Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-04-18
A STORY Of
bLACKN|A|L,
Sensational Testimony Given Before
the Mazet Committee.
BU TIMER ACCUSES PRICE.
Amrmx Tint the Police Captain Of
the New York TenderlOin
Wanted Him to Pay For
Protection.

New York, April 1S.-The Mazet com
mittee held private meeting before Its
regular session. Assemblyman Hoff-
man Dem.) offered a resolution to in
vestigate what Is called the Astoria gas
bill and subpoena Elihu Root, the law
Arm of Tracy, Boardman & Platt
Thomas c. Platt, Benjamin r. Odell. L.
f. Quigg, John d. Crimmins and others
The resolution was defeated by a vote
Of to >. strict party vote.
The committee began work by calling
George Tuohig. who was not present,
and then Charles Stephan, once wait
ar in Buttner's Broadway Garden. then
took the stand.
Stephan, who is a young German tcs-
tilted that he was working in the Broad
way Garden on the night that Frank
Mcgowan, Trenton's exmayor, said h"
was robbed of 50, 500. He saw Mcgowan.
but saw no robbery. A few days ago
Charles Singer, formerly head waiter
in Weber g. Fields cafe, offered him
$3.50 to swear that he had seen Magow-
an robbed in Buttner's. Stephan held
of and later was taken to place on
West Twenty fourth street, where
Charles Schultz made similar PROPOSE
tion. Schultz offered him place in his
poolroom and protection and money IL
he would swear that he saw Mcgowan
robbed Frank Farrell a poolroom keep
er, was present at this interview.
The witness gave circumstantial ac-
count Of a conspiracy to bribe him
and George Tuohig another waiter at
the Broadway Garden. Tuohig was to
receive $500 also If he would swear with
Stephan that Mcgowan was robbed He
connected the police with the conspira-
cy to the extent of saying that Singer
and Schultz had consulted with the po-
lice as to the methods to be employed
to get the evidence against Buttner.
Buttner Attacks Price.
Simon Buttne, w&s the next witness.
He snid that when he first started out
keeping resort on the Rowery in 1890
or 1891 Police Captain Price told him he
would have to do business with him.
He said that he made an arrangement
with Price whereby Price should get
half OF the rlunder whenever man
was robbed in his place. He told par
tcular instance He had to give up"
to Price on many preteXts, those rela-
tions continuing for about a year.
Whenever a complaint was made. Butt
ner had to pay Price he said.
Referring to the Broadway Garden.
Of which he took charge last year, Butt
protection at $3.50 month and referred
him to Bob Nelson. Price was also to
get half of anything that came off"
Al. fri,r
times, but was not able to see him. He
got word from Al Adams the policy
king so called. that he could not get
protection in the precinct. Afterward
he met Captain Price in front Of the
Greeley statue and asked the captain
why 1t was that they could not get
along together. Captain Prices reply,
he said, was: you've got to get out Of
this precinct. You can't stay here
Buttner declared that it was the cus-
tom in the Tenderlon for officers to find
women who had committed robberies,
force them to give up the money and
keep it for their own use. He gave one
specific case. He said that he had been
prosecuted by Captain Price, who had
arrested him frequently for excise viO-
lation.
stephan COrrObOrated.
Buttner was followed by the waiter,
Tuohig who gave evidence corroborat-
ing Stephan. Tuohig said Schultz Of
fered him job at $5 a day as long as
he would want it and 5000 or $500 il he
would swear that he saw Simon Butt
ner rob Mcgowan.
Mr.. Croker took the stand. In answer
to a question as to what the contribu
tions of the various candidates We're
last fall Mr.. Croker said he could not
tell. He supposed that all the contribu-
tions went to the treasurer. but could
not say hat they were expected to pay
some , lousands of dollars each. He
could n5t tell where any of these con-
tributions were banked, If they were
banked
He had never heard of candidates
borrowing from their friends to pay
their contributions. When asked if there
was any way of getting at the amounts
paid into Tammany by candidates, Mr..
Croker replied:
"Go to the county clerks office
He said he knew Of no other record.
Any and all contributions he had re-
ceived he had turned over to the Tam
many treasurer. Mr.. Croker said he
had never heard that s750,000 had been
contributed by the Metropolitan Street
Railway company. and he did not know
whether or not that corporation had
contributed anything.
He did not know how much Tamn,any
had received in contributions in the
campaign of 1897 or 1898. He admitted
that officeholders contributed to cleo