The San Francisco call., 1897-12-20
Patrick DriScOll Not Yet q
Member Of the Police
Departnen
Claims He Was "DOne" Out
Of $500 by Secretary
Kane.
Says the Latter Promised for Finan
cial Consideration to Put Him
on the Force.


Jackson-street cable-car line, who
lives at 93S Pacific street, is after the
scalp Of Frank Kane, secretary of
the Pacific Society for the Suppress
sion of Vice. Filled with a lingering
ambition to become a police officer,
Driscoll visited Kane and begged him
to have him appointed a member of
the Police Department.
According to Driscoll's story Kane
promised to secure him a position on
the police force for the consideration
of $500. Driscoll promised to pay that
amount, and Kane told him to call at
his office on the following day and he
would see whether or not he could
procure him the position Driscol
claims that he subsequently saw
Kane, and that the latter said for $500
he could influence the Police Com
missioners to appoint him a member
of the department Driscoll says he
gave up that amount and that Kane
told him he would be appointed a
member of the police force at their
next meeting.
Not hearing Of his promised ap-
pointment, Driscoll alleges that he
went to Kane and asked him if he in
tended to keep his promise. Kane re-
piled that it would be necessary for
him to fix Captain Healey, the clerk
to the Chief of Police, and that in
order to gain his consent it would be
necessary for him to give him $3.50
additional. This money he claimed
would be given to Captain Healey, and
that he would exert his influence to
see that he secured the much-coveted
appointment. After waiting for sew
eral weeks and not receiving any
word from Kane, Driscoll became
anxious and visited the latter's Of
flee. Kane, so Driscoll says, told him
that he was working hard to secure
him the position, and that with the
assistance of Captain Healey he ex-
pected that his name would be men
toned at the coming meeting of the
Commissioners.
Driscoll waited anxiously for some
word from Kane, and not hearing from
him again went to his office The ur-
bane secretary assured him that he
was doing all in his power to make a
policeman of him, but that in order
TO get the position it would be neces-
sary to square" Captain Healey. Dris-
coll refused to give UP that amount,
and told Kane that unless he kept his
promise he would have to return the
money. Kane assured him that he
would get the appointment for him,
but again suggested that he should
see the chief clerk.
Driscoll emphatically refused, de-
claring that he had already given him
(Kane) sufficient money to secure
for him a pisition in the Police De-
partment. Since then Driscoll has
been patiently awaiting for the Jews
of his appointment. Becoming dis
gusted at the failure of Kane to make
him policeman, he at once consulted
an attorney, with the result that the
latter threatened to commence pro-
cOvery Of the money. Kane begged so
hard that Driscoll finally agreed to
pay back the amount in monthly in
stallments. Since then it is claimed
that Driscoll has not received a cent
from Kane.
Patrick McDonough, a saloon-keeper,
at Clay and Kearny streets, is indig-
nant at what he terms the outrageous
conduct of Kane. He is very warm
friend of DriScoll, and declares that
the unsuspecting gripman was the vic
tim of the Vaccinations of the schem-
ing secretary. II have been aware
that DriScoll has been anxious to be
appointed a member of the police
force" said McDonough last evening.
'and he has spoken about making a
fight for the position. I do not know
how he became acquainted with Kane,
but from what 1 have since learned,
the latter was recommended by a
friend, who claimed that he had a
pull with the Police Commissioners
Shortly after giving him $500 he real
ized that Kane did not intend to help
him, and he consulted me. / advised
him to see his attorney. After the lat
ter had threatened to prosecute Kane
he wrote him several letters, in which
he said he promised to refund the
money as soon as he was able to do so.
HE has not kept his word and Dris-
coll informed me that he is not giving
| him cent of the money he took from
him, as l think, under false pretenses.
Driscoll is still a gripman, and, as far