National Republican., 1881-09-15
Formulation Of thc Nalona! CAPITAL. 10000
Mns II sharpe" Practice 2

The Court OF Sessions al Albany was
informed on Tuesday by the district at
torney that an unsuccessful hunt had
been going on for fortnight or more for
a witness in the Sessions bribery case.
The witness name is Sharpe-George III.
Sharpe, speaker of the New York assem-
bly,. The case will be remembered as ,
that in which State senator by the /
name of Sessions was accused by an as
semblyman by the name of Bradley OF
having given him two thousand dollars |
on the suppostion that he was bribing
him to aid the good men in the Legisla-
ture TO defeat the bad men by electing
Chauncey Dcpew over Roscoe Conkling
to the United States Senate. This good ]
man, Sessions, committed felony if bs>e
did this, for which the law provideSG inn
prisonment in the State penitentiyedry. The
first man to whom Bradley te5'Sid the story
was George IL. Sharpe, as~reputed Conk.
ling man, whose ar1's0r for some cause
abated toward ths.& close Of the contest
and who, indcSfed, found himself finally on
the same si<fde with Sessions. The grand
jury hc4'fhrd the evidence, and. believing
thn.sN it made primd tdcie case, indicted
C<Scssions. The testimony of Mr.. Sharpe
being desirable, the district attorney had 0
subpoena issued for him more than two
weeks ago. The following statement will
be read with interest:
The district attorney said that he had STATED
that he would like TO move the for trial II HI
could secure the attendance of one witness. Ill
had consulted the statutes in relation 20 the con
ductng OF the cases by the attorney general, anC
had consulted with him in reference 20 their man
agcment lie had also issued subpGnas-amonI
others one for General George II. Sharpe. An OH
Ger had been sent TO the residence Of Mr. Sharpe
at Kingston and was informed that he was out o
the State, but would be back on the lst of Scptem
Der. On that day the officer again visited Kings
ton, but was informed that they did not kno,
where he was, but supposed he was at the elise
House, in New York and on inquiry at the elise
House the officer asccrtained that sir. Sharp
had gone away the day before The office
then hired room in the vicinity and watched 70
the speaker. but could not see him. on Sunda!
last the officer returned home and was sent 20 th
western part Of the state to secure the attendance
Of other witnesses, the subpoena for Mr. Sharp
having been left In the hands Of New York dctcc
tives to serve they to telegraph the fact as soon
service was made. The district attorney had ais
teegraphed to Mr.. Sharpe that his attendance wa
desired, but had received no answer. IGsterda
afternoon lie was Informed that Mr.. sharpe was n
the Gilsey House on Sunday, but no communiCa
tion had been received from the detectives as {
the service of the subpoena. lie had started Il
pursuit Of Mr. sharpe thus carly for the renso
that lie had been unable to secure his attendnnc
before the grand jury the speaker having throw
himself on his legislative privileges, and he ben
then unable to compel his (Mr. Sbarpe's) attend
ance
The counsel for defense wanted n post
ponemcnt because his associate was sick
and the prosecution not being ready, il
the absence of Sharpe, the case went owe
to November. Perhaps it will never b,
tried. If il is right to bribe members o
the Legislature to vote on the good side
how would it do to appropriate publ
money for that purpose?