The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-28

zens of New York that you ,ion't re-
knen1ber the charges p
No. sir
1Do you remember ! charge made
aGaanst you by man in Nesey
;sThe case was never tried as the
conapis1nant found he was wrong, he.
Il was captain of the Fourth pre-
ci1act and there WAS big IRE IN Sun
day evening in Washington market
Walking Through Vcsey street this
man stopped me and said: Let me
sntroduce YOU to Alderman Smith He.
took me for ceunfrynlzn on a come
on ] took Aim by the throat and
threw MIN into the street as any cifi-
zsn had a right to serve a 1oafer'
You did not throw Haggerty, the
Philadelphia tough. into the street?''
Rsslzed Mr.. Golf
4 did not meet him. z
On, yes you did: He was looking
for YOU and wanted to clean out the
tow1l.''
4 did not meet hifa persisted the
Inspector
You did not throw Joe coourns:''
The witness denied any panel house
ar Gon then said there was a charge
,inet Williams, the trial of which
M tied three days, but there was no
lscord of ii on the police books.
Have you any recollection oil one
on account Of your disgraceful con-
mo"
Don't you know the voting was two
There is no record Of it.,
Who keeps the records
rcnairlnan Robert Peters" sale the
stiffness.
Have you forgotten the charge
hgainst the proprietor Of an oyster
stand who had permit? You made
the arrest yourself?''
1t is not in the record.
EDO you ,ecollect the arrest or a man
named Donovan by Oficer Fitzgerald?
Donovan was brought before Judge
Mundell and said you came up behind
him and dubbed him on the head and
5ieclk. The judge discharged aim and
Faids This clubbing by policemen
must be stopped 2
The witness said ne never told lies
about respectable men. He had a
reputation for clubbing but did not
think he deserved it.
Did you say al lunch the day after
a meeting of starving people In Union
square this year that they were lot
of howgers and all you had to do was
70 show your pistol and dispense thesa?"
Il never said such a thing
After a little sparring Mr.. Golf said:
fBY the way, captain. tell us in what
pant Of Japan you owned those lois. =
In Akadi, In the northern portion"
Did you get q decd 2"
yes
Your own name?"
YES"
"Where is ~"
4 left it with a man named Freder-
gck Wilkie don't know where he isl
DONE you know that foreigners
cannot hold lane in Japan except in
treaty ports?'
THAT was q treaty port"
The Japanese consul tells me that
ct the time you allege you had that
land, there Was no treaty which would
GLOW you to hold this land. Do you
know more than hep
II was there
lt?"
The inspector could not.
Did an officer named Milligan re-
port robbery in panel houses to you
when you We're in the Fifth precinct?"
asked Mr.. Golf.
Il don't remember
do you remember the number Of IN
mates in the eighty-three houses of
sll-fame?"
mo. I have asked what the number
was. 1 have asked the proprietresses
of some houses how many inmates she
had
The witness and Mr.. Golf then had a
little tiff. Inspector Williams objected
to the document from which Mr.. Golf
read.
Il don't know where you got IT,
Wi he r &c 1-7,u ,,
Don't mind where got ii, /" said Mr..
Golf.
TT contains matters that have been
suppressed by the police department.
They suppressed a good many things
about. you"
'srhey seem to have suppressed
everything good" was Williams re-
williams then left the stand for a
brief time.
DR.. Walsh was called and testified
that Captain Meakin was unable to be
out and probably would not be for
several days.
xviii he be able to appear as a wit
ness by Saturday" asked Mr.. Golf.
Well said the doctor 1.-The farther
away you place the date the more
chance there is that HE can attend. I
am sure his attendance will greatly af-
feet his condition"
II am quite sure it would" said Mr..
Goh amid great laughter.
Now, doctor" said Mr.. Golf in his
sweetest tones, will you bear this
message to Captain Meakim. Tell him
he has been accused before this COM
1nlttee of being guilty of bribery and
corruption. 1t has been stated that he
has grown rich on the fruit of his cor
a-uption. Now tell him also, if he is
an honest man he will come here in
obedience to the subpoena served on
him.
The doctor then left the stand.
Then DIR. Daniel Donovan, one of the
police surgeons, gave a synopsis of
The procedure of the police surgeons
with regard to men reported ill. The
witness said he had reported Captain
Meakim i'll.
After some questions of no import
ance, Inspector Williams was recalled
He said he knew of three panel houses
in the Eighth precinct.
You swore before recess there were
no panel houses in the precinct"
Yes, to the best of my recollection"
Senator O'Connor then entered into
a long legal argument with Mr. Golf
as 10 whether TIE inspector was guilty
not unless the testimony was given
with a false and corrupt intention. Mr..
Golf said the inspector might have
been mistaken.
Yes" said the witness, 'I admit
what swore to this morning was
false, but when 1 gave it 1 believed it
10 be true''
Might there not have been more
than one panel house in the district %
Yes, do you know what a panel
house is?''