New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-01
THE PURCHASE OF ARMoRY SITES.



THE PURCHASE OF ARMORY SITES.
INQUIRIES OF THE SENATE coMMITTEE-sENAToR
MCCARTHY CHALLENGES A REPORTER.
Monmouth B. Wilson walked into the Adermens
| Chamber yesterday with pale face and com
pressed lips. He told the Senate investigating
committee at first that he had MOI been able to find
| time over night TO hunt up his chcck-sook ana
| handbook, see his lawyer, but later, when
! Chairman Gibbs announced that the committee
would sustain its counse in pr9ceediL IS Tor con
produce his books out of any dlsrespect to the com
| mittee but because his lawyer had advised him
that the books were his private property. lie de-
MED that after making deposits Of the money re-
ceivcd by him as commissions, he had ever drawn
check to the order of any one which had any con-
nection direct indirect, with the receipt OF the
| money or that he had ever paid any one any money
| on account of the deals. Senator ComstOck asked
him what he meant on tuesday when he s1id that
ms commissions in the Fairchlld transaction would
not pan ont > $4,000. lie replied:
lmeant my share. Mr.. Farchild and both put money
in to hold the contract f3T d Re p9PST Em0T
wouldn't show the amount.
O,-Where aid YOU get the money At mine.
carry money in my pocket don't know II the hills
came from the bank not don't know as 1t neces-
cent by drawing 1t from the bank The money put up
was to pay interest taxes and bonus was seeing Shaler
from week to week. | wasn't certain that could sell,
vet riskcd my money Mr. Fairchild knows more about
this transaction than | 40
E. b.. Fairchild,, q real estate agent
living in FOrdham, said that he was interested III
the sale of property to the ArmOry Board, but
never saw any of the board. as his stePson, Frank
Yoran, III whose name the contract with the Bis
sells. the owners 81 the property, StoOd Transacted
the business He SAID;
got the contract In the spring Of 1891 with Wow
selling the land 10 the Cily n9sso9 was TO give
nav the back taxes. nCtel over S22'UuD and gave
Wilson one-haf Of it. thought he would be OF service
to me in making the sale. knew he was intimate with
General Shacr ana 1t natural conclusion OF mine
that he had influence with the General. That Is
why employed him. didn't know as much then rs
do now lie did not tell me lie had this influence There
was no necessity for him to do am OF age can tell
what man without his speaking u. inferred IT,
Just before tho committee rose for the noon
recess Senator Mccarthy stood up AT the end Of the
table and said in a low voice:
| have always supposed that gray hairs were re-
Specialize | claim no immunity from my axe or from
my gray hairs and liurnius 10 inc Gepotcr seated Dg
ptch cha lenge the representative OF IN N'tr York
Hculd to step down on this floor and test ny physical
ability against his youth. No abuse M with
impunity, although am scyentyone years OF age.
The reporter declined the test. The cause of the
outbreak was q paragraph IN me H3G0 which
charged that the aged senator went 10 sleep.
Frank YOran testified that The contract with the
BlsSclls was in his name and that he was never be
"Why YES SAID General Shalcr, "ha was and
stood nj the foot of this table llho committee
had adjourned 10 the Mayors Office
Mr. COssitt, who was interested in the Goodwin
transaction, said that lie mad got Sl36500 for ms
part of the property. aud had paid Wilson per
cent commission on that amount. lie continued:
HAD an idea from paying double commission that
Mr. Wilson had t. divide with other persons. and sup
posed that he dii willing 10 promise the large
percentage my faith IN Mr. Wilson's ability To sell.
When Hubert O. Thompson was sworn he pro-
ccedcd as quickly possible 20 shift the response
bility for the acts ollthc AnoTy Commissioners from
his own shoulders 10 the shoulders oi General Nha-
Ter. He said
All details voro referred the secretary. General
shalcr All communications respecting property were
sent him, and all Inquiries about the value q" properly
made by MIN and all reports cHho through nm.
never heard Of N.Y. WIon in 9y a5 G III m mornn
him. ! was surprised this morning TO learn from
newspaper that named Lustig had said Yesterday
that Wilson had told him that he WILSON, had nNucncc
with me. General Slaler made known ali tho avail
able and my motion valuations were seat IN. IN
yyritIng hy real estate brokers suggested MI Lud-
low and Homer Morgan two of the best known brokers
IN IN, city. was IN minority IN the board and didn't
have much voice. objected at two or ,lrco meetings
10 the price paid for the Goodwin plot and only agreed
made suggestion there was always some military
objection. lam not military man. lclry too much
ayOlrdupo!s,
Tits IN THE ALDERMEN'S CHAMBER.
The Aldcrmen's Committee yesterday considered
the Thirty fourth Street Ferry and the Eleventh
Avenue Railroad projc (. Mr. Foster sad, IN be-
half of the road, thar petition for It's cOnsiruc-
ton containing 1000 names had aIcady been
names rs the prOUcrty-Owncrs had been grossly de-
ceivcd and their minds had been poisoned by state
ments that the, road was to be a freight
know where the clmnor for the
road was. There isno necessity for it, she said,
there are already seven connections
from the Thirty fourth-,t. Ferry, ana those men
that stand up for tins road are paid for It, may
God forgive the railroad monOp0lp,tS! Charles
Price made a lengthy argument AGAINST the
putting Of "stuiiing boxes on the street and SAID
that the road was 10 be built in the interests Of
corpora ions and bad not single pfopery-owncf
on It's line behind it, When lawson y. Fuller arose
to represent Mrs. Rowland, Luke C0htns, the
lawyer, Strengthened up in his chair and watched
for an opportunity to interrupt him. Mr.. Fuller
SAID
lam opposed to granting any more franchises to
horse railroad companies. These hors" railroad men
the fortunate people vino I've on the line Of cable rail-
road and sit up nights to ride on IT,"
de.l~This il no place to advocate cable railroads.
Mr. Fnllerts the gantieman's fault III cant see The
point Who Is the gentleman
Alderman Clcary-IIe Is a member OF the committo
Nh PRICE, avn moro opposed to cable road in Thirty
sccond-st. than TO nythng else.
TIr Fullcr-I don't know what these lawyers arc
a.,out They seem to be trying 70 elnbarrass me.
Mr.. Jaehne-rhey deserve great credit II they sue
Mr. Fuller believe that the property-owncrs ought
Mr.. Cazans dumping up-oxcitcdly)- ia not the
gentleman consistcntl Ho has advocated cable road
system seventy miles, where the property-ownera
Mr.. Fuller driumphauty)-I got the consent Of the
rae road and You horse men stole our consent and
built your road on Broadway. Now Will you keep
Dr. g. W Brooks-I suspect that this large petition in
favor Of the road was gotten up by procuring te sigma
its could bring petition signed by 10000 poo
PIE agalnsti H.
TIE FAILURE OF SOUTTER d co.
Morris = Miller assignee of SOuttcr d Co. and
of William X. SouttcT Of No. IL Wall-st whose
failure was announced on Tuesday. said Yesterday
that he was busily engaged IN preparing state
ment Of the firms affairs. The schedule might he
filed by Saturday, although he could not say posi-
lively. 1t was beng prepared az rapidly AZ poss
bic. Aside from this there was no news about the
failure and at the Office of Soutter q Co. the state
ment of the assignee was confirmed. There was
little talk about the failure in Wall Street.
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