The San Francisco call., 1908-10-02

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DEMANDED BRIBE
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Iedepartment, where he las been rel
garded. as one of. the most efleient Of
! hcers Of. the service. He has been
mentioned repeatedly as. in direct line
| for the position: OF chief. and lately
has been mentioned as g possible sue
] oessor- to Captain Of Detectives Kelly.
What disposition Will be made of the
|. charges against Duke has not been de-
/ termfned. The commissioners: We're ap-.
parently. too discpncerted to- evolve any
! plan of action, and Chief Biggy said
! that he would do nothing until ordered
leby the commission to act
ONLY ASSERTIONS, SAYS CHIEF
! ."I have nothing to do with the case,
said Biggy. :':What~ can I do?. These
i charges as yet are. nothing but asser-
tions. If .Tierney wants TO make any
Duke, let him do 1t in the proper way.
/ Let him make afidavits and then we
| can try him..
I The members of the police comfnis-
sion were not able to state last night
what course they would pursue. ..
| Il do not care. to discuss the matter
| ait ALL said Commissioner Keil
i I'VE have not discussed the matter 8
i yet and 1 am unable to say now what
we will do asserted President Cutler
Commission .Leggett thought it inn
proper for him to discuss the subject
+ DO you wish us to dtsqualify our
selves as Judges by discussing this
matterg' he asked Indignantly.
TTERNEY UNGRATEFUL
+ Captain Duke not only entered an
absolute Genial. but stated that he" had
| upon previous occasions befriended
Tierney. - :' =.
ut: is. true said Duke, "that L. was
at Powell. and Eddy streets Monday.
] was ON my way to attend a drill.
/ But did not see Tierney and he
knows It.. !Tierney is certainly a most
/ upgrateful person to make such a false
charge against. me. When he was on
! the police force ! befriended him dur
ling the: Chinatown trouble. II testi-
! fed in his behalf in one case, and for
| two years: Chief Sullivan wouldn't
speak to me on that account
i 'eTerney is a liar. I'll lay this mat
T ter before the chief of police of course.
1 1 have not spoken to this man for more
/ than two years :
+ .Hes stated, after he had left the
rooms of the commiss toners, that this
| conversation had taken place at: the
i corner of Powell and Eddy streets last
Monday at S;5e, and that he and I were
the only persons present. If. therels q
i chance. to procure any :corroboratfve
/ evidence, it may be possible. that can
i prove his statements false, then I will
! bring the matter before the grand jury
I On the afternoon that this is sup
mo a-N fn fn L
Eddy. street to get my car, and spe-
E.ciai policeman from the Mission dis
triet by...the name of Heffernan walked
!. to the. car with me-. Tierney. certainly
1 had no opportunity to make such a
1 proposition to me at that time, and
that is the time he states the attempt
| ed extortion took place
DUKE OPPOSES ACTION
Ii appears that Tierney's appIica-
tion. for license was originally pre-
sented II days ago. He wanted to open
a place in Mason street between Eddy
and Ellis in conjunction with his part
ner. Mcguire. In conformity with the
regulations it was posted for 10 days.
Duke was. away and it was approved
i by: the property owners and by Acting
+ Captain Eugene Wall. Duke returned
from hisvacation last week and Tuesday
i night at the. commissioners meeting he
oohCO dGllOH Oil the license De DOSt-
i poned until he could make further in
+ vestigation. The matter was presented
to the board last night and in face of
/ the protest presented by Mrs. Wood
n1ansee and the Young Mems Christian
associa ton was refused by a unani-
! NOUS vote.
Mrs. Woodmansee said that the lodg-
ers In her place had all signed the pro-
/ test. She said they feared that such
| an establishment as is now conducted
i by. Pratt & Becker would be opened.
/. Mrs. Woodmansee had objected TO this
establishment, as the noise kept her
i guests awake at night She said that
| she had not been prompted by any out
side influence to file the protest
Henry: Burrows. who. operates the
/ Anita at .124 Turk street, said last
night that he. proposed to file against
i Duke charges far more serious than
those made by Tierney. He declined to
go into details but it was reported that
he: was prepared to submit evidence to
/ the commission in case his application
! had been refused. 1t was reported that
! Burrows would. charge that he had
been told that 1t would cost him GER
I tain sum TO get. his license through.
| CAPTAIN KELLY SMILES
| Captain Kelly was an interested
| listener at the meeting of the commits
sioners and was the first to meet Tier
neg as the latter emerged from the
4 commissioners rooms
T. Duke will never go. before a grand
/ jury with this matter remarked Tier
ney, addressing. Kelly, for too many
things have happened lately in which
| he had a hand"
| Kelly did not respond, but bowed his
] head to. conceal a smile and turning
left the irate ex-dive keeper. 1t is a
we'll known fact that Biggy's friend
ship for Kelly has waned. 1t is also
1 well known around police headquarters
that a ceAain member of the commits
sion. has intimated to Biggy that Cap
tain Duke would be a more preferable
chief of detectives than Kelly.
Kelly himself is authority for the
statement that Biggy recently came
him and asked him to resign his posi-
/ tion.