The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-05

New York, Dec. z.-The first witness
called before She Lexow committee was
Charles 2. Damseux, bookkeeper for
the French Cooks society. He did not,
however, crave some of his books which
Mr.. Golf thought necessary, and MS
examination was adjourned until this
afternoon.
Edward III. Hoyler, real estate dealer,
was then called to the stand
How long Rave you been out of the
Oswego bond swindling business?r he
was asked.
II was never in it,
The witness STATED that he had been
engaged in selling and buying Austrian
bonds for ten years. Mr.. Goff put a
number of questions designed to show
that THE witness had been permitted by
the police to conduct a swindliag bust
ness. He-was dismissed with orders to
produce tomorrow the books used in his
transactions.
Mr. Andrews, commissioner Of street
cleaning, was sworn and entered a. gem
eraa denial of the charge of bribery
while an excise commissioner, brought
August Lewis was called to the stand
and contradicted statements as to the
granting of the sale of licenses.
linen Andrews was recalled and stat
ed that he was not positive about the
man, but that a man claiming to he
Lewis had appeared before the board
and thai the license had been granted
him. Mr.. Golf pressed Andrews for an
explanation why a license should
and granted to another, known
10 be the representative of the
Hrst, TO conduct a saloon upon the
same premises.
There were several animated pas
sages between COUNSEL and witness.
Andrews evidence was not concluded
when the committee took a recess.
After recess. MIR. Golf excused all the
witnesses except those connected with
Commissioner Andrews case until to-
morrow.
Andrews Denies 1t.
Mr.. Andrews resumed the stand.
Them Mr.. Goff wanted to know if there
had been a hearing before the full
BOARD on the application of Lambert.
The witness could not remember.
IambertS application mad been re-
fused. Witness said there had been a
hearing in the Lewis case, but Mr..
and called a witness to show that he
had all the records in the case
You said You always wrote opinions
for refusing licenses. Why was none
written for refusing the notorious Tor
toni and a long one written of this
Katt case?' asked Mr.. Golf.
podges the Question.
''Mr Andrews evaded the question -
you granted the license on the
Royal hotel on Forty-second streetand
Griflths hotel on Sixth avenue and
Forty-fourth Streets"
Yes; no protests were made against
them"
You always heard Of the ROYAL no.
tel that it was a nice family hotel,
did YOU not?"
Yes, sir. 1 knew respectable peo-
pie who lived there
Then you regarded the Hotel Royal
in the same way you did the Hotel
Tortoni?''
mo: L can't say that 1 did"
And you thought the st. Omer hotel
on Sixth avenue was nice, clean
family hotel?"
81 think 1 heard something. some
rumor, L think, it was. concerning the
st. Omer hotel, but when the applica-
ton was made there was no objection
and no protest was made to the APP
plication and so it was granted"
In the memorandum made by the
witness at the time he said that ex-
Police Justice White personally
Andrew White was then put on the
stand.
Did you ever see that man, August
Lewis, before" asked Mr.. Golf, while
Lewis stood beside him.
az never did,
did you ever go with him to the
excise board to vouch for him?'
mo, sir, L never did,
He Looked Relieved.
White was then let go. He looked
relieved. Mr.. Andrews took his place
on the stand. He reiterated his con-
viction that White had vouched for
Lewis, which White again denied.
Mr.. Golf read a letter of June 81, 1885.
written by Andrews to Joseph S. Mil
Ter, commissioner Of internal revenue,
in which he endorsed Tomlinson in
the highest possible terms, saying he
was worthy of any confidence and a
man of unquestioned integrity. He
had known him for eighteen years.
Mir. Golf then tried to get the wit
ness to explain why he had come to
think Tomlinson unworthy of con-
fidence, thus leading up to the spite
Andrews. The witness could give
none There had been no change in
his regard for Tomlinson up to 1889.
Tomlinson remained with the excise
board after The withdrawal of it.
Tomlinson had been a county Demo-
crat, but changed to Tammany hall in
1888. MI. Golf asked him if he had
not accepted bride of $500 for the
Tortori license. Witness denied it.
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compelled to resign from the excise
department on account of theft and
sale Of an old license in order that the
purchaser might secure a new one.
How did these men obtain these
things?" asked Mr.. Golf.
81 DON'T know"
They stole them, did they not?"
81 presume they did"
And yet, after this breach of rules
of the committee, they were only asked
to resign?" asked Mr.. Golf, sarcastic
caly.
Yes"
'And the matter was Kept hushed up
as much as possible?''
81 believe it was"
Andrews Influence.
Mr.. Gof then turned his attention to
AVocation Clerk Bisland, who secured
\ his position on the excise board through
the influences of Andrews. The latter adj
mitted Bisand sent $500 a year to his
,Andrew'sl wife in California. He also
admitted Brewer Jacob Rupert rad dis
counted one of his notes. No one else
had done SO. He kept an account at the
gdncoln National bank He had once
sworn, in supplementary proceedings. that
he owned no real estate. He freo<.ntly
deposited checks at the LINCOLN bank to
rhe order of Mr.. Reiss, clerk in the ex-
else department. This was to avoid judg-
ment for creditors OF the defunct Star, of
which ne had been a stockholder These
aggregated S600,000.
Commissioner Andrews testified he had