The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-30

eral other acts Of corruption
his bank books to Mr.. Cor Con in sie deference ne a 70
tne orders given him when excused last
nlgnt. The Captain denied that ne ever
It would be very foolish for any one TO ofler
me money for protection. would not touch
u, ~ I9T ,h II e m an honest man" The Captain
Inspector Mclaughlin was next called.
,,sle,d Due ne "a was not on hand: He was sub
.oenaea again last night" said Mr.. Gon,
ana we telephoned to police headquarters
ana received the infsIrrnetion that he had
Inspector McTaughIinS S entered the or Room mnsa sa
apoioglzed for not being on hand earlier
put. ene ssia s he he had been in constant attend
ance Tor the last three DAYS.
tbs mnst ,in,icu age were yoa when you joined
.Twenty-one years old. sir"
when did you join the force?"
On Nov. 3 1866"
,o,,idw h9w much money had you when yoa
joined the forcer'
HOW HE MADE HIS MONEY.
Six thousand dollars. had three trucks
In West Washington Market for four years
previously. and 1 saved $500 and sold my
trucks and horses for $500. 7 gave the
money to my mother TO keep for me- She
gave it to me before she died on Sept y
lSao l gave the money to my sweetheart
TO whom l was married on Nov. IA, 1S70r
Then you had no confidence I'm yourself
when you gave your money TO your mother
and then to your sweetheart to keen for
you?' inquired Mr.. Goff.
No, sir. but thought they could take
better care Of il than l could" was the re-
ply.
''You were a business man and must
nave been saving man TO accumulate
such sum of money in four years. Was
your sweetheart in the trucking business?"
asked Mr.. Gof.
The witness fiared up at this question
and appealed TO the Senator's. He SAID
that III was unnatural and unmanly
question.
Mr.. Lexow told Mr.. Goff to change the
question and ask in what business the
young lady engaged.
In the candy business" was the reply
Mr.. Goff then asked him If he ever got
back the 5000 from his wife. but the In
spector hedged around and finally said that
his wife paid $500 on a house in 1885. but
Of the $1,000. Mr.. Goff went on putting the
same question repeatedly. did You ever
get back that s6.0O0?'
Finally the Inspector answered: ST have
received several moneys from my wife but
as TO the original amount L cannot say
ever got it."
Were you ever engaged in any business
since you Joined the force?'
Yes. In 1881 invested S,75o in patent
bouEht tbs JereT car switch paen
| for $4,000. There were four notes OF $.5ss
each payable at three, six, nine and twelve
known as the Jeffrey Clark Switch Com
pany. The notes were met and I made
about $4,000 to $4,000 out of it. My broth
er-in-law sold the royalty to several man.
ufacturers and railroad companies"
Name some OF them.
1.-The Ajax Force Company. the Adams
Company, the Union Iron and Steel Com
| pany, all OF Chicago; the Missouri Pacific
and. the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy
"were you ever in chicagoy'
Never in my life.
"By whom were the notes nader
"By my brother-in-law."
WAS your name on them!
| At this point recess was taken.
A VERY RICH MAN.
| The line followed by Mr. Goff after recess
| was an endeavor to ascertain the value OF
| property now owned by Inspector Nc
| Laughiin. The witness said that in 1883 the
| profits from the patent right were larger
than in the previous year. He gave the
| money to his wife "We bought a house in
my wife's name at No. 44s West Twenty
seventh street at $4,000 anu paid $1,000 on
| it." he said.
..why, as you say, that If your wife had
about $4,000 lying idle. did you have a
| mortgage of $1,000 on the property
| Because in case we wanted to sell the
property it was much better to have
| Mr.. Goff then asked a number of ques-
tons as to the business his wife was en-
gagged in after she got this money.
| sel," replied the witness.
would it tend to incriminate or degrade
your wife?'
Mr. Goff then got the witness to tell
what property his wife and he owned or
| held under purchase contract. Mr.. Gon
| property at $4,000 and the equity at se5,-
17s. The actual cost of these parcels he
had been offered. recently, profits on the
| several properties amounting TO $4,000, thus
making the actual value Of his equity
Mr.. Goff figured up the amount of SAL
| ary which Mclaughlin had since he was
| appointed sergeant in July, 1884, and placed
Now. Inspector, where did you get the
5000 the difference between the ins,a salary ~
'My wife made lot of money in her
| business"
What business?"
| 81 refuse to say"
We'll: did you make any money else
where?'
| estate and it is matter of record that
| i made $1,000 on a deal of real estate on
| the northwest corner Of Liberty and Wash
| enough to make money on other deals
| am also interested with my brother-;n-
law, Hills. in the Tenderfoot mine at Webb
.'How many detectives are under your
commando"
"Thirty-fve detective sergeants and thir-
Il
"What precinct did you first have charge
| off,"
| 'fThe First precinct"
"And Burns your wardman. levied black
| mail on builders and other people while you
| were there?'
81 never knew OF il. / always found
| Burns to be a conscientious and brave
| man."
Mr.. Goff then asked the witness number
| of questions about the collections OF money
| for protection both in the First and Eleventh
| precincts. but the inspector positively denied
| all knowledge of such collections de ex-
| planned how he went, at the direction OF
| ex-Assistant District Attorney Wellman. 10
the French line pier to intercept Mrs
| Shubert, the much-wanted witness. but she
! went by another steamer and escaped
| Mr. Goff then asked him about the as
sault on Augustine E. Costello, a newspaper
| reporter, who testified that the inspector
(then captain) had hit him on the face
with brass knuckles on the night or the
7th OF November, 1888.
81 never hit him, and was sitting in the
station house when he was brought IN. >.
said the inspector
At $50 O'Clock Mr.. Goff finished with Nc
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