The evening world., 1894-10-16
WHO IS TELLING THE TRUTH?
Contradictory Testimony at the
Trial of Detective zundt.
His Story Flatly Contradicted by
sleuths McManus and Lang.

Rank perjury was committed by some
one at the trial of Detective-Sergt
George V. Xundt, before Police Commits
sioner Welles. of Brooklyn. this morning
Zundt was on trial for failing TO pay to
the Police Pension Fund 10 per cent. OF
the reward which he received from
CHARLES NJ. Patterson n New York mer-
chant. for recovering a diamond stud
which had been stolen from Patterson
while the latter was riding on an Ele-
waited train in Brooklyn.
The trial was the outcome OF Mr.. Pat
terson's testimony before the Lexow
Committee, in which he practically de-
clared that the New York and Brooklyn
detectives were in IA scheme to swlndie
him.
Former Deputy Police Commissioner
Damon, who was the first witness called,
testified that Zundt had applied Ior ANA
received perm ssion to accept So reward
from Patterson.
"Zundt tod me that the money was to
go 10 the New YORK detectives who had
recoV, ed the stud said Mr.: Dahon.
Mr.. Dallon said that under the police
rules, which he had framed, ZIndt shouli
have pad 10 per cent. of the reward
INTO the pension fund.
Zundt next testified.
Il never at any time in this transac-
ton received or retained for myself one
cent as reward from Mr.. Patterson,
he declared.
Continuing, he said that the New
York detectives, McManus and Lang,
had recovered the diamond; they were
entitled to the reward. Patterson had
given him two checks, one for $50 To
repay a loan made by Zundt to enable
Patterson to get his diamond from the
pawnbroker, and another check Tor $Ol
as a reward. Patterson stopped pay
ment on the $50 check.
n n aRI "a oh hn n inT
receiving the check he. in company with
former Detective Mooney, of Brooklyn
met Lang and McNianus in saloon neat
the bridge, and that he offered to give
the New York men the reward. The
money was in ten s. bills. He had shown
Pattersons letter notifying him that 1t
had stopped payment on the check, and
they refused to take the money.
You'd better keep It," Zundt testified
that the New York men said, handing
back the money, "as you're out on the
Then l split the money up and gave
the New York men So apiece, saying
| There's the price of a hat" Zundi
swore. He also declared that they took
the money.
Zundt admitted that he retained $50
but he thought he was entitled to that
much because of his loss of the $50 loan
and also because the New York men re-
fused to take II.
On cross-eXamnation, he admitted
| that he had not asked permission to re-
ceive $50: he thought his former appli.
| cation to receive the $50 wa sufficient.
Elk Detective Cornelius Mahoney, wher
called to the stand. swyre that Fund
had offered the $50 to Lang ana Me
Manus; that they refused 1t and tina
he saw Zundt take two s. bh.s from tn,
roll and hand them then out to the NV Yort
| hat" He would not swear that the New
York men took the money.
| Il may, have turned my head at tina
took it, | did not actually witness tn
| transfer of tbs money"
| Both Zundt and Mahoney swore tina
McManus had first produced the pawn
| McManus and Lang then went on tn
| stand, and swore most positively tina
| the ticket had been produced by Fund
and that they never, go, cent. Nc
Manus, who was reduced to the rank
| because of Zundt's testimony before
Supt. Byrnes, concerning the transaGc
ton, has. since been restored to his ole
| rank as detective-sergeant.
On the occasion when Iundt swore III
| had given them each a 30 bill McManu'
testified that he met the Brooklyn detec
saloon. ZunGt asked him to have {
did he offer you the $50 reward"
| mo. sir.
Did he give you you the So and say That
mo, sir; we never got a cent. At tina
time we didn't know he had received
anything frOln Mr.. Patterson"
| Cross-eXamined by Lawyer Wilbur
who appeared for Zundt, AicManus sale
| he had been New York policeman fol
eleven years. He had known Zundt fol
six or seven years.
you knew him pretty well, didn'
you?"
mo, sir; not well enough"
what do you mean by that
mot as well as l do now; not as wei
| as | wish ! had"
McManus swore that he heard nothinl
about the reward until June Y, nearl!
| two weeks after Zundt received II
Then he again met Zundt and Mahoney
Zundt told him that he intended doint
something for him with the reward, bu
that Patterson had stopped payment OF
| the check. The witness swore positively
that Zundt had first pr oduced the tickle
| for Patterson's diamond.
| Lang's story was in the main n cor
| roboration Of McManus's. Lawyer VII
| bur sought to show that the New Yorl
| men had grudge against Xundt becaus
| they had been reduced in rank, hut Com
missioner Weiles ruled out this line o
| inquiry
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