St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-12-30

court.
Capt. Martens was called.
"How is Mrs. Martens, captain?" was
Mr.. Gotf's first question.
''She is very sick, sir"
MIR. Golf then accused the captain of
keeping his wife away from court. fear
ing that on her examination she might
tell something which would subStantiate
the charges of corruption which Martens
is accused Of. Martens tried to explain
his wife's condition, but Mr.. Golf would
not let him, and kept on saying very
severe thing to the witness.
You may go. nOw," said Mr.. Golf, as
soon as he thought he had said enough.
rs Capt. Meakim here?' asked the
inquistor. There was no answer, and
again MIR. Golf got off
Shower Of InVectives,
in which he charged the absent captain
with protecting "green goods opera
tors and several other acts Of corrup-
ton
Capt. Ryan was called. and ne gave
his bank books TO Mr.. Golf in Difference
to the orders given him when excused
yesterday. The captain denied that he
ever accepted any money and added:
"Sure. IL would be very foolish for any
one to offer me money for protection. |
would not touch 1t. for | ain an honest
man." The captain was then excused .
Inspector Mclaughlin was next
called, but he was not on hand"
lie was subp9naed again last
night" said Mr.. Golf, land we tele-
phoned to police headquarters and re-
celved the information that he had left
there to come here"
EnI
court room, and apolOgiZed for not being
on hand earlier. but said he had been in
constant attendance for the last three
days.
what age were you when you joined
the police?"
"IWenty-One years old"
when did you join the force?"
"On Nov. 26. 1866"
''How much money had you when you
Joined the force?'
"SiX thousand dollars. | had three
trucks in West Washington market for
four or five years. and saved 81, 800 and
sold my truck and horses for $500 l
gave the money to my mother to keep
for me. She gave it to me before she
died, on Sept. II, 1870. gave the money
to my sweetheart. to whom l was mar
ried OIL Nov. IA, 1870"
" y
self when you gave your money to your
mother, and then to your sweetheart, to
keep for youw inquired Mr.. Golf.
mo, sir; but l thought they could
take better care of it than [ could" was
the reply.
You were business man, and must
have been saving man to accumulate
such sum OF money In four years?
Was your sweetheart in the trucking
buSinessw
The Witness FIared
up at this question and appealed to the
senator. He said that it was AIN un-
natural and unmanly question. Mr..
LeXOw told Mr.. Golf to change the ques-
tiOn. and ask in what business the young
lady was engaged.
''ln the candy business" was the
reply.
MIR. Golf then asked If he ever got
back the $4,000 from his wife, but the
Inspector nedged around. ana finally
said that his wife paid $1,000 on a house
in 1882. but he did not take this as a
payment to him of the $4,000 Mr.. Golf
went on putting the same question re-
peatedly.
did you ever get back that SCOOP"
Finally he said:
u have received several moneys from
my wife, but as to that original amount
cannot say L ever got IT,"
"Were you ever engaged in any busi-
ness since you joined the force?'
"4eS. In 1881 l invested $1,750 in a
patent switch. My brother-in>law,
Frederick Hills, bought the Jeffrey
Clark switch patent for $4,000. There
were four notes of $500 each. payable
at 3, +, 9 and IL months. The business
was in Chicago, and known as the
jeffrey Clark Switch company. The
notes were met, and | made about S35,
OOO to $4,000 out of it. My brother sold
the royalty to several manufacturers
and railroad companies"
Name some of them"
"Ihe Ajax Forge company, the Ad-
ans company, the Union iron Steel
company, all of Chicago; the Missouri
Pacific and the Chicago, Burlington q
Quincy railroads."
Were you ever in Chicago?''
"Never in my life.'
by whom were the notes made?'
''By my brOtherin- -law."
WAS your name on them?"
"No."
A recess was taken.
McLaughlIn,s Property.
The line followed by Mr.. Golf after
recess was an endeavOr to ascertain the
value of property now owned by In
Spector Mclaughlin.
The witness said in 1884 the profits
from the patent right were larger than
In the previous year. He gave the
money to his wife.
ave bought house in my wife'S
name at 449 West Twenty>seVenth
street at $4,000, and paid $1,000 on :''
why, If as you say, that your wifi g
had about $4,000 lying idle, did you
have mortgage of $500 Oh the prop
erty?"
Because, in case we wanted to sell
the property, it was much better to have
a mortgage Oh it,"
MIR. Goff then asked q number of
questions as to the business his wife
was engaged in after she got this
money.
~ refuse to answer until l see nv
COUNSEL" replied the witness.
"Would it tend to incriminate or de-
grade your wife?'
No"
Mr.. Golf then got the witness to tell
what property his wife and he owned
under purchase contract. Mr.. Golf
placed the speculative value of all the
property at $4,000 and the equity at
S60, l73. The actual cost of these parcels
he figured at S283, IT'S. Witness stated
that he had been offered recently profits
on the several properties amounting to
$4,000. thus making the actual value of
his equity Sl02.O75.
Mr.. Gotf figured up the amonnt of SAL
ary which Mclaughlin had since he
was appointed sergeant i'll July, 1884,
and he placed it at $4,000.
Now Inspector, where did you get
the $4,000, the difference between the
salary you earned and the money you
invested?'
'sWy Wife Made a Lot of Money
in her business"
"What buslneSs?'
81 refuse TO say"
"Well, did you make any money else-
where?"
:" Yes; have been buying and selling
real estate. and it is matter OF record
that l made $4,000 OH deal of real es-