Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-15
THE DOORS WILL OPEN
And Ex-Alderman Jaehne Will
Come Forth From Sing Sing.
He Has Served Six Years for Participate
ing in the Great Doodle Scan
dal Of 1884.

uoOio va o-hE oiHS plloOu WAt opCl
to-day to let out Ex-Alderma,
Henry w. Jaehne and the last chap
ter in New York's great Doodle scan
dial of 1884 has been enacted. I'll
has served six years, four month
and twenty-five days, getting thu
benefit for all the time allowed fo
good behavior.
The sentence was for nine year,
and ten months, just two month.
less than the maximum penalty
The ex-convict was known as thu
chief of the Doodle alderman anG
when he went into politics was 6
poor man. 1t was in 1882 that ht
first secured the election as alderman
and in 1883 and 1884 and 1885 he was
reelected by increased pluralities
In 1884 he became conspicuous as
one of the most earnest supporters o.
the Broadway Surf, ce Railway pro
ject, which had as backer Jacot
Sharpe.
The aldermen who had been SC
good and kind to Mr.. Sharp and his
company heard many, unpleasant
things about themselves, but they
We're not troubled until the following
March, when the State Senate took q
hand in the matter. 1t ordered an
investigation. It was one of those
investigations which amount to
something. But 1t was the meresl
scratch, as billiard-player would
say, that it brought out anything
On March he was indicted for bribery
He was charged with receiving $20,.
600 from some unknown person for
having voted for the Broadway
franchise. The boodlers concluded
that 1t was high time for them to fold
their tents and steal away, as their
standing in New York was evidently
at an end.
The first to 60 was John keenan,,
who was powerful politician and
who engineered the whole deal, and
who is said to have pocketed the
whole of the $5C0,OOO, which was 70
have been divided among them all.
He was quickly followed by "Billy"
Moloney, reading clerk of the board
In 1884, who was supposed to have
distributed the money. Half a dozen
aldermen thought the wisest thing
they could do would be to see the se-
clusion of Canada, and they went to
make up the Doodle colony of Mon
treal. The aldermen who remained
began to look about for means to get
in out of the wet. Things began to
look particularly unpleasant for
them. Four of them concluded that
their only salvation was In turning
States evidence, but this was not
known until after Jaehne's trial was
under way. 1t began on May 10Th,
Judge Barrett presiding.
Jaehne was defended by Richard
s. Newcombe, who died recently OF
cancer in the stomach Roger A.
Pryor, who is now judge, and John
Graham. Judge MARITIME was then
District Attorney, and he was assist
ed in the trials by John II. Fellows
and De Lancey Nicoll. 1t was Jaeh-
ne's own confession to Superintend-
ent Byrnes which brought about his
conviction. When Judge Barrett
sentenced Jaehne, on May 20, 1886,
he heaped upon the boulder the
severest words he ever spoke on the
bench. A stay was asked for. 1t
was refused by Judge Barrett
and Judge Daniels. The next day
Jaehne was taken to Sing Sing
to serve his long sentence. He be-
gan work in the shirt department,
where he turned shirts inside out
preparatory to starching them. He
worked at this for a year. After this
time the court OF appeals affirmed
the decision of the 10 Uer court.
From the work on shirts Jaehne was
placed in the tobacco department,
where he worked until year ago,
when he became dishwasher in a
hospital kitchen. Jaehne expected
some of his associates TO join him at
Sing Sing. Only two came there,
Arthur McQuade and Honest