Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-14
News by Telegraph
FROM ALL QUARTERS.
bRADLEY'S REVELATIONS
Concerning the Attempt to
Bride Him.
A CONTRADICTORY STORY TOLD.
important Differences From His
Former Testimony.
A conference OF HALF-BREEDS.
They Decide to Concentrate on
DepeW.
"A CONFERENCE or HALF-BREEDs.
NEW YORK..

NEW YORK..
The Bribery Examin afiOn-Assensbly-
man Bradley again ON the Stand-Im-
portant Discrepancies in his Testimony.
ALBANY, June 13.-1he bribery investi.
eating committee met this morning, and AS
semblyman Bradley, the member who de-
clared In the Assembly that he had been of.
fered money by Mr.. Sessions to cast his vote
for Depew, was recalled to the stand. From
his testimony it appears that within the space
of four years Bradley had lived in Olean,
Kings county, New Orleans, the State of
Texas, Louisville, Olean again and Kingston
again, beside being an inmate of the Inebri-
ate Asylum at Binghamton. He said he had
frequently conversed with Mr. Sessions on
the Senatorial question, and that the latter
had advised him to vote for Depew or Rog-
ers. He said that Mr.. Sessions had made no
offer of money to him during the Senatorial
contest in January. The committee succeed
ed in preventing Bradley from telling who
was present at a certain conference of indie
pendent stalwarts, Mr.. Peckham, counsel for
Sessions, vainly trying to get in the question,
which, however, was not admitted by the
committee. The committee adjourned at
11:45, just as testimony was being taken rel
alive to the interview between Sessions and
Bradley on Wednesday,
The committee resumed its session at $3.50
p. m. Mr.. Scott announced that the commit
tee in executive session had decided to allow
Bradley to tell who were present at the indie
pendent stalwart conference. He said there
we're present Raines, Phillips, Boardman,
Gates, Root and himself. No decision was
arrived at to the course of conduct to be
pursued Witness was on his way to the Ken
more to supper about 80 p m, June 8,
when he met Sessions. Witness thought the
first thing Sessions said was GLOW are
your constituents are they not still the
other way and hadn't you better vote the
other way?" Sessions didn't say whom wit
ness should vote for, but that he had better
vote with the half-breeds. Witness said he
could not yet awhile. Sessions then said he
could get witness 81, 900 for voting for
Depew. Sessions then said he would go up
stairs and see how much he could
get cash down. He didn't take the
$1,000 because he didn't want it. He
did not want to sell his vote and did not
want to expose Sessions. Witness was fully
determined when Sessions started to go up
stairs not to take the money. He also said
he delayed warning Sessions when the latter
started up stairs, because he thought then
that such thing should be exposed, and he
thought he would expose it. Witness had
tel whether he should expose Sessions but
thought that if Sessions should repeat the
attempt he would After leaving the Della
van witness went to the Kenmore At sup
per he saw Sessions, who came over to wit
ness table. They then went up stairs to
witness room. Sessions counted out the
money and said: CHOW, boy, have done
we'll for you" Witness made no answer, but
gave assent to all he said by bowling
his head. Sessions then gave witness $2,-
900 and said there was another 81, 900 con-
tingent on Depew's success. He asked Ses-
slons when he got the money whom he
should vote for, and Sessions said Depew.
whether he would vote for Depew, yes, he
would. Here the stenographer read the
former testimony of Bradley. This showed
that on his former examination he swore
that he took the money without saving
whether he would or not vote for Depew,
but took it without saying a word upon the
assumption that Sessions understood that he
would vote for Depew. He explained the
discrepancy by saying that he did not fin
1sh his answer on the previous occasion.
Being again pressed he said he did tell Ses-
sions that he would vote for Depew before
he got the money, and that thereupon the
money was given him. Being asked if he
had not denied having ever said such thing
only three minutes before, and being asked
which of the statements was true, he said he
did not suppose he said it in SO many words
Being reminded of what he had said few
minutes before to the effect that Sessions had
asked him if he would vote for Depew and
he had answered that he would Bradley,
by advice of counsel, refused to answer
When further asked if there was any other
reason why he thought Sessions
was convinced he meant to vote
for Depew; Bradley answered: sWhy, GER
tainly." On his discrimination he adj
mitted that he had previously sworn that he
concluded to accept the money in order to
make the exposure. He explained that while
he thought of making the exposure, he had
not determined on doing SO until he conclud-
ed to go to Sharpe after parting with Ses-
sions He said he went to the Delevan; did
not go to see anyone in particular; did not
know that Sharpe was there until some time
after he got there; had been in the hotel half
an hour before he asked for Sharpe's room.
Witness admitted that in his former testi-
mony he swore he went straight
at dconce down to headquarters,
Sharpe's room, to turn over the money.
(Here sensation was produced by Smith s
calling the attention of the committee to the
fact that this particular part of the testimony
| proven that witness had formerly sworn that
as soon as he got the money he went at once
to Sharpe's room and an investigation was
ordered). Witness being pushed said he did
testify the other day that he went
to headquarters to turn over
the money. Witness then related the CONVEX
sation he had with Orisini Jones and Speaker
Sharpe in regard to turning over the money
and telling who gave it. He said it was not
true that when he went to Payne's room at
the Delavan House after the exposure Conk-
ling followed witness out of the room and
personal knowledge of any corruption in the
Legislature except that attempted in his own
case if Young had told witness he had been
approached. young was ordered to be sum
moned before the committee) Witness adj
nitted that while stopping at the Kenmore
the family of witness and that of Sessions
were quite intimate, often visiting each
other. Witness had talked to Assemblyman
hickman about the Senatorial contest the
day before the bribery, but didn't think he
then told him he had cast his last vote for
Conkling and Platt He would not be posi-
tive; would not testify that he did not tell
him so; didn't remember that then he told
whom he named, but wouldn't swear that he
didn't. At 500 the committee adjourned the
session until tomorrow at q. m.
The senatorial F1&ht-kteSu1t OF Il lester
days Balloting-The Half-Breeds De-
termine to Raise Depexv's Vote to Sixty
ALBANY, June 13.-The joint convention
met at noon to-day and Immediately resumed
| balloting for candidates to fill the vacancies
| from New York State in the United States
Senate. The first vote was for the shori
| term and resulted as follows
Wheeler ..-......-16 Conkling ...2 g.
Jacobs. .26 Cornell.
Rogers. IA Lapham.
I Srs9,a1 ! FOlser. -----.-.---.-
The vote for the Plat vacancy was: