New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-04


June 20 to December 15f
twill have to look at memorandum. may nave
omitted something"
Mr. Conway then studied bis note book and founo
that he had not seen any violation oil Inc Id" !"
that time. 49,
Mr.. Root-Do YOU remember what the weather
was December 15f
.Northyest wind and clear weather. was 81
Fort Hamilton that day. and was there iro"' "a o.
m tn Q In the afternoon. saw the dumping lr"n
Fort Hamilton as a. got there. dld no1 h"'o
a 0lass but could readily with my naked eyes-
There was pretty fresh breeze, - that inc SVo"s
s;S -, da-e 70 co far ont TO sea- They were sbont
ihres miles from Fort Hamilton when saw theni'
Mr.. Root-Ilow was the sea =,
+" cannot answer such question
.1 an you YOU. ',,itn smart bol-bii Of sen'
"Yom ba.e now accomplished what you ssid was
iPi haven't given you any idea of what the sea
How did Won know that these were city SOM ttav
81 can always tell thea from private sco"saS '''''
are nnuId Won wee the dirt three miles hstantT
81 always have an assistant Win INC VINO" l l''''
Mr. Root then read the report of the weather De-
cember IS, made at The 0.seII iaS had greater
force on that day than for many days peioIs u az,
Ter Mr.. Conway thought that tlis cou,d h9t na aS
been true of Fort Hamilton but he Declined N *
s n oninion az 20 whether the wind vas 1keiy
ia he Stronger at Central Park Fort Hamilton.
Michael Rafferty,. cart-dTiycr eeploNeo 10y 9, a.
Mulberry testified 60 having taken iOuf i1us w p.
lar dirt from Wal-st. aud Broadway TO tho SEQ" al
the foot ~ Market-St. II, A..
James Driscoll, OF No 90 DowningSt Ssu t rom
he saw four oaTt-loads of cellar arr 'aHgu r0et
Wall-st. and Broadway February "a, 70 ha 1s "
81 where they were dumped on sc"W, NO. 80 , ~,
the Police Department. On that day ne NV S, ven
other cartIoads of cellar dirt put on the harTet
st. dump He also saw seVerai cai.S Wiz hrs Of
dirt unload their contents on me pn9c oods ~ col
lar dirt. from No IA MulberTy-st. to the marhet-
st; dump ap+,.,, then took the memorandum book
from which the witness had been reading anu DC
gan to turn over it's pages. Suddenly ne saw SINE
thing which amused hun greatly lie h'n"eo ~ ="
mn pi Andrsws@Yeu have no right to look at any
mart of that book which the witness DID not use.
Mr.. Bartlett--We were simply aduDnng the speii-
The Witness-I don't care about hesPellng.
Mr.. Bartlett-Wen. we have more distinguishes ItSl
men In the room who spell badly-wAo spei spec'n
cation with y in official documents. = ..u;.-o-.
This remark nearly Parayzed C91u .h .h
French and Mason for moment; ana s1on their
laughter. The Mayor and Mr.. Andrews looked
blank but said nothing.
Mr. Bliss-Wbst is your business ~ ~
MIR Drisooll-I am a gateman in the Park De-
pArtment was appointed March z, on inc RECON-
nendation of Mr.. MacLean. - Co.
Were You ever In the employ Oh tne SuooV
Cleaning Department r , ~, Will,
yes for nearly three years IN oil. MT, Nlchon
appointed me first lie wouin appoint mr. III tIS 1S
months and then lay OFF for six. Then ne would
appoint me for three months again. and then LAY
ms of again The last time was appointed by
Commissioner MseLean and assigned 10 ms rOoih'
" Have yOu ever been arresiedf -,
"Three times +" responded the witness, with de-
fent air. ,,,;...;o,,, .h;oh bod
been sworn to by this witness, for appointment on
The police force iii which he said that he had never
been LETested or convicted. =. ,.,,
calmly. .
=" Perhaps you made mistake to-day in your ties
timOny,D retOrted Mr. Bliss "Were you not ar
rested about year ago and taken TO the Jefferson
"a lot of loafers attacked me M was coming
home from HobOken, and beat them with cane.
was hOnoraby discharged said the witness sInll-
SThen your AFFIDAVIT saying you had not been ar
rested was not true -
"Well-" .,
"Was tthumping the table, it (thump) true "
""No; was never convicted of a. crime That
was what meant. made a correction. n,
You made a correction after the Police Board
had made an investigation and found that you were
lying, did you not p
How many times were you arrestedf You seem
to have got little bit ahead of the rest OF the WIT
nesses."
"Three or FOUR
"Then your correction, in which you stated you
bad been arrested twice, was lie r -
sheerfsiT 'n aB1t didn't E swear to that
"You we're discharged from the Street Cleaning
DEPARTMENT ~ quered Mr.. Bliss. bringing down MS
6st on the table with tremendous force
''Yes" thesitatingly).
ibid Mr.. MacIean know what your character as
when he employed your
81 don't know what you mean said the Witness
rising in his seat Indignantly l nave got rs gooI
a record a. any man in New-lork. was arrested
once for stealing bale Of cotton, but MAS honor
ably discharged. / was arrested once Tor being
drunk when the policeman beat me with
bis club but l was hOnorably discharged. was
arrested two other times, but / always honor
ably discharged. never do anything they can hold
think that will be your experience in the
morning with the Park department" replied Mr.
Bliss.
Giovanni Largavi. an italian. was next called.
In which task Mr.. Bliss assisted him. AlT.
Largavi's answers 70 the questions OF the lawyers
comprehensive but not exact, and the lnterpre
ter had a difficult task. Mr.. Bliss frequently cor
reeted his TRANSACTIONS which he would receive with
b pathetic shrug Of his shoulders and roll Of his
ewes upward. Mr.. Largavi, whose face reminded one
Of q monkey, testified that when a gang 81 men
went down the harboT the scows loaded
with garbag, il was the custom 10 begin shovellng
sght FIVE or ten minutes after leaving the pier. He
had paid 50 commission 10 an Italian for getting
him. employment. He not paid for bis hrst
days work, but another man drew eight days pay
Tor it, 80,
morning.
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