The herald., 1894-12-30

$500. gave the money to my mother
to keep for me. She gave it to me be-
fore she died on September IL. 1870.
gave the money to my sweetheart, to
whom | was married on November IA,
lS7O."
"Then you had no confidence in your
self when you gave your money to your
mother, then to your sweetheart to keep
for you 2" inquired Mr.. Goff.
"No sir, / thought they could take
better care OF it than ! could" was the
reply.
s'You were saving man to accumul-
ate such q sum of money in four yeare.
Was your wife in the trucking business ?"
The witness fared up at this question
and appealed to the senator. He said
that il was an unnatural and unmanly
question. Mr.. Lexow told Mr.. Goff to
change the question and ask in what
business the young lady was engaged?
SIN the candy business" was the re.
ply. -. :, -
got back the $4,000 from his wife, but
ths inspector finally said that his wife
paid $1,000 on O house in 1885. but he
did not take this as a payment to him OF
the $4,000.
Mr.. Golf went on putting the same
question repeatedly.
ibid you ever get back that $600Uf"
Finally he said:
81 have received several sums of
money from my wife, but as to that
original amount cannot say l ever got
it?"
"Were you ever engaged in any bus.
iness since you ioined the force ?"
s'Yes. In 1881 invested $l700 in
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 three, six, nine and IL months. The
business was in Chicago and known as
the Jeffrey. CLARK Switch company. The
notes were met and made about $780,
600 to $4,000 ont of it. My brothsr.in-
law sold she royalty to several manufac-
turers and railroad companies"
sNsme some OF them"
"The Ajax Forge company, the Adams
Union Iron and Steel company. all OF
Chicago; the Missouri Pacific and the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy"
"Were you ever in Chicago?"
"Never in my life."
"By whom were the notes NADER"
.'By my brother-in-law."
WAS your name on themT'
"No."
A recess was then taken.
The line followed by Goff after recese
was an endeavor to ascertain the value
of property now owned by Inspector
Mclaughlin.
Tho witness said that in 1884 the
profits from the patent right were
larger than in the previous year. He
gave the money to his wife.
I'VE bought a house in my wife's
nsme at 449 West Twenty-seventh
street for $4,000 and paid $1,000 on
it."
"Why, if, a. you say. your wife had
about $40, 600 lying idle, did you have
. mortgage of SIS, 900 on the property ?"
s'Becsuse in case we wanted to sell
the property it was much better to
have Q mortgage on it,"
Mr.. Golf then asked O number OF
questions aa to the business his wife
was engaged in after she got this
money.
81 refuse to answer until SEQ my
counsel" replied the witness,
"Would it tend to incriminate or de-
grade your wiis?"
Mr.. Goff then got the witness to tell
what property he and his wife owned
or held under purchase contract. Mr..
Golf placed the speculative value of all
the property at $3l9 600. and the equity
at $65, 1853. The actual cost OF these
parcels he figured at $z33, IT'S. Witness
stat ed that he had been offered recently
profits on the several properties
amounting to $37, 900. thus making the
actual value of his equity $102.075.
Mr.. Goff figured up the amount OF
salary which Mclaughlin had received
since he was appointed sergeant in July,
1894, and placed itat $4,000.
''Now, inspector, where did you get
the $68, 900, the difference between the
salary earned and the money you in
vested %
my wife made lot Of money in her
business"
"Whst business ?"
II refuse to say"
swell; did you make any money
elsew here ?"
Eyes; have been buying and sell.
4 ng real estate, and it is q matter of
N cord that made 500 on deal of
rs u estate on the northeast corner of
LIN 'erty and Washington streets. 1
havt also been lucky enough to make
mon, ~ on other deals. I am also inter.
ssted with my brother-in.law, Hills, in
the Ts nderfoot mine at Webb City, Mo-.
"Ho " many detectives are under
your ca mmand?"
"Thia sy-five detective sergeanta and
30 6etsc< ives"
"What precinct did you fret have
,harQe off,
"The Fin 1,s precinct"
"Apd Blu. rns, your wardman, levied
on builders and other people
while YOU wa re there?"
81 never ki new of it. always found
Burns to be a. conscientious and brave
man."
Mr.. Goff thu n asked the witness 4
number of quest ions about the collec.
tion of money 4 or protection, both in
the First and Elt 'venth precincts, but
the inspector % ositively denied sill
knowledge of such colfettions.
He explained no he went, at the
direction OF ex-Assis tant Attorney Will
Jams, to the French line pier to inter.
cent Mrs. Schubert, the much wanted
witness, but she went by another
steamer and escaped.
Mr.. Golf then aslted him about the
assault on Augustine E. Costello, a
reporter, who tea titled that
the inspector (then captain } had hit
him in the face with brass kIluekles on
ths night of November z, 1888.
81 never hit him, aiad wal sitting in
the station house when he was brought
in."
As the examination OF Inspector
MI arcbIin was noncluded Suparinten.