Daily Republican., 1881-10-04
GARDNER LYNCHED'
|, ,,syEsrIaArIoN DRA"'S'
TOA CLOSE.
,.,. Deyeloped-A Bribe DIS
..d-sardner Attempts 10
|o's..n-I.oud and Ansry
rwords-The Police.

words -Auo V
r,pch investigating commltte i.,
he s,ber E meeting last evening will
~ apD, aprD"mmittee present. The meet
iDs s. 'C CaIIed to order at 7.45 o'clocl
W VS IN session one hour and
w, ua' ." A number Of witnesses wer'
y NO., and being duly sworn, testified
gu, ~, 't tbey knew about the aisposa
u Is,,u i'm Glenn, was the first witness
~ sI'u and asked by the chairman o
e,, eam,mi,tee, " "Did you ever purchase
Vvn snm Gardner >" No, l came ou
NV ,,0' Lyurh's house one day las
~r' .ar ~ help Gardner clean somt
W. frnn The front of Mr.. Lynch
would have done it for any
w. "I,0 vbo asked me. Did not know
o,har , /, was before seven O'Clock ol
M ,bink /, was before seven. 1t dit
,ake AXE us long t, do the work. Did
max. A full day on the street that
and and was not paid for a full day.
!, Gardner then rose and asked
mn a ope,tion, but he (Glenn) re.
a 10 answer, sayi2g that he did not
4 10 talk with him
4, charles Stewart was called, and
psL as 20 having purchased somt
frnm the "boss" OF the street gang.
stated tha, he was having his yard
Elup and went to one Of the men
roved on the street to see about
,basipc il. He asked so cents a
nr il. Paid him about S3 alto.
r. Jacob Pusey was called, and tes'
tha, be met Mr.. Lynch on the
y, one day and told him that he
uteI some dirt, but that the city
[lld be al no expense for hauling, as
uould furnish his own teams. Mr..
ncb said he could have it. There
no money talked of. l got six or
ht OaUs.
IN. Gardner again arose to speak, but
Interrupted and called to order by
chairman.
dr. Lvntn Submitted a number of
mes a. witnesses to testify on oath
ore the committee what they knew
pu. the disposal of the dirt.
Patrick Ryan, employed on the street,
S the irst called, when the chairman
the committee asked him ii he ever
lew Mr.. Lynch to sell any dit, to
lich he replied that be never knew
Lynch TO sell a load of dirt.
Michael Daley testified that from the
st Of his opinion Mr.. Lynch was au
nest man, and that many things that
Lad been accused OF were false. He
Eer kuew hin. to sell or give away q
NJ of dir.
John McFGMey and John Baker cor
torated the above statement.
Owen Marrow was called, and said
never knew Of load of dirt being
d by Mr. Lynch. He also stated
Rt he was approached by Mr.. Gard
yesterday On two occasi ons, once at
id and Orange and again AZ Fourth
Lontard. who told him that if he
farlow) would swear before the com.
ttee to certain thing he would give
n hve dollars. NARROW did not want
leII what the certain thing was, but
+ committee insisted upon his telling,
hlch he did as follows: "Mr. Gard
\ said be would give me S. if l would
X al oath and swear before the COM
lree that saw Mr.. Lynch receive
Dley lrtu Mr.. Gardner for dirt sold"
Patrick could sit still no longer, and
uedIately jumped upon his feet, de-
mig this man NARROW the biggest
Gurtr that ever lived. He was again
d to sit down, which order he obeyed
tr he had finished his say.
.honas Dougherty swore that upon
.rtaiu day man came to Gardner.
bought a load of dirt, pay ing in
Tor it either fifty cel.ts or a dollar.
ardner receiving this money, went
and was not seen the remainder of
day, until noon, when he gave
igherty ten cents ont of what he re-
'ed for the dirt, when he again took |
departure and was seen no more !
t day.
avid Whitcraft who carts the dirt for
city was next called, and testified
W he had a fuss with Gardner, be-
use he refused to haul dirt wherever
'fdner wanted him to. He was di-
,'ea where to haul the dirt by Mr..
neh and then Gardner would direct
n 10 maui II some place else. AS he
SOfRlIg for Mr.. Lynch he felt in
v ooIId to obey him and not Gard
although he stated that he had
|,leG Y, dlrt as Gardner had directed.
pil, Lynch then said that he would
=, y Mr' Gardner to say all that he had
'"! !" a' once, and that when Gardner
y through he would make "a state
di I!' II the Committee 80 desired, but
.I u1a not want that man (pointing to
,daef ~. 10 have anything to say after
[uS
,siuner wantedto have the last
NO. ana so would not agree to this
l"sslllon, so Mr.. Lynch was called,
faiI aiter being duly sworn, was asked
y, ;i9,iiowlng questions:
~ you at any time, since holding
ollce Of Street Commissioner, re-
i;a y any money from Patrick Gardner
NV hn solo, No, so help me God, no!
n' ms never sold any dirt to my knowl-
- g. nlu you ever give Mr.. Dunn an
~ a you receive any money for the
~ ~ ~ = L"t what arrangement did you
~ ,sd iot tae payment Of said order de-
nv N hot receive any money from Mr..
y, oat told him that he could pay
'ty ,t; Auditor. As the dirt gathered
~ ,S ci1yls a drug. l thought it
iss ~ .ne Interest of the city to give
',I 10 ulst who would haul it away
ss sneif own teams, and take it as it
%, i have refused several that
10 asked ma for dirt because they
sHH W ~ me to haul it away for them.
", .Ia, !he committee asked him about
u i"ta II Transaction in the Ninth ward,
a. s,,. ue \ Lynch) emphatically denied,
: ''a!ea S;. that he did promise a man
No u,a', ;. when be was cleaning the
~, , IN IN the vicinity of his residence,
i .ne team would not have far to
,o,a you nave an idea that Mr.. Gard
,houaahhy 1 any dirt? l was not positive,
n;ttaa .uSa the testimony, and the
lner 'o were about to adjourn, when
arin, M again rose to his feet, with
10 n eyes, and commenced to talk,
Iosa il af, Lynch and shaking his fist
to o ~ proximity. Mr.. Lynch told
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