Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-10
GUARDIANS OF The LAW.
Rofa Testimony Before the LsIOU In.
Ystisalils Committee.
Money Paid to Policemen for work
Ing OVsrtims''-A smaii Man
Siubbsd ~ Giaat.

NEW YoRS. oct. 0.-fhe LeSow
policelinvsstigatlng committee retumed
work TO-DAY.
Angel Forget, OF the French steam
ship line, testified that his company
paid $500 TO the police for extra ser.
vices. The policeman on the pier was
paid SlO a week, anJ 500 went 10 the
other pollce officials. One Of the com.
pauy's books which was produced
showed that In November, 1891, 5000
mad been paid iOf "speuial surveillance
on tue pier." Mir, Fofgel could not
fcmcmher II whom the money was
paid.
Policeman Lewis Degsn testified that
ne WIS stationed on the French liue
pier for ten year., anu the company
paid him $40 week iuf working over.
tins aud ON his dsys Oh. In 1891
Msruaman Val told him he must pey
tue SO week - Captain Sohmittbs-
ger DrgAu refused, saying ho was a.
ready pay lug the captsin s. a week and
TIE latter would coon want his whole
salary. Ho was promptly removed 10
another beat. al thu pOnUemu q, hu
said, shared their extra money with tie
oaptainF.
Mf. Forgel was recalled and undor
qucsliOuing ~ Mf. God, admitted that
ffienus OF Captain SohmlllbofgFr had
approached him Hnd legged min not
to testify thHt Scu mittbeTgcr got 1000,
VI " would ruin him.
Mr. Forget, apolog izlng fof his i'm
perrct kuuwludge Ot the English
language, said ne dii not want 10 70
on record 10 saying no hsd been ap-
Ftoached only Ia Captain Schmitl.
Orfsvf's behalf Some one, whom he
could not rtmembur, had IN the last
Tow weeks asked INN not 10 testify
ag4inst any police tillcial. A man
named Vol two weeks ago had asked
aim Dot 10 testify EgaiuFt bohmitl-
Hefger. Nc. Con anu Mr. Lrxow
wanted 10 CLEAN further particulars
about Vol, but they failed.
Among Mr. f0fgtl'e Impressions was
one 10 the effect thst seven men had
shared IN tue 500. There his "im.
pfts.ioun failed.
own you swear you dome know
who gol tue S5OJ?" askod Mt. Goa.
"Nu.b
80 me heto tomorrow after you
have slept over tue testimony" was
the couussi's parting shot As tue Wit
uvrs was leaving thu stand.
Policeman John Cufcoran was
called. Mt. Con held broken
"lugusp IA his hand aud charged tue
giant p1licrm n with breaking tue club
over small mons head. Ihu small
mau was maize 10 stand by the side VI
the policeman, VINO lowered ABOVE him.
fne pOiiuvn IA druied he had bT0Asu
his ciub on tue prisoner. head. hes Hid
ne shattered the "l0uusliiAct0ss the iron
railing wuiun the unAu man hau
gtB@Icd.
Elsaii Quinn, tue small mlu, isa
laUorer lis clothes were Ia rags by
the rough treatment he had ftcciyoa
at the big polletman's hands. lie sAiu
Cofc0ral struck him IN the lace when
ne reached the station house. lilo was
strurK brcausu he tried 10 talk.
James Cnl a. ttstiiul To the hfuial
treatment Quinn had received. Wbuu
the witAtss Protested lao was him
suli ciuDbed, kicked aud thrown into n
cell.
James Hughes had tried to buy a
foun smau on from preventing dog
lsht. lilo Lail tue officer 90. n
had thought Herman Wise was ihu
Tuuudsman, but now he thought other
wiFr.
Rouudsman Wise was called anu
duuivd the incident lie also denied
he hal threatened to commit suicide
"a tue presence Ui Pole, Captain Wes.
tcrvelt II changes we're pressed against
uim To the elect that no had entered a
ClNztn's house anu held improper IT,
laliun with a woman VI the family.
Nellie Netubefg testified she Offered
Alatrman "5ilver DJilaf" Smith Sd5u
Tor protection .ot a coffee saloon win
lady blafdefs.
"silver Dollar" Smith refused the
money.
"fhat IA the most astonishing piece
Of evidence yeI," said Mt. GJn.
Adjourned.