The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-05-23

other SereeantS Dy name, as tney passed
TO and fro and people spoke Of them.
Louise .RaZer also had admired Witt
mans manly figure as that officer passed
tn and fro on his beat. And Joseph inc
Wala had known Whitman for some time
as 1.-The tall sergeant No financial
transactions.
Cora Lucille. Sara Melagree, Rosalie
Fort, Louise Williams. MiIiie Dnrand,
Jennie Baulin, Blanche Fischer were ali
disposed of in short order. The last named
witness was in rather hurry, though,
with her answers. as three or four times
she answered ''no" before the questioning
counsel had time to tell her what he
wanted to know. Some of the questions:
did your ever" = mo, sir = pass
money through the window to Sergeant
Wittmau?'
.sDid you ever" =" mo, sir" = ''drop
money from the window into the sergeant's
puckets?"
Did you at any times'-'.No. sir"
'hear Of the sergeant having Zne
pocket?"
The witness knew nothing Of anything,
so she was let 90 as hopeless.
Laida Cruz, Angelina Dacour, Leah
Durand Stella NJ yer and Fran cine Preau
followed. and Attorney Dunno announ Geo
tile list closed.
The door opened and Captain Douglass.
pale and wan from his long illness. but
erect as ever ami with the old fire in his
eve, marched into the room clad in full
uniform and took his seat in the witness
chair.
Captain, do you remember sending
Whitman off to Investigate some charges
made by woman named Blanche against
Officer McGrath, accusing him Of levying
backmail on women?'
"Yes, sir; l remember all about it,
Whitman acted for me in the matter, and
Judge Conlan, who was there at the time.
said he did not believe there was anything
III it,"
Captain Douglass testified in the highest
terms to his appreciation OF Sergeant
Whitman as an officer
Did you ever investigate the charges
made against Whitman by Kelly?"
Eyes, sir; | went through the whole ten
derlain district. | heard nothing what
ever to Sergeant Wit,man's dlscreoit"
| Patrolman McGrath said he remem-
| bered being called in to identify Blanche,
who had made charges against him. He
was called TO the presence of Captain
| Douglass on that occasion. Whitman and
| Judge Conlan were both there. In his
| presence Blanche denied having made the
charges.
Did Judge Conlan say anything at that
time about women giving money to police
officers?"
Yes. he said it was absurd"
do YOU know woman named Ga
brielle. who testified here the other
night?"
Yes. sir"
"And do you see Levy, the interpreter,
who sits at your left hand"
Yes, sir"
Did you ever sse Levy and Gabrielle to-
gether?"
Yes, sir: saw them together the sec
ond night of this investigation. l telt
something was wrong, and | warned Po-
! llcenen Oman and Gralam,"
You're very friendly with Sergeant
Whitman. aren't you?" asked Attorney
Chnynski.
Yes, SIR"
Now, don't you think it likely that
! Gabrielle wanted to know when she would
be likely to get through"
Perhaps so, sir.
Now, did not Blanche when examined
say that some one else wanted money from
her 10 give to you?"
NO, certainly not; not so far as l re-
mem ber."
Policeman Michael Walsh had assisted
in the Identification of the woman Blanche.
| Some man had come up 10 him On that oc-
casi0n and claimed he had been robbed in
Branches house. Walsh went down, and
Blanche said she did not hurt him but that
another policeman had put him out of the
land attorney.
did she say anything about McGrath p
Yes. She said. That man MeGrath
wanted money from me once And Me-
Grath, when he heard Of It, took the woman
before Captain Douglass 10 have the III t.
ter inyestiga ted"
WAS Judge Conlan there?"
II don't remember"
7. Crosby has been fifteen years on the
! police force. He was eleven of them on
one beat. Whitman was his sergeant. H
also knew ex,Policeman Briggs very we'll.
Crosby told the story how Briggs and he
found man on the corner of Geary street
who swore he had been robbed. Briggs
and he went to the woman's house and
Briggs stayed inside. Whitman came up
shortly afterward and questioned the
woman (Blanrhe) very closely. 1t was
not true that Whitman went Into private
room alone with Blanche.
Police Sergeant George w. Hartman is
senior sergeant OF his division. Sergeant
Whitman las been under HIM fer years.
Whitman had often reported to him the
complaints of some of the women as to ex-
| tortlon practlced on them by officers. He
bad investigated these cases at Wittman's
request. he knew no better officer in the
department than Sergeant Whitman.
BY Chief Crowley: What was the re-
suit Of the investigation ?"
mo result. We could not prove any
thing"
Did the suspected officers ever return
| ~ iilCii OcdtS
NO, sir. They were taken off a,
Sergeant Wittman's nstiga,ion."
Sergeant j. Johns had never been intro
duced into these houses by Whitman, and
yes he was Witsman's relief sergeant.
HAS Whitman ever asked YOU to he
lenieut With any one of these women ?''
No, sir. On the contrary Whitman a.
ways appeared TO be very severe in his
treatment of these women"
Johns went on to testify tnat he had had
no money from women, and that Whitman
had had none. "Leastways," said the
sergeant. IF he did he never gave me a
cent OF IT,"
Special Officer Hussey was a regular
officer at one time. He knew woman
named Marie 10th and her friend CASTOR.
He also knew John O'Hsnlon and Paul
Durand. The two last named were great
chums and were always together.
At this point Commissioner Tobin OBJ
served that 1t was very hot and very late.
and that it won!d be good idea to All journ
until tomorrow night at the usual hour,
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