The morning call., 1893-11-10
: LACK BUSINESS METHODS.
Condemned Meat Trusted to Third
= Parties.
OTHER BRIBERY IS ALLEGED.
How Inspector Newman's Father-in-
Law Bought Twenty Bad Calves
- for so Cents Apiece.

n
WING NJ the new City Hall yesterday to
investigate Market Inspectors Newman
and Auricb, who have been charged
with taking brides and Matchmaking
dealers in meat
;: The new rooms contained over fifty
wholesale butchers who were either wit
nesses or interested in the result.
The investigation was not concluded,
although it was almost 3 O'clock when the
board adjourned, having been in session
from IL o'clock in the morning. The
result of the inquiry, as far as it went,
was to throw a shade on the regulations
of the inspectors. Outside of the dis
closure of official corruption. the chief
thing of interest revealed to tho city was
the lax and careless manner in which
responsible public officers transacted
business of a most important nature.
Their tactics gave wide field for bribery
and corruption. Under their system even
third parties could step in and reap a
benefit by selling condemned calves with
cut any one being the wiser. The city
.had.no protection whatever. Calves were
condemned by the inspectors according to
theft testimony. and sent out TO the bone
ward at:the POtrerO without any officer to
ACCOMPANY them and in common express
wagon, driven by hired man engaged for
the occasion. No receipts were asked
OF given for the calves. There was moth
Ing to prevent the eXpressman from selling
the greater portion of the condemned
calves on his route without any body know
Ing it, for there was no check on the posi-
bifities of such sales. The fact that this
thing has been going on right under
the POSES of the members OF the Board OF
Health has revealed to them that a little
of the institutions under their
control will result in considerable good.
:. If the Board Of Health has the interests of
the city at heart it will create a small revo-
intiDn in the manner in which some of the
officials: under its control, outside of the
main office, transact public, but TO them
private business, using up large sums OF
the pu bic mOrey. The investigation yes
terdag was into charges brought against
Chief Market Inspector Simon Newman
and his Assistant Inspector Aurich. All
the mem bers of the board were present.
Mayor %Ellert acted as chief interl0cutOr
during 1.-The session, and, under his sharp
Questioning, the testimony Of the wit
+ueSS es were brought in full and at times
startling relief.
: The first charge brought by G. A. Fay
was against Inspector AUrich and was 10
the .effett that on the 17tb OF last March
Anrich had allowed butcher IN the Cali
fOrnia Market TO take a calf out of the
eODlembe ed meat wagon.
The evidence in the case was greatly
hearsaV. The explana ton given by Aurich
was. taAt InSpectoE Newman had ordered
him To- take the calf from the wharf to the
California: Market as a favor to friend.
but tHa at. il was a good animal.
There being but little substantiation in
this case. to any Wrongdoing tho charge
was dismissed on the motion of DIR. Mays.
but there was a second motion carried to
ceIIsure the inspectors for carrying good
calves. IN the coudemned-meat wagon to
ob!ige friends.
Inspector Newman testified that he &C
comfI0gated friends in this way. and the
members of the board used the strongest
Language in condemning the Improperly
or the practice.
=. it was also thought, odd that butcher
doing alegitimate trade would have such
bad ludgme Mt as TO have good calf taken
to his stare by condemned-meat wagon,
which corresponds to that of the Morgue
" agon among the butchers, while passing
customers might see the transaction and
cease to buy any more meat in the place.
" The Mayor ordered al investigation into
the.ebarge brought by Richard Schwartz
against Inspector Newman, who was rep
resented by an attorney, as were also his
accuserS.. Richard Schwartz was placed
0nsihe stand. which be occupied for over
an Ii our. His testimony was graphic as IL
WAS humorous from his startling orlgi-
nalfty of manner, which it would be i'm
possible to reproduce.
Schwartz had calf seized by Inspectors
Newman and Aurich, October q, at Golden
Gate avenue and Larkin street. Schwartz
saw bejHspectoTs pour something on the
calf, hut twas not coal oil. as ordered by
The Board Of Health. According to
Schwartz story he followed the inspectors
to the water front and invited them to
take a drink. When they went into a
saloon Schwartz claimed that INSPECTOR
Newman offered 10 let him bring in and
sell all the calves be wanted if he would
pay him $50. An engagement was made
for the next day, but Newman did not
keep it. sch wartZ was asked why he
wanted Newman to take drink after the
latter had seized his property.
st broke my heart" said Schwartz in
Sanclfo PanZa voice, 40 lose my pnor calf,
and wanted to get him back"
Schwartz said he had money the next
morning and was at the meeting place, but
Newman did not appear.
Benjamin Davis. retired butcher. tes-
tilted to the main facts of Schwartz
story, and said in the waterfront saloon
he. overheard the conversation between
Newman and Schwartz when the former
said ST you give me $50 month you
can bring in all the - calves you please"
.-1uSDPcIOT AuIltu lb1iiuCu thdb hC Wao
present during the saloon interview, but
That no such conversation took place and
the men did not separate. Inspector New
.inda gave similar testimony.
Samuel Brunswick testified that he was
one of the saloon party, but that the party
did separate.
The Schwartz charges were taken under
adyisehent by the board as being OF very
serious nature, and those brought by Flory
8iagtni were taken up. These were OF
general nature, with one exception, and
made on Information and belief. 1t IL ex-
teeted tQprnve the general charges OF NAL
q isasance on the part OF Newman by about
fifteen witnesses.
l ne one particular charge against the
II spectors was that about ten months ago
= tAe Two pect0rs came in his place and
. a'Ked MIN 10 give them horse. He kept
~ nising them, but did not DO so.
flhaliy they SAID they would leave him
gone lor, SIX months if he gave them
bIae' AuEleh was the man who said this
ola9lTl brought the same charges against
til3 inspectors shortly afterward. bur did
not press them. He said the reason was
INT ne was informed that if he dropped
th' charges he would not be molested apy
more. lie dropped the charges. and in ten
mdltns, ne never saw the inspectors. al
though he has calves for sale every dav
Laely Ire said they have been annovipo
hin abOuf Chickens -