Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-25

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and one whom he might have made his
friend, particularly as she Is also q mem
Der OF the literary profession, to which
Mr. Potter claims 70 belong. One result
Is sure 10 follow, II viii prove 8 good ad
yertlsemeut for the MarQuise di I.anza''
books. e. Il. II.
The case Of Alderman Henry w. Jaehne
the drst on the board OF Alderman con
yicted Of bribery, is Instructive. II ex
lhibits the material OF which many New
York politicians are made. His father
was an honest German gunsmith, who did
business on Hudson street for forty years
The old mans children were all born Ia
the Eighth ward Henry was the see
ond son. lie received an excellent edu.
cation, and made many friends. Five
I years ago he entered the field OF politics
with the brightest Of prospects. He was
elected alderman four times In success
sion and each time by an increasing
majority. Six months ego he was made
vice president OF the board. a shrewd
politician ever ready TO do iavors for his
constituents, he quickly took the leader.
ship Of the County Democracy
IN the assembly district and
stood high In the councils OF his party.
Next fall thew Intended TO send him 20
congress In Miller's place. His political
sky was unusually bright Suddenly q
cloud arose on its horizon. The state
senate ordered the Broadway railroad in
vestigation. The selection OF Roscoe
Conkling as master OF ceremonies lndi-
Gated that II was to be no child's play.
Jake Sharp, Jim Richmond and other
millionaire manipulators were put in the
furnace and came out scOrched but not
destroyed. One day, In the twinkling of
an eye, the young alderman was showed
into the fire. The furnace was heated
hotter than usual. An affidavit from
Knlckerbocker lady was read, which
plainly accused him of being a receiver OF
stolen goods. IL was clear that he was
not only professional "fence," but that
he had been one for years. He kept
a crucible, In which he melted down
the gold and silver stolen by thieves.
The knickerbocker lady had traced
her silver TO bis crucible, and had re-
ceiyed $1,000 from him TO hush the mat
tel up. The revelation astonished the
community. Respectable citizens who
had known Jaehne from boy stood
aghast. The AFFIDAVIT, however, was only
the foundation for a series of questions
ny NpeAOt NbnhiluE AuuI
still further astonish the community. In
stead of keeping silent on the ground
that his business transactions with Mrs.
Schuyler Hamilton had nothing to do
with the Broadway investigation, the
alderman lost his head and tried to ex-
plain. While Laundering in the fire Of
Conkling's persistent inquiries he made
to him the fatal admission, that Chief
Detective Byrnes had done his best to |
cover him and that the district
attorney, member OF his own
political organization, had advised /
him TO pay over the $1,000, thus com
felony. 4 day afterward the |
alderman besought his friends to save |
him from an indictment for receiving |
stolen goods. 1t was while trying to /
avoid such an indictment that he fell into |
the snare of ByTnes who concealed his |
Indignation at Jaehne's admission. The
men had been close friends for years.
Jachne was confident that Byrnes could .
exert an influence upon the district at
torney that would save him from the
dreaded Indictment. Byrnes' actions
the alderman's confidence. No
Indictment for receiving stolen goods was
found The conlldlng Jaehne, however,
was turned up In way that he little an.
tcipated. He was induced to make the
concerning the part In the
Broadway steal that lead both to his IN
dictment and conviction for bribery. In
trying TO avoid the whirlpool of Scyla he
had run upon the rock Of Charybdis
Nor was there any escape. Rendered
wary by the work OF the professional
jury tlxer In the two Shaler trials, the
district attorney took no chances IN the
Jaehne case. The Jurors were not only
locked up, but were not even allowed to
receive sealed letters from their families
Great was the cutlery among the other
Indicted aldermen, They accused the
Judge and district attorney OF favorltism
because Jaehne was not given the chance
Of Gen. Shaler, also indicted for bribery.
They asserted that one Of the Shaler Jury
was bought mp on the first trial, and that
three Hebrew Jurors were fixed on the
second trial. Trey got no comfort, for
The district attorney replied that these
were the best OF reasons why the Jury In
he Jaehne case should not be allowed
20 separate. This has made Shaler's
friends tremble. 1t is evident that he
VII be tried the third time, and by
ury that VIII be made practically unap.
The other indicted aldermen were also
,hsgrned because Alderman Waite, who
las turned states evidence, was not
made to unfold his budget. The district
attorney preferred to rely upon Byrne's ,
estlmony to secure conviction, and TO
lold Waite In reserve for future trials.
Yates promised disclosures are inten.
ihed by a fear that Billy Maloney, the
'lerk OF the board Of 1884, has been cor
aled by the authorities, aud that he will
'e dropped upon some of the boys, as
lndY Carney was dropped upon Oakley
tall 10 his trial in 1872.
Besides eftordlng glmpses of under.
round political life in New York,
aehne's trial let In little urid light
lpon his own antecedents While on the
Witness stand he was closely questioned :
oncerning his association with well.
,nown thieves In diamond robheries In |
europe eight or nine years ago. He
Ienied 10 toto all insinuatious of theft,
mt admitted that he was IN company
'ilh the crooks, and that he can't |
'ack with one OF them via Can
da' The story as told by detectives, ,
vho claim TO have Il from one
! the cracks themselves, Is inter- sting. {
)urtln and stephens, well known as dia.
nond thieves, went TO Europe on husi- .
less tOmr tnhaV xstu{tasl 49,, l,a.. sa....t.-. !