Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-22

money to pay the onnceS expenses, If w
hadn't other lees coming into the office.
| A. such as court costs and witness fees ir
court and such costs, and for working. Say
II some person came to me and asked me e
do piece Of work for him, and woult
| work for him and he paid mo for 1T; tht,
money went into the fund.
| @. What did you do with this money!
A. Paid railroad fare and telegraphina
end everything Of that kind. We would
The Chief OF Police would put 1t in the SAFE
and keep it, and if I would 20 to him ant
say needed some money for an any y% purpose r ,S.
| month what was left We would divide
among ourselves.
Q: Suppose you had nothing else but jai
| and workhouse commitment fees, would
that be enough to pay these expenses!
A. No; that wouldn't be near enough.
Q. This continued from the time OF this or
dinance down until when?
A. Until this spasm of reform set in.
have an opinion here from the City Solicitor
we are entitled to it now.
e In other words. If you had not been ZEN en-.
| without any difficultyf
A. Without any difiiculty at ali.
Cross:e1amination by Mr Mc PatssrsonmMr nS.a !:
dated February %, 1887
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Isn't It a fact known to you, Mr.. Murphy
| that shortly before tho writing OF this letter
new ordinance was adopted by Councils
regulating this matter of detective feesf
| A. That is about six months ago.
Q. And that changed the Ordinance ol
| A. No. SIR
O. But the ordinance is different.
| A. No, sir. don't know as it il. That re-
ferred to county fees.
| One Feature Not Covered.
Q. This opinion of Mr.. Elphinstone relates
only to the recent ordinance" does it not?
A. He didn't say.
Q. There was q recent ordinance passed
| within six months?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. And that relates to the fixing of detec-
| tive fees, does it not?
A.. Yes, sir. That ordinance speaks Of all
kinds of fees.
Q. This recent ordinance fixes the detec-
tive fees?
A. Yes, sir.
@. And it is with reference to this ordi-
nance this letter is written OF Mr.. EIphin-
stone, is it not? And now, Mf. Murphy, you
say that about once month you or some of
the Office force would 20 over and get this
money, and it was all turned into common
fund?
A. Yes. sir. About once q month.
q. You keep a sale in the front office, and
the money was handed to the Chief, and he
put 1t in the safe?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. We're any other moneys put in there?
A. Yes, sir.
O. what other moneys,
A. Court COSTS
Q. OF that money, after it was divided,
each one of you took his sharef"
a a les, sr.
anu tnaS Weno IN WIN your own
pockets?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. And none OF it was ever accounted for
to the city Of Allegheny
A. No, slr.
The Civ sb ed mn Fund.
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he-e1aminatfon by Mi. Ferguson@Did the
to pay these expenses?
A. No, sir.
Rv Mr. Marsba,I-If tbara bod been m
money turned into this fund. except the
money received from the iail and work
house commitments, would that have paid
these expenses?
"A. No, sir; we would have been away out
John Glenn-I am on the detective force
of Allegheny City. collected money on
some OF these warrants ana turned 1t into
's,d az u, .h sne os th Anu m was
expenses connecteS With the of1ice i0 Snnt' DI'
inc mn % ses A. the end ~ sveTv month ue
collected together the vorShouse M commit. Me
mente and tnol them over 20 tha Contrniiar
by one of the detectives. and q connie Of
do nc ftaruo rd NC sont oT,a ~ t,,a ,ee,, o,-or
on1 a coiI"cted rhe trrr aT - e,re
tn the Chief of Police. he would keen an oc
connt If .,a ronav Tbere went otb.r %n feas ~
intn tb;s Srnd Smcb as comrt Scos.s, n,S
then IN Iookinr mn . case va noav %e 70 ss Sn% nr
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commpn fnna Then II ". shSnId 0at sI, al ort c,t
Of this case it ia tnrned into this fnnd en6 at
the end Of the month we settie mn and ~
there is a balance we divide IL mn 6etween
us.
q. Ifnothinp went into this pool excent
these iaii and workhouse comInitments
would there be enough to meet these ex
pensese
A. No, sir. There wouldn't be half
enouoh. hardly a third
q lid Won or anv otbar detect;ve av.,
nrof,t nv anV of this money! o'ei
A. Not one cent
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