The Evening critic., 1882-03-25
BLISS AND C0RKHILL.
WHAT THE oRuM is GOING TO DO.

Sic Proposes TO Make Corkhili DO
Iusl az n7e wants Him TO or Egc
viii Get the g.. B.-Biiss' little
Game Exposed -Corixhiil 90 GO I'm
Any Event and ~ New Yorker TO
be Appointesi-AnOthe of Chum
Bliss Observation-Disclosures
Talks.
"You scribcs OF THE CRITIC must be ublqui-
tous, was a salute received by one of the
pencil ll-pushers OF the only afternoon daily in
the city last night on meeting prominent
gentleman.
"Well, we manage TO be on hand, was the
answer, "when thorc is any news moving. -
81 see you have another one OF George Bliss
spurts. This time he takes up Colonel Cork
HILL"
"Yes; presume his friend 'Chet Is In
tcrosted In these statements that his 'Chum
throws or so readily
"That conversation Of tho Colonel's reminds
me of another very similar that he dashed Off
with me n few nights ago. He Jerks one out
on short notice.
"what was the nature of yours?"
"Hcre. light cigar; sit down and Will tell
you.
The Havana was accepted; also the scat.
"As was saying, " resumed the gentleman,
"l was in conversation with Bliss. | know
him pretty well, and Star-Routes and District
Attorney Corkhill got into the discussion
asked him how It was that Colonel Corkhill ap-
parently had nothing to do with the cases. -
"What was his reply Others would like TO
know that besides myself
" He said, 'Oh, ho has no brains or ability
lie came near getting me into a trap in the
Police Court In the straw-bond cases. / was
starting by Information, al his suggestion, as
the proper course, and found out that II was
all wrong, and had TO change the papers ana
put them in the form of warrants. l then In
1. tl-s.1
"That has been talked about several times,
but the District Attorney is still there. What
did Mr. Bliss say? p
Gle said, 'Oh, yes. Chet and l have ar.
ranged that, and Chet has picked out New
York lawyer who will be tust suited to the
place. Never mind; this is the Capital OF the
Nation, and New York could spread herself,
and we will soon have the District Attorney s
Office in our hands. By the way, do you know
It is one OF the fattest jobs in the country,
when you come TO look at it right. I can run
the whole establishment with the man we VIII
put in. We did think at one time OF putting
Fiddle or Cooi' or some of those fellows in,
would get all the indictments that he ex-
pected."
'Did he give you an answer?"
''Nes; he said there would be no trouble
about that. You can Just count on him, and
he intended to count Cook out and put the
squeezers on CorKhill. He had let hIm under.
stand that IL he did not get indictments Just
| as he wished that he tCorkhilD would walk
| the plank, and by that he was sure OF them.
have not held the District Attorneys Office in
| New York and other positions there for moth
| ing, ana between us You should not forget
went through the Phelps, Dodge & Go. matter
and beat Judge Davis. then asked him when
| he was going to throw Cook overheard"
| "What did he tell you p
bliss said that whenever Chet and he
| thought 1t best 1t would be done. By the way,
| he says, forgot TO tell you that Just got a
letter awhile ago from Chet telling me that he
| wanted me and some of our chums to be on
hand about O'Clock tonight, and with a smile
| spreading overhis face he bid me good evening
| and turned and left me-