The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-03-20
NEW YORK ALDERMEN.
The Drag Net Among Them
for Corruption.
THE JAEHNE INVESTIGATION.
Gould Talks-Manchester Trade
France and Germany-Brigand
Business-Etc.
New York's Corruptionists.

New YORK, March 19-Police In
spector Byrnes was seen at his office
this morning preparing to go out
when reporter asked him if he was
going to drag the net for more aldermen
to-day. He smiled at the question and
replied: That is matter I won d
rather not talk about am in hopes that
the evidence will be sufficient to warrant
the arrest of some of the guilty ones.
That is for the district attorney to de-
eide. He is going ahead cautiously to
get evidence that will stand in the
courts. To me it looks as if he would
come pretty near getting it."
is it true that all the aldermen of
1884 are involYed?"
Nearly all. There are two" 1.-THE in
spector spoke calmly and with earnest
emphasis, ''of whom l can saw, here,
now, that they are not tarred with that
Saskatchewan Grant and O'Connor,
one Democrat and the other Repub-
lican. OF them it can be positively and
absolutely stated at this stage of the
enquiry that they were not bribed. AS
who were bought and who were
say Of whom it can be proven
that they were bought. Let it rest till
then" Allusion was made to the silver
ware scrape of Jaehne's in the role of
fence, that dragged Inspector Byrnes
into unpleasant notority.
Every thing in its turn" said the in
spector calmly. Before we get through
with this will come pretty near show
ing up some things in connection with
that matter that are not as plain to the
public as they might be. That attack
on me l believe was made by parties
who were cognizant of what was doing
with Jaehne, to throw discredit on me
or turn off the wrath to come 1t
didn't work, and it won't now. When
| am through with the more important
work on hand there will be time TO
show up that little affair, and its bear
ings on me-"
Speculation was rife at police head
quarters as to the identity of the
lawyer employed, according to Jaehne,
by his fellow aldermen to cover up their
tracks by overhauling their private
books and papers and fixing them up
to bear the scrutiniZing gaze of the
S nate committee. Inspector Byrnes
would not tell who he was, but said
slgnl.. cantly that his turn would also
come in its season.
Alderman Jaehne, with his counsel,
Richard Newcomb, walked down Broad
way at II O'Clock to day, and went into
the postoffice building to attend the
session of the Senate Broadway Rail-
road investigation committee. Jaehne
looked very meek and seemed anxious
to avoid notice.
The arrest of Jaehne seemed to
greatly increase the interest in the in
vestigation of the granting of theefran-
chise of the Broadway Road. A muir
muir spread throughout the court room
as Alderman Jaehne entered, accom-
panied by ex-Alde,man Cieary. His
COUNSEL followed, and Aldermen O'Neil,
Delacey, and ex-Sherif .Bowe secured
seats within the inner railing. Alder
man Jaehne, far from trying to avoid
the gaze of spectators, stood up BY the
judges bench in full view of all, chat
ting cheerfully with his friends. For
the day he promised to be a bigger man
than Conkling.