The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-04
LEXOW AGAIN.
ONCE MORE THE PROBE is AP.
Piled IN NEW YORK.
Every Movement Shows the Botten-
ness Existing Among the New
York 0Hicials-one Witness Adj
mits Perjury.

New York, Dec. 3.-After a months
recess the senate's investigating COM
mittee today resumed probing into cor
ruption of the police department of
this city. Senator Saxton's resignation
leaves the committee with only six
members. Father Ducey appeared in
court. The fact that he ignored Arch
bishop Corrigan's notice not to present
himself at the session of the Lexow
committee is a topic of interest. Father
Ducey would only say to the reporters,
For information of any kind, 1 refer
You to Madison avenue, where Arch
bishop Corrigan lives
Among those present was John
Burns, the English labor leader, ac-
companied by Samuel Gonpers.
| August Lewis admitted under ex-
animation that he had committed per
jury in swearing he was the owner of
a saloon belonging to Nine. SchaGde,
who, was under the ban of tine excise
board and could not procure a license
Ryan persisted in his denial of any
knowledge Of the green goods business,
but was led by Mr.. Golf to admit that
he had met Apologize in Taylor's hotel
in Jersey City.
Applegate was then called and testi-
| fled that he knew Ryan as a green
goods man, and had met him in Tay-
lor'S hotel and other places which he
said were resorts of green goods men.
Ryan and wilson paid him $500 to sign
some papers in which he agreed not TO
appear against Captain Meekin. Law
yer Flannery drafted the paper and
was with Ryan and Wilson when ne
signed against it.
Lawyer F1annery was put on the
stand He denied any compensation
had been offered Applegate in his
presence for signing the affidavit. He
| also testified he received no fee from
Police Captain Meekin, but did all he
did for friendship for Meekin.
,Applegate was recalled and said
Flannery had told him he would be re-
warded for signing the affidavit.
| Ryan was recalled, and refused to
give any testimony about the green
goods business, and on leaving the
obey a subp0enae to testify, and he was
held in $500 bail, ex-Assenb-y1nan
Michael Collahan being his bondsnia Il.
/ Charles Harris, alias Michael New
| ton, was then called. The witness
SAID that in 1892 just before the presi-
! Dental election, he was paid 80 cents
| by Jimmy Diver to register as
! Patrick Ryan, from the International
hotel. The next day ne was told As
semblyman Michael Collanan wanted
some votes. In this instance, he regis
/ tered under an alias from the Grand
! Central lodging house. Assenblyman
j Collahan paid him 81 for this. Harris
! explained that after all ne did not vote.
| He was arrested and sent to the Erie
county prison before the e.eetion.
Michael Ryan admitted that he had
torn up a subpoenae TO appear before
the committee some time ago. He re-
fused to answer questions which I'm
piled that he had been a green goods
dealer.
do you remember" asked Mr.. Goff,
'fthat Apologize testified that you were
at the head of one OF the biggest green
goods agencies in this city,"
II do not"
How much money did you pay Cap
| tain Connor for allowing you to ply
your business at the Pennsylvania
ferries?'
II never, paid him anything"
| "Now, on the solemility Of your oath,
and your word as a man, viii you
swear that you do not know what the
green goods business is?''
ITO my personal knowledge. yes
"Will YOU also swear that you do not
know of your personal knowledge of
any money that has been paid to the
police OF this city as hiackmail?"
Yes"