The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-19

were present in the court room Police
Captains Grows. Aiaar and Creedon. all
in fun uniform Father Mcdonald.
Of Broolzlyn. was an interested specta-
ter
In opening. Afr. Lexow said he had
been officially Uniformed that the eus-
pension OF Captain Creedcn by the
police board had been revoked.
Mr.. Goff remarked tlIst in his mind
sl1ere was some doubt as TO whether or
not it IS an indictable offense for a
body, even the police board, to bring
action against a person VINO has given
evidence before the COMMITTEES. The
fact that they had giveH testimony
guaranteed them immunity.
"A person who does not testify
against himself continued Mr. Golf.
ment and from prosecution based upon
the testimony
Captain Strauss was the first witness
OF the Gay, He testified that mis- wife's
name was Barbara. ard that neither he
nor his wife had & bank account He
also said there was no real estate or
mort cages in his wife's name.
Captain Creedon's Man.
John Rappanhagen, the man who
handled Captain Creedons $4,000, was
the next witness. Witness reiterated
his testimony of Friday 70 the effect
that Smell gave him a check tor $751; geo
and that Martin knew he had this
cheeL. Then ne deposited the check
and aftarwards drew it out on July Is,
1892. Is.
when did Martin tell you that you
could have the $4,000 of the s15,o0e?'
When went to pay the $4,000
ever to Martin.
swell, now, as a matter of fact,
wasn't Silis S5.e0e paid to you as a
hrioe for your interest in the matter?''
We'll, I dare say it was.
RappanhAgen then went on to state
the 5000 when it had been paid, he
Used in paying pressing debts.
is it not q custom for the saloon
keepers IN your vicinity TO give small
loans 10 the poace?
.-oh yes, 81 or $40 at a time
And as a result the police are not
SO strict about the enforcement OF this
excise law, are faley?'
No, they are not"
lis It not a fact that the saloon
keepers are assessed to make a Christ
mas present for the captain
Yes, it is every year."
Re said he had been assessed only
Dnoe, and then for Captain Cassidy,
since dead. This was in 1891.
Police O'Neill was then called TO the
stand. Sergeant Taylor and Captain Al
lsSre were also called and sworn and
o'Neill testified.
ssWhile you were on the steamboat
suITad did you ever receive any money
from the White Star line?"
s'Ten dollars a week and my meals.
~Out of the SO a week did you have
to pay anything?''
yes. $25 a month to Wardman Mich
ael Cannon for Captain Schndttenber-
ger
OFFICER Beck. another member of the
steamboat squad, testified that some
time ago he paid Sergeant Taylor, OF
the same squad. $40 which he had re-
ceiveyf for extra. work for a steamship
S-on1nany. He had to pay $40 a month
out Of mis- salary.
John O. Mahoney, another memDer
of the steamboat squad, had received
son a month from the Baltimore & Ohio
railway for his services in the COM
w witness testified that officers Hall
nn5 Cannon and Sergeant Taylor got
Sl0 2 month of this money from hum
for Captains Allayre and SchmItt-
berger.
A Bribe from SchmittberSer.
Oscar B. Conchis, general agent Of
4he French steamship company, test-
tia7 +baf in behalf of Captain Schmiut-
berger his company was offered Sl,OOO
If they would refuse to show the books
of the company in which an entry OF
$500 Paid to the captain had been made.
Edward Ball, who served under Cap
5as1, Czestlin. was the next witness. He
eaid mat when Captain Schmittberger
FIRST assumed charge of the steamboat
squad. he wanted tine men to turn over
ali extra money to him. Some of them
agreed to this, but others objected.
What money did you ever collect
for Schmittberger?"
II collected $50 from Agent Townsend.
Of the Pennsylvania line, for the cap
-asn- I also went to Hoboken once and
got some money from one of the ferry
lines there.
How much did you get?''
$50"
wen. now, for instance. how much
did you collect for Captain Schmitt-
berger during the first month he was
on the sQuad?'
"s2lo."
And that was the regular monthly
collechon?'
YES"
Sergeant Taylor, another collector for
the captains Of the steamboat squad,
was called to the stand.
Sergeant. how much did you collect
Surfing Mr. Schmittherger c2pacity?
About 500"
What did you do with it ?"
Il paid the most of it 20 Inspector
Steers at headquarters.
A buzz went around the room at. this
answer and everybody suddenly be-
came attentive.
What became of the other portion?"
Il kept il.
And how often did you go thereto
headquarters / mean?
AID why did yoe pay to nim?"
Because he ordered me to do So"
How much did you pay to Inspector
fstsers? What per centage?
80 per cent"
And you kept 20 per cent?
Yes
when Captain Allayre took charge
what did you do with the money you
collectedZ"
We'll. I put it in an envelope and
laid it ON the desk in the station house
and never saw it any more. l wrote
on the envelope Street cleaning depart
ment.' and left it on the sergeant s
desk"
Did you continue to put the envelope
on the desk after Adayre came in?
Yes"
s'Weil. to whom were you responsible
for the collection of this money!"
II don't know. 1 merely continued as
had been doing"
Two witnesses testified to having re-
ceived money from Alderman Benjamin
as er1oes to vote the Democratic ticket,
but both declared that after accepting
the money they voted the Republican
tdcket.
When the fact was developed. Mr..