Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-01
THE BING EPISODE.
HE swEARs HE NEVER PROMISED
ANYONE LICENSE.

Collections Were Made by Him, Though, for
Political Fund-A Certificate Added TO
His amdavit-No Time Yet Set for a
Hearing.
| Chief J. o. Brown, Police Inspector Nc
| Aleese, William Finn, Chairman of the
Republican City Executive Committee,
Samuel Bing, Assistant City Attorney
Moreland and Attorney Cohen were in
court yesterday morning when Judges
Ewing and Magee took their seats.
Attorney Cohen said: SIN the matter of
the application OF Samuel Bing, in the
Fourth ward, since his hearing certain
charges have been made against him which
he and 1, as his counsel, think ought to be
| controverted. 1 ask leave to read this affi-
davit?"
Judge Ewing-We have not time to hear
it.
Mr.. Cohen-Then, if you will permit, 1
will file Mr. Bing's statement under oath and
certain afidavits Herewith
Judge Ewing-Let those papers be filed.
Mr. Cohen-lf the Court thinks there should
be a hearing, and will designate a day, we are
ready at any time. We have our witnesses
subpenaed here now, if Your Honor wants
them.
Judge Ewing-We can't hear them to-day We
will have to fix time for them and then we will
look after it; bu: we can't very well stop with so
many applicants present to hear a case that
may take considerable time. There will be,
perhaps, two or three others to hear.
A SERIOUS CHARGE.
Mr.. Cohen-The charge made in this case is
an exceedingly serious one, and affects not only
Mr.. Bing but -
Judge Ewing-Yes, think it ought to be
heard.
Judge Magee-Do you want some more In.
quiries made?
Mr.. Cohen-No, sir.
Judge Magee-I can give you another to-day,
if you want it. think.
Mr.. Cohen-We are ready to receive all such
charges and are prepared to meet them. There
is not single, solitary word oftruth in them.
first was an affidavit of Samuel Bing sworn to
before Alderman Reilly, in which he states
that during the last campaign in the city of
Pittsburg he solicited voluntary subscriptions
thinks he had right to do, and as many per-
sons of both parties have done, and as many
persons of both parties did during the said
camnaign.
THAT he swears positively that he never
promised license to or for any person. or that
he would use his influence in that regard for or
against any person. or that he threatened any
person with refusal of license; that he never
referred to the granting refusal of license,
either by direction or implication; that heSwas
not authorized, instructed or requested to use
the name of the Department of Public Safety,
]. o. Brown, the Chief thereof, or any other
person whatsoeve: and that he never did use
the name of J. o. Brown. or of any other person,
either directly OF indirectly, in connection with
the soliciting of said subscriptions. That at no
time did he give any person any reason what
ever to believe or think he was speaking of Or
for the License Court the Department of Public
Safety, the SAID ]. o. Brown or any other person
whatever that the subscribing or failure to
subscribe would, in any manner, affect any ap-
picant for license. but on the contrary, the
subject of the License Court, or the granting
refusal of license was never referred 10 by him
at any time to any person whatever in connec-
tion with the soliciting of said subscriptions"
THE CERTIFICATE.
This affidavit was dated March 80, which was
Sunday. The second paper was certificate,
not sworn TO, as follows:
ITO the Honorable Judges of the Court of
Quarter Sessions; .,.
I'VE, the undersigned. do hereby certify that
Samuel Bing who applies for license at No. 80
Sixth street. in the Fourth ward of the city of
Pittsburg called upon and solicited subscrip-
tions from and each of us during the late
campaign, on behalf of the Republican City
Executive Committee. -.
That at no time did he refer to the License
court, the granting or refusing of license,
the Department of Public Safety, UT j. o.
brown as Chief thereof, nor did any of his con-
Versaton relate to, or in the remotest implica-
ton have any reference to the above named
subjects"
i his is signed by the following:
Brown d Taylor, Hotel Hamilton: P. Nc
Donough, First ward; Fred Sanders, First
ward; holmes Arnold Monongahela House;
II. b. Mohler, First Avenue Hotel; Neville
Bayley, Second ward; Louis Ruppel, Second
ward; j. w. Ruhlandt. Twenty-sixth ward; A.
zimmerman, Twenty-eighth ward;, William
Witherow, Hotel Duquesne: B. c. Wilson
Seventh Avenue Hotel; Carr Brothers Restau-
rateurs; Owen Mccarthy Fourth ward;
Thompson & Booth, Red Lion Hotel; George S
Fa-Ion, IL and is Penn avenue; Thomas Mutt.
street: John Gamble, Twenty-ninth ward: Jobn
Trenhauser, Twenty-eighth ward; john Ru-
dolph, Twenty-sixth ward; Henry Becker,
Twenty-ffrh ward; Thomas Miller, Twenty.
Iinth ward; Harry Heck, Hotel Heck; j. &.
stroup, First ward; John Guntz, Eighth ward