The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-25
KEYSER'S UNWILLING TALK.


an. ca, wa. Made TO PaN Mun-trous BiiIs
1ohn H. Kcyscr. who did the Ring thcving
on the plumbing contra Is was The only witness
ovominrd hy the AldprmanW Investigating
committee yesterday. Mr. Coles examination
was the most severe that lir has yet given To
INV witness. yet IT, results were practically null
nn,d iy the obstinate persist Moe Of the witness
In shielding himself boh.nd profcsscdy bad
memory. Mr.. kryscr Is 81 y,nrs old. and looks
his ngr. His hair and beard are white. his face
wrtnklol. hut his eyes are still bright md
cleaning. 1t did not seem that either his face
or hand, wore clean. aud hs clothing had n
conspicuous even ostentntious air OF shabby
gcntiiv IA " raimcnt that mutely pleaded
"Behold. | have seen bctter days." As he took
the stand he twiddlcd his thumbs nervously.
and threw keen glanrcs about him. with much
the facial expression of corncred fox He
volunteered nothing All that was obtained
from him WAS dragged out by vigorous aues-
tons repeated over and over. In making even
the sim plr-t replies he hositat"d and weighed
cautiously every word h" was about to say be-
fore opening his lips. In this way the following
was wrnstod from him.
MY name is John. II. Kcysor. live at 1s)
Second avenue. l am no, in business now In
the years % 10 n was IN the foundry. stove.
plumbing and general repair business. The
lrm wis hryser 4 Co. Their" was no company.
was the sole member of tho firm. MY brother
had money ina the business which he had loaned
10 mo. hut he had no interest. don't know
why cullcd the firm y-cr 4 Co.. except that
that had been ils name for thirty years. since
the time when there was % company During
the years mentioned lid "a great deal Of work
for the city and county Government. and made
ont bills sometimes in the name Of John IL.
Keyscr. sometimes Kcyscr 4 Go. Don't now re-
memhor why made them cut differently"
The examination then went ON 40 follows:
,9IpG yom EYER max %. any arg2geme9, VIZ inject:
s'ta isr,cniage out OF hemi A-Nc sir. not that
25o gu ever become co, patty e an S[rsgssGgnsey
yonr MN-i A-Notas rcmcntcr
ygur TgaH se "a M ',,y n.y., Iga COUNTY ny
los lr,',at"nl No. NJ 'ei' la'es l.'S we
smouut OF bills there was 5ai5 Icr cent raised the
q who rai.el them N-fiM
-Aul ms wns NJ, IN c9''' gt'i' o. any agreement
S s"ss, 9 ." m ic %H' rs "a, ,9g re,
.q-pont ,on call that an a-r.ug nent win ciy u
mat undcr-tand THAI qur.iioa.
Az ~, y9u y"'r ini' as,S'm' ~ WIN
Your hi. frn4d9is9iy 80 iii re- ~ ri ut proni iierc
b. is getting dvldcnl. ia, ,. tt,'. hsf i raised
certain ml. So yer cent rA.t wa n.str any definite
Again AMI again Mr. Co''Ia' The same qucs-
ton. sometimes havinr 70 % rent Nv stenog-
raphcr. ometin"s putting n o u'w phras ,ol-
ogy. and the witness, constantly twltlling his
thumbs. q steadily .onght DC Nd. oonlning him
self all t" while g. repetition Of his last
quoted reply. AZ l"Agil. uNi.r a threat ~
commitment for c"nt'n4rt. he sad. l made no
CORRUPT ARRANGEMENT
Q-Dd ,rn make am arcane ntr nff III did make
sn mfan.cmcnt with Woodward Watson / don't
o~Whm wa. ~ A-mc hills were raised 1876 per
Q-ru, vha, did you agree ;afo. A-Ihad no den.
There he stalled again en' by ar,-tins not
s q M% irressyan,y av,i rrpIy @an
again tnrcatenrd with pr'- g'a'ion to a SUI
ground OF contempt. Thea h. hnsIly said II
cant rrmenlhsr souNer-at lou of eight years
ago. The suh-tan' WIS. that should take the
bills that were in tA' u lari I'd Aud and the
other bills brought ont OF tne supervisors
office nm bring them AL io,"ti r. and add 33S
per cent. 10 them. which dld.
Thee Nes nothins said. ai $3.50, ,.ui Wa added to
.ogNS'f A-wcn, !, WI. an',r 90. asrcemcn, with
o For vhai parpol,f l,f.'r. va, no purpose
stated but didnt expect wsctit There was nothing
.Q11whed!l yoa THINK we. .a.a. io-,,n' A-rsup.
S--%%le%@!. Al Al . sS@i A"'E ar srr,,e,,y
Long and earnestly Mr. h.y-"r hat,lel to
avoid direct answers. ard c0uI. only finally be
driven to admit that he n.W supposed that
added percentage wont To- Tweed Connolly.
Hall. .Swrrny Woodward. Watson. and the
Elm Z X e .pa T d m ri '{ h. oS NJ r 91
remeIlnrr when that ld"N .'f-' lawn"d upon
him, his memory was ~ n'or.' Perhaps i
wac in 1870; he WIS inclined IT, lhink II was. 1t
WIS No Use trying To- - him beyond that He
would iul be- d.iniis nhout h- nrransement;
round in ,lr'r. r'Enril ss nf what the qu -
tlons were. He "n'y added tn' 3j p.r mt 70
his bills because he VIZ. toll to-; didn't ~Xpectto
get III" money himself. an hdu mo- idea at the
tine who ws to ~ II. H. Nn.w q the time
not re'olnlt why h. thought q WIS So He did
not remember ever henrng what wnS to be done
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