The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-05-15
Alderman Jaehns.s Trial

NEW YoRK, May 14.-The taking Of
evidence in the trial of Alderman Henry
w. Jaehne, charged with having &C
cepted bride of $50, 900 to vote in favor
OF granting franchise to the Broadway
Surface Railroad Company. for the run
ming OF cars on Broadway from the
Battery to Fourteenth Street, was be.
gan Today
J. F. Twomey, clerk of the board OF
aldermen, testified that Alderman
Jachne voted TO grant the franchise
Alderman Charles b. Waite, who pre-
sided at the memorable meeting, and
who recently made a voluntary state
ment concerning the granting of the
franchise to the authorities and has
since been kept prisoner in the house
OF the assistant district attorney. said
be vas interested in the Broad
way franchise and did what
he could TO push il on ac-
count of his friendship for
James A. Richmond, its President.
James Lyddy, who on August 18th
procured an injunction forbidcing the
aldermen 10 proceed further in the
Broadway matter, testified thst he
brought a suit against the Broadway
Surface Road for his brother John II.
Lyddy; on August 18th he gave consent
to a discontinuance of il. There was
no money paid to him for the release,
but there was 81, 800, to his brother paid
John II. Lyddy.
Police Inspector Byrnes. who played
upon Jaehne's confidence and got him
to make the damaging admission which
led to his arrest. was sworn and told the
story OF how he worked himself into
Jsehne's confidence. In Washington
at the time of President Gle. Gland s
Inauguration Jaehne told him that
Billy Mailonev, recording clerk of the
Board, had made 500, 900 to $i50, 900 be-
cause che had handled all money and
was not the man to do il for nothing"
l n 1885, witness had serious talks with
Jaehne, up to the time of his arrest. In
the latter part OF October. 1885, they
talked about the Broadway railroad and
witness told defendant that they, the
aldermen, If they they were not
very careful would all be seat
to prison through Aahoney, who
was going around talking about
the money he had given them for
their votes. The witness had another
conversation with the defendant at the
city hall a couple OF days before the
ktSlluCu DtlOIG the Ccudle
committee. Jae5ne said they were in
a dreadfully bad state. Witness replied
he had told them they (aldermen)
would get into trouble through his
evidence, but anyway he could serve he
would be glad to do so.
Jachne asked him to find out what
District Attorney MARITIME was doing
and whether there was going to be any
indictment. Witness told him that
Waite, Tulgraffe and Miller had been
promised immunity. Jaehne visited
him at his house by appointment that
evening and in further conversation
said that the alderman named
knew he did the business with
Maloney. He belonged to the original
combination of thirteen aldermen
met once at Tulgraffs office but after
wards at McLaughlin's house, when
railroad matters were talked over. at
one meeting there it was stated that
each of the twenty-five aldermen who
were to vote for The Broadway franchise
would receive $4,000 each for their
votes. 1t was TO be paid in cash on the
day it was finally passed. He told
Maloney that he needed some money
and the latter answered that he would
find 1t in his box. He did find there
an envelope containing one $1,000 bill
and ten 81 900 bills. The aldermen. be
SAYS, got their money IN different
ways some at the City Hall, others
in bar rooms and all around.
The witness suggested that if
Jaehne could get some facts implicat-
ing Waite, Tulgraffe and Miller he could
go to the grand jury and have them in
dicted and thus d.them off. Jaehne
thought that a good idea and said he
could do it If he could make connection
with Maloney. When asked whether
Maloney had left the money he
was to distribute in his (Jaehne's)
safe, one night, the latter admitted it.
saying Maloney came to his store under
the influence of liquor aud he took
charge of the money for him. The fol-
lowing Wednesday witness made ar
engagements to have Jaehne come TO his
office. Jaehne came and Byrnes
arranged matters SO as TO have q
conversation carried on within the
hearing of two of his detectives, secreted
in an adjoining room. Jaehne began by
denying the rumor that he intended TO
run away, but admitted he had spoken,
doing so as to a man named Horney.
He said he had been unable to make
connection with Maloney. The witness
then asked him If he was sure that each
Of those who voted tor the Broadway
franchise got $4,000. and he an
swered that they had. Jaehne
in a short time looked at his watch and
said he had an engagement up town.
The next day witness arrested him
The inspector was cross examined at
some length. the general purport of the
questions being to throw discredit on
him rs an officer. Detective Cosgrow.
one OF the men who overheard Jaehne's
admission, corroborated the inspectors
account of IN at infervieu