New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-07-30
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
,osrou MEN NOT ON A SMELLING TOUR"
no',,NM SQUIRE AND MAURICE B. FLYNN BEFORE

posroN MEN NOT ON A SMELLING TOUR!
no,I1xM. SQUIRE AND MAURICE B. FLYNN DEfo""
COMMITTEE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL
Chairman Osborn. of tho c9mt,ee i,oi atc ,n
eo.tSn Common Council. was half an nour ,a'c b ia
'%mmoning his colleagues to theG duty AZ b ,ns
Tnaman House yesterday. The office nau
not made haste to finish then ,nqIlry m simmons
OF the time the Fisher Hill property was o
BOSTON. An afternoon at Coney lsland anu or,r m
evening the theatres were moi ON -, INF tsey lent
est To the desire to ferret out any nndeIhano
inss The Fisher Hill property in rnssryo e
he city VIZ hsfore 4 was purchased by the city at
cost of 90 ceats foot01 900 for the properly oy
nearly all of it was ssld to George Mating MIR.
Wilson sec GgeT Of the Water Board and
was known to have deposited So ,Tas made he was
asw"d in his examination where he receivea so
much lie replied that hsi he G R"n Squire
NewYerki men, 81 "" Pnblc Works. and Maurice B.
Flynn 1890 Thompson's lieutenant IN ''he
xviii Assembly District: v.. r;ven in TIE
call hi, ar. %s%.ry ariS g t iaef
he q, sa some Of his books His business relations
viii Mr.. Simmons had been most intimate; a1a od ne
verified every 81 shs tsat Ss Which Sim
ieSSs had Pad. The committee seemed satisfied
s;th the Commissioners testimony on iucs .ic
but Yesterday he toid tn nSsut hi. privats bust
ness. He acknowledged having reGem0fb s cot the
bills last January. but from wnHa rreenS.red
%one sym ahS Mi declined to state NJ
Morse r the counsel for the Boston S1 W Wf S,m
Board ssreotyped QUESTION on, IN his decision and
SoJnsd the invitation to unfold his private Dusi-
ness relations He had startled the vlst' trSe or
nsond dsiIars in bills in his house but me
next witness cast that boast lar III ono nman
While Mr. Squire was accustomed 70 Mach 10 he
tty Of gTeenGna ssscs IN in MS the bank Of r.
and that included some OF the pr9ceSe as "a On
note for $4,000 discounted three o may months On
May his bank balance was 90 AZ o.. Iaianco rosa
received his April salary on May .ne oar he owed
S%sa TX which has since either been paid or con,
so,idoted As he has paid Mr.. Summons T-,1tf a
since January 1. Alderman Wnir't ths Ioar which
ros a as mncb as some business men were expccieu
70 paw Mr. Squire retorted that he was ho' ii'ins
4" NJ Flynn swore that he would tell the whole
truth but as no Bible used IN the cereos ~
second reply to leading Gnesst" with the various
cIanSes which witness testifying IN bis partner s
behalf NAV use made up the bulk OF his testimony
so far as evidence was concerned ne l ni;H,h Se
the Committee. hewever. that the firm OF whcn nc
was member that had contracts Win umo on ~
government, did an aana rberrDst.n looked
4. =.
as il there was need of an investigator Lm o
citv nv the New-York Common COUNCIL p 1n no
only gave Alderman Cutter sly Wink MI n :; M
and Mr. Simmons interested Ill a ina a.o ~.
ing company but its name. its ob]ects, o.si ~,
have been rigidy kept from inc con , ILL.,,
stock purchased last year the New lorN
maid tie ex-Collector $24, $50 between Octeoer 10
and Nav 49, The singular feature OF tho pay nshas
was that while as much as $0,uoo was pau a a.
one time no check was ever used Mt. SIMMONS az
WAYS received his pay in bills MI Sqni,s PLY
nile of 81 900 totally echpsed when ~. IN. ~
snoke If having S37 900 in bills lying on MS taoo
spc . do vi When Nr Simmons called. Councilman
White who voted to have all New-lork reporters
excluded from the room, looked as II tial were a
political exaggeraton to remove any sucn uouJ
Mr. Fiynn emitted little pun OF smoke .nt t;i
his nostrils, gave his mustachs sign' '"lndt
s sSHse "That is small amount am
accus omed to carry large sums OF money WIN me-
sometlmes as much as $4,000" . - -
Mr. Oshorn-Ne Maine Yankee would carry 80
much in town with the reputation 'haV -'o"
York has, ,,
Significant glances were exchanged by some Oh
the visiting Councilmen; they had taken a
stroll after the theatre on the prefio oun
evening. Mr. Morse tried 70 raln
Something about the contracts between NJ ~ M
firm and the city what lniineuce MI % MY
had in awarding the contracts, put ne Iocgtse 49,
Some advice from the witness which not only clos
that line of examination. but also led one OF thc
Committee later to deny that they had come from
Boston on smelling tour. ,o af.o,
In tie afternoon the committee went home after
listening to testimony Tor twerty-SA uaSs' VII
August IL and II the counsel viii sum up.