The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-03
"HARRY'S" HOUSE.
Ex-senator Genet and the Harlem Court House.
What prince Hall Thinks Of Senator
Tenants Report-He Will Sink
or Swim" on the Evidence.

The report OF the Senate Committee on the Har.
lem Court House and the conclusions stated as the
Judgment of the committee created quite stir
among the politicians around the city on Saturday.
The discussion and examination before the Com
missioners in this city were fully reported In the
HERALD during the progress OF the investigation,
and their import was pretty generally understood.
The committee, consisting of the venerable Sena-
tors Tiemann, Benedict and Weismann, In pre-
senting the testimony to the Senate conclude their
report as follOws:-
account for the money received by him the city
used e the TsS Of the b. Sour II
their this maer was 6 s ara
and the etirontary shown in its it IS not
Of the frauds that have been pTs ss
Commissioners share in the proceeds OF the trans
ss1a Of that
the testimony be printed and sent to the Mayor District
Attorney and Comptroller Of the city 9, New YORK. e
take such action thereon justice and the interests OK
the city may require
For the purpose OF ascertaining how the burly
Harry felt in relation to this report, and what ne
was going to do about 1t, HERALD reporter called
on him at his office Saturday and stated his mis-
sion. "Prince Hal"-as he was Familiarity called In
the days that are gone-was found seated behind q
handsome French cylinder-top desk. He was puff
nng away on a fragrant Havana and gazing alter
nately at photograph OF the Harlem Court House,
portrait OF w. c. Conner, print OF the new Capt.
toll at Albany, fire extinguisner and our az the
representative with all the courtesy OF Chesterfield:
and invited him to take seat. After the usual
formalities had been gone through the subject Oh
the report was opeped by the question :-"Mr Ge-
net, suppose you Aaye seen the account OF the
strong report about the Harlem Court House ?"
Mr.. GENET-Yes, but 1t don't amount to any
thing. If old Tiemann would only report the evil
dence' to the Senate without his opinions would
be perfectly satisfied
Mr.. GENEr-Nothing ! only want the Senate to
print the testimony Just as 1t was taken down by
the stenOgrapher, and let the public decide from
that on the testimony given before the COM
mittee am perfectly content TOTO, we'll
Why, my counsel me that there Is moth
ing at all in the evidence against me.
HERALD Observation-Disclosures can the Senate
Mr. GENET don't know what they can do. I
dent see that they can do anything OF course
Mayor and District Attorney but they can't inter-
fere with me.
or indict the Commissioners?
Mr.. GENET-rhey might but that would not In.
counsel to the Commissioners / received $4,000.
my fee, and that was all. was not public Ofnc1al
The Whole amount thing is thisod TemaS
is an inveterate enemy OF mine, ana ne would ike
to crush me POLITICALLY II ne could Me " one OF the
and q few others think they can kill me. Now,
don't intend to be killed feel good for ten years
yet, and mean to fight them all the tine AFTER
pause) just let them print the testimony as It
was given. have a full copy OF the testimony as
taken by the stenographer and l will compare it.
Ii they print it correctly will leave it to the public
to decide. That's all ! can say on the subject. |
know have done nothing that is not right, and II
you are going to publish any thing just say that
want the real testimony printed IN full and let the
public Judge for themselves. I'm not ashamed OF
my record; and the men who want to crush me
nOw-the very same men who cry out against the
present charter some OF them were Just as i0ud IN
praise OF 1t beiore-Orget or pretend not to know,
that was the only member OF the Senate from this
city in 1870 who voted against 1t.
Finding that the Senator, although warming to
the subject would say nothing more than that he
was willing to stand or fall by the evidence" the
reporter took his leave.