Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-09-22
CONSTABLE MARTIN.
he GIVES HIS VERSION OF THE STATE
HOUSE TROUBLES.
He Denies That He Turned the Bar
room Over to His Friends-An-
other Suit Commenced.

Constable Martin is much exercised over
the statements of the State House Hotel
people, that he had made reception room
of the hotel bar for his friends, while
acting as keeper of the place under attach
ment.
Il wan. to say" he said to RECORD
UNION reporter yesterday, that during the
time have been at the hotel, | never took
one drink from the bar, and didn't give
my friends any, either. We always went
across the street to another saloon and paid
for our drinks"
Mr.. Martin went on then to give his YER
sion of the trouble at the State House.
The attachment suit was commenced. he
said, on the 18th inst, and on that evening
he served the papers on Mr.. Wilson, one of
the lessees of the hotel. W A. Gett, Jr,
attorney for the plaintiffs, OdelI g. Herzog
was with him at the time. The Constable
is positive that he told Mr.. Wilson, that he
was only there as keeper to
take the receipts, and had no in
tention of closing up the place. He
then proceeded tc take charge of the
cash in the establishment, and found less
than So Mr.. Wilson was mistaken, he
said, if he said there had been any repre-.
sentation that he (Martip) had been ap-
pointed a receiver to take entire charge of
the place.
KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING.
1--WE been an officer long enough, con-
tinued Mr.. Martin, Ito know what my
duties are. had no intention Whatever OF
taking charge of the management of the
hotel, but it was forced upon me. When
went there l would gladly have attached
some particular part of Wilson's property
if | had been shown anything that he
owned If there was anything there to
levy on l couldn't find it. l was given to
understand that everything in the place
was mortgaged to their full value. All l
had to do then was TO take charge OF the
receipts. | never expected to have to re-
main there three or four days. but the hotel
men all ran of and left me, and had to
act as temporary hotelkeeper. l would
have left the saloon open if the barkeeper
had not run away; and besides, Mr.. Will
son afterwards asked me to close it. The
next day all of the employees began to
ClamOr for their wages, and they nearly
drove me crazy. None of them would
work except a bell-boy, three chamber
maids and one porter. l promised these
that would see that they got their money"
THE ALLEGED MIsMANAGEMENT.
The reporter asked the Constable what
he had to say regarding the charge that the
hotel had lost money under his manage.
ment.
"Well," he said, 'if people walked off
without paying their bills, 1 could not
help it. / told the hotel people not to
leave. l wouldn't have attempted to man.
age the business if they had not left me. l
engaged two competent men to assist me-
and two watchmen to see that nothing was
taken from the place. and guess the hotel
has not suffered much. Wilson could have
settled the whole trouble in few minutes,
if he wanted to- by giving bond or pay
ing the little bill he was sued for; but he
wouldn't do it,"
Lawyer Gett was also seen by the reporter
yesterday. Il am only interested in this
case" he said, las attorney for Odell IL
Herzog. There was no way of knowing
what property was owned by Wilson &
Kinney, the lessees, so instructed Martin
to attach the entire hotel and take charge
of the receipts. / went with him when he
served the papers and l am sure that he
did not represent that he had been ap
pointed as receiver Mr.. Wilson must
have misconstrued his language. l heard
Martin tell Wilson that he was not there to
take the management of the place out of
his (Wilson's) hands, and he told Wilson
to go ahead as usual. My clients, Odell d
Herzog, thought the hotel would run right
along and sent their usual load OF meat the
next morning, but Wilson ordered it sent
back, as well as other provisions that came
from other establishments. 1t was Wilson
who closed up the place, and not Martin,
in my judgment"
Mr.. Gett said that stree the attachment
papers had been served preferred claims
from other creditors-principally employees
for wages-had been served upon him,
amounting to $3.50 so, and he had reason
to believe that more would be heard from.
Besides this Martins fees for keepers, etc.,
would be about 1882.
ANOTHER COUNTY HEARD FROM.
Another issue of the State House troubles
has bobbed up in the shape of suit IN the
Superior Court against Sheriff McMullen by
F. J. Mclaughlin, the Oakland hotel man.
Mclaughlin sues to recover bus, horses
and harness bearing the State House sign.
which is held by the Sheriff. 1t will be
remembered that several days ago Charles
A. Jenkins, owner of the State House prop
erty, brought suit against Wilson d Kin
ney to recover the bus and horses, claim
ing that they belonged to him and were
being unlawfully withheld. A Deputy
Sheriff was instructed to take charge of the
vehicle, but could not find it. After g
search, however, the outfit was found out
at Swiss station and brought back. 1t had
been left there by Mclaughlin the night be-
fore.
1t is now claimed that Jenkins sold the
bus and horses to Wilson & Kinney, and
that McLaughlin's purchase of it was per-
fectly regular. The records in the Record
er's office show that on the 1st of April a
bill of sale of the property was given to
Wilson & Kinney.