ROSSLAND EVENING RECORD, SEPTEMBER 7, 1899-

WITNESSES “B} “EXAMINED.

Police Investigation igation Drags Along
Without Interest.

NOTHING OF A STARTLING NATURE

Evioonce Presented Bofors the Commissioners
at Last Night's Session—The Session Ad-
journed Until Monday.

The Police Commissioners took
their seats last night to continue
the i ‘ion into the duct of
the police department. The doors
were then opened and ‘the large
crowd that had been waiting for
some time surged into the. court
room.

The first witness called was Dora
Clark, who stated that she had
been a keeper of a house on Lincoln
street, bnt had sold out on the first
of the month. She was asked
whether Chief Ingram had ever been
in her house under the influence of
liquor. Then ensued an altercation
between the opposing counsel, A.
H. MacNeill, Q. C., and J. A. Mac-
donald, and it was eventually de-
cided that the witness should an-
swer the questions put to her’,but
should not be treated as a hostile|
witness until 1t was so shown.

“Do you remember an occasion

the’ Chief to-explain matters. Com-'
plaints were frequently made and:
were promptly inquired into, but the
only occasion on which he had been
called upon to interfere was about
the, extra dollar and this only on one
occasion.

Marcus Moses knew the Chief of
Police and Officer Mitchell. He
kept the Collins House but had
never paid any money to Officer
Mitchell or Chief Ingram, nor had
he Instructed anyone todaso, He
did not remember any occasion in
July 1898 when he saw Chief of
Police Ingram in a house of ill fame.
His recollection was clear and dis-
tinct. Cross examined, he had
been spoken to by several people
about the matter. He knew Beam-
ish, Bell, McLaren and Barr, and
had spoken to the latter when ap-
proached by‘him. He had not told
him that he had paid ‘Mitchell any
money. To Mr. MacNeill he said
he had not gone to Nelson to avoid
this investigation or stayed there
longer than he intended to avoid ap-
pearing here. He had not made
any such statement but might have
said he did not want to come into
the court. Mr. Beamish, after con-
sulting with his ‘solicitor and being
refused to have the question “put by
him, asked the Commissioners to
put the question to him as to his re-
ligion. “Moses said he had no “par-

he shouldbe asked was, ‘‘had he been
asked'to pay any,money to the po-
lice or to any person on behalf of
the police,” ifthe agency was, shown.
Harry Melritosh had asked him to

make payments ‘on behalf of the
«nick theeslot” Then

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came more. objections, and eventu-
ally the statement was admitted in
evidence that'he would not say that
the money was*to be paid to the
police. .Mr. McIntosh, when asked
about it, had said, “you know me
well enough to know that the
money would go right.”

Jj. A. Frank, of the Columbia sa-
loon, said his partner, J. E. Lamb,

(the missing witness) had gone to
Northport in the forenoon on busi-
ness. They had.had a poker game
in the house. He’ believed there
had been some money paid to the
police by his partner, but did not
know-how much. His information
came from his partner. Mr. Lamb
would be back on Saturday. of. this
week. He remembered ‘the Chief
of Police coming’ ix front of the
house and insisting on. his paying
the: checks which somé colored
man had won at poker. The man
owed a whiskey bill and the Chief
told: him he must -cash the checks
and could pot! cellect his. whis-
key: bills by refusing to cash them.
‘Croés-examined, hete had been
soine.trouble.. between himself and

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Heavy Purchases.2=°

In anticipation of a busy Fall in all our depart-
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Do not hesitate, but decide at once that

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HUNTER: BROS.

mining circles here yesterday when

long been superintendent of the Le
Roi mine, tendered his resi

Committees of Citizens Leave on This After-

A sensation was sprung in the

Mr. Nicholas Tregear, who has so

He paid the fine.
Schools Closed.

noon,
A New Residence.

new residence of C. St.L. Macki

with the alternative of fourteen days.

The schools were closed this after-
noon in order to afford the scholars
an opportunity to attend the band
concert. and the teachers were fur-
nished with free seats for the ‘after-

J. Dunlop, the contractor, has
completed the foundation for the

WAS HELD IN $500 BAIL
Proceedings Against Willam Mitchell,
the City Jailer.

HE WAS. ARRESTED LAST NIGHT
1D, M. Beamish Smenrs Out a Warrant on the

Oharge of Bribery and Corruption—New
Officers Appointed,

Mitchell

tosh, near A. C.

|3,000.

to the British America Corporation
and it was accepted.
intendent of large experience in
Colorado has been.offered the posi-
tion by Mr. Carlyle but his name

tance of the “position has been re-

+

Ron

ceived. “It is stated that. Mr.

M. J. EAGLES has removed to

the store. opposite the Bank of

gear has. signed in ‘order to ac-
company Me! Carlyle to Spain where

A new super-

cannot be obtained until his.‘ accep-

Tre-

Office Removed.

the new court house.

‘The Electric Mining Lamp.

Galt’s residence.
The house will be thoroughly mod-
ern in detail and will cost about

The old office of the Gold Com-
mission and Mining Recorder has
been removed from its old location
on Columbia avenue and placed on
the foundations built last year for
Work on the
new courthouse will begin at once.

George E. Ellis and G. W. Long,

William the. city jailer
against whom a charge of receiving
bribes had been made. before the
Police Commissioners, which is yet
under investigation, was arrested
last night on a- warrant’ sworn to by
T. M. Beamish, and was kept un-
der arrest until this morning when
he appeared before Police Magis-
trate Kirkup. At the request ot his
counsel the case was continued un-
til tomarrow morning at one o'clock.

The information and complaint,
with its legal verbiage, reads that
Thomas M. Beamish. says firstly,

when the Chief of Police and Mar-
cus Moses came into your house in
July of last year?”

“I don’t remember, but the Chief
has been in the house on business

Toronto, next door to Linton’s. bool

bi fixed.
Colorado Bill, and it had been fixe store and will-be pleased to see her peainets in ber in her new store.

Bill was a “queer” gambler. He
could not say that any money, had
been paid to the police, though his

the latter, has been offered a posi-
tion with the Rio Tinto at $25,000
per year. Mr. “Carlyle, however,
as yet declines to state whether he

that ‘William Mitchell, then being
a peace officer of the corporation of
the city of Rossland, employed as
jailor, and for the detection and

ticular religion though he was. of
Jewish parentage. As far as the
oath that was binding on. his con-
science was concerned, one was as

representing the Northwestern Nov-
elty house of Spokane, are here in-
troducing the new electric mining | *
lamp, one of which General Warren

several times andl was accompanied

The witness stated that she had

no recollection of what the Chief:
drank or whether or not he drank
at all, as.she had been drinking her-
self. On strong pressure she stated
that she had known of Chief Ingram
taking a drink in her house and of
the Jailer doing the same, but neither
had been intoxicated there and Mr.
Macdonald: had no question to ask.

Helen Jamieson,the next witness,
knew the Chief of Police by sight.
She had met him in the court room,
but to her knowledge he was never
in Dora Clark’s house where she
lived, and never had known of his
being.being there. She had seen
Officer Mitchell in the house on two
or three occasions but had never
known of his taking a drink.

Ione Lewis knew the Chief of
Police and had known him for about
ayear. She knew him by sight but
had never spoken to him.. She
knew Officer Mitchell and had seen
him in the house once or twice
Cross examined, she had met Mar-
cus Moses but did not know any-
thing of his reputation for truth and
veracity.

Ex-Mayor H. S. Wallace stated
that during his term of office he had
told Chief Ingram that there had
been levied a charge of $1 for costs
on the women on the hill that was

irregular; and he had called the at-
tention of the Chief to it, and he

had acknowledged that it had been

irregularly done and had promised
While
mayor of the city the system at first
in force with regard to jail accounts
was that the accounts should be
passed on the signature of the chair-
man of the finance committee, but
this was changed to the voucher,
On cross ex-

it should not occur again.

system now in force.

“levery day, but had never told him

good as another, and the oath he
had taken was binding and he had
told the truth.

Charles Hooson said he had lived
in Rossland for some time,and was
proprietor of some of the ‘nickle-
in-the-slot”” machines, but had never
been asked to contribute any money
to any person or persons directly or
indirectly on account of the ma-

partner had said everything had
been squared. They kept no ac
counts, but divided every, month all
that was left.

Charles, E, Lamb’s absence was
then talked about, and it was de-
cided to call the witness later.

Then the court room was cleared
whilea married woman was placedon
the stand and gave evidence on

chines, It was never sugg d to

h dii if confirmed, to

him that he should pay on account
of these machines and he had never
heard of any payment having been
made. He had never considered it
necessary nor had he ever told any-
one that it was necessary to square
the police in order to run the ma-
chines. Cross-examined by Mr.
Macdona‘d: Mr. Beamish had said
to him that if the saloon men and
nickel-in-the-slot_ men did not come
before the commissioners they
would chase them down. To Mr.
McNeil; he said he had never made
a statement that the Chief of Police
had made a demand upon him. He
had talked with Mr. Bell nearly

how to square himself with the
police, and.had never said anything
of the kind,

Captain S. B. Shaw stated that
he kepta cigar store and said he
had some ‘nickel-in-the-slot”
chines. He had never paid or been
asked to pay, on account of the ma-
chines, any moneys to the police
and no corrupt payment or gratuity
had ever been paid to any of the po-

ma-

%
implicate Mitchell.
The inquiry was then adjourned
until Monday, September 11, at
7.30 p.m. ae

Mrs. A. Moore, Prop. J.8. Grah Mer

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ROSSLAND LABOR UNION.

Cooks’ and Waiters’ Union, No. 40, W..L.
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MINERAL ACT, 1896.
j (Form ¥.

lice officials, nor had any pay
been demanded.

Harry McIntosh, of. the Hoffman,
had three ‘‘nickel-in-the-slot’” ma-
chines in his hotel and had acted as.
agent for the sale of the machines,

anyone on their behalf. He had
never had any conversation with

He had never paid any money to ‘
any one of the police force nor to if

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We also have -# fall supply. of Perfumes

Toilet Articles, Soaps, etc. ,at moderate pric

T. R. MORROW,. nets

«seees-.-the Druggist.

erfect Con-| .
Fs mining men of the camp, and to

bers of.the Cat Mining Insti-
tute-has-beer ‘sinewhat modified.
The program will open’at 8:30 with

mayor. Then will follow the read-
ing of mining papers and their dis-
cussion, after which a smoking con-
cert will be enjoyed.

Invitations have been sent to all

the members of the Board of Trade,
who are each privileged to invite
one guest. - The visitors will ar-
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son by a committee composed of
Mayor Goodeve, J.-S. C. Fraser,
Hector MeRae, Alex Dick; J. D.
Sword and John McKean.

FINE NEW SPECIMENS.

Mr. Saucier Has Received Some from
East Kootenay and Burnt Basin.
Mr. J. E. Saucier has received a
lot of very fine specimens of ore
from the East. K district.

A Smoker Tomorrow Evening---Visl-

punishment of offenders, did cor-
ruptly accept the sum of $60 from
Mah Hong on or about the 5th day

brought to the city some three
months ago. The lamp ignites with
asnap and the light will flash out

an address of welcome by the}

for eight hours without recharging.

of March, 1899, with the intent to

_ Coming to

corruptly with the due ad-

Sw Mack Bowell, P

Mrs, Charles Holton.
zie left Winnipeg for the west yes-

some weeks. ri

Left for Vancouver.
Mr. Geo. McL. Brown, executive
agent of the Canadian Pacific rail-
way, who has been faid up at the
Hotel Allen since Friday, had so
far recovered that he was able to
leave for Vancouver thia morning.
A private car awaits him’ in Revel-
stoke to take him back in ¢omfort.
Mr. E. J. Coyle accompanied Mr.
Brown.

“Politics in Nelson. _
Already the Nelson people are
making ready for the next mayoral-
ity election and Alderman Fletcher's

One of these, which runs fifty per
cent. in copper, is from Palmer's
Bar, which is about half way be-

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tween Cranbrook and Moyie. Some
of the other specimens are from St.
Mary’s river and.are-galena, with a|
high percentage of silver ‘aid lead,
and some gold running as high in
values as from $600 to $700. Some
of the properties from which these
Specimens have been taken are
already located. by” parties repre-
sented by Mr. Saucier. -

The country is very rich and of-

fers fine i to

friends are making an active can-
vass in his behalf. Efforts are be-
ing made to induce Aldermen Beer
or McKillop to oppose him. Mayor
John Houston is preparing to con-
test the seat now held in the. legis-
jature'by | Hoh: J. Fred Hume.
Handsome tl. X, L. Specimen.
In the window of J. W. Spring’s

oF Caney | is on his way to the
by...his |
Solan Mrs. McCarthy, and his
grandchildren’ Miss McCarthy ‘and
Sir Macken-

terday and will spend a day or two
at the coast before he comes to this
district where he intends to- spend

of justice by permitting
the said Mah Hong or others for
whom. he was agent, to keep a dis-
orderly” house, to-wit, a common
gaming house.

“And secondly, that William
Mitchell, then being 2 police offi-
er, * * * * * did
corruptly accept the sum of $30
from J. E. Lam on or about the
15th day of June, 1899, with the in-
tent to interfere corruptly with the
due administration of justice by per-
mitting the said J. E. Lam to keep
a disorderly house, to-wit, a com-
mon gambling house.
“And thirdly, that William Mitch-
ell, then being a police officer,
* * “* * did corruptly accept
a sum of money, to-wit, about $45,
from Wah Hong, on or about the.
24th day of August, 1899, with the
intent to corruptly interfere with
the due administration of justice by
permitting the said Wah Hong to
keep a disorderly house, to-wit a
common gambling house.
“And fourthly,. that William
Mitchell, then being a peace officer,
* * * * did corruptly ac-
cept a sum of money, to-wit, a sum
over $2, from Nellie White at divers
times with the intent to interfere
corruptly with due administration of
justice by allowing the said Nellie
White to keep or be an inmate of a

jewelry store is a hand:

quartz from the I. X. L. It is one
in the camp and is literally covered
with native gold. On all sides the

Mr. Saucier has also received two
sacks of ore from the Burnt Basin
district which are being assayed

metal aud

much of p There

piece of | d

of the finest specimens ever found}.

i ly house, to-wit, a common
bawdy house.”

The complaint was sworn to be-
fore Police Magistrate Kirkup yes~
terday and the warrant was served
on ale Mitchell last night by
G and this mor-

is also in the window a piece of gold
bearing quartz from the Mother

ning the question of bail came up
before Magistrate Kirkup, who ad-

amination the witness stated that veted ‘on
when the matter was brought to the
attention of Chief Ingram he stated
that the money was for the purpose
of employing a special officer for
looking into the cases of fallen
women. He remembered that there
had been some trouble about China-

and which are supposed to be wey
valuable.

Lode. journed that phase of the case for
an hour or two. Afterwards Mag-
istrate Kirkup released Mitchell on
$500 cash bail which was deposited
by Mr. Lee Coombs.

When the arrest was made last
night Mayor Goodeve at once sus-
pended Mitchell from his position

Brownlee, to, whom he had sold one
machine, in which.he had mention-
ed that it would be necessary <o
square the police. § .|t a svplications mede | Sv : | Depart. an (¢)

Thomas Brownlee, after Mr. | (so, the fart Excbence Houel, tbat ts No-d—Enet, Boun e Rossl d T
Macdonald had filled an objection | §olumbis avenue, Rossland, + 9s} No. ¢—Fast Bou: Hie ure Angelo Para charged. with being
to Mr. MacNeill’s leading, said

Dated 4th August, 1890, Toronto 92 Montreal 96 jJerly on the streets. William
N SGARNEAM, perG. H.0., 2 7
that he kept a billiard room and| ®  8#0-H- NewYork 108" Wiphiper 5%

‘With M. J. Eagles.
Madame Burr, late -of the Palace
Dry Goods store in Spokane, who
opened the dressmaking department
of the Palace, has arrived in Ross-
land and will open the dressmaking
department at 'M. J. Eagles’. Mad-

Transfer of Liquor License.
Notice, is here

2—pamy TRaE—2 Sandon a ddloonn ‘points. We pay dama
: use, or ship any y ales oraoods,
WE SELL GOOD, ‘pry, SEASONED WOO:
Office: Washington St., opposite Bank of Montreal. J. W. Gartitae, Mgr.

. ‘The Police Court,
The first case called in the police
court this morning was that against

ven that at the next sit-

men and that he and the Chief had
conversed about the money. ‘There
had been an understanding. that or-
dinary poker games would be al-
lowed. To Mr. MacNeill he stated
that whenever any cause of com-

half of the police.

plaint was made to him, he asked

bowling alley and had some ‘nickel-
in-the-slot’” machines.
sued a controversy over the next
question of whether he had been | miss
asked to make any payments on be-

Then en-

pias ‘for. Liquor License.

is _hereb:

ven thatI will a)
a8 ment shitter ir arply,

e board of license com.
Hoonse fu sell
Bottle on the.

the C. P. a Block
addition, in the Bity of Rossland

was decided that the question that

Eventually it

OHS FALETTI.

conse qu tors ‘By
Harsh building on; Secon’ avenue, o
R 14, sepostis als

Dally, except Sunda:

ail others dolly.

t

A. D. Chariton,

Dated this 22d day of August, 1899,

J. . HILL, Geueral Agent,

Spgkane, Washington:

A.G. P. A.,

Vanco’ver 30 Vietoria = 35
4—Hours Rossland to Neleon Hours--4

For Rates and Fall Information Ad-
dress the ‘Nearest Loeal Agent, or

A.B. Mackenzrg, City Tkt Aatt Ross-
W.H. Gaaz, Acting Agent. land.

W.F. ANDERSON,

Portland’ Oregon

E. J. Cove, ,
T,P.A.,Nelson, AG PA Vane’r

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P.O Box 198.

Sapp was the first witness and
Stated the defendant was trying to
make trouble with everyone on the
streét. Other witnesses corrobor-
ated this statement and Angelo
Para, the defendant, after making
another statement, was fined $10

and Officer McDonald took charge
of the jail. Two new special offi-
cers have been sworn in tempora-
rilly, Geo. Bradshaw and J. W.
Riley, but it has not been decided
yet who will take charge of the jail
tonight.

ame Burr, who is a first-class dress-
maker and has held very good posi-
tions, will be pleased to see the la-
dies of Rossland at M. J. Eagles.
All work executed by her is strictly
first-class and perfect fit guaran-
teed.