The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-05
GOFF GOES HIGHER.
A Tammany Excise Commits
sioner on the Rack.
QUESTIONED ABOUT HIS BRlREs.


NEW YoEK. Dec. s--The frat witness
called before the Lexow committee today
Was Chsrles E Damseux, book keeper of the
French Cooks Society. He did not. how
ever have some of his books, and bis ex-
animation vas adjourned.
Edward III. Hoyler, real estate dealer.
was then called 10 the stand. How long
have you been OFT of the o.wego bond
swindling businessf" he was asksd.
81 was never in il.
The witness stated that he had been en-
gagged in selling and buying Austrian
bonds for ten years. Mr.. Gof put $ num-
Der Of questions designed TO show that the
witness had been permitted by the police
10 conduct a sxindiing business He was
dismissed with orders TO produce the
books used in his Transactions.
Mr.. Andrews, commissioner of street
cleaning. was sworn, and entered q gen.
eral denial OF the charge of bribery while
an excise Commissioner. brought by q wit
ness named Tomlinson.
August Lewis was called TO the stand,
and contradicted statements as to the
granting of the licenses.
Then Andrews was recalled and stated
that he was not positive about the man,
but that . man claiming TO be Lewis had
appeared before the board. and that the
license had beeE granted him.
Mr.. Golf pressed for an explanation of
why license should have been refused
one person and granted TO another, known
TO be the representative of the first.
10 conduct 8 saloon upon the same
premises. There were several animated
passages between counsel and witness
Then Mr. 0off wanted 10 know if there
had been hearing before the full board
on the application of Lambert. The
witness could not remember. Lamberts
application had been refused. Witness
said there had been hearing in the Lewis
case, but Mr. Col said he could find no
record of il, and called n witness to show
that be had all the records in the case.
lyon said you always wrote opinions
for refusing licenses. Why was none
written for refusing the notorious Tortoni.
and a long one written of this katt casey"
asked Mr.. Golf
Mr.. Andrews svaied the question.
"You granted the licenses on the Royal
hotel on Fortieth street and Sixth avenue.
and Grifith's hotel. Sixth avenue and
Forty-fourth street,"
Eyes; no protests were made against
them"
'You always heard of the Royal hotel,
that it was a nice, family hotel, did you
not2"
"Yes. sir: knew respectable people VINO
lived there"
Then you regarded the Hotel Royal in
tini7"
a;d
And you thought the ST. Omer hotel, on
Sixth avenue, was nice. clean family
hotelf"
IL think heard something. some rumor
/ think it was, concerning the 81. omer,
but when the application was made there
was no objection made. and it was
granted"
In the memorandum made by witness
at the time, be said ex-Police Justice
White personally vouched for Lewis.
Ex-Police Justice Andrew White was
then put on the stand
ibid you ever see that man. August
Lewis, before? ?" asked Mr.. Gof.
Il never did,"
"Did you ever 60 before him to the ex-
else board to vouch for him? 2"
mo. sir. >"
White was then let go.
Mr.. Andrews took his place on the stand
lie reiterated his conviction that White
had vouchei for Lewis, which White
again denied.
Mr. Golf read letter of June q, 1855,
written by Andrews TO Joseph s. Miller,
commissioner of internal revenue, In which
he Endorsed Tomlinson in the highest pos
sible terms. saving he was worthy of
any confidence, and a man OF unques-
tiopeble integrity. He had known him
for eighteen years. Mr.. Golf then tried
20 get the witness 10 explain why
he had come to think Tomlinson I'M
worthy Of confidence, thus leading
up TO the spite which caused his testl-
mony against Andrews. The witness
could give none There had been no
change in his regard for TomIinson up TO
1850 Tomiinson remained with the ex-
else board after the withdrawal of it.
Tomlinson had been County Democrat,
but changed to Tammany Hall in isss.
Mr.. Golf asked him II he had not accepted
bribe of $500 for the Tortoni license
Witness denied il. Inspectors Collins and
HagEerty were compelled to resign from
the excise department on account Of theft
and the sale of an old license. in order
that the purchaser might secure a new one.
How did these men obtain these
things p asked Mr.. Coff.
II don't know"
They stole them. did they mott
Il presume they did"
And yet, after this breach OF the rules
Of the committed. they we're only asked to
resign ." asked Mr.. Gof sarcastically.
YES"
"And the matter was kept hushed up as
much as poSsibe7"
Il believe IL VAS"
Mr.. Got. turned his attention TO
Avocation Clerk Bislsnd, who Sc
cured his position on the excise
board through the influence Of
Andrews. The latter admitted that
Blsland sent 500 year 10 his (Andrews)
wife in California lie also admitted THAI
Brewer jacob Rupert had dis
counted one OF his notes No one
else had done 80. lie kept an
account with the Lincoln National bank.
He had once sworn 10 supplementary pro-
ceedings that he owned 70 real estate.
he frequently deposited check. al the Lin
coin bank 70 the order OF Mr.. Reis-. a
clerk IN the excise department. This vas
% avoid judgments by creditors Of the de-
funct Star. OF which he had been a stock.
holder. These aggregated s6l0,pJ0
Commissioner Andrews testified inat be
bad recently deposited 5000 81 the Lin