The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-18
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lhe next day L was subpoeuaed 10 court.
met Schultz ard he told me to wait un-
I'll he went to see Police Captain Price
and ask him what he should do. told
Schultz l did not want to go on the wit
ness stand and he said all right. l could
go TO Philadelphia If wanted to-"
Stephenas said that Schultz sent a man
with him to the tram, who went rs far as
Newark. They goton there and Stephens
wos told to go &c the Lafayette hotel and
walt for "a message. No message arrived
aud Stephenns returned to Jersey City.
The examination of Stephenas was sus-
pended at this point and Mr.. Moss called
simon Buttner to the stand He testified
that in 1899 when he came to this city.
"a country jay," he went to certain
politician who told him that he
WOULD HAVE TO SEE THE POLICE.
He was instructed to sec Inspector
Williams. but he could not see him and
met Price, then roundsman, now
captain.
Buttner testified that Price told him ho
would have to pay him 500 month to
insure the protection of the resort which
be started, and that If anybody was
robbed, he, (Price) was to ges half, land
/ have done business with lin for quite
a while" said Buttner. Buttner testified
that 1t was In go and '9l that ne paid
the money to Price. AT that time Buttner
said he was simply running an ordinary
saloon without a concert hall attached.
Buttner said at the trial in Jersey City OF
Assistant Prosecutor Joseph Noonan and
Assem- blyman Simpson fer bribery he had
testified against Noonan truthfully, but
that before he went on the stand he had
sworn to an affidavit regarding the truth
of which he had no ,dea. The -<fidavit
had been dictated by Silver Dollar Smith.
Buttner said his Broadway Graden had
been frequently examined by Inspector
Thompson who had told him (ButtDer)
that be was running respectable place.
Everything had gone well until Captain
Price came to the precinct. Then Butt
ner said itlwas IA case of "hands up
Buttner swore that the first thing Price
did was to threaten to close the broadway
garden up unless he received $3.50 and
HALF OF ANY ROBBERY
that was accomplished in It, He OBJ
jected. Buttner said he told Price he was
running straightforward game and
letting out no rooms, but according to
the witness, Price replied: II don't care
a Cd DIN if you let out hundred
rooms night, want $3.50 a month"
II said, Captain, who will do bust.
ness with?'
"He said with Bob Nelson"
Buttner said he objected to dealing
with Nilsson, who is saloon keeper and
that Captain Price then began to make
arrests In tie garden. Buttner said he
finally went to Nelson but although he
called n dozen times he Mas always un-
able to see him. Then Buttner said he
WAS advised to sec AL Adams, the POLICY
King" and owner of the Harsh Brewery
Buttner testified to later interview with
Captain Price In which, he alleged that
the police officer said: 81 will tell you,
Simon, 1 have nothing against you per-
sonally, L never did have anything, but
you cannot stay in this precinct" and he
advised Buttner to sell OUT sButtner said
the conversation then turned ON robbery
of S400 which had happeued the previous
day at the Broadway garden. Buktner
swore he said to Price: Don't blame
me for 1t, Captain. A S soon as VS. beard Of
il we sent to get one of your officers anu
we told him who the woman was and he
followed them right up and he got the
money from the. woman. Now II your
people encourage those women to bore
me, IL they stand in for one-hah, you
can't blame us, we can't put a watch over
every man and woman and watch them"
Buttner said Price and a waiter went
out to lind the woman. While they were
away buttner said the policeman, who
he supposed got
HALF OF THE STOLEN MONEY,
came in and told him that the head
quarters men were 'out for that
woman" and asked Buttner not to tip
them of who she is.
"No SIR" said Buttner to Chairman
Mazet. "if there is any robbery OF that
kind occurs anywhere, you can't blame
the man that runs the place. The woman
has got sthet protection ito do 1t and
they dc. it. That is q common occurrence,
know over a hundred instances
Buttner alleged that Price had him ar
rested on the charge of robbing Mcgowan,
purely for spite and that Mcgowan
previous to the arrest had been apparently
satistisd with the explanation which
Buttner had given to him.
Buttner's testimony was here suspended
and George Iouhig was called. Mr..
Moss drew the attention of the committee
to the fact that Chief Deyery had said
that on the night prior to his being called
before the Mazet committee he had been
working the Broadway garden matter
"You remember" said MIR. Moss, "he
could not be induced to again discuss the
business he was engaged in in connection
with the broadway matter. so now-l 90
make the claim right here upon the uesti-
mony already adduced, from the witness
Stephenas that it is yer, clear what was
going on at that time.
1ouhig said he was a waiter In the
Broadway garden. He verified the testl-
mony OF Stephanas regarding the alleged
plot to convict Bnttner. He said he had
been offered $500 to psrjurs himself and
that he had kept up the negotiations be-
cause he was friendly to Buttner and
wanted to tell him the details of the plot
against him.
RICHARD CROKER
was then called ant. asked about the COLI
tributions made by the judicial candi-
dates last year. MIR. Croker could not
tell the amount. MIR. Croker had never
heard that the Metropolitan street rail-
road or persons Interested in it had con-
tributed s15o,O0o to Tammauy Hall
during the last election. Hs did not pay
Mr.. Carroll any salary and as far as he
knew Carroll was not in receipt of
salary from TaInmany Hall. MIR. Croker
had received no money directly or in
directly from Mr.. Carroll during the last
year. From Andrew Freedman, he. or
rather his firm, Never aud Croker had re-