Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-20

on the property for $4,000. This lion
he paid OIL Ia two ypufF. In tsU2 hn
sold the house for 3lS 900, aud mOveG
up 10 Harlem. Then no bought house
on Ninety.thitd street, paying S21, 900
for ~, $1,000 In cash anu giving
a mortgage for the remaining 1000,
this mortgage wac paid up a few
months ago. Witness said be had
81 900 I'm different banks, aud that
neither his wife nor daughter owned
property OF any description. He IL
now In command Of tue steamboat
squads.
'"You appointed your own ward.
men2D
"No, did not"
"Did you ever hear OF any Of these
wArdmen making collections In the
various precInctt2"
~, never did, except by rumor."
"Did your mon collect any money
In our preoinct2"
mop
"Woll, what about Frank Wilson,
How did he get rich In your preclnci?"
81 don't know"
"And George Hess and John
Wait2N
"l DON'T know anything abou, that"
"By the way, Captain, Jil you ever
know the notorious Mm. Marlil2"
"YCan
"5he iljurishod IN one OF your prc-
oinoia several years ago, did sho nol2"
"5he didn'l flourish; sh0 lived
there. These women were arrested
over and over again, Ivo teeu a
wumnn get six m0nlha twice a week"
"How did they get looseg"
81 DONE know"
"rbis happened ia tho Tea,h pro.
cluci, l believer"
"iCs.D
The witness said that In tho Tenth
he had faidrd houses time after time,
but that u was not Ia his power even
rs captain TO suppress these houses.
"Why2" sskcu Mt. Goh'.
"lps q failing Of tue law" replied
the captain.
Captain Allnyrs said he reported
those houses every three months to his
superior officers. He was not aware that
the houses cold llquOfs In opposition to
the excise laws.
"Well, captaiu,D said Mr.. COD,
"oan you tell us how much money
was collected from tho disordetly
houses while you were captain Of the
] Tonth2"
~ DO not know that any money was
/ collected. | never saw any Of it.b
"Dld you ever ask any Of your men
about ~"
ono, 1 never did but once and they
denied all knowledge u II"
"Dld you ever FORBID them " collect
any OF this monoy2p
"Hos, l did,"
"And also forbid them 10 COLLECT
money from gambling houscs2"
"During tbs last ak years that wal
there, there were no gambling house,
Ia tho precinct"
"HOw ABOUT the disorierly
h0u6us2D continued hit. Got. "N0u
raldod these houers every once In O
while In order u gel. bloOd money, did
you nnl2n
"No, We I'D not. We raldod them ia
order to dtiye them away from tht
precinct"
"Do you remember the murder o.
Chick Murphy committed IN your pre-
eiucl?D
"No; was the man arreateG2" asked
the captain.
IL was going 10 aslg that question
myselL" replied Mt. God. hlr. GOl
tried ~ cali It to the captains mind by
reminding him that Superintendent
Murray at the tins went ON Murphy
bond, but the captain could not REGAL
the case. ii denied also that shell
fakira had 10 pay Tor their privileges
Questioned as ~ how mauy Christina
presents he had received from tue
liquor dealers In thu precinct, tue cap
talu fepligu.
"Eons; Obi yes, walt a minute,
mignt have"
linen no remembered that at differ
ont times he had received "a basket o
ifult or wines, but no never knew wht
sent them.
"Well, now, captain, since you hayO
been superintendent VI tue elenmbOa
squad, have you known anything
ABOUT the monthly collections madl
from the dock oiiicrn2n
"No, l have not, 1 never heard o
them until this testimony was giyen2'
Hattie Ross, colorel, was thel
called. She sworo thag IN 1870, bh,
opened disotderly houses In WOosle
and West Third streets. In answer
Mt. Coils question shB said sha pail
the wardman $50 a month Tor oaol
house. This was paid TO Wariman 3
Levin.
"Who was captain Of the precinct q
the timt2D asked Mi. GOh.
"CapIain Byrnes, now supcrinter
dent"
She also testified that she paid III
same amount OF money TO Capital
BrogRn. She formerly kept house /
tho tenderloin district under Capital