New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-17
TIE ALLEGED BRIBERY INQUIRY.
THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL REoPENED-MANY INci
prNTs NARRATED or LITTLE ACCOUNT


| DENTS NARRATED or LITTLE ACCOUNT.
ALBANY. June l6.-The bribery inyestiSa-
ton was resumed this morning.
William A. Graves was sworn and testified: I reside
I'm Albany and arm OF the firm Of spence Trask Co.
bankers and brokers' previous to Jannnry' ls-O WAS
with the New-York Central Railroad Company as super
ntendent Of the telegraph lines Of tho road aud SECRETARY
OF Superintendent Tngnast; have transacted business
for Senator Sessions have kept account OF iransao
tons with him. the account was closed on june .
Abatement OF hi. account was called for, and Mr.
Graves sad he would show the statement m
lrss Mr. Sessions consented Sessions present
Wtness-rhe account Of Mr. Sessions was cl"s"d June
currency az that time; We keep account
With the Merchant Bank Of Albany
decline to show the business Of ouf "oic
for May ia don't object 10 giving vou an! sprca
information about this case you may desire th VII uu'
member the denomination Of the bills paid him In hal-
ancing up account the supply OF currency ha~ been
p sprc.. u, Nathan D wendell state Treasurcr
president Of the Merchant. Bank onr hrn deposits ac
had running account with rs he settled on January
II. and rom that time un' I1nr u Wa open ~ ~.
latter part Of May-On the 21ihMr sessions i"d me 10
si IIno ne cot bis usual monthly sinfcmcnt:
ne rcnlird An right about through n Albany,
and will close .ccOunt' On the tth ni June De-
cam n Sh1 aSS f ne no e." cect fr he Iaancc
s6.6I6 and paid him the currency there were three
Sl 900 bills and the balance dnics and hundreds
| 10 Mr. Bangs-The p0liiics OF Mr.. ndel or Of Nr.
John y smvth had nothing 10 do with selecting tue
| Merchants Bank depository; some members OF
| the Legislature visit banking hou-,; VIZ.
| scs-ions's account Was prohiabir one ln' h',t
| purchase his account was ~. Paul pfrl'rrd'
have talked with Nh Sessions about tc denomination
Of The bills paid him there were thre - 900 n ana
$1,000 IN 800 hills most ~ the money iei WIN "a. Is
as margin stocks M Barber has called al our bank
ing-hoase one or twice this veal ,.u,., ., .,,..
the account, and wanted large bills To take nome Win
| To Mr. Banr,-lIave heard Mr.. Sessions say he
pcctcd AFR. DEG would be elected; he got me $1,000
bills over counter; don't know from whom they were
received ny TALKED with Mr. Sessions la.' nGhi ~
Mr. smiths hOIse the Sth OF June drew ~ 600 from
IN. M-rchHr,s' Bank n two checks paid 81 300 o tlH
amount To Senator WoodIn; talked with Mr. Sessions
Iasf evening this but here yesterday ar
b. NV spscai conversation with him he told
c elton ~ the matter bills but his statement
SIs n' hs 81 5oS we're raid TO Mr. Wool on s check
on our house and don't know the denominations Of The
bills pad 90 him II is unusual Tor men To draw thcir
| balance when It amounts TO S6 600 in currency .
curyd ahont o'clock last night recognized the bills.
Mr. Bangs to Mr. Sessions Let me see the package OF
| bills please.
THE BILLS EXAMINED.
Mr. Sessions handed TO MI. Bangs the package OF bills
which were shown 10 witness anH he identified them
apparently the same bills he had paid Mr. Sessions on
| June7
| witness-sfr Sessions took nearly all the money
paid him his trousers pocket last night when we
met at Mr. Smiths house. and the amount and
recognized the bills those paid him on June 7, ~
some OF the bills were entirely 800 bills tine
counted last night only few dollars short Of the
s6.6l0 ,s..,,... ,a.,.. - ..,, ,,.,
II would be Obliged 20 bring up the books OF onf nrn
and Wolfe there Mr. Sessions IN meeting was
casual aud not Nv agreement appointment frrhals
nine ten days elapsed FROM the une we us tAls.i
about closing bis account up to the day PAID him tDe
| Pubnns v Rogers sworn: Am banker at Utica avn
president Of the First National Bank there know Mr.
requested TO produce here have not brought
any Of his checks his account Wa written up On juno
| Counsel for Mr. Sessions having questions TO ask.
| Mr. Rogers was excused
| BRADLEY REAPPKARs
Assembyman BradI,y was recalled To was asked
| for the manuscripts he wrote IN the room where
! he met Speaker Sharpe. SIR. Bradley handed
/ 10 20 Counsellor Bangs, who read N aloud.
II Sss the sam. hs addressed 10 the Assembly on
June o. when asking for Investigating COMMITTEES :;
had no appointment with Mr. Sharpe In his that
niyht; know General Conway he has never asked me
70 vote for General rreman did not want TO talk 70
rcporters until ny statement 20 the committee :
II ws not out OF regard for Mr. Sessions tenderness
for his character that refused to make statement ~
or.ni f. Jones' Of jamestown. Chautouqua County.
sworn: Have resided there since wa Dofh-hy -ohe
Al the bonr OF IL recess Wa ordered until o'clock
when the committee reassenbra ~ "; Netmpie re-
called. corrected his Testimony a. 10 the M ia Nheh
Edwards presented the check of Barber IL Wa on the
An OF June instead OF The 1Oih
oRsINI JoNRs's STORY.
orsni f. Jones was called aud testiaed reside In
Jamestown: ON sometimes In Hew-fork-sometiines
once monthengaged In dealing IN stocks, not IN ner-
chandse have been actively engaged In business uni
within the last year; my business Il based on my own
! capital: a Republican; never held al Office; was a
| Presidential Elector Inst fall; have been the
/ State Committee; bave favored the Conkling and
| Plat side OF The Senatorial question; have known
senator Sessions thirty yeara relations nave been
political and friendly have been here since the ccns-
terisl questions hsy. met Mr. Sessions were
always friendly aud social have net hin al the Ken
more IN the office and Ia us This subjects ~ our
conversations political social and friendly have
ridden ogt With hiin twice think. Our conyersa
tons were partly political lie Understood dlherea
with him: have talked with iim tine relative posi-
tions occupied by the ChRuianqua and
tAftaraagus l presume l have tailed ~ HIN abnut
hradleys position -, -s- -