, 1875-08-26
AID. Fitzgerald and the Numerous Of
lers hlade Him.
4 FclloW-AlslernaN 0iIers Him 81 900
to Vote Tor Cobh's Measure.
and IN Outsider Offers Him 81 500 to Sum-
port the Other Ordinance,


''hoA0A h'NAAV AsHb"H! tH1Uuku bAe AGuHCllt
and, In order to got At the truth as the Alder
attempt to find him, and At last succeeded in
taeh ayenue, ]aBt evening.
After renal king OH tho soheonahlencss OF tho
weather In the manner provided BY custom. tho
sepurter plunged Iuto tho subject, with the ful-
luwlug res1I.t:
asances unt. r which this Wabash Avenua Bail
WAY chn'ter TaA r. ant.d, Mf. Fitzgerald7
ME. FNzgesald-I certainly Ito.
it~-Do son 1eu,+ tllller that, about the Tina the
Of ldlHauce VIVA coming,
cEnTAtS Ai.ptHMAx CALLED ON rou
and offe'ed you 500 to voto for ono Of tho
chartera7
AID. F-oh. now, l can't giYo him away, you
R"-Wcrc you ever offered $1,000 by another
mai 10 ynto Smother wayf
!, AID. F.-iou scein to know to,ne.l,ing about
the q matters.
N.--W'l / Btnuid he elal to have YOU tell mo
Whist t!lera j. III it A :ul rIllerhiaud it.
Ald. FL don't kntw Why l shouldn't tell you.
1%-1hereeeern no eofdreaton, aud shert i.ayo
bern 70 1llafy stories Il ,atig around on the sub
l"rt that It would really he for Tho public Atcr-
cat tu do 10.
now IT WIZ.
AID. F.-Wc'1. tns We. Of it was this: The
aH' ttlht h!at asHc4 Ior tac cl!Hf:cf If h14
Wabash Avenue Hallway Com,,anr, nnd tEejt
orIiusHco hung along for toIo tins. md
ts,en the Soatl, Sl1a Company lobh'ti tnnv put
In aud Claimed the char.cz. mud the matter went
to committee anl back. anh At last n H.ct4a'
meeting WAS leld nud the m1ttcr was laid over
and published. The dsy the mt or ~as coming
up for final vote had aolna notk tu d., and
got up early aud went OF to Soups beHery.
About o'clock in tie morning C.bb himself
came AROUND t. mr atore IL eee me-, but had
q f91H ,3i Inn, tbot 2
noon. but MAS always away.
LINN LEACH
Was afAo around to sea 1us several timea. and he
went over to nv West Sde store. but a,n.' tini
store. ANU wa wanted ne ~ 70 with l4ltn anl eee
Charley Fargo sud eos into hss buggy and
Ncnt. l kusw that Charley Fargo And slat
Lall,n. and Potter Palmer selo Interested Ill tne
Wabash Avenno Railway Company. We'll.
Leach aud went duwn aud SAN Fargo, and
l ahs introduced to bin. Mat Laiiu
nRs In the Toam, but 10 gut up
and won't out after came. Fargo trie,i to TER
buaae na TINT It was fur tn7 Interest 10 aayr d
railroRu on MAbAah avenue, and argued tho c.re
Gnew that it WaH no use to try to buy mt. but lie
showed Tie list Ut those that he Ind on hls
tlIe. The list "Aa TN tho COMMON voting-llrts
tn uso in tue Council. and there veto t.enty-siA
names Of Aldermen "hu, Fargo SAID, weIo going
to sota for his or4lpA'cc. lis ai~o showed ms l.
list Of clCht uleu whom be rid IIr couldn't
buy aud nnttecd my name AMI tIeA.h's I'll tho
papes don't thius | remember the ott,ers.
~as entirely opposed II tho railway on Wabarl1
aseuue anyway and by anrbpdF. mud should
oppose any CHARTER ~ lhrI ~ l could.
HEElhH coHH.
Ihon | went over to aua Goth, because Ito
had raid ho wanted To SEQ INC. Iie VAS it, h!A
Office, nnd we TALKED over tho railroad business
tlht WIS coullu. up. 0r c1ursc. Cobb wanted
INC to To'e for h'H char.cr but told lin juht
told Falgo-lhat / Nas totally op-
posed to ANY track on Wnbhhh avenue
told lin right ort tia: It wah pretty veil under
Btoe4 that hIh TOLLS Aad p4ld il elo,Gu0 for tho
gang " hBse hts o:ulnauce Passed. but TINT
had hcatu that they wouldn't DO It for lesh than
N,Oun. Aud lle reliability nns thak tue mHtter
would hang p!eug uutll tluy eot the utles
f1u.u01 Spw want you to understand tint /
don't AhoW whether hc paid up os nut-All
know - iha: he gut hh oEl!ulnce the next w6ol.
RI wish YOU soufd tell the whu it waB tuat
came mud Offered YOU the l.tU0?
AID. F.-UA, ! shau't tlyu httu away 10 Ia
ruuh NAN,
and nnat he steals dut,'t DO him any socd.
Attor hL1Ie fu,sner conversation the nhmc
waA revealed nndes rloIge not 10 crlus it, and
tho record murs accordingly stand that AID. -
came to AID fI2EerAll aud utfstod hllu $1,000
tu vote for the Cocb ordnance.
N.-!loN much welc tue other fellows Offering
for their tlaIier2
Aid. F.-I Understood TINT they put up $780,
Cot, too. bat they d.du't iix it to suit: thoy
wouldn't Fay over anyth,Hg until their charter
wnh tahseI. Smt tho Eans were . iltt.o afrnd OF
thttn aud 10 tllcf liked II Bo that II tho old CON-
EAnY would PIT nt3 kl9 B1Me Slley tD!Eut ERyt il,
Tie rennou ior this Was that they kues them,
aud "sIe sAe Of tho money If tha bargain WAS
inade.
el.5oo OFFERED.
E.-Were you approached directly BY the
AID. F.-Ycs Yir; man came to me right
hero I'm these btepa aud offered Mo sl.6yV III
bills il l would proluiho to vota for tie Wabash
Avenue compauy's ordinance.
.s-Wlll you DO plsaseu to say who hs vas?
AID. Fit wouldn't du you any good to know;
he ID New-folke keF mud don't belong To tue
sang. liz was Just simply sent hare by other
pasles. Lave known hltu for sayera' yoaFs,
aud 10 aud | are good Trends The patty
FUND taat out Anl seut him oyeT.
N,-Looks snthet a. It tho party had got mat
tors down pretty fuo to make mouoy, don't
lts
Aid. F.-we!s, they have. It is the corrupteat
Council that ever WIS el1cted. There lB 4 head
to the gang Aild tail, and
AILuREIA AID cuILEnToH
1re tho spo0t q u tho Council, and Il man can get
Utmost anythtux ho will pay tor. My. l could
toll you p!euty OF other things about other jobs
no Getsof than this one. PsrAxpB l viii souo-
tiu,o. The ~hc!e mesy ought to be strlod up
and hayo wondered how tho ptsss have lst
them aIous 70 long.
Tbs yopurtcr asked some other questions which
sle Alderman wAs not s1actly wiling to Answez.
aud then hc went ous and put uickcl Ia QUO Of
cars aud tired to figure u{l ho" many Of
them it would taks u mako up jau.VGu, nud
.hen he rudb down town snd Askod hipBsf
nhstliet this story would afford auy key 10 tho
and 1epea! OF tho tvo-Ausso car oEdi-
lancc, aud whrtLos tho 0raud jury wouldn't
Gel called on to take hAud iu; aud
shstler it cost anybody much money to
luut!4eE tho ordinance Hbont buryiug telegraph
tireB; and what WEE tile prico atd tur smother
nE All Bss-of.linR'lces in coMulisto1t and. in |
.enetal whether IT WAS really tr1u that Chlo4So /
mt tho aneAt Aldermen III ths world.
up 70 going 10 pfess the reporter hsdu': quito
sttled ~hstlar there were elxhs ot uIns loasss
asn IN The Forty Thieves.
FOUND DEAD.