New-York tribune., 1890-05-21

said " me that he end Osborne had the swing Of tho
West Side Of the town, and could come twice week OF
once in two months make inspections one ume thcy
,ooL so,na s.mnes Of milk without any test said
"How are YOU testing that mik7' Levfngs said, Il
have taken It on general principles" lie then kho o
corrected himself and said Il 'm t'Es IL accofu"I u
lactometer t-st" 'No sad' hou arr ''Nl"S IL U"
general principles
Colonel Prentice counsel for the BOARD of Health,
who had received sudden warning from Mr.. Wins that
members of the Health Department would be up be-
fore the committee arrived in great hurry and furry.
and tried in vain by cross-examnation to shake the
stratforward narrative of Intemann
DiIworth Choae entirely corroborated the testimony
~ Intemann so far as his part in the affair con
cerned Then George F. Wallace. who had been attend
ing the bar AT the Golden swan when lntemann ana
the two inspectors had their drink and their talk sad
bo overheard an argument about 800. lie did not
know the Inspectors BY name, but one was thin fel
low the other stout fellow and he subsequently
identified them. The thin fellow, Levings, spoke first
and wanted s1OO "Then." said the witness, the other
inspector came in and wanted TO know where he stood
then Intemann came in and wanted TO know where lie
stood" QLaughter.)
George f. Reeves. cxpressman and ncwSdcaler.
WAS in the louor store the time Of the conversation
and also heard it. Colonel Prentice tried to have
some fun with Reeves in cross examining him, but
Mr. Reeves had fun with the Colonel
eIntemann" said Reeves, said he would fix up
matters lolEpIinN'
What did osborne say then1'
"Osborne called for bottle Of whiskey, TO take
home 20 refresh mis- spirits after his arduous days
work." Much laugltcr)
Did Mr.. Houston. of the Lake Milk Company,
ever do you any favor?'
Il have been serving him with parers twenysix
or twenty eight months"
Houston ~
Il have given him small change now and then for
a FIVE or ten dollar bill" Oaughter)
Richard W. Macomber, Of the Metropolitan MIX
and Cream Company. told Of his troubles with the
inspectors. lie had been arrested and his business
had been intcrfcred with. once he was fined SO
but another time the witness went down TO the Board
of Health, gave an explanation and heard noilun;
more of the affair. On occasion, after an in
tervew with him in his Office, toid nm nm
done 10 avoid trouble lie pretended aot
to the point. and it was after that thai lie wi'
DR.. Oshornet the tout fellow" described bv the bar
tender, is handsome Young man who talks Win cN
matter has already been indicated. lie alleged that
Intemann was drunk when he went win the IN IN,
them. said he
The proposition struck being rather startling
There was very little talking done by Lcvng- or myself
The conversation lasted fifteen or twenty minutes Two
exactly what had occurred.
Q.-Your idea was to get 1ntemsnn into trapi 4
Yes. Our plan 10 let him 20 a. far as Nc c'''u
We acted under instructions from Or. Martin We kept
Dr. Martin informed Of all that went on We ton non"
the Commissioners. Dr. Martin said 10 US when we
first talked Of it that IL Very serious mater inc
Lake MIX Company had given the company er'' q "a
Of trouble Mr Martin said 70 would be very important 10
show that they had tried 70 bribe the Inspector
The plan was one conceived by Dr. Martin and carefully
concealed so far concerned. Wa helped INTO
all could and that's our position. n"'
derstood that throughout acting uud'f
Instructions fact that Mr.. Macomber odero" t'
Leyings and elo. 1t was on my hr-t introduction
to Ma onber took McKcevers saloon. to"a u-
into and drew the blind e asked "h"t o''
salaries were We said they wcrc very small He men
drew out hrandnew tendoar bills and offered them 10
rs as little present W. refused the money and reported
me na,tcr to NJ. Martin. MI Ia' aaan o. '' i> ".'
sion made appointments to meet me-. have mover
had a black eve" l had "conjuncuon-." an inn'nrt
ton Of the lining membrane Of the eye d!d not attend
the bail and not mentioned at any time when
| spoke to Intenann. 1 sald wanted none and
sucker 10 provide It.
Dr. Leyinas who had heard most ot his fellow
him but introduced a few elaboration, IN detail
He solemnly declared that after lunchne win I'M"
mann al the Lincoln Ionse. he had taken nm I" a
I0uor sforc where the bartender was "A forinei
patient Of his" I'm order that II Intemann should pay
vtpess %gtr s' to6k he chanccs aid he The
was not paid there, and they went 10 The Lrcvo"'f
they went and he hoped that the BARRIERS. who "ero
not former patients Of his might perchance wine.
secmed N be nervous, did not hand over The 500,
and the plot failed Mr.. Boardman asked
o-Af,or your first interview with Intemann yoc iof
that man without having Instructions from Martin. under
,ho nnrcsson that you were willing take the money
Ave didn't know what 70 do We were nonpu-sf
o-The amount was nxed and the duration d tn time
u protection Ayes. We had entire control - ia"
dls,rc, from sixtyhird-st % the Battery fnhaSe aud
tn H.f at N
think Osborne said "Wc'n think abou; tho proposition"
Q-IIow many dsys 1t after That conycr'ation took
place That yon reported that1 A-Three Or four d>'-
,ccrward We reported /: either to NJ. Martin or tho
assistant chemist Beatty. think II was Df. Martin.
but viii not swear 1t was or II wasn't. d. Osborn
told him. and listened and put in word here and there"
o--what was :he conversatIonl A.-Mr. Martin toid
~. mot N encourage OF discourage NJ. Incmann but 70
let matters 90 on.
Senator Fassctt-was uis the first time you were
offered bribes1 Mo- sir. On First and Second avc-
have been offered 25 and have had an umbrella
offered This the first important proposition. how.
o-why didn't you Kick the fellow right out and say
Won were nsuted1 Ave wanted To lead him ard sec
how far he would 70.
Charles Wilson president Of the Board OF Health.
testified substantially a. follows:
several months ago my attention was called by
Victor w. voorhees, 70 milk inspectors at Nintn7t and
Sxth.sve. who were not exactly Hrht. asked Dr
Martin TO Keep sharp eye Osborne and Levings II"
only about The specific accusations against Leynes
and Osborne few days ago. wncn / saw the afdaUt,
which were presented officially to the Board today
ODD Mr.. Martin tell You he was putting up
Job 10 get money paid by anybody 70 these Inspectors
Away certainly not. would not have allowed 70 for
moment.
Odd he ever tell you that $500 had been offered
A.-No. Sir.
ODD he ever tell you he had advised tho Inspector,
neither to encourage discourage Intemann' A-No.
Odd he have authority % represent the depart
ment in any such business that1 A.No one has any
authority represent the department in any such business
Dr. Martin then took the stand lie said that on
the 18th or 18TH Of January Osborne and Lcvng told
MIN about "A proposal to brbc them. lie told
them 10 make affidavit and they did, but Ec had
been looking for that AFFIDAVIT In his Office and could
not find IT, He told them that in where money
was offered 10 them they should exercise a great
deal Of caution and keep away from the people Whf
wanted 10 bribe them. He did not make any OiIcia
report about the bccanse, frankly, AT that tim,
| IL did not look important.
Odd you mention the matter to the prc-dentl A.
| ] did not