Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-18


Yes. and l looked on him as bank
man and notGas brewer.
| Did YOU know he had an interest in q
brewery"
| Yes. l knew he had an interest
| Does the excise board ever consider
what brewery lis. interested in an applica-
ton for license or transfer?
| Not at all.f<7ss
Does Mr.. 'Keane win all his cases be-
| fore the excise board?'
No. indeed
Record Produced.
Mr.. Morgan then produced a paper
showing the cases in which Attorneys
| keane. Madigan. Sullivan and Montague
had appeared before the excise board,
showing that no one of the attorneys is
always successful.
so there is no favoritism shown by
the bOard?" asked the attorney.
None whatever.
DO you owe any money to Peter
Drury?'
Not a cent" said Mr.. Kalbfus.
With the exception of $4,000 ex-
planned in d. real estate transaction.
have you owed him any?"
No: and that was not personal
matter. looked on that as a bust
ness detail. as it was a deed of trust.
and ] considered it more of a bank
loan than anything else"
did you ever receive any money
from Drury?"
Not a cent"
I--"Or- from Keahe?"
No said Mr.. kalbfus, with the
exception of a dollar or so. Yes, 1 did
borrow So from him once
What for"
TO buy lunch
Were you matching to see who'd
| pay?"
Il forget" said Mr. Kalbfus with a
smile.
Has Keane ever given you any
| thing"
/ phasis.
Emphatic Negative.
| HAS he ever suggested that he would
give you anything?"
| Never" said Mr. Kalbfus, showing
more life and animation than he has
shown at any other time while the in
Ivestgation proceeded. There cannot be
a man in this city or in any other city
who can say l ever took 1Gingle cent
4 from him or any other man.
| And the same can be said about the
| other members of the board. l SUPPOSE?
Absolutely. 1 have the highest regard
| for them and their honor / would stake
my life on them.
Mr. Kalbfus,'' said Mr. Hogan. drop
ping this line of query, did you ever
meet Representative Bennett of New
York
Il did i called on him after he had
| made an attack on me on the floor OF
| the House
Tell the Commissioners about it,
Il was introduced to him by news
paper correspondent. and I told him
l had been treated unfairly by him
that he had attacked me on the floor
of the House without giving me a
chance to protect myself. l said l
was hurt by it: my family and my
children were hurt by it. 1 said l was
to know and to please give me d
chance. Representative Bennett said
then that he had intended to attack
me again. but that he wouldn't do it
without informing me in advance"
Ceases His Attacks.
He didn't attack you again."
NO. but he didn't retract what he
had said and there was no written re-
traction"
Then Mr. KaIbfus began to talk about
Mr. Horstmann in response to the ques-
tons of Mr.. Hogan.
When did you first meet Mr.. Horst
MANN"
when he was appointed as an in
spector in the excise board to succeed Mr..
Naylor.''
How was he appointed?''
After Mr.. Richards the assessor had
had talk with Commissioner Rudolph
| The excise board GENERALLY appoints a
| man to that position, isn't that true?"
Why, yes, l had always SO understood
it,"
| Did Mr.. Naylor the previous in.
spector ever require any written instruc-
| tom
mo. We always sent him to Mr.. VIII
liams. clerk to the board. He would
give Instructions"
| Was Mr.. Horstmann competent
| Mr.. Horstmann was a most energetic
young man. He. asked for instructions
| and We sent him to the clerk. Then he
! BECAME very energetic. He became so
| energetic he became a nuisance. We
| heard about him talking about what the
| board was doing. We heard of him criti-
| cising us all the time. We heard he was
| informing the Commissioners of what we
! did, and altogether he became so ener-
getc that whenever the board did any
/ thing that didn't appeal to him he be-
| came insuted.
| This kept up until one day he held me
| up in the hall and criticised me for some
| thing and told me what to do. Horst
| mann was offensive to the board that
| the members suggested he be called down
| / said to the members that he seemed a
nice young fellow and that perhaps he
needs little advice. Don't let's jump
on him soon. Let's wait whilev So
| then We gave him the written instruc-
| tions.'
Makes Report to Commissioners
| Did you hear that Horstmann went
/ to the commissioners to inform them
about matters of the excise board?''
| IS Yes"
| And then did you ask him il he had
any charges to make against the board?
| Assessor Richards asked him that"
| What reply did he make?"
| "Horstmann said If he retained his posi-
| ton he had no charges to make, but that
| if he was fired he would make charges.
! Then he was discharged?
/ Yes. he had TO be then.
| The long details i'm regard to real estate
| and business deals started after that. Mr.
| Kalbfus said he knew of no rule that
I prevented members OF the board of as
| sistant assessors from buying real estate
| any more than there was rule to pre-
vent the members of the personal APP
praisement board from buying personal
! property. Commissioner Johnston asked
| lin if he knew whether other members