The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-05-23
WITTMAN'S SIDE.
A Woman Who Answered
i'm Advance.
DISSECTION OF A KITTY
Policemen Give Testiinony-Captain
Douglass Speaks Highly of the Ac-
cused Sergeant as an Officer.

Interest in the trial of policemen charged
by Judge Conlan with taking brides shows
no sign of waning.
When the Whitman case WAS called last
night the room in which the Commission
ers met was crowded with lawyers, politi-
clans and members of the noire force,
among whom was Sergeant Whitman. the
defendant.
Colone! D. N. Burns, as usual. was alb
sent. and Commissioner Tobin, having re-
covered from his cold, Intercepted the wit
nesses in a way that proved that his abil-
ity as qlestioner had been in no wise i'm
paired by his recent illness. Commissioned
Alvord, Chief OF Police Crowley. the ac-
cused sergeant and the accusing Judge
assisted President Tobin and the lawyers
in questioning the Witnesses.
In the aneroom a beyy of women "for
whom sin has no surprises" fingered until
they were called before the august
tribunal.
AT the last session Eva Deuprey testi-
fed that she had been arrested in 1889 for
larceny ana vagrancy and had given $50,
of which S25 went TO her lawyer. The re-
mander. IL was then intimaled, was alb
soIb bed by the police sergeant in charge of
the district in which she lived.
Sergeant Whitman, anxious 10 prove that
he hal nothing 10 do with the case, SUM-
moncd as his first witness Police Sergeant
j. T. Moran. who is thu official custodian
of the records of The police courts. Moran
said that the woman was arrested on April
10, 1889, for stealing money from the
pocket of a sailor who was visiting her.
She was booked for larceny and vagrancy.
He testified that John OHanlon, the
King Of the Macquereaux." and the re-
puird friend Of Judge Cnnlan, gave bail
for her appearance and both charges were
dismissed.
Officer Philip Mcmahon, who arrested
this woman at her house,s2 Berry street.
stated that she denied having robbed the
sailor. The sailor was held as complain
ing witness, and admi tied on the stand that
he had found the money which he said the
Woman had stolen from him, In an inside
picket. The court therefore dismissed the
charge of larceny and the prisoner was de-
clared not guilty OF vagrancy By the jury
before whom that charge was tried.
Sergeant M"nahan,' said Mcmahon.
and Sergeant Whitman had nothing to do
| with tho case"
D. NJ Gavlgan. clerk OF Police Court
3, produced the bonds given by John
O'Hanlon ana a friend who owns two
! houses on Dupont street. This was ap-
/ pATenlly uQne 10 SHOW lnal JUICE COuldD,
! O'Haplon and the women of the street
were in league. The bonds secured the
release of two women arrested by Ser
/ geant Whitman while they were giving
| an Indecent exhibition. O'Hanlon's secur-
| ity for their appearance WAS accepted by
| Conlan.
"OHanlon is not on trial" remar ked
| Commissioner Tobin.
ct seems 10 be the purpose of the de-
| tense to throw dirt upon the proseCu-
tion," responded Attorney Choynski, who
represents Judge COnlan.
1T is not" snapped Wittman's lawyer
1--WE will produce sixty women WHO will
testify"
Mr. Tobin-Go on and read the bonds.
The bonds were read.
Did the defendants appearY asked
! Choynsk.
They did, and they were found guilty."
| Wittman's attorney then began to rebut
| the testimony of Conlan's witnesses. 1t
! had been said by one Marcello that Witt
man had an interest In saloon at 1927
Pine street and that his partners were
! Victor Wenes and Chaeles Gress. The
story was TO the effect that Whitman was
given $40 in this saloon one night for
granting immunity TO woman, and that
the contents Of The "Eitty" were divided
with him by his partners WeDes and
| Gress at regular intervals.
Attorney Dunn kindly Informed the
!
money in saloon or gambling den a GER
| tain percentage of the winnings is given to
| the proprietor. The percentage is called
the kitty" The Commissioners smiled
gratefully for the gratuitous information
and knowing that a lawyer must know
everything did not ask Mr.. Dunn how lie
| happened to know so much.
| The rartners swore that they had no bus-
ness relations with Whitman. Marcello, the
nan who had told the awful story about
! the division of the contents of the kitty"
was cook who had been discharged from
! their place of business.
Both members of the firm swore that
the books kept for them until one mouth
| ago had been destroyed. Their accounts
are now kept by Charles Gress.
WHO kept ycur books prior 10 the time
they were destroyed % the senior partner
! WAS asked.
Il don't remember"
Cant you find nim?"
Yes. he comes In my place every day.
| His first name is Andre"
"Wh hat did you pay him?"
Nothing"
Charles Gress stated that he went with
Louis LaDgais To the Temple Bar saloon
some time in last December, They went
into small room. Before goinq to the
saloon LaTglais had borrowed $40 from
him and had said that he wanted Whitman
| to leave his woman alone. When Louis
came out ne said that everything was
right.
What happened in that room witness did
not know, and Commissioner Tobin re-
marked that his ignorance was rather
stronge.
What do you know about the STOP"
he asked.
| Dom know anything"
! Did YOU lend 1t to Louis Langlals ?'
Yes"
did he have it when be went into the
| room?"
Yes; but I don't know why Langlais
did not tell me why he wanted it,
/ Did he pay it back %
Yes; two.or three DAYS after"
What is his bushes, ?''
II don't know"
GTess admitted that the money might
have been paid to Whitman while his back
was turned.
Paul du Bots. who takes LIQUOR from the
saloon 10 the houses on Quincy street. de-
i clared that he had never seen money
! given to Whitman, and then Confessed
that the officer might have been bribed
without MS knowledge. Concerning the
kitty" he knew nothing.
blanche Smith. who has spent II wears
! of her life on Berry street, gravely in
formed the Commissioners that she knew
nothing about him, but did know ,Jonn
| U Hanlon, and knew that he visited one
of the women who had testified against the
officer.
Regina Rouget of Morton street swore
that she had never told soul that she had
given Whitman $780,
The woman who said that lied" she