The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26
McGRATH QUESTIONED.

~OAAAAA4ocAOIClB SNlQSHlly regarding
Doran's assertion as absurd.
McGRATH QUESTIONED.
Henry 7. McGrath was the second
Of the trio of defendants to take the
stand. Almost every day, he said, he
and the other members of the squad
chopped down doors and raided gam
bling dens.
Did you ever visit Chan Cheung
on Saturdays at No. St Louis alley?"
demanded Drinkhouse in ugly voice.
But the witness explained that he
never went upstairs" where the
Grand Jury says the Statesmen" dis
pensed the corruption fund.
Did Chief of Police Whitman ever
visit the squad in Chinatown
i saw him occasionally"
Did he ever make a tour of Chi
natown 20 famiIiarize himself with the
location of the games?''
4 think 1 saw him SO engaged one
night. 1 am not sure about it."
What did Sergeant Ellis tell you at
the Grand Jury Investigations"
He told me he had made a clean
breast of everything and urged me to
tell everything 1 knew about corrup-
ton in Chinatown. 1 told him it
looked to me as if he had told the
Grand Jury that 1 took money and
that he was liar. 1 asked him if he
had told the jury that he had received
bribes, and he said no."
Policeman Charles E. Mum, the
third Of the defendants, testified in de-
tail as to the campaign he participated
in against fantan and lotteries.
MUM ON THE STAND.
WAS Sergeant Ellis in the Grand
Jury room when you testified before
that body?"
NO, SIR
Did Sergeant Ellis say anything to
you at the Grand Jury rooms?"
Yes; he urged me in the anteroom
to make a clean breast of everything.
He said the jurors knew all and that
would better tell He did not know,
he explained. how the jury got the in
formation"
What did Ellis mean by telling you
to make a clean breast of every
thing?'"
Il suppose he meant that I should
make confession If had accepted any
bribes in Chinatown"
OO040 I-AlAS nave pIOIeCIeQ the
games without your knowing anything
about it?'
Yes, he might, for example, have
given warning to the gamblers of con-
templated raids"
How was it that never more than
seven or eight Cinnamon were taken in
a raid when the rooms had been occu-
pied by many more?"
Il never could understand that nv
self"
This closed the case of Patrolmen
Doran, Mum and McGrath, and the
trial Of Policemen Henry Heinz and r.
r. O'Brien. the other members of Ellis
squad, was at once begun They are
the two patrolmen who confessed be-
fore the Grand Jury that. they were
paid $40 a week each by Chan Cheung
at No. 3 st. Louis alley as bribe money.
By stipulation the testimony taken
in the preceding trial was made TO an
ply to Heinz and O'Brien They en-
tered formal pleas of not guilty to the
complaints ad to them
HEINZ TESTIFTES.
The Commissioners first called He;nz
to testify.
Did you ever see Sergeant Ellis go
into No. 2 ST. Louis alley?"
Il never did,
Did Policeman O'Brien ever tell Won
he accepted money from Chan Che
ung?"
He never did"
DO you know Chan Cheung?"
Il know several Chan Cheungs. Rut
the one who resides at No. 2 st. Louis
alley l have met a number of times
just to say how-do-you-do to him."
Did you call on him every week?"
Sometimes two or three times a
week I would visit his place.
Did you ever accept anything in
Chinatown besides tea and cigars?"
Asher here asserted the constitu-
tional right of his client not be required
to incriminate himself. Commissioner
Reagan wanted to ask the witness If he
was ever offered any more substantial
presents, but the attorney would not
permit an answer.
Heinz said that the night Ellis and
he were before the Grand Jury the SER
geant was under the influence of IL
quor.
Then Drinkhouse propounded the fol-
lowing pointed query:
DO you think if you had done your
duty honestly you would be declining
TO answer any questions here to-
night?"
Asher protested vehemently. "AII
right" said Reagan, I'VE don't need
any answer" Drinkhouse chined in
with the statement. I'VE don't want
any answer" 1t was evident the Com
missioners had their minds made up.
TWO CASES CLOSED.
At this point the cases of Heinz and
O'Brien were closed. after a stipula-
ton was entered into that all the tes-
timony taken against and for the
squad should cover their cases.
Attorney Asher argued briefly that
Sergeant Ellis squad had not failed
in greater degree than any other squad
in suppressing games. They had done
their best. as was evidenced by the
raiding they carried on, and had not
been guilty of neglect of duty. be con-
tended. The credibility of several wit