The record-union., 1891-03-12
THE OTHER Side.
Testimony for the Defense in the Bru-
ner investigation.
Judge Armstrong Says Bruner Told
Him What the Examiners Men
Were Trying to Do.

The Assembly Committee investigating
the charges made by the San Francisco
Examiner against Assemblyman Bruner,
in connection with the alleged sale of a
position on the San Francisco police force.
met again last evening for the purpose of
taking further testimony in the case.
The first witness called was George
Senf, local manager for the Western
| Union Telegraph Company. He was
asked if, on the oath of February, a tele-
gram signed "Dicll" and addressed to
Louis Jones, in San Francisco, telling
him that Party says it goes for five;
come up and bring stuff,'' was received
at his office.
Witness said he had been instructed
not to testify in the matter, except by
special order of the committee Finally
he identified the telegram referred TO-,
also one sent on the I'd OF March, and an
other on the Sd Of March. THE telegrams
are the same as were published IL the
Examiner article on Tuesday, week ago. !
PROPOSED TESTIMONY RULED OUT.
The committee then called w S. Ken
dali, & money broker in Sacramento.
Chairman bleGSoe said the object OF the
prosecution in calling this witness was to
prove that in january last Mr.. Brlner
had disposed of his per diem for the
session TO Kendall. He did not think
the matter had anything TO do with the
investigation, but wished the committee
| 10 pass upon It. The committee decided
without dissent. that the proposed tes:i-
mony was irrelevant, and Mr.. Kendall
was oXc2sed
sALooT-KEEPER KoNEisKEY
James hOmiskey of san Francisco was
called aIid testified that he kent a saloon
on Mission street in san Francisco. lie
had read some OF the E.cGhsjReI' articles.
| About two weeks ago Mr.. Jones and an
other mau called at his place to DO some
work. Joies asked if he had any friends
he desired to get on the police .orce-that
he had Il friend who could get men on the
force for $500. Witness did not pay much
attention to the matter. and did not re-
melnJor who Jones said his friend in
| SACRAMENTO was. II he mentioned any
name witness had forgotten it.
y couple OF days afterwards witness
was Joking with an acquaintance named
Moran, Il car-driver, about getting places
or the police force. bGit 10 proposition
was made by either. They were accus-
toned TO joke'about such things, and wit
ness did not think Moran seriously con
sldered the matter. 4 man named
O'Meara came up, and witness also made
q remark to him to the effect that there
was man treierring to jones' who could
get him on the police force. Neither Mr..
Burners name, nor that OF Senator Ma
her was used in the conversation, ac-
cordlng TO witness recollection. He did
not think that Jones could do anything of
the kind. His saloon was at the end OF
the railroad, and the men often gathered
there and joIed together O'Meara
laughed when the subject of the police
force was mentioned.
AN ANONYMOUS NOTE.
A this juncture a boyahanded a slip of
paper to Chairman Ble,lsoe, on which
was written note stating that a man
named Jasper was employed in the AS
SCISSORS office i'll San Francisco, and that
he was a brother-in-l;iw OF Dick Belau.
The clerk was instructed to write and
ascertain if this is the Jasper who wrote
to the Examiner, putting it on the track
OF Jones.
CAR-DRIVER MORAN.
Edward Moran, a car-driver on the
Mission street line, testified that q man
named Jones got on his ear one day ard
rode block or two, during which time
the subject CT men getting on the police
force came up, and witness asked Jones
if he could help him, but no proposition
was made on the subject A week or so
later witness mel Jones again on his car,
when Jones said lie thought he could
help him, but it would cost him S400. He
said he had friend in Sacramento, but
witness could not remember his name
He was certain, however, that Jones did
not speak of his friend as being men,
Der of the Legislature. That was the last
time witness and Jones had discussed the
matter. Jones did not say anything
about getting places for others. Witne $
did not recoliect any conversation iii re-
gard to police places at komisAey's
saloon.
Committeeman Gould cross-eXamined
the witness at some length. but his tosti-
mony was largely a repetition of the
above, except that there WAS considerable
talk among the carmen about the pros
pect of places on the police force, owing
to the proposed increase. When Stilwell
the Examiner reporter, called on witness
he referred him to Jones as the only man
he knew of that claimed to have iniiu-
ence in that direction. A man named
Pat Kelly, room-mate of witness, said
that If witness came to Sacramento to
testify he would be out OF pocket, but did
not threaten witness with the loss of his
place if he came here. Kelly does not
work on the railroad.
Witness said that reporter named
John Mackey was present during the con-
versation between him and Kelly.
REPORTER MACKEY TEsTIFIEs.
John II. Mackey, an Examiner re-
porter, testified that on the 5th of March
| .iS W 90 'iotiN'Od ~ siiO Ivy SNsitoi papcI
bearing the names of Cox and Moran,
and told to hunt up the men and as
certain what they knew about getting
places on the police force. He finally
found Cox, and from him learned where
to find Moran. They went together and
found the latter. and witness asked him
what he knew about the matter. Moran
replied that Jones had spoken to him
about place on the police force. Wit
ness then went away with Cox and got
his statement and atterwartl saw O'Meara,
who said that Jones had told him at
Komiskey's saloon that it would take S43G
to get him on the force.
Witness talked with another driver
who didn't know anything about the
matter, but told him that Barbee and
| Franklin knew something about it. Wit
ness saw two men of these names, and
they said they had been approached. The
men named Barbee and Franklin, who
had testified before the committee on the
preceding evening, are the men who
called at the Examiner office to deny the
published statements concerning them
but they are not the men whom witness
interviewed in San Francisco.
/ Witness Moran was here recalled. and
testified that the men Barbee and Frank
lin, who had testified before the commit
tee, were old employees on the Mission
line, and there were no others of that
name on the road.
/ Resuming, witness Mackey said that
Kelly told Moran he would be fool to