The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-12
FORGET NOT so FORCETFUL.
lie Finally Remembers That He Paid a
Captain $500.

SchmittberEer the oncial Who Re-
ceived the Money That Would Have
Been Paid to omcer Degan Had He
Not Been Removed for Refusing to
Give 1t Up-An Attempt Made to Have
Forget Shield the Captain.
New York, oct. u.-Mr Forget. agent of
the French steamship line, gave direct
testimony to-day that a police captain had
unlawfully accepted money from him. Mr..
Forget was a witness before the Lexow
committee on Tuesday but at that time
his memory was so defective that Chief
Counsel Goff gave him until to-day to re-
fresh his recollections of his dealings
with the police.
Now Mr. Forget" said Mr.. Con-,
when the proceedings began to-day, have
you remembered what became of that $500
paid to the police by you on Dec 81, 1891? %
! have. paid IT to Capt. Max Schmitt-
berger" was the reply.
Mr Forget continued: THE ward de-
tective told me that as we had ceased to
pay officer Degan $40 n week for a year,
the captain wanted $500, which sum the
aggregate"
Did Capt schmittberger call for the
money!"
Il believe he did. Yes, l remember pay
ing him in bills"
officer Martin G. Riley. for twenty-six
years on the force and member of the
steamboat squad during fifteen years, tes-
uhed that he made $40 a week for extra
services on the Cunard line pier, but that
capt bchmittberger wanted every cent
or 1t. Riley, however. objected. He was
already paying the ward detective IS q
Week His evidence was strongly cor
roborative of Officer Degan. He said he
was taken from the Cunard line pier and
placed on less pleasant post
Ihe next witness was Gustave Wolf,
whom Mr.. Forget. the manager OF the
French line, testified on Tuesday had ap-
preached him In Capt. Schmittbergers be-
hair lie is manager of the Mallard candy
factory in West Twenty-sixth street He
said he knew Capt. Schmittberger for
years. The captain asked him If he would
intercede with Mr.. Forget in his behalf
The witness did business with Mr.. For
get ana consented to ask him not to testify
against the captain.
Leon Buck was not profitable witness,
He told the committee with seeming reluc-
tance and professedly with fear, that in
consequence of his evidence he would be
assaulted by the Max Hochstim gang.
that he had been discharged from the
fire department of the city because it be-
came known that he would be a witness
before the committee He admitted, under
cross examination, however that incom-
potency had been alleged as the reason for
his discharge.
Joseph II. Brown. a clerk in the court
of common pleas in the naturalization
department, was then called. He said the
fan season was the busy time In his
department.
How many persons were naturalized
in your court yesterday"
"SiKty-three persons yesterday, and
sixty-two The day before"
He said 80 cents was charged for cit-
izenshp certificates OF declaration
Certain political organizations sent
checks, against which the fees were
charged up. II think the German-Amer-
lean organization sent a check for siO0.
and the Tammany organization a check
for $50"
The witness then described the process
Of uaturaii2ing a citizen In detail He
said that he and his fellow clerks always
put questions 10 a candidate for citizen-
ship, and that n the latter failed TO am
swer them they rejected him.
so that without your permission"
said Mr.. Gof, ''the candidate can go no
further"
Yes, sir"
"Thia Is an important piece OF evidence,
Mr. chairman that clerk csa exercise
ministerial power without such power be-
Ing delegated to him." said Mr. Cor.
Yes, indeed 1t is" said Chairman
Laxow.
Lawrence Carney, who has been en-
gagged In the policy business for some
years, was the first witness called after
the recess. lie produced a list of GOO
policy shops which he said were run
hlng IA this city up to a few days ago.
The witness explained how the game was
played, gave the names of the principal
baekers in this city, and said all classes
or persons played the game. lie said that
IN one ward. Capt. Siebert's precinct, he
had seen school children play Carney
testified that the police were paid for pro-
tection and mentioned number OF cap
taips to whom he knew money was paid
In describing the game, the witness mem
toned the names OF various gigs. lie was
asked If they had "LeXow gig" and re-
piled in the negative lie stated, amid
great laughter. that there was "McKane
Rig," though It was, he said. McKane's
age, the number Of his cell. and the NUM-
ber Of his time.
After some unimportant testimony an
adjournment was taken till next Tues
day
FOUND DEAD IN A DITCH.