Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-20
Detective Tesfes Certain Places Were Favored Bv Sutton

Thomas: Il will show what I an
after"
Thomas Resumes.
Thomas resumed examination oi
witness:
Who are hauling garbage now?'
Henry Pollock, James Whalen and
a man named Smiley"
What do you know OF connection
of Maloney with collection OF gar
bage;"
Pollock and Malonev and some
others have company. They told
me at Brandeis could not have gar
! bage any more, because Maloney was
in there and asked for garbage for
Pollock"
What was the deal between Pol
lock and the city on garbage"
Drew from Hat.
"They put numbers in a hat and
they drew for downtown districts"
What was Pollock's arrangement
with the city,"
"He was to haul the rubbish as well
as garbage.
"Has-he hauled away the rub
bish"
mo. | got Brandeis and several
other places back because Pollock
would not haul rubbish, as lie agreed,
and as | did before Pollock was given
the downtown district"
What else do you know of Ma
loney's connection with Pollock's
company"
Maloney Gets Part. \
whey they sold their hogs to South
Omaha Maloney got 8 per cent Of the
money"
Attorney Baker: "EIow do you
know
"A man who is interested in the
company told me"
who told the man.
He said woman"
Attorney Rine: who was this man
you spoke off,
II don't know his name"
Gould you direct this council to
his house?
Il could"
This line OF evidence was offered
by the prosecution to corroborate tes-
timony of Paul Sutton that Maloney
was lnterested.in city garbage hauling
and hog-feeding ranch.
Want to Find Man.
Attorney Rine asked Urbach
whether he knew that the present
Pollock arrangement saved the city
$4,000 to $4,000 a year.
The city attorney directed the city
clerk to issue a summons forthwith
for the man said to have told Ur-
bach that Maloney received per
cent profit on the sale of hogs from
the Pollock hog-fceding ranch.
Harry Fischer, attorney for Ur-
bach III the garbage litigation, was
called and testified he conversed with
Mr.. Phelps, manager of the restau-
rant in the Brandeis building.
Steve Maloney gave me orders
to give garbage to Henry Pollock"
were the words attributed to Phelps
by Fischer.
Il went to the health commissioner
last spring when districting the city
was proposed" added Fischer. 81 ex-
planned | wanted to bid on a district
for a client OF mine. The health
commissioner said the city had exclu-
sive right to haul garbage.
Would Divide City.
"On the next Monday Kugel said to
me in presence of Mr.. Fleharty that
the city should be divided in districts
and all given fair chance. But |
was told by member of the sanitary
department that on Sunday Pollock,
and Smiley met and drew |
out of hat the cream of the garbage
hauling"
Council Takes Charge.
Attorney Rine: Don't you under
stand that Pollock, Whalen and
Smiley are hauling garbage as em-
oloyes of the city and without ex-
'ense to the city and that the city
'ouncil had the matter up this morn
ng and referred it to next week."
Il did not know that was the case,
,ut l am glad to hear it."
What did you say Phelps told
.ou?"
He said he received orders from
,aptain Maloney through city de-
ective to give garbage to Pollock"
Refused a Bribe.
Detective Cunningham was asked
y Attorney Baker whether w. r.
honeywell previous witness, offered
I'M money on Farnam street.
1T was on Douglas street." witness
eplied.
Did you take it,
"No."
Attorneys Baker and Thomas in
ulged in another polemic regarding
olding hearing down to charges
ganst Maloney.
Witnesses Stay Away.