The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-06-17
NO KNOWING
WHETHER SESSIONS DIO OR DIDN'T
Try 10 Buy bradley NJ Ab0ut Ten
Hines its VAIue-EOme HeW Tes.
IImony Yesterday. Tw0 moro
UusucccAsIul DAIIOIs,

ALBANY, June 10 Tho bribery iHvessl
"a ion continued this morning.
Wm. A. Graves, Of the 6rm OF Spencer
Task ( Co, testified that Mr.. Sessions
account WAS closed June 7th, by the pay
ment Of $G.6l6 in currency. Mr., Sessions
account WAS a profitable one. The lasl
purchase on his account was st Paul pre-
ieTred. have talked with Mr.. Sessions
about the denomination Of bills | paid
him. There were three one thousand dol
lar bills and three thousand dollars in one
hundred dollar bills. Mr., Sessions told
me that he wanted to close his account,
and wanted lalgs bills to take home with
him talked with Ar, Sessions last even
ing about this case, but was here yester.
day afternoon TO give testim1nY,t called
on, Before | had any special ConversA'
tion with him lie told me OF his recollec
ton OF the matter OF the bills, but his
statement has not Influenced my own
opinion. 1t Ia unusual Tor men to draw
their balance, when 1t amounts to 5000,
In currency.
To Mr., BanRs: My conversation with
MI Sessions occurred about 0 o'clock last
night
Mr. Bangs to Mr.. Sessions; Let me gee
the package, II you please.
MI. Sessions handed Mr.. Bangs the
package Of bills which was shown to the
witness, and he identified them as gppar'
emily the same bills he paid Mr. Seaslons
June 7th. Mr.. Sessions took out nearly
oil the money paid from hts trowsers
pocket last night when We met at Smi, b .
house aud ran over the amount, and |
recognized the bills ss those | paid him
June 7th, rs some OF the bills were en-.
tirely new 500 bills Tne sum counted
last night Was only a few dollars short Of
81, GIG
To Mr.. Smith: went to Smiths house
10 AJAX him II could he obliged to bring
up ths..books Of our firm. While there
Mr.. Sessions come 10. Our meeting was
casual, and not by agreement or appoint
ment. ,
Assemblymau Bradley was recalled and
he was asked for the mannscript he wrote
Ia the room where he had met Speaker
Sharpe. :,
Mr.. Bradley handed It to Councillor
Bangs, who read 1t aloud. II was the
same as he had addressed TO the Assembly
on June OH, when asking Tor an investt'
eating Committee; had no appointment
with Sharpe In his room that night; know
General Conway; he has never asked me
TO vote for rremaine. did not want TO
talk TO the reporters till had made my
statement to tho committee. II was not
out Of regard 10 Sessions or tenderness for
his character that | refused to make a
statement to them.
Orsine E. Jones, OF Jamestown, Chau.
taqua County, was sworn.
Recess,
Orsine +. Jones, who accompanied MI.
Bradley To Speaker Sharpe In Vice Presi'
dent Arthur's room, testitied: II said to
Speaker Sharpe, Mr.. Bradley wants to
see you.' stepped back, and Bradley
sald 1 should come In. Sharpe invited us
h take seats. ] sat back, thinking, per.
haps, Bradley would want to say some
thing should not heari he commenced to
tell that be had been approached to vote
ior Depew and had the money, then
hitched up nearer to hear what he had to
saw. Finally Speaker Sharpe asked him
who had done this, and Bardley
replied, My Senator, Mr.. ss4s! !ons.' |
tbink Sharpe said, This cannot be. lie
said something OF that sort. lie showed
considerable agitation; lie rose to hlH leet
and was greatly exCited; he then resumed
bis seat. | think l saw Speaker Sharpe
put the money in.sn envelope. think be
counted 1t. I think remember sDelng
Bradley writing. did not see the writing
| did not stay, but got away as soon as
could after | saw what II was. ! cane
down with Bradley aud then lett him; !
noticed that there were three t5OO oils,
and some $500 In small money. J was
annoyed when heard it was our
Senator. did not look at the money
close enough 10 say what Was the elSs OF
the package" Witness could not identity
tile money. -,
In The cross examination Jones said
that he mas been in everything In the way
Of PREACHING; was in chicago when he
heard Of the resignation Of Conkling and
Plat, hut arrived at Albany before the
yotiny began. "Do not think saw ses'
sions there; taw the other boys-l mean
members; we call them all boys. ! talked
10 them Of my preferences. l ieel certain
I spOke 10 Bradley as well as the other
boye, wont 10 New York and came
hack aud saw the boys agaioi told
Bradley when first here that
wanted him TO vote for stal'
Wart, Then II was not known VINO
wsre 10 be candidates, but understand
Al a. p.,dIav rAa TO vote for the StalwAtte.'