The sun., 1906-12-27

Attorney Kehoe that he had seen liquor
sold in the armory.
The sergeant testified that at the review
or December the men behind the bar
were not attached to the armory, and then
in the next breath denied that there had
ever been a bar in the place. .. ..
The sergeant refused also TO say how
many private horses were stabbed in the
,rmory IL has been charged that the
lonpy for the keep of these horses-sl5 a
llonth was paid to the sergeant. Refer
ling 10 his trusty yellow paper once more.
NE sergeant refused 10 say whether there
rere any private horses there now.
He didn't know that Capt. Wendell had
Compelled any Of the employees 10 pay him
a part Of their wages and he knew of no
instance whore men engaged in the arnory
were used by the Captain in building sheds,
milking COWS and doing other personal
service He admitted that some Of the
employees went away from the armory
once in a while in work hours, but he took
the Captains word for it that they had
boen sent on errands. Whenever a man
-Uayed away for two weeks or 40 he look
the Captrin's word for it that the city en-
ployee was on his vacation.
Sergt. Jansen never thought of docking
anybody for time: as a matter on TACT ne
kept no record of the time which the armory
workers put in He made up the payroll,
but he had never taken the trouble to find
out whether all of the employees were
American citizens, a. required by law.
Renewed efforts on the part Of the Assistant
District Attorney to get information about
the sale Of liquor in the arinory brought the
yellow paper into play al the rate of several
looks minute.
Lieut.-Col. Charles Alhert Wingate of
the National Guard testified to the Cap
tain's hona tide standing as an officer OF
the First Battery, and +. W. Wright, from
the Comptroller's office, put into evidence
the citys records Of the payments that had
heen made to the complaining employees.
These DayrollS contained u certificaton by
the Captain that all Of the employees we're
citizens of the State.
Walter c. Smith of the real estate broker
ace firm of T.. Osborn smith co. OF lSlst
street and Amsterdam avenue, which hrin
had collected most of the Wendell rentals
from the armory employees, testified that
Charlie, the Captains son, had made the
arrangements with them. The Assistant
District Attorney discovered, however. that
the account in the firms ledger was kept
in the name ofpkIapt. l.. Wendell. SIalth
declared that the account had been headed
that way merely because the firm happened
20 know the Captain letter. than hisS soIfy
Two payments by the firm we're nsde di-
rect 10 the Captain and the others went q,
Charlie. gsN 49, p
Capt. Wendell has been in charge OF the
First Battery since 1882. He is known to
fame in Hohoken "a the founder OF Sehuet-
zen Park, and enjoys the distinction Of
being the only Tammany Hall Denloctle
appointed by Gov. Higgins 70 his military
staff. he organized in connection with the
First Battery an honorary staf which is
unique in its why. On the staff among
others is Charlie Wendell. the police captain,
and Louis brother the Hon. Fritz Wen
del. another brother, who keeps a saloon
at a20 Ninth avenue, and the following noted
strategists: Chief Of StaiY, Richard Croker;
Colonel, Charlie Murphy Commanding
Colonel, Andrew Freedman; Bird s. Coler,
and about twenty other Tammany lights.