The evening world., 1893-11-13
WHO GOT The Money?
Large Amounts Alleged to Have
Been Paid for |" Protection"
Sensational Testimony In the Up.
Ington-Keenan Suit.
Not Permitted to Men
tion Any Names.

room in Part ". of the Supreme Court
when the case of George p Upington
against ex-County Clerk John Keenan,
was continued, this morning. The So
called Bismarck" of the once power
full County Democracy spent half an
hour before the Judge sounded his gavel
in an earnest conference with his coun-
sci. Col George Bliss.
| In spite of the denial OF Col. Bliss,
| who, In opening for the defense, denied
that there would be any exposure, or that
any, money had peen. paid by the policy
public are still inclined to believe that
sensation will be the outcome. So
far Keenan,. through his counsel, has
that upington's charges are the result
The, Evening World" has already
In answer to Judge Truax, Col Bliss
said the case would probably use up
the rest Of the day, and after all other
ssioner Of or Jurors nH csuifieid was called
during 1881 a and $50 he he had had been a' in ,i 5ss
he had a conversation with Upington.
The latter told him that he had po-
sition with Mr.. Simmons, and IL he. the
time e he could t get af It for % the asking. a He
| admitted having availed himself OF the
opportunity presented.
| fte denied, however, tnat tnlS naQ any
relation whatever to Mr.. keenan,. on
| the contrary there were personal family
matters which he did not care to go
into.
He then went into a detailed account
] OF conversation he had with ex-County
| Clerk Butler.
Butler asked him If he knew the case
against Keenan, was coming up, on Oct s.
1T is coming up" Butler said to him,
to be In It."
l IF / am not there when the case
comes up 1t will go against Keenan,, as
l am the only respectable witness they
have against him." Butler is alleged to
II was intImated that the witness
should see Keenan,, and he, did. After;
wards he saw Butler again and told
money for his going away. Keenan,,
any information that would defeat Up
ingtGn. Matters however. never got to
$4,000.
On cross-examination the witness ad-
mitted that Keenan, had been interested
with him in a few contracts. An at
tempt was made to show that the wit
ness had no occupation and that he
when nc said he owned farm. The
farm is in his wifes name.
He was appointed Commissioner Of
1884 Before that he was an Inspector of
Weights and Measures, and had always
been a friend of keenan,.
ington in lS7s-s5O0~and the borrowing
process continued for about three years.
He kept no account OF the loans.
but he did keep an account OF the
money he loaned Upington-about six or
seven times.
His memory was very defective as to
his transactions with upington when
. Zachariah f. Simmons, OF Lexington,
Ky. who lived in New York during lss4-
s., and who was one. of the proprietors
the next witness. He knew Cpington
for thirteen or fourteen years. He had
a conversation with Upington in July,
they made an arrangement by which
Upington was TO receive sloO week TO
look after the witnesses interest in the
policy and lottery business here.
Col. Bliss wanted to show that all the
moneys alleged to haye been give 10
Keenan, really belonged to the witness,
direction for entirely different purposes;
that Uplngton did not have enough
money of his own to make the payments
to Keenan, which he claims to have
done
Simmons proved star witness in many
ways Both lawyers, however, tried 10
public Is 50 anxious, TO know-the names
OF the officials to whom money had been
paid for protection. CplngtQn had told
il was paid. The names Of some officials
had been mentioned, but the witness was
not allowed TO tell whether the name of
John keenan, had been used.
During this part OF the proceedings eN-
Alderman Michael Dutfy, OF doodle fame;
Anthony Comstock entered and took
lively interest in the proceedings,
DGnisl j. Bernstein stein. Wao yaa ma mad also
proved an. interesting witness, He, had
known TpinGton fourteen years and had
been interested with him in the. policy
business in Broad street in lSS? rb in con
had been Jointly indicted,
At 500 Broadway the witness received
all thC money from the sub,policy offices.
expenses ant protection money were
deposited in bank, The rest was given
to simmons. Money was brought to
Cpington ana he had many converse
ington had told him in August and Sep
and later as much as 5000 a month.
; He claimed altogether to have paid out
over $4,000, He was not allowed to tell
As far back az iSS5 Upingron told him
he was going to bring suit against
Keenan,,
"'What do you mean by that. George?
asked him" went on the witness.
Didn't you tell me Keenan, had never
received cent OF this money? How
then can YOU sue him.
Never mind he said 10 me. He is
the only one of the gang whom I can
get. paid out money 20 lots OF people
You have no idea of There Is a stake
for you In this thing II you stick by
me-. "
The witness said he had other conver-
sations OF like nature with Upington
notably one at the Hoffman House. but
he was not asked ia give particulars.
The drift OF his testimony was TO
show that upngton could not have paid
money TO Keenan, out of the bank Rc-
count, because IL all was paid out for
protection to other parties.
Lawyer Hunt, for Upington, severely
cross-eNamined the witness. He ad-
mitted being a brother-in-law OF Sim
i mons