The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-11-01

to the District Attorney and the
| Grand Jury-Charged With Sell.
ing Advance decentralization
His Accounts Became Mixed-Goa
Given the Lie By the Witness.
New York, Oct 31-Chairman Lexow,
| OF the. senate police investigation COM
mittee, intimated at the opening of O.
| days session that should Commissioner
Sneehan show further recalcitrancy, Mr..
Golf would be likely to take him off the
Mltness stand and certify the matter to
! the grand jury.
| Commissioner Sheehan was accompanied
INTO the investigation chamber by his
brother, the acknowledgements The
commissioner had brought some bank
books with him, concerning which he said:
| Because have my bank books it does
mot mean that vii d tel whats in then
! illegally; then l will produce them"
Boyle Brought Forward.
James W, Boyle, the Tammany leader
of the Ninth Assembly district, was first
PLACED on the stand today.
Did you send out a notice. asked Mr..
Golf, calling for list of people who are
un 40 police protection"
Now, here is a typewriter slip at
tached to a circular bearing your name.
1t is addressed to the election district
captains. Will you swear that the slip
was no sent out from your headquarters? ''
Il swear L don't know anything about
| when saloon keeper wants license
do you not force him to join Tammany
hall?'
Il ask IN. but use no threats"
You go before the excise board in their
No sir; 1 appoint an excise commits
ooh, that's interesting broke in Chair
man Lexow.
The witness attempted to amend his adj
mission but Senator LeXow said, Sternly:
| How could a political organization look
after excise matters?'
well. the commission consisted of one
nan, VINO was a member of the Liquor
Commissioner Sheehan was caT1ed 10
the stand.
sheehan on the Stand.
He was holding several packages and
some typewriter papers, but declined to
tell Mr.. Golf what they We're Mr.. Golf
Sheehan published years ago. He laid
stress on the extract, in which Mr.. Shee-
han was purported to have said:
1t is also true that arrangements have
been made by Tammany to stop the pay
ment of police blackmail.'
rs that trCe?' asked Mr.. Goff
The commissioner wanted to explain.
He would not answer positively; .,
exclaimed Mr.. Golf.
You'd better try it" defiantly retorted
You'll answer the questions as counsel
wants" Chairman Lexow said.
TN answer them in my own way"
Don't put that down, stenographer.''
Then to Chairman LeXow: why don't
you put the question to vote? You are
not the whole board
The chairman attempted to cut him off
with his gavel. Bang, bang, bang"
you can't drown me" shouted Senator
Come to ORDER shouted Senator
Lexow, who betrayed considerable excite
ment.
Cracked the GaveI.
I'll have my way" shouted Senator
The spectators joined in the uproar.
Cantor and Senator Lexow kept up a
fierce word battle until the latter. ham
mering his book, cracked his gavel.
Then Mr.. Golf caused additional excite
ment by saving in high pitched voice.
Information has reached me, that the
room is packed with Pequod club mem
bers, who came here through an arrange
nlent between Senator Cantor and Shee-
han TO applaud the commissioner. Let
the senator explain y
why, this is astonishing gasped Sen
ator Canton. L accused Of that; it is
preposterous."
81 do not think Senator Cantor would
the chairman.
Y want the .:epe.stta7tors rem9yled,% de.
while I can't believe Senator Cantor has
passed these men in, they are here
You GSheehan) have done enough to be
committed of contempt score of times,
exclaimed Chairman Lexow, rapping for
order.
''j0id you ever hear that some one,
acting in your name, had news stands
which sold papers politically opposed to
Mi Golf
Il heard something about it. The man
had no authority to use my name
Was a saloonkeeper, named M, M,cD ol;
the newsdealers in front Of his saloon
would have to cease selling certain
napers?', e..
did you know that certain newspapers
had tried to establish a special delivery
system in your district
Il heard so. 1t was a filthy sheet. The
people in my district are sick of read
ing It, | suppose"
''What is its name?
81 am not prepared to say.
Are you afraid?
The The commissioner colored and shifted
in his chair and said: NO, | am not
afraid of the newspapers.
''What is its Manner
"T'm. not prepared to say.
1.-THE witness must answer" ruled the
An Exciting Scene.
Then occurred an exciting scene.
''They must not make any demonStra-
lions or they will be ordered out, said
the chairman.
There are only three Pequod club mem
bers here" broke in the commissioner.
Counsel Golf asked Commissioner Shee-
han FOR his bank books, but was refused.
He denied that he had said Commissioner
McClane as a fool for showing his bank
books. He also denied that he had re-
ceived 5000 from Policeman Townsend
for promotion to a serge9ncy.
Chairman LeXow ordered that Shee-
hans refusal to show his bank books be
laid before the district attorney and the
he stepped down FROM the stand
You are chairman of the committee on
sCpplies?" questioned Mr.. Golf after re-
yes
DO YOU know the officers of the Buff
falo Steel House company, which has
erected the election booths?"
mo; Commissioner Murray had charge
of selecting what booths were made"
''The company performed the work in
violation of the law. relating to the en-
plcynent of labor on public works." said
eve received notification from labor
unions"
And that is all you did?"
ut was not in our province. The
booths were, completed when the notice
"What bout the condition of the de-
partment?"
''Excellelt."
Selling Advance Information.
Mr. Golf then went into the reported
visit of Commissioner Sheehan to Wall
street to sell advance informal ton as to
the decision of the court of appeals in
the Sugar trust matter. The witness de-
MED he Was a "hucksIer Of decisions"