The morning call., 1893-05-18

but had never given anything to the ac-
cused sergeant. She had lived on the street
| FIVE weeks.
Julia Boget of Quincy street was called,
and swoe that she had never bribed the
officer.
Leslie Rousseau. who has changed her
| address pretty frequently during the last
few years, testified to having known Ser
geaat Whitman for some time. but she had
never been called upon TO pay him any
| money.
In cross-examination the witness swore
that she had not talked about the present
charges against the sergeant
Has Sergeant Whitman ever been in
your house?"
Never"
"Do you know any Of the officers on the
beat?"
mo. only know Sergeant Whitman"
Witness was questioned closely as to
| business connections alleged to exist be-
tween her friend. one Charles Cress, a
| Quincy-street saIoon-keeper, and Sergeant
| Whitman, hut she denied all knowledge of
such connection. Cress was in the country,
but bis bookssof account were in her house.
Can you get those books for US TO-
night?"
II viii ask his partner"
| So the witness was forthwith dispatched
to the house in charge of policeman.
| Pauline Schmitz, also of Quincy street,
| gave similar testim ony. She knew Cress,
the Quiney-street saloon-keeper She had
talked with other girls. the last witness in
particular, about the investigation. but had
never heard Cress' name mentioned in
connection with the scandal
May Raymond, resident of Quincy
| street, knew Whitman very well by sight.
In fact, Wittmsn was the only officer on
the force she knew even by name.
Bertha Rose testified to having been ar
rested several times. and on one occasion
her door was kicked in by some polcem an
she did not know. Whitman was close by
at the time. Officer McGrath was called
in and identified by the witness as the
| policeman spoken of.
Louise Laroche understood all questions
put to her in English. but gave her answers
in French. She had those answers ready,
too. She knew both Whitman and Johns
ever since they had been on the beat.
Blanche Voisin had known Sergeant
| Whitman forthe two years she had resided
in San Francisco. She also knew Cress,
! but had never seen the two together.
Marie Lafeur, who boards with Julie
| Rousseau, did not know what she was
summoned for. She had once been ar
rested for grand larceny, and Sergeant
! Whitman had testified to her character, and
she was acquitted. But she had never
| spoken to Whitman in her life. She under
stood that her lawyer had arranged her
case.
ASK her if she knows me, and if her
accuser once came to my office with her"
asked Chief Crowley.
Witness had some dim recollection of
the circumstance. but her imperfect
knowledge of English prevented her re-
me mbering what was said to her.
Here Chief Crowley stated that he re-
membered her case, that there was MOTH
ing in the charge against her, and that his
officers merely testified in accordance with
| that view.
Susie Declais had lived in the neighbor-
hood of Quincy street for many years, but
had had no financial transactions with
policemen. Her landlady was one OF the
witnesses present, but there had been no
discussion between them On the investi-
CATION.
Isabelle Curry not only had never paid
money to Whitman, but had even once
been arrested by him.
Tootie Hamilton. who confessed her in
! ability to either read or write, picked up
all she knew of the investigation from a
| friend, who read the paper to her. She
! considered Whitman thorough gentle
man." in that he had never entered her
| house, nor spoken to her, nor interfered
with her.
May Stewart, May Snow. Maud Wilson,
Lena Adams. Bessie Moore, Nettie Clarke.
Angelina Depiagi and Victoria Grandreyer
| all gave similar testimony. No effort was
made to contradict their statements, At
torney Sullivan contenting himself with
eliciting the TACT that none of them were
or had ever been "landadies."
Alice Martin of Quincy street testified
as her predecessors had done that she had
never given any money to Whitman or any
| other policeman. She admitted, however,
that she was one of Nine. Brunette's ten
ants. Mrs. Brunette owns the furniture of
her rooms, and Mrs. Brunette and other
tenants of her high-priced apartments had
! sworn that Whitman had never taken
tribute from them.
Lena Bernhardt of Quincy street testi-
fed that the rooms she occupies are the
property of Mrs. Molin, who lives in
! Alameda. Lena had never shared her
earnings with the sergeant.
Josie Watson of Quincy street declared
that she knew Whitman and had been
| arrested by him, but had never insulted
| him with the offer of a bribe.
| Belle Raymond Of Quincy street ad-
mitted that she had been arrested by Ser
geant Whitman. She declared that she
had never paid for immunity from arrest.
Louise Ashley, Minnie Sherman and
| Grace Sherman, all of Quincy street, testi-
fed that they knew Sergeant Whitman
and had never given him cent.
Louise Dubois said that she had never
made enough money to make it worth her
while to keep books She had been ac-
quainted with all the sergeants on her
beat, but did not know the names of any
patrolmen. She had never conversed with
any one about the case. She had only just
been summoned to appear.
Here Commissioner Tobin remarked that
il was II 80. and that as there were still
number OF witnesses to be examined the
inquiry had better be adjourned for the
night.
well. SIR" said Attorney Sullivan,
I'VE are perfectly willing to admit that all
the other witnesses will give the same
testimony"
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