The Washington times., 1895-06-27
PROCTOR |NA BAD PLIGHT
Testimony of His Own Witnesses
Most Damaging to Him.
CLOSE OF THE EXAMINATION
Mains Sister Not Called, Though She
Knew of Maxwell nd Miss Fynan's
Relations Long Before the Arrest.
Mr. Muliowney Directly Contradicts
the Detective.

The hearing OF evidence in the Proctor
investigation was resumed yesterday after
noon by the police trial beard and the case
was concluded at $40 o'clock. Assistant
District Attorney MuIlowney, Mr.. A John
son, Inspector HollinbeTgcr. and Detectives
Gallaher aud REo6es were examined. The
board viii probably report to the Com
misSioneTs at an carly GATE and their find
ings made public, as there seems TO be
desire on every hand to finish up the
proceedings.
The trial has been q most remarkable
one in every particular. The testimony of
no single witness has agreed with another's,
aud the witnesses upon whom Defendant
Proctor largely depended to clear him,
have been tie ones whose testimony was
the most damaging i'll his case. Main, wao
WAS ProCtOF's chief witness and who was
heard Tuesday afternoon, contradicted him
self repeatedly, and his testimony did not
agree in any way with the statement
previously made To the beard by Proctor.
MISS MAIN SAID, THAT'S FUNN Y"
The servant girls testimony was to the
effect that she had reported TO Mains
sister, over a n:cnth Lefore the arrest, the
relations between Maxwell and Miss lyman,
That's funny" Miss Main was not
witness before the board, and this is also
regarded as rather significant. Yester-
days testimony was more conflicting than
ever, aud z roctOr's side seems rather
gloomy
When the board convened yesterday aft
ernoon a police headquarters it was found
that The atmosphere was too stifling To
admit OF closed doors, so they We're thrown
open, and Detective GaIlaher was sta
toned outside 10 keep the reporters away.
Assistant District Attorney MullO wncy
again went on the stand, and this time he
was provided with documentary records
to back up his testimony. He repeated ais
statements of Tuesday and denied most
emphatically that he had Instructed Proc
tor 10 act as he did in securing evidence
and making the arrests. Such directions,
he said, would have been entirely at vari-
ance with any he ever gave in similar cases,
and lie sworc most positively that he did
not issue them.
REPORTER JOHNSON IN CONTEMPT
When Reporter Johnson was called to
the stand lie prefaeed his testimony by de-
clininS to ans wer certain questions as to
where he had gotten information that
led him to visit Mains house on the night the
arrest was made. Prosecuting Attorney
Pu%h promptly Informed him that he would
be certified to the police court for contempt
of court He further stated that the pen
atty in such cases was fine or $50 or i'm
prisonment or both for each offense at
the discretion of the court
/ Then AIR. Johnson Ioosened up a little
and answered few question, but he is still
/ amena ble nd Will doubtless be tried for
/ contempt as soon as the present case IS
| disposed of. Mr.. Pugh instructed the
! board to certify to the fact that MFR. John
! son refused TO answer proper questions,
| and the certificate will be sigped by the
members orthe board to-day.
| Inspector HolHnberger er, chief OF de-
! tectives, was the next witness. He en-
! deavored by his testimony 10 shift the
/ entire weight of responsibility on the
shoulders OF Mr.. MulIowney He said
! that when Main came to him with the
| information as TO the conduct Of the two
! parties in his house nd asked that Proc
! tor be .put on the case, he Informed him
! that it was a matter outside OF his juris-
| dictioD. and one that should be attended
/ to by the District attorney The ca Sc
was then laid before the assistant District
attorney by Main, and shortly afterwards
| Mr. Eullowney called on him and re-
I quested him to assign one or more of his
| detectives on the case to work up evidence.
! The inspector said that he then objected
| as the ca Sc was not, in his opinion one
| that Should be handled by his bureau
| but when Mr.. Aullowney insisted he could
do nothing but acQuiesce. He then assigned
the three detectives on the case.
GALLAHER DISSUADED.
Detective Rhodes wasthe next witness, but
| his examination lasted only a short time
He declared that his connection with the
case amounted to nothing, as he was with
Proctor only one night and on that night
nothing was done He knew nothing OF the
| clrcunist auces attending the arrest.
Detective John Gallaher. who was witt
Proctor when the arrest was made, wa:
| the next witness called. His testimony wa:
the clearest and most straightforward o
| any of the witnesses in the case. He Sait
| touching the arrest on the night OF the 3tf
| instant that he had reqested Proctor Il
| delay making the arrest until morning
. WHEN the two could be taken without an!
trouble and with no disagreeable Incl
dents attending. Proctor, however, re
fused to do this, and as he was PRACTICAL.
in charge of the case. he (GaIlanSTf. wa
! was compelled to go with him. Gallaher'
testimony also differed considerably from
| PrOctorS.
The general concensus OF opinion seem
to be that Proctor was oveT-ZedloUs. am
Went too far in working up the case ant
making the two arrests The case was onl.
a misdcmeanor, punishable by 4 small fine
and not of sufficient importance TO justif
the methods he adopted and the time h
expended And, as the investjg atioI
hinges upon this fact, it is thought that tn
findings will not be favorable to DeteCtiv