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

IN,
ten on the back Is that your signature?
a. Yes, sir.
Q. Those are all yours?
q O. Did Did von s,u. receive the money!
O. There is another warrant. Mr.. Murphy
Is that the same as the others?
Q, Under what authority did you do that
A. 1t was always customary before wen
@. Were you on the force before Mr.. Pear
A. Yes, sir: was Chief of Police.
BY the Court-Here is one, r. I. Pearson
per }. r. Murphy. Is that one of yours?
Q. Mr. Murphy, do you know the clerk
who paid you these warrants in the County
Treasurers office?
The Payment of the Money.
A. think got some off of Mr.. McMasters
and 1 think some Mr.. Rodgers paid me.
wouldn't be positive.
@ Those are the only two you can re
member?
A. Yes, sir; those are the only two car
remember.
Q. Did the County Treasurer. Mr.. Hill, pay
YOU any of them?
A No; not to my knowledge.
@. You don't know any other clerks except
the two you have mentioned?
A. No, sir.
BY Mr. Patterson-What was done with
the money you got on those warrants?
~ "a - =. 49, ~ " "a - " 49, - 81, foat,s nf -,
q DID & 1t then go into the tunds Oh the
v yIliS
a. hes, slr.
iae Mns s,d Siiav a., iuau Ira,.,I usIu +o,.
o,a,hinSr "s senIinT ~, an of,icsr aMaWNo5 dif
1erent kinds ofexpenses. Different expenses
like that
@. The balance, what was done with that!
a. The balance left over at the end of the
month We divided among ourselves.
- -. - .,Ps' P,s' 80 80 so 49,. W -. 80 ~,
Ina ,i se ef HaS tsyn III 'h7 oruf
ANY TosIi,s uuI ing Nj. SUI 'ei
n ,tis 81, ,- .,o. .,, ,,,, ,,,;,
,oS,,iyes s,bat eli faaS he ,,oin N - " tha G;t
Treasurye
The Understanding of the Chief
A. No sir; we didn't understand it that
we used to draw a fee on the Docket such as
u,o,rapts Sphnoapaes etc az well a 9 collact
.,,n - 80 80, W. 90. go - ~.
-, '"e - s. - - !.
I'lHeu % cenis d u',S noIe, We Seaseu W
draw tliat; tnat WAS wna1 We We, Iioush1 was
ing @ the county costs but but not not the e city costs,
anu tLl - e'e III a a. u ,;ds. M e4s.e 80; W. VIC
So1 over III tiie ei'y heie' uiun give US
hi1ch; .,,o o,.,;ro =,
+0 no eHpiMaEneuh M Mt.1h rre oruiii''noe W you LII
th.I v ay, 1nI. WI W.. pna p, ,,. :.
"a a I Lea!iy y! ,o uoiI ,,n.e VIM ~ was
y MAS u the chleI
A Wen, nor uon tn1nk ~ was: tnlnk IL
was some memoef OF Councli; i1 was MS
uhaeIsIanuIilg. nc 49,, Mo-. ,,
,,i0Ifa " Dt1 you e'er ash 'ne mayor aoou' IL
niinseL'
a. No No. = slr; hevHF GiI ala; non e foil, wit, tho
" -ul, -u. phs aio so 80 ~ er 'lN w; WI ", S,.s
MAYOR a99ut itid tne way you you were were using 'nas
X ~. + loon.. tb;nie T a1sara;a
", 81. - - 3..o ~ 'ei Ou.
= You 9 never @ ln-,oa draH 1a,a
Sos 70 my N,, NOm ans,iao. G;s uiu-
" 80 laL as ou @ ;: rs4oiieo', ie, oiu YOU nave
any con 1 ersa'ioh with iiini oh 'na. suuJec1t
"a. ~, slI, r,,. ,, ,,, -
Dy vi M e MA isi ' ie' WI; PnS, you
anu uhe IrohI ONCE men took .nls money,
because you hao iisn' ~ ~ oiu sou'
The Evidence Given by Glenn.
Iobn Clam beinc first 5,1r s,vorn +.s,;
fed as follows:
O. Mr.. Glenn. were Won one of the front
office men during Mayor Pearson's term?
\. Yes, sir.
=. Inc whole OF ltY
a. res, sI; uiie "n1,e zoe OF OIL ~.
.lto ' WA 0 P'o to'o oo,oie
A, No. sir.
Q; That was your first experience on the
police force:
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Mr. Glenn, did you have any talk with
Mr.. Pearson before you were employed
you were to get in the way of fees?
A No, sir.
Q. You did not?
\. No, sir: did not. j had no talk with
Mr. Pearson. L never asked him for a situa-
tion only two or three days before l was ap-
pointed. ..-
Q. Did You have any talk with him as to
what it was?
A / understood what the salary was to he
O. That is Sand ices?
A. Yes sir
Q. Did YOU know that during the term the
ordinance was changed?
A did: yes, sir.
q. Fixed at g 20 and no fees?
A That is the way the ordinance reads.
dated October g. 1885, drawn by the county
TO r. 7. Pearson and indorsed X. T. Pearson,
Mavor, per John Glenn. Is that your in
dorsement?
A. Yes, sir.
ADMITS the indorsement
q. Did Won get the money?
A.Idid. 1 indorsed it. and must have rot
the money Idon,t recollect it bnt tb.t ;s
ny i',-!. H. ou' 'ha' Is
my ENDORSEMENT.
V. Ii you ulo get tne money, Wnat dld you
do with it?
A. Turned it over to the Chief of Police
o. And it went into that front Office f1nd,
\ Into the fund:
~. " t,n nas M autnerity, t II any, ald you nave
A. No authoritv from the Se'i Mavor that
know of.
q. And how did you happen to do it?
"a "a HE m1uio naae 70 eAplain that.
vSnt to Know w. 'n"' - JUST "ha' we