Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-08-15
FRANKS pxoNERATED.
The Ohiosr Reinstated and the Com
plainant shown Up.

plainaut shown Up.
The Police Commissioners met at 2
o'clock yesterday afternoon and investi-
gated the case of officer Franks. the in
quiry resulting in the officer being ex-
onerated and reinstated on the force, while
the man who made the charges against
him, ]. B. Eebelle, was shown to be most
disreputable character.
After the Mayor had stated the object of
the meeting, Chief Lee said that no
charges against the officer had been sworn
10. though they mad been written out
Sebelle had disappeared and the officers
had been unable TO find him. The last
heard of him was at S o'clock on Sunday
night. His brother had informed him that
Sebelle had been approached by parties
who threatened and inundated him. He
he'd been told that if he prosecuted these
cases be would not live week. "Of
course" added the Chief, - this is only
hearssy testimony, but it IS just the way l
heard IT,"
The Mayor said that if Sebelle was fair
minded citizen and was justified in making
the charges he ought to be here to substsn-
tate them If he had left town he was not
a very reliable man. If there were Wit
nesses present who knew anything about
the matter he would like to hear them.
WA. Anderson, on behalf of Mr.. Franks,
demanded full investigation and that he
be permitted TO introduce evidence TO cor
roborate his statement IN regard to the loan
ing of the money to Sebelle. He proposed
10 show the Board that the man who made
these accusations is man totally and abso-
lutely IN worthy Of belief; that he was hab.
itually addicted TO false pretenses that
during the past few days he had obtained
money from several parties in the same
way he did from officer Franks; that he
got $50 from George IL. Clark, $40 from a
clerk in Mr.. Hammers drug store, $25 from
Isidore Townsend, $40 from Samuel Bss-
qui, $40 from Henry BaZoni, and had at
tempted to borrow money from George
Rider and Clay Chapman on the same plea
which induced Mr. Franks to loan
him $40; that while in the employ of a
railroad company in Southern California or
Arizona he had embeZzled its funds and
after he was detected in it be beat one man
nearly TO death with 4 pistol; that after
wards he made complaints against citizen
of that place, which were quashed in the
same way he presumed these accusations
would be auashed. Mr.. Anderson said
that Franks was a very liberal, generous,
accommodating man, and he had often
known him TO lend money, even when he
had to borrow from one friend to lend to
another. Only last fair time he saw him
borrow 500 at the Golden Eagle Hotel to
loan to friend, and he borrowed money
from Franks himself-and paid it back
George II. Clark, the undertaken was
sworn and testified that five or six months
ago his father loaned Sebelle five or ten
dollars About a week afterwards Sebelleis
wife came aud paid the money back and
asked him not to loan her husband any
money, because he was man who would
borrow money from all his friends and
squander it. About week age, contin-
ued the witness" be came and told me that
he come up on the evening train and
that his wife was very sick in San Fran
cisco. That he went into Dave Smith s
place and got to shaking dice. He had
come up to pay the rent, and had $50
which he lost shaking dice. That he was
anxious 20 go back to San Francisco, and
wanted to borrow $50, saying he would pay
it back on Monday. l gave him so, and
he left He went below, and on Friday OF
Saturday friend told me that he had at.
tempted suicide and If l wanted my
money back had better look after him.
ascerIained his address in San francisco
was 252l Broadway, and l wrote him that
his friends here, from whom he had ber-
rowed money, were getting anxious, and be
had better come up and settle if he wanted
to save his place. On Tuesday or Wed4es-
day he came up with his brother. He sale
his brother bad SIC and would give me
that, and l told him | did not want ii.
wanted $50. He then showed me a dis
patch, Thick signed by his brother, Theo
dore Sebelle which read Tell Ben. tC
come down Immediately. Matte is worse
Witness then went on to state that
Sebelle had borrowed $40 of Henry Bazoni
=. H.
in payment of his $50 and the $50 he OWED
BazOni. This settlement was made las
Sunday, and Seoele stated that he wa
packing up. intending to leave on Tuesday
Officer Franks then took the stand ant
testified in his own behalf. He said tina
he has lived in Sacramento eleven years
Had known sebelle about year and