The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-12-22
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litue Ia the precinct and he could have
DID you ever give up any more to
hm3
ono"
Con led the wltnca 20 say thai hc did
n0t Ike thc precinct and was TRIMS
fcrrcd al his own request 10 The Sixty
seventh street station.
wen. what was the sources of your
revenue thcreY"
Policy shops-nothinR else"
How many were there In the pre-
Cinct2'
About ton Of them"
And how much ala you get from
each ~ those shupsi'
Twenty dollars each. The Bohemian
Liquor Dcalers' association paid mo
about $50 per month"
And how much Of this ala you get}"
"ElRlfy per cent.
"Well. captain, ~ your collncil0nHln
that district were you ever called upon
to divide with anybody az alll Any
police oniclal2'
"Ycs, with Inspector williams"
How much did you pay him each
month";
Fifty dollars"
The fact was then developed that
/ AfnlIllNANfIHtA lNfNhA llf''AN " aAi'.A''N 10
| from the Twenty-tifth 10 the Twenty
seventh precinct.
How much ala the collections
amount 20 flJm policy shopsT'
About $500"
"Ilow much did you collect from the
pool roomsy"
Two hundred dollars each month"
and during the time you collected
this money, did you ever divide WIN
any go-bctwecns?
Il gave Cannon. my collector 20 per
cent. and gave Williams $500 per
month"
'ln View of all these facts you know
| II was the inspectors duty 10 prefer
charges against you?'
| Certainly"
Capt. Schmittbcrgcr testified that he
was transferred from that precinct fol
interfering with liquor dealers. He e1-
plalncd that when Byrnes was made
superintendent, he instructed all men
not to make excise arrests unless SURF
Of conviction. as he did not believe IN
exposures.
Schmittberger said he made two bona
fde arrests, which he believed was TIA,
cause Of his transfer. lie was then
transferred 10 the Fifth precinct on
LeonaEA aireet. There were two pool
rooms In that precinct from which he
collected $500 each, and he paid lnspec-
tor McAvoy $50 each month. He was
then transferred to Charles street. and
from there To the Forty-seventh street
station. In this prcinct there were dis
orderly houses and policy shops from
which he collected about 5000 per month
II sent one OF my men" snid Schmitt
Lergy1r, Ito investigate Ia house oi
Forty-nrst street and some one mad'
complaint and Commissioner Martir
sent for me and told me TO send the MAJ
back TO the house to apologize, whicl
| did"
Referring TO the money paid McAvoy
Goff said "You paid this money as
bribe. so you would not be called upol
TO enforce the law, did you notg'
THAT was my purpose"
"Do you know Georgina Hastings, o
Forty-seventh street,
81 know Of her"
How was It she paid no protection
money!"
''Because | got a hint that lf did no
keep my hands OFF her / would get M
: fingers burnt"
CON then explained 10 the committe
that the true reason she had never beef
molested was because several Judges %
New York were in the habit of visit
ing her house and had thrown the man
tie of their protection around her, IL
further stated that the names of thpsl
Judges were in his possession, but ina
he would not use them unless 1orce'
to do so.
schmlttberger then said he knew tina
Cant. Martin had paid money for M
promotion as roundsman, because I'M
money had passed through his hands
Did he pay any more money whel
he was made a sergeant?
"Yes; he asked me about II, ana
asked williams what that would cost
He said IL would cost $1,000. Martll
gave me this money and ! gave IL Il
! Williams" -.
, "Do YOU know Of any other cases?
81 have heard that Martens tno
Martini paid $4,000 for his appoint
ment as captain"
/ NOW, captain. have you told every
thing YOU know about this matter WIN
, out reserving anything
ives. sir. / have made clean breas
of ali / know. holding back nothing
"Then YOU think the department !
rotten to the core?
"Yes, sir, and acknowledge the par
! | have taken In IT,
"Do YOU think this rottenness per
vades the whole department without eN
| II think Superintendent Byrnes Is a
. honest man and means TO do right, an
~ he was not hampered he could ru
l things properly.
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