The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-17


Clark, the mistress OF notorious resort.
was called 90 the stand and swore that
she had made Detectives I.oouey and
0ason each Chris mas present of
handsome gold ring each. They were FREE
quentera OF her place, she said. and her
friends She never FOR "a moment traced
any ot her troubles with the officers OF
The law 10 them. for she did not think
that they would trouble her.
j. n. Reeves, the jcwcllcr OF whom the
woman purchased the rings, was also in
troduccd and testified that Cason had
brought his back and traded il for an
/ other.
r. NJ Meyers, deputy collector OF the
/ superior court, was sworn and testified
that he had paid Detective Looney 500
10 compromise the Green robbery iu
/ which Fred Cooper. his brother-iu-low
was implicated. Detective Looney told
Him that Il was a bad case against Cooper
and unless Meyers paid the SlQ0 he would
arrest him, but that Green would compro-
mise for 500. Yesterday Cooper himself
testified that IL Meyers ever paid Dctec-
tive Looney any money to settle tho
ease he didn't know IT, but that the
/ money was paid to Detective Looney by
his brother. Tom Cooper. and Henry
I talNey. Myers also paid $40 on the same
case at another time. When be paid the
$780, he asked Detective Looney to bring
AAlN alANAttA 1lttM 10 nlflit nAL ne mas
\ never seen Green to this day.
Thomas Morrison, barkeeper at the
! National hotel, testified that Detective
Looney knew Of the existence OF the
poker room and blind tiger there. and that
| he kept them protected from the police
/ lie and the detective had frequently talked
about the blind tiger together. Morrison
said he would have given $50 TO have es-
capped appearing before the committee.
J.. Newman, well known painter. told
a sensational story Of am attempt to bribe
| him 10 give testimony In favor OF the de
| tectiveS at the Investigation. Newman
says he was approached az the kimbaIl
| house by a man named Tribble who tcs-
| titled against Baker yesterday. Trbble
told him that Chief Of Detectives Wright
wanted TO see him. and that dhere would
be money IN the job for him by doing what
| Wright wanted him 10 do. Newman
some time ago put in his application for
place on the police force and Trlbhle told
him that Chief Wright. who had pull
would see that he was elected If he would
do as desired. Later on after refusing
TO have anything to do with the matter
Newman said he met Trbble again and
| Trihble told him that Chief Wright had
worked him for "a sucker. and that after
getting all the Information ne had, he re-
fused 70 pay him for II as he had agreed
10 do.
A letter from Chief of Police Counaly
| and others Of the department recon-
mending Bin Hilrs place as proper one
TO be licensed In 1891 was introduced TO
show that at that time at least, the Ma
tional was not i'm bad repute with the
police.
VIII Harp. one of the gamblers who took
"a hand in the famous Aragon hotel game
when j. y, Cunningham. after losing some
S2,O00. Appealed 70 the police WIS nitro
duccd. Harp claimed that he had been
running "A poker room In the kimhal
house. and that Detectives Wright Looncy
and Cason knew H. but he was never mo-
Tested, though another man named Bailey,
in the same hotel was raided ana chased
down a fire escape. Harp stated that az
one time he had paid Detective Looney
$50, and at another $5 Detective Looney,
he testified, would frequently ask him
about business, and when ~ began 10 get
very warm for tho fraternity last sum
mer, he would often warn him to lay low
He said that Chief Wright and Detective
Cason had also talked to him about his
business and he was sure that he was
running gambling room at the Kimball.
! Since the Aragon hotel game, Harp said
| ne had been arrested for gambling
and has paid some 1900 in fines
The arralgnment Of the detectives CON
tinued at the afternoon session Of the
committee. Dr. w. a. Smith testified that
| Detective Looney had arrested him and
taken him before Judge Westmoreland,
when there was no accusation against
him. 1t is this accusation that Detective
Looney IS accused Of tampering with.
John Morgan, bailin to Solicitor General
Hill, told how the detectives had been
summoned before the grand jury, but re-
fused to produce their books, claiming
that they were city records. Chief Wright,
however, compromised by agreeing to fur
so that they might be indicted. When the
list came to the grand jury, It was incom-
pete and another was ordered. When
Chief Wright sent this one it was mutt
lated by five names being cut out with a
knife The charge is that these names
were cut out by chief Wright to protect
the men implicated. lie confessed on the
stand. earlier in the day, that he had done
the cutting but claimed that he did not
remember the names of the parties and
had cut them out only because there was
no evidence against them. II is claimed,
however. that the names cut out were
those Of some influential business men
and some gamblers, among them Council
men Tye, Alien, Spencer, Broker and Bill
Brown, a gambler.
j. s. Prouty was introduced to show that
he had paid $25.75 10 Chief Wright as a
gaming fine. but the money was not regu-
larly returned on the records. The books
were introduced TO show this and Re-
corder Calhoun also gave evidence on the
same point
Justice Bloodworth, Capt. n. J. Ken
drick and Capt. Jack Stewart were intro
duced to testify to the good character Of
Baker and the detective.
The last witness Of the day was Capt
Baker. He denied the truth of all the
charges against his character and claims
10 have furnished the detectives much
valuable information. While Baker was
on the stand the hearing was adjourned
until tomorrow morning. The hearing OF
testimony will probably be concluded to-
morrow
TEXAS COTTON ACREAGE.