for the Broadway fran
chise got twenty thousand dollars, and
be answered that they had. Jaehne in
q short time looked at his watch and
said he had an engagement up town.
Next day witness arrested him.
The Inspector was then examined at
some length, the general purport Of the
questions being to throw discredit on
him as an officer.
Detective Cosgrove. one Of the men
who overheard Jaehne's admission cor
roborated the inspectors account Of that
Interview.