The record-union., 1894-01-10
CONCERNING HIGHBINDRRS' PISTOLS.
Lawyer Scott Denies Making Certain
Statements.
Chief of Police Rodgers Also Has
Something to Say on This and
Similar Subjects.

There was a great mob of Cinnamon of
all grades in and about the Courthouse
yesterday, and it was evident that China
town had been struck to its depths by
the Grand Jury's investigation OF certain
charges OF corruption made against Po-
licemen Alter and Kripp.
a bout a dozen Cinnamon had been
summoned TO appear before the jury,
but the rest went along out of curiosity.
presumably. Lawyer Scott fitted about
among them, and was warned by the
| Sheriff not to coach any of the witnesses,
as some one had said he was doing.
Chief of Police Rodgers was yesterday
drawn into the muddle by published
statements credited to Scott and reflect
ing upon his management of the prison.
1t was stated that at one time Alter took
three pistols from Cinnamon, and that
when scott applied for them Rodgers
gave him but one.
The Chief stated that Scott presented an
order signed by the alleged owners of the
pistols asking that the weapons be turned
over to Scott. The latter said the China
men owed him money and gave the
pistols in payment. one of the pistols
had been temporarily lent by one of the
officers to a responsible person, and the
other two were given TO Scott, who re-
ceipted for them. The third pistol was
afterwards returned and is now at the
police Office.
Chief Rodgers and the reporter met
Scott last evening, and Rodgers asked
him concerning the statement attributed
to him. Scott replied that he had said
nothing of the kind, and must have been
misunderstood. He admitted having re-
ceived two of the three pistols, and said
he gave one to Alter and kept the other
himself. The third he had been informed
was lent to someone.
Scott volunteered the statement that he
was not responsible for all that bad been
attributed to him in connection with the
investigation now in progress by the
Grand Jury. For instance, he said, he
knew nothing about any alleged crooked
opium transaction, and that he had made
no charges against Officers Alter and
kripp to the Grand Jury. He had simply
been summoned, as had others, to testify
to what he might know concerning
alleged crookedness in Chinatown, and
stoutly maintained that he was not at the
bottom of the affair.
A statement is also attributed to Scott
that ION the occasion of the last high
binder shooting in Chinatown, when a
Chinaman shot through glass door and
tried TO kill Il merchant, Chief Rodgers
made strong efforts to get $50, for which
sum he agreed to square the case"
Chief Rodgers says all there was to that
matter was this: He called to see the
Chinaman who was shot at, and the latter
told him he would willingly give the
highbinder $50 to settle the case, as he
was afraid OF him.
The Chief says his department was
constantly pestered by Scott running
there and begging the officers to be easy
on his clients when they were arrested
for different crimes.
AS to the general charge that pistols
taken from Chinese highbinders were
not returned, Chief Rodgers says it is
false-that the weapons are always re-
turned, generally to the lawyers repre-
senting the Cinnamon, as the latter seem
to be afraid to ask for them.