St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-17
GOFF ON THE WARPATH.
HE ALLEGES BIG FRAUDS I'm
NEW YORK REGISTRATION,
Great State of Affairs in the Tombs
Brought to Light by the
LeXOw Committee.

NEW YORK, Oct. 16.--Policeman CAL
lahan's pulp was the subject of the
earliest inquiry today by the Lexow
committee. James Smith. who keeps a
restaurant in Greenwich street. told the
committee how the officer came to his
place intoxicated one day last week,
threatened him with a revolver and
otherwise conducted himself In a dis
orderly manner, winding up by taking
the witness to the police station. Law
yer Moss told the committee that all in
due season the police commissioners
would be called upon 10 explain
why Callahan and other brutal
or drunken officers were permitted to
remain on the force undisciplined
Joseph FrankeI, saloonkeeper, told
of paying Policeman Shelby IS week
for protection" and of having been
bulldozed into paying $500 for the
assistance of Silver Dollar Smith to
save him from state prison. Frankcl
was discharged without a hearing by
the police justice, after the money had
been paid.
Counsel Golf called the committees
attention to the registration of paupers
and criminals released from Black well's
island. He said lie had written to Supt.
Byrnes and the commissioners Of chari-
ties and corrections concerning this
illegal registration. He read the reply
from MI. Byrnes, IN which the latter
said he had taken steps to bring to JUS
tlce those who had registered illegally.
Mr.. Golf said 800 inmates of the work
house had been released without judi
cial proceedings.
After Counsel Golf had assured the
committee, as Mr.. Moss had already
done, that when the time was ripe it
would be asked to consider the Otfenses
OF the higher officials, the police COM
mlssloners, John johnson, an inmate of
the TOmbs, was placed in the witness
box. He related that when first arrest
ed he was lodged in the jefferson Mar
ket prison, where Keeper Leach insisted
with curses that he must engage law
yer named Gatlin. On two occasions
the witness paid Leach 81 for the prlvi.
lege OF walking in the corridor. This
the prisoners for about four tunes its
value. Leach was called to the stand.
DO you know what perjury is?''
asked Mr.. Golf.
mo. l DON'T" said Leach nervously.
Inc nature OF perjury was explained to
MIN, and he Was forced to acknowledge
that he had received money from pris-
onerS and that he had recommended
Lawyers Gattlin and PenticOst to prls-
onerS. Chairman LeXow then succeed
ed Ill getting the witness to admit that
1t was the custom of the keepers to
share lawyers retainer fees. But Leach
strenuously denied that he ever sold
whisky to prisoners.
Pntrirk Mol cold ho r,o, = S,,t
cousin Of John Il. Mclaughlin, and that
his relative was ptrjurer and never in
the army. This puzzled the committee,
and they probed into the con flicting
testimony. 1t was found that there
was hard feeling between the cousins.
The witness said his cousin came to him
anG said he had secured a discharge
paper from the army of a friend
Of his and he was gong to use
it to help him to get on the
police force. Policeman Mclaughlin
was called to the stand. He described
the different parts of gun and duties
OF an artilleryman. Chairman LeXow
said he believed the officer was telling
the truth. The cousin persisted IN his
assertions that the policeman had never
been in the army. lone of YOU ought
to be in state prison for perjury" COM
mented Senator O'Conuor.
Moses V. Hamilton. business man,
brought the days proceedings to
somewhat dramatic close. He identified
Capt. Martens, who was present. as the
officer he had paid SIS to two years ago.
This was to secure the privilege of let
ting his store for registry and polling
place. The city pays $50 for these sta
lions. and it appears to have been the
custom of the police to demand SIS out
of it. Police Capt. Berghold testified
that he examined Quinlan's hotel and
found evidence of an attempt to colo
niZe voters