The morning call., 1892-10-07
TIE CHEERFUL STUFPER.
Hes Not Quite So Cheerful
As He Was.
COFFEY HAS HIM IN HAND.
But Joaohimsen Is Satisfied to Let Stevens
and Boss Kelly Have Their
Own Way.
COFFEY HAS HIM IN HAND.

1t looks black for the suffers" on trial
in Judge Coffey's court, but those before
Judge Joachimsen have, of course, gone
scot free.
Frank ii. Lambert was taken before
Judge Coffey for preliminary examina-
ton ON charge OF perjury yesterday In
connection with registration, and The exam
nation was not concluded when the court
adjourned. Frank is one of the men spoken
OF in The CALL yesterday who were regis
tered from rOom 10, 675 Mission sire ct
where three other men had been registered
from previously. Andrew j. Clunie, who
appeared for the prosecution, had a lot OF
very unwilling witnesses with the excep-
ton o. the first. Il. f. Casey, supervisor Of
election, and Como Toro, japanese bed
maker at 675 Mission street. whose answers
were made through an interpreter and VIII o
bad not been coached by Mike Dunn and
the other henchmen Of the KeIy-Crimmins-
De Dung gang. The evidence showed that
Lambert had made contradictory statements
about who lived with him in the room, bnt
every point in the evidence was closely con-
tested by Carroll Cook, his counsel.
Oscar Charles Lewis, deputy in the
Registrars office who took the affidavit of
Lambert, did not have the document with
him as he had been instructed, and was
ordered finally to bring it into court this
morning. lie was very unwilling TO an
SWer any questions put TO him, and fiDall Y
admitted having talked yesterday morning
with Mike Dunn in the corridor outside the
courtroom.
Fred M. Allen, the night clerk of the
house 675 Mission street, stated that room
10 was about 12x14 or 16 feet and had one
double bed in it. The room was not di-
vided into compartments III any way, nor
was there any other place to sleep except In
the one bed.
He gave receipt for SIS for one month S
rent to Frank I'll. Lambert and TO two men
besides. named Baxter and kavanaugn.
under Instructions from the proprietor OF
the house, who is sick in bed.
Lambert slept in the room in question on
the night of September 80 with the other
two men, and next Gay was transferred to
room %, which he now occupies with his
wife, according to the witness story.
The regular rent of the room was SO a
month, but he gave three receipts of IS
each to the men in question. He knew
nothing, however, about the payment OF the
money, as that was paid to the proprietor
himself.
Then his books and papers were pro-
duced and they showed that the witness
himself had let the room on the night of
September 80 for the sum OF % cents. One
book had many OF its leaves torn out, and
the last entry made in it was to the effect
that Frank ii. Lambert had been trans
ferred from room 10 to room %.
The witness was quite inimical to the
prosecution and, finally, Judge Coffey had
to tell him that If he was not careful he
would go to Jail. Then he became some
what more tractable.
After recess A. j. CluDie went on the
stand and detailed the circumstances OF the
arrest. aud then came Mike Dunn. Mike
admitted having figured three times In try
. It II .l,1rk
when Judge Love signed the release, once
before Judge Trout and the third time
when he WAS finally admitted to bail by
Judge C0tfey. He also stated that Police
Court Prosecuting Attorneys Cotton and
Stevens were there when Judge Love signed
the release, but would not say whether they
were acting for the people or Lambert. lie
avowed his connection with Lambert and
the other suffers" but would not say I'M
der whom he was acting.
Then came the thunderbolt
Without the knowledge of the defense a
subpoena had been issued requiring the at
tendance of Como Toro, the Japanese bed
sion street, and he came into court and swore
THAT Lambert was never in the house until
Wednesday night. the 5th He had been In
the house for some time and was sure tina
at no time within the past month had more
than one person slept in room 70. He was
perfectly certain that Lambert had not beer
in tile house before Wednesday night \ es-
terlay morning was the first time he bad
ever seen Lambert.
Clerk Allen had sworn that three people
had teen put into room 10 frequently.
A ter Como had undergone eross-exam-
lnation by Carroll Cook, the case went over
till this morning. when Deputy Registrar
Lewis is to be there with the affidavit.
The eases Of Malley and Ennis. who were
arraigned yesterday. and that of George
Wakelee are expected TO come up immedi
ately after Lamtert's case is disposed of.