St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-01

tile money 10 compensate me for the
loss OF the position on The committee. /
was then drawing S65 month as q
compassion in the office of the Pioneer
Press. Any time lost was deducted.
My service OH committees took up con-
considerable OF MY time. l was ON the
committee OIL streets, several special
committees, the committee on requisi-
tons. There wasno salary for service
soa committees. The salary as alder
man was 500 a year.
II don't recOllect when l. received
money from MIR. Mccarthy. bat / Judge
: received the money, as stated Nv the
witness. every month. don't recOlect
zgetting money In the Office of building
/ went into that Office several
times. j sometimes went To see Mr..
Mccarthy on lodge matters. never
went to the office of building inspector
ito get money. never asked for any
money. l would not have received the
;honey, had known 1t came from the
building inspectors Office. Receiving
the money did not influence me at any
time. ! received the money in Novem-
bier, 1893, In an envelope at the Pioneer
IPress office. MIR. Morris brought me the
euOney In December last We talked
about matters. As he left he handed
sSAOPSs \ saw ~ was llh0 ~ uc
envelope l had received the month
before. asked him how he came to
have anything to do with money belong
tug to me. He looked surprised. and
told me 1t had come from the boys in
the office. They had been making up
purse for me. told him that l would
not have taken 1t II had known that
1t came from the building Inspectors
office. He said there was nothing wrong
about it: that 1t was present. Soon
after the receipt of the first money l
had q talk with Mr.. Zimmerman about
it."
The offer to show that Mr.. Franklin
offered to go into caucus at the begin-
ming or the present year to elect q sue
cessnr to MIR. Morris was not allowed.
Neither was the defense. allowed to
show that he voted for Walter lie.
The question. "Why did you resign as
aldernianY was not allowed to be an
swered.
II heard from Mr.. Kelleher that MIR.
Fuller had been circulating the report
that hat been bribed. told Mr.. KEEL
leher that did not know that had
been bribed. and II any one had paid
money with that understanding l want
ed to pay it back. went to the build
ing inspectors Office and talked with
Maj. Meyer and told him that l was
willing to pay back the money to any
one who thought it had been bribe. l
don't know that any one asked for the
money they had paid. afterwards saw
all OF the men in the office. There was
something said about atfidavits. Ibid
not make the advances about them. 1t
was proposed to take afiidavits relative
to paying back the money"
On crOss.examinatiun Mr.. Franklin
stated that he was born In England aUout
'tWenty-six years ago. he was natural
lied by the supreme court. Mir. Nc
Carthy was not close acquaintance.
Il suspected John F. Dale. MIR. Dix
and other friends on the West side were
interested In raising the money. Some
times the money was given me by MIR.
Mccarthy, and sometimes 1t was left in
an,envelope at the office. would not
swear how often got money. or how
much got altogether. Could not
swear that got as much as $500, or that
| didn't get S270. Don't know whether
i got It every month. Could not swear
that; i got 1t as many as eighteen
months. l never got any other sum
than 2l5 month. could. not swear
whether ony one went. witt, me to see
Mr. Mum. did not 60 10 see the boys
At the building inspectors Office after
seeing MIR. Mum. was willing to pay
the money back, provided. all affidavit
was made the money was. paid back.
- 1.-The money CAME frequently, but |
never took account of how often. II
the money was contributed voluntarily
could see no harm; in taking it.. Ii it
came honestly could see no harm III
taking it from the building inspectors
office. The So paid by Mr.. Bally was
paid back to him.?'
j. Capt. II. A. Castle testified that hay
ing known the reputation of Mr.. Frank
lin for. three and a half years hs would
say It has been good up to the time of
this matter.
r.9T.1F. Thomas testified to the good
reputation OF Mr.. franklin. ss-:.2- Ill
,s,Ald. Zimmerman testified as to the
meeting in his Office in the summer of
1892, At thattim the opinion of Frank
lin, MIR. Jensen and himself was that it
would not I've advisable TO pass the ordi-
nance. There was general cOnversa-
ton over the ordinance at meeting
held IN MIR. '1ngers0lPs Office the night
after caucus to elect public printer.
At that time MIR. Franklin, said It could
not be passed. as Mr.. Hickman and Mr..
Jensen would not vote for 1t.
CIV. HOrnick, manager Of the Pioneer
Press job office. testified that MIR. Frank.
lin worked in the Office for several
years. and his reputation for honesty is
excellent. E. G.. Ives testified to the
good reputation of Mr.. Franklin, as did
also Peter DAILY and James Morrow.
The defense announced shortly before
5 O'Clock that the evidence for that side
was all In, and court adjourned until
Wednesday morning.