The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-12-19

"Wsll, guess Il Was"
Where was the money paid to Mar.
"In the bank. just after 1 drew il.
out"
"And was anything said about any
part Of this money being paid to third
party7"
NO."
Reppenhagsn then went on TO state
that the 5000 which had been paid to
him he used in paying pressing debts.
who is Con SheehauT
"a policeman"
"And why did you loan sheehaa
S25OT
because he asked me for It."
"Is it not 4 custom for the saloon
keepers in your vicinity to give small
loans to the police?"
"oh, yes; IS or SO at time"
"And as result the police are not so
strict about the enforcement Of the ex.
else law, are they"
"No, they are not" j
"And do you ever get these small
loans back"
Sometimes we do; not often, though" F"
as it not fact that the saloon keep
ers in your neighborhood are assessed to
make a Christmas present for the cap
tainP
Eyes, it is; every year."
The witness said he had been as
sessed only once, and then for Gap tain
Cassidy, since dead. This was in 1891.
"But Cassidy was dead at that time,
and Mclaughlin was there"
"I believe he was" the witness ad-
mitted. Mr.. Golf then showed from
December /, 1891, to February l, 1902,
Reppenhagen had paid out an aggregate
OF $3.50 in loans to policemen, and used
S492 in paying old debts. The witness
stated that the police paid back some OF
the loans.
Reppenha2en said he was member
OF the executive committee OF the Voor-
his Democracy at the time Comm is-
sionor Voorhis was its head. The ques.
ton OF patronage often came up at
their sessions.
"And Commissioner Voorhis con-
tributed the lions share OF itr
"Yes."
"Was 1t generally understood that
Voorhis could be reached only through
Martini"
Yes; that was the reason saw Mar.
tin about the Creedon matter
MIR. Goff then led the witness into an
acknowledgment that he had kept a
gambling machine in his place after it
was forbidden, but that the police made
no objection.
Policeman O'Neil was then called to
the stand. Sergeant Taylor aud Captain
Allaire were also called and sworn, and
requested to leave the room while
0Neil testified.
The witness was then told that no ac-
tion could be brought against him for
his testimony and was warned OF the
danger OF perjuring himself.
The witness said that he is now q
member OF the steamboat squad, having
been assigned to that service in lSS2,
when Captain Cassidy was in command.
"While you wero on the steamboat
squad did you ever receive any money
from the White Star line%
"Yes."
"How much2"
"Ten dollars week and my meals"
"0ut Of the SlU per week did you
have to pay anything?
"Yes, S25 a month to Wardman Mi
chael Cannon"
"Who was this money for%
"rhe captain"
"Whnt captain was in charge at that
timer"
"Cantain schmittberper."
Witness said further than when Cap
tain AIIaire was given charge of the
nrecinct be continued to nav the SOS
per n,on,b bnt that The frat money he
ever paid out OF this extra compensa-
tion was to CAPTAIN Schnittberger.
OHirsr Rock another member of the
,,Sor1ba,t Jee p'.H, sHnad % ,sstifsd that some
tine 400 bo naid ssrgeant TAYLOR OF the
same @ sonad Sin which he had received
CO.. @ ox,ro wort for a asteon,lIip company.
~. ..Hii " "or "0 have N nav anv money ont
of yon. soIorv
.Vaa
ouoI rrcb pu
mTar doiiors a month"
"How much did you get?"
"Only Sl0O."
Witness said that Warden Ball had
asked him whether he received any eX-
ira money. When he replied afTirma-
lively Bail said he wanted It all for
Captain Schmittberger. Then witness
had turned the money over every
month.
Policeman Herman Interman fol.
lowed. He testified that he had been on
the American Company's pier and re-
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