The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-12-04
THE MAYOR SUSTAINED.
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what / took money right long"
Mr.. Thompson-Has there any other
o ficer visited your house at night and had
rooms there,
A.-Neyer an officer in this town, mover;
no, not that remember of.
The Mayor-Do you know OF any
other officers, who have taken money!
A.-Nobody but the rum sheriffs: police
men, no, no, / don't know: no. all know
about anything of that kind is what Norton
has told me. Norton says the other day,
when he was suspended. IF l &C down
there is a lot mere going with me, two or
three more in the box But lie never
mentioned any name to me in any way or
shape. Probably Norton said things that
day that he wouldn't said if he had known
he was going to be Ie-instated; he was
satisfied he was out anyway.
HENRY f. FULLER
was next called before the committee, and
the report of his examination was AS fol-
lows:
Mr.. Thompson-Mr. Fuller was there a
seizure made at the St. James when you
boarded there, and small quantity Of
liquor found in bottle in your room?
Ayes sir.
Q.-Who made the seizure at that time?
A.-Sheriff Plumnfer and Chute.
Dwell, did the proprietor OF the st.
James, Mr.. johnson, WAS he apr cached by
anyone and asked for the payment of any
money to protect him in his business, or to
quash this indictment, or to do away with
the case against him. that you know of!
A.-Not at that time; not at that seizure.
Q.-Do you know anything In regard to a
proposition that Mr.. Johnson made to Miles.
in regard to his paying Miles fifty dollars
for having the case quashed that was liable
to be brought against him?
AIR. Johnson told me that Miles wanted
fifty dollars to help hush the matter up,
and he would do all he could to help hush
it up. Mr.. Johnson told me that. and short
ly afterwards saw Mr.. Miles at the City
building here and was talking to him. and
/ brought the matter up, asked him if it
was so and he said yes; he said that he,
Johnson, promised hi m fifty dollars if he
would do certain work; and when the in
dictment was Quashed, OF it never came to
court he refused to pay Miles the fifty dol
lars; and when / was talking to Miles he
told me that if he didn't pay the fifty dol
lars he would make it warm for him; that is
what Miles told me.
The Mayor-Is that all the case you know
anything about Mr.. Fuller. in connection
with the policemen
Ayes sir.
Q.-How long ago was 1t that this took
place?
A.-WeII, this was, as near as I can re-
member. a year ago, or it will be two years
next February or March, as near as l can
remember.
Next was read the testimony of
WILLIAM S. LORD.
who said he was veterinary surgeon and
knew Officer Miles. In answer to the ques-
ton Have you ever paid Miles money for
protection" he said:
Well, Mr.. Miles and Mr.. Norton came into
the Perry House one day, and Mr.. Perry
was absent; always tend considerably for
Mr. Perry since i have been here. and they
sent up word for me to come down; went
down and Miles and Norton were there. and
| asked them what the were there for; they
said they come in by mistake; ! asked them
if they couldn't go out by mistake and they
said no. They waited around while and
finally Mr.. Perry come down and l went
out in back and left $50 on a counter there
is in back there, and they went round and
got case of beer and bottle of whiskey
and went out; didn't see them take the $50;
Mr., Perry didn't see them take the $50; and
tie next day the marshal came down. I
don't know as the next day, two or three
days afterward anyway. and made seiz-
ure and Mr.. Perry come down and paid the
fine.
In answer to questions. Mr.. Lord said he
did not know that the officers took the
money, merely inferred 1t from the fact
that the money disappeared
NATHAN DRUKER,
of 473 Fore street. clothing dealer, testi-
fed that he never was asked for money by
any officer, although he usually remembered
the officers Christmas with pocket handker-
chiefs and such little things. The street
was not in such good order under Miles and
Norton as under Morse.
RICHARD W. UNDERWOOD.
the hotel keeper said that he never paid a
cent to any officer for protection.
HENRY HARDING
said he knew of no officer who had ever
taken money for protection" He never
was approached in any way by anyone.
OFFICER DANA h. MILES'S
testimony was next read. He testified to
making the Penny House seizure. and denied
emphatically that he took any money there.
In regard to the St. James his testimony
was as follows:
Mr.. Thompson-Did you ever make
seizure of a case of beer at the st. James.
any time within the summer?
Miles-I think that I went to the st.
James in company with Deputy Sterling
and l think Officer Norton, and we took
case of some kind of beer, uno or ithla or
lager and some empty casks, but l cannot
state the date.
Mr., Thompson-Did you afterwards go to
the proprietor of the st. James TO have the
thing quashed for fifty dollars?
Miles-Nsver in my life.
Mr., Thompson-Did ne give you written
order on John Best saying to pay to you the
sum of fifty dollars whenever this lndict-
ment should oe quashed against him? Did
he give you an order on John Best?
MiIes-No. sir. 1 think you have two
separate cases mixed. Tho case speak of.
of myself and Deputy Sterling and Off1cer
Norton, was made think the past summer,