St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-14
GALLICK IN 4 FIX.
SEVERAL CHARITY PEDDLERS
TESTIFY THEY PAID HIM
MONEY
TO SECURE THEIR PERMITS.
THE llCAPTAIN,7 ALPHABETICALLY
DENIES THE SERIOUS
CHARGE.
HE MAYOR ADMoNIsHEs HIM
To Stick to His Last and Keen His
Hands OF Charity Ped
diers.

The day Of the festive charity ped
dler-the peddler who peddles on a
free permit issued to him by the
mayor on recommendation of the
board of CONTROLS nearly done.
The mayor heard the testimony of a
few legitimate peddlers yesterday, to
the effct that the charity peddIers
had paid a certain man $40 apiece
for their permits. Three of the lat
ter gentlemen also admitted that
they had made such payments to
| one Capt. Henry Gallick. The mayor
at once ordered the revocation of
their permits and those Of two others
who were shown to have paid like
sum for their privileges. There are
still eighteen charity permits in op-
GRAFTON, and such of these as were
obtained through false representa-
lions will likewise be revoked in the
course of a few days.
The hearing took place before the
mayor in his office yesterday fore
| noon, as the G o b announced. it
! would. The peddlers licensed and
unlicensed were largely represented.
The members of the board were
there, the mayors secretary, NJ. J.
Costello, was present, and so was
Henry Gallick, popularity known as
Capt" Gallick.
If the testimony of the pedd1ers
was true, Capt" Gallick must have
been enjoying recently a reassuring
income in the shape of $40 from
every man who secured a permit to
peddle in the streets of st. Paul, and
if Capt" Gallick's testimony is
true, his solicitude in behalf of the
poor
WILL IMMORTALIZE HIM.
The testimony of the peddlers,
with one exception, squarely CONTRA
dicted that of Capt" Gallick. Hen
ny Fine, one of the gentlemen who
was too poor to take out a license,
secured a permit, but he assured the
mayor that he never paid Gallick
cent for it. But Secretary Tong,
Of the board of control, shed light
upon this case by explaining that
the board had refused to give Mr..
Fine letter of recommendation to
the mayor, but that Mr.. Fines faith
er was deemed a worthy subject, and
the board had given him such a let
ter. How that letter had ever got
ten into Capt" Gallick's hands Mr..
Tong could not divine.
Then some of the charity peddlerS
took the stand and testified that they
had paid Capt" Gallick from s. to
$40 apiece for their permits. Accord
ing to these witnesses, Capt" Gal
ticks modus operandi consisted in pro-
curing old men, who were deserving
objects of charity, to go before the
board of control and obtain letter
to the mayor recommending them as
worthy of being granted permits,
whereupon 'the captain would Sc
cure the letters for such trifiing con-
sideration as would be apt. to weigh
with such men, and dispose of them
to such able-bodied young men as were
willing to pay him for them.
Capt" Gallick denied these charges
emphatically and fatty. He admitted
that he had interceded with the board
| of control in behalf of worthy appli-
cants and that one applicant had Of
fered him S. for his trouble, but that
he had declined to accept it, He
! sympathized with the unfortunate fell
| lows and had interested other men in
the matter. But as for ever taking
any money for his services in these
cases, no sir, he never had
IN spite of Capt" Gallick's indig-
| nant denials, Simon Bergman, who was
| refused a permit to peddle, declared
| positively that he could have secured
| permit if he had been willing to
! pay Capt" Gallick So for it. Mr..
! Bergman admitted later that Capt"
Gallick had never asked him for any
money.
The hearing was concluded at this
| point. Mayor Smith revoked the per-
mits Of five men who had paid some
! body SO apiece for their permits. and
| Capt" Gallick was admonished to
| stick to his last and not take. in the
| future, such a lively interest in I'M
! fortunate gentlemen who want per-
mits to peddle.
The mayor instructed Chief Clark to
detail an officer to investigate the
cases of the men who are still ped
ding by virtue of free permits. in or
| der to determine how many of them
paid money for their permits.
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