The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-22

Cannon was dppOIHItu. WUuIu T11St To"
to brand Vail liar for saying on TINS
stand that l wanted all the money from
the men,"
month";"
"About $3.50"
And did you ever have to give up any
of this money 10 any otner ponce o"iSiai'
mo. | did not"
had conversation with inspector steers,
who told him that there was nttie money
in the precinct and he could have 1t ali. o
.Did you ever give up any money 10 himE
NO % didn't s ,se get tha enoHgn winess to say that
he did not like the precinct and was trans
ferred. at his own request, TO the sixty
seventh-street station.
We'll. what were the sources OF your rev.
enue thare?'' Mr.. Goff asked
Policy shops-nothing else.
How many were there in the precinctT'
About ten of them.'
And how much did you get from each
of these Sh0DST
Twenty dollars each: The bohemian
$50 per month"
Eighty per cent.
DIVIDED WITH WILLIAMS.
WELL Captain, in your collections in that
district were you ever called upon to d.
vide with anybody at albany police Off
cial?'
.'I was"
''Who was it?''
Inspector williams"
The audience was thrown into a commo-
ton and it was some time before Mr.. Goff
could continue.
"How much did you pay him each
month";
Fifty dollars"
Did you. at any time, ever pay him more
than this"
81 paid him 500 one month
The, fo ocf fban daye1opod that Cchpaiff.
berger had been transferred i'm the general
shake-up from the twenty-ffth to the
twenty-seventh precinct.
Were there any policy shops there?" Mr.
Goff asked.
Yes"
-And how much did the collection amount
to?"
"About $780,"
Were there any pool rooms?'
There were three.
"How much did you collect from these
."rwo hundred dollars each per month"
And during the time you collected this
money did you ever divide with anybody
else?''
Il gave Cannon. my collector. % per cent
and gave inspector Williams 800 per month.
I'm view of all these facts, you knew it
was the inspectors duty to prefer charges
against you?
And you paid this money to keep him
from preferrng such charges?
you by him?'
Never"
Have you any kno Wedge about any other
captain who paid money to Williams?"
mo. / have not, but it was the custom
of all the captains to pay this money"
And why We're , you finally transferred
For interfering with liquor Dealers"
Witness then explained that when Byrnes
was made superintendent he instructed all
the men not to make excise arrests unless
they were sure OF conviction, as he did
not believe in exposures Schmittberger
gave it as his opinion that this was the
cause Of his transfer.
did you ever hear who proposed your
transfer to the police board?
"Yes; Mr.. Martin
you were then transferred to the Fifth
precinct?'
How much did you collect from the two
pool rooms there?"
Two hundred each"
ANOTHER INSPECTOR IMPLICATED
"And while you were in that precinct,
did you ever pay money to any one?'
YES"
''To whom"
Inspector McAvoy."
There was considerable excitement at
this point and Senator Lexow had some
trouble in quieting the audience.
How much did you pay himT'
Fifty each month";
Captain Schmittberger was then trans
ferred to Charles-street station
And did you make collections there?'
Mr.. Goff asked.
mot one cent"
From Charles street the Captain was
transferred to Forty-seventh-street sta
ton. which he liked better than Charles
street.
what collections did you make at the
Forty-seventh-street station?'
There were some policy shops and dis
orderly houses
How much money did you collect there
each month";
between $500 and 5000"
How much did you collect from the
From SO to $50 each"
well, Captain, were there any instruc-
tions given you about protecting any dis
Yes; i went TO see Commissioner Mar
tin. and he told me to let the houses on
did he mention any other house?"
Yes 1t was No. "a West Forty-first
street. j sent one OF my men there to
investigate once. and afterwards some one
made a complaint to Commissioner Mar
tin, and he sent for me. He told me that
/ would have to send the same man back
to apologize"
did you do it?'
Il had to do it. The next day my man
had to go and apologize"
There was fresh burst of laughter at
this point. and Mr.. Con paused for several
minutes before continuing
Were there any houses that received
protection without paying for it?
Yes
What were theyT'
SHEEHAN BALKED.
"I once received a letter OF Introduction
from Commissioner Sheehan introducing a
man named Proctor, and telling me that
could do what Proctor asked. Proctor
then told me that he was a partner with
Maynard. a store keeper on Broadway,
and that Maynard wanted to open a gam
bling house i told him 1 would not let
him do SO until saw Superintendent
| Byrnes. / then saw Byrnes and told him
the whole story, and he told me not to al
low the house TO open. The witness stated
| that after this he saw Sheehan about IL.
| and Sheehan grew angry and said that IL
! Maynard could not play DAILY could not
| play.