The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-07

done anything to injure YOU" asked Mr.
Ledgerwood.
No; bnt he ran friend OF mine out. and I
Just said I'd make IL hot for Rogers. made
the crack in saloon when was hot, and they
took me up and just went on.
In answer to questions put by Rogers he
said:
prosecute me for perjury ii told the truth. /
did not know you, but man with sandy
mustache told me how to find you. He said
you were rather tall, but I'd know you best by
your hang -dog look lRoars of laughter.]
Ibid Dt war; you not to say any
thing that was not true: didn't say that
if you did Won would go to the peniten-
tiary?" asked Captain Manning.
'sYes, you told me that, but not till after I'd
signed it,
Captain Manning angrily denied this,
but Roe as positively retorted:
eyes, 1t was; you told me you wanted TO get
hold ON Rogers; that he was put in by the
damned opium ring.
That's false" cried Manning rising
angrily. but the hobo shook his hat at the
commissioners and yelled back:
"weIl, that's all right; you did it all the
same
While this was going on Mr.. Ledger
wood moved that the commission adjourn
until Z 80 o'clock.
The chamber of the board of aldermen
was denseiy packed at the evening session,
when Mayor White directed the roll call.
All the commissioners were present. and
in the audience were Fire Commissioners
Kahaley, Park Commissioners Jones and
Evans and other city officials.
Richard i. Roe was again put on the
stand and questioned by the chief. He
testified that he had never seen Rogers in
his life until Friday night, and repeated
some of his evidence of the morning. He
admitted that Roe was not his own name,
but would not give his own; he said his
father was an engineer in Colorado.
Captain Manning said he desired to ask
the witness some questions, and in reply
Roe said:
first saw you in the Blue Front saloon; a
man told me you'd do the straight thing by me !;
you'd see me through or die in the attempt.
The witness became very voluble, and
for several minutes there was an exchange
of denials between the two.
Didn't tell you not to make any statement
that was not true?
"Not in those words"
.sDidn't tell you that it would be ten years
for you If you swore falsely? Didn't you say it
would be eight years? Didn't / say wanted
you to swear to just what told your"
'sYou said something of that Sort
"Did say anything about keeping you?"
"Why, certainly you did,
Manning said he had nothing more to
ask, and Roe left the stand.
II want that man held" said Captain
Manning.
Hes all right; he's in the hands of an
officer, replied the chief
Sheriff Woolery, in answer to questions
by Captain Manning, said:
"You warned him of the consequences of a
false affidavit; Captain Snyder came to my Office
with you: you told the man he'd been impris-
oued If he committed perjury, and he replied it
would be eight years at least.
Martin Egan was sworn and testified as
to the character of John Mckenna; he re-
lated the incidents connected with Gertie
Grants illness. and her relation with
McKenna; Egan was present one day at
police headquarters when McKenna was
brought in as disreputable character and
ordered by Chief Rogers to leave town.
Commissioner Manning asked Alderman
Snyder to take the stand. His testimony
was that the affidavit had been read to
him in the presence of Roe, who repeated
the statements made in it; the question
arose in the talk as to putting man out
of town who hadn't done anything, but
witness said he did not believe in locking
the stable door after the horse was stolen;
Woolery made the remark that
man who made false statement
would land in the penitentiary,
and Manning called his attention to that,
but Roe said they could send to Colorado
and they would find the story all straight.
Witnsss heard the attorney read it over to
Roe and remarked, You want to be care
full what you swear to, and Manning said
that was so.
Charlie McGrew, proprietor of the Blue
Front saloon, was called by Manning, and
related that Roe went into his saloon
Thursday, and after some time
spoke of Charley Phillips running
a partner of his in jail, and said
Rogers ought not to shoot off his mouth;
he served a term in the Colorado peniten-
tiary:" witness questioned him and he
said he worked alongside him two years
in quarry: said he was in for cutting
scrape, but didn't know what Rogers was
in for. He said he would ask the chief
what he was doing in 1881 and 1882. Wit
ness then sent for Manning: all he heard
Manning say to Roe was for him to say
nothing but to tell the truth.
Cross-examined by Rogers, McGrew
testified:
"My reason for taking an interest was that you
had done me dirt; you had pulled my saloon
and put the blame on Mayor White What
consider you doing me dirt was pulling me aud
saying it was Mayor White knew you had
hard feelings against me. McKenna, the nan
who made the other affidavit, was my bar
keeper; the interest took in that was the same
as for this.
LAS matter of fact, you don't know that
ever did anything to hurt you except pull
your house for having dance girls there contrary
to law"
''No; only from hsarsay
Haven't you been particularly concerned in
the city's interest to get me out since l pulled
your place."
well, no."
The witness went on to say he had had
talks with Dick Bowers about the chief.
In reply TO the mayor, McGrew said one
OF the men told him that Rogers pulled
his place because the mayor ordered him
to; he sent man TO ask the MAYOR if he
could have dances-if not he would Quit;
but the man did not see the MAYOR. He
believed that the chief did not have orders
from the mayor.
Lieutenant Sullivan was examined as 10
the character of McGrew's saloon lie
said it was fre9uented by disreputable
women; he had pulled it because It was