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motorman and since have been engaged
at the Park. Since the management OF
the Park has been in the hands OF tne
Hope Land company the improvements
have been OF very high order, ana every
suggestion made by me as to discipline or
conduct OF the AFFAIRS 10 the manage
ment OF the Hope Land company mas
been carried out 10 the letter" and II -
my opinion that IL is now most orderly
and we'll conducted resort. and that no
resort Ssummerl could d oe conSSe'e onSsr end den
'eHSs asisned1 ede'' ~ IRA A. ANGELL.
Subscribed and sworn 10 before me this
SAMUEL 4: HUNTER
I. II. A. S. Sayers OF East Providence.
In the state OF Rhode island' on oarh @
depose and say: That | have been con,
nected with Crescent Park for the past
fve years. and now working at sala
Crescent Park as an electrician and sen.
eral mechanic. That have known Harry
d. German during the time haye peer
at said Crescent Park. That on May ~,
| 1893, ] heard said German state 10 VII
Pap an aHfs,e,n alS net come to him him and give him
money he would close up their places In
| the Park When he made this state
attitude toward Epestein. shaking his
| 1st In his face while making the ABOVE
statement.
on Sunday evening. July s, 1893. saw
|
and heard him say that he (Gorman!
wanted money 10 close his mouth. Heard
him state at that time that he got no
office. and he must have nve hunareo
cent Park. In my opinion, Is connucteo IN
proper manner and the employees az
the Park are all disciplined. and endeavor
/ in every way TO have the place conduct
! ed in a lawful and decent manner. Ihat
/ from my experience al Crescent faIk
/ the place II now conducted superior 10
any time since | have been there
While said German was speeiai OF
ncer at the Park | noticed that he was
! constantly attempting TO show his au-
thority. and frequently caused unneces-
sary trouble.
Subscribed and sworn before me this
18th day Of July, 1903 r
Notary Public
/. William r. Austen. OF Providence
r. L. on oath depose and say: That ! am
now employed at Crescent PARK ana 70 nave ave
seasons. That ] have known Harry "
German for some three years: That In
the spring OF 1901 | met said German on
that | was going TO Crescent Park TO
see Mr. Nash. and that | expected 10
go 10 work for him. -
We had conversation on the trip
down. and | informed German that !
was an intimate friend OF Nashs, and
he tod me that Nash was doing wen
there and II he didn't make good TO him
lie wos going to cause him some trouble
He said that might speak TO nm
(Nash) about II and see what he thought
he ought TO do. He further stated that
Nash &C uld not afford 10 pass him oy:
That he lGorman) had a great deal OF
strength down there and could use lots
OF influence TO keep the Park open or
closed reported Gormans eonverss,
me and inquired as 10 what MT Nasn
had said / told German that Nash said
he was paying his rent to the Hope Land
and D'ps aid d not W consider It necessary to pay
any one protection money. German re-
piled and said that he was entitled 70
some money from Nash and would try
on the sth day OF July. 1903. a messen-
ger came to me, and stated that Harry
German wanted to see me and told me
the time and place that German had sug
gested on the evening Of July s, 1908.
I went to the place designated and there
met said German He told me that he
had been thrown down by the council
and that he wanted satisfaction. and he
soid that he considered he had suficient
evidence against this Park TO close IL
up. and he was going to DO so unless MT
Nash gave him $500 by tnat tirne the ioi-
! lowing night.
He then went on 10 explain to me what
! evidence he had He said that they were
| very foolish for not making good to him
| That he had the whole thing In the palm
|
| handle Mr. Dexter, and that as for him
! (Gorman) Mr. Dexter would not listen TO
/ him, and he (Gorman) thought was the
| right one TO see Mr.. Nash and that Nash
was the one TO see Mr.. Dexter. He was
very anxious 20 get this money and N he
did get IL he would at once leave this part
of the state. That he was sick and tired
| of II as far as he was concerned.
He said he had been thrown down by
| the council as he expected to be elected
chief OF police, and not having been treat
| ed as he deserved was now looking for
! satisfaction. German appointed IL O'Clock
the following day as the time for me to
let him know whether he could get the
| money or not I at once reported the mat
ter to Nash and he declined to consider
| Germans proposition In any way or see
Mr. Dexter regarding the same.
| have had no further interview with
German He said IL the money was paid
him, he would get reporter TO take him
10 the park and show him how welh the
place was being run and have the same
published in the newspapers
(Signed) VIM. +. AUSTEN.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day OF July. 1909
SAMUEL A. HUNTER.
Notary Public.
Upon motion OF Councilman Cady the
following resolutions were adopted:
Mr. Harry d German, having failed, in
response TO the request or this board 10
substantiate his charges OF June Is. 1903.
with any affidavits except his own and
that OF a person who says. Crescent
Park is a low place" and having yester-
day In writing withdrawn all OF said
charges which refer to the chief OF po-
lice and that the observation OF the In
dividual members OF this body. covering
many Sundays and evenings at times
when our presence was not expected on
known since these charges were present
I" ed. tending TO show that they are frivo-
lous or unfounded
II Is voted that no further action be
taken I'm relation to the petition OF the
said German and three others. presented
az the last meeting and covering the
same subjects and that the clerk enter in
fun upon the records OF this meeting fol-
lowing this vote. the affidavits OF Ira A.
Angel. J. n. Nash, VIM r. Austin. II A.
q sayer and Robert Woods. which were
submitted TO us at the last meeting and
tend 10 show the motives Of Mr.. Gorma n
In making the charges In question.