New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-20
MICHAEL CREGAN AND HIS SCBSilI' Il
a., ASKS MOI TO RE "roUNDE9 TOO HARD III
r..u, TIE GIBBS COMMITTEE.

FORE TIE GIBBS COMMITTEE.
An the ,1a..lhars Of the Gibbs ComIttee WCi'
pr,Sc't yesterday except senator Mc az + nh
$iaha, arreored promptly. and LdW"IG L. Ii .ti"'
ser-iy c.Cri of the Court of General Sessions -,
syoui Ntfof, ho had gone far Mt M'Iior ciI,o ~
and tIrte va, lively discussion over inc
of rnu.,s,I Finally Mr.. Hall continued MS t'NIi-
'AI T.,',r Nluucr. Of the firm entering complaint
. oTaN..i tie borthing Of the coal ScOW or NcSl
TEr,,.th 81 vas sworn. lie had Len told by Ron
irt NT,tCor,ory of William X Robert MohtgHh-
erv that they were receiving ten cents ION l"i
wcIghing The coal The wincss had HSra lIla, ,n'
money was used politically "y tEe h'il'I"nI'lNH
and that they Ind luHucce WIN :, lI'rmUuS ="
keen the scow there William M9nISo'hclI Va
nonnnrctcd with the XVIII Assembly Dlsluct re
TniIican Association. The chairman sara mat ne
r,ouIl like tc know which keIu3lcm oIgihlL3'Ioi
il wa as there were sev"rli there. ALu ne Wouiu
sisn like 10 know what influence as hciunhraH
Mr. Montgomery could have WITH ne l q hY 9ur'
y minority of which WAS Democratic lH!a U.S.
yatl0u was greeted with u peculiar Idush iiht tH'
witness retired without expressing ar opinion
Knox McAfee, clerk OF the Jefferson M.Ik'l
poica Co;lrt was examined. VI" rculIcd carefully
70 Mr. Miltr's questions. some % re p'llco az
tain having testt ID to t1er lh"hilllr 10 aoGu!c
the Nitre.s was ~ ked to state his know Wedge Oh
that ro1t hut with all l,nocCut, laf.aWai iOoA hc
prof,S>.d ignorance of tie entire su'gcl. -
Michael ClCgau. clerk Of tho VIE DlStr CT Oou'i'
took the stand lie atatoa that he received sal
airy f $1,000 aad his deputy IKE am AM. re
nccaSiouaI IV culI .CVCd young uII I la"c -
Mac dnIiug MS abssnct. but pad him out Of ms
own rocket. lie was asked 10 cite he lay gylAg
Z,
card on which was written Laws OF 80, Chap.
43s sec. IL" lie was not aware that IN; ny hau
been repealed. At any rate there was du'Ho ~!
under the Consolidation act. Chapter ~
fhoncb h1 did not know that counsel would con-
strur If ~ he dbl Mr.. Miller read from the iaWs
OF 1872 as indicated and turning 10 the ConSoIiaa,
non act found the identical provision embOdlei
thor ard If contained no such authority. Mr..
Crerac SAID dozens of lawyers had told INN thai
the law authorized him 10 employ representatives
When pressed further he suggested blandly to
counsel that he guessed the latter was httie
naked cH tie point.
c-You have been actively engaged in politics for a
humber OF years A.-1es. a., $3.50. IN; ,
Q.-And does this take you away from your once
a GOOD deal A.-Oh The Ollcc Is Tight III Tue ul =
trct or adoinng The COURTS so close and
that / can lu>t and back again
Odd Won ever OF acaso where the StcEO- Iapct
was comDcllcd divide la salary with Jud-e hcIly
A-No sir That was the newspapers. some newspaper
men wrote up some dirty articles about ].
-O.-Is there any difference between RcpupHcahs ahu
Democrats in yOur diStr'tl A great dca OI amer
epCe yes sir. That you saw In the last election
The witness by his ma'acr created much anusC-
n,eut. lie insisted that every man connected wl,l
The codrt earned all lac received. At one point hc
leaned over t. blr Mile anG whispered For zoo
sake don't pound too hald,' and counsel replied
will a laugh that he would not give HIM away