Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-11-21
S0IE:ALERS' RACNED.
discrimination Of Ill Used Ald'I-
y man Duffy Who
,,,VIgg and TWO CHILDREN
e., y,rel to Give Away the Doodle
Plot For Their SaksS'
r,scr HAVE TILTS--C CONFUSION.

NJ MIL I'D
v,rs November 20.-AnOther
"" 1,fwitneSses filled the General
,rrt room this morning to hear
''''-, .,,,,s on the trial of ex-Alderman
'''I, ,,r accepting q bribe to vote
-' r.,,,Iway Railroad franchise. Ex-
''' D,gy took the stand after the
op,ned, and lawyer NeweOmbe
'' 49, ~. discrimination. The
.sJ the witness n score or more
'''' n. rcr,rIiug his life at home, in
md 5,s a public man. Mr.. Duffy
go. hinder for twenty years; yes,
I bssn untortunate-he guessed
.,.,-bewaS not sure; he thought,
- -. Inst time he failed was in 1870.
w., t,i,i eight years before that.
- ls,me debts in 1SS4, but did not
...,,- b, had applied any Of the SlO,-
&...lr., money to pay those debts;
.r.l,J to have violated his oath Of
,,s.p he took the ''bOOdle,'
NJ. ysv,ombc had been very gentle
n,sr NJ to this point, to gain his
...,.s. At this point he asked the
-, rehrarse his narrative of the
- meetings Of the combine" :" The
hss.u again his story. Each
..,..rbe .boodlers' was taken up,
gaar
rr4ryNING To FEAR A TRAP,
..-..r.fr rrhcarSed his story. At
.,,-,s the lawyer would clinch the
...'.r hy lSking. And is that all you
...r of what occurred at that meet
4. y.lrI became restive, and he and
-r Tracy popped up together-Mr.
.ohrrrt To the lawyer trapping the
.... .gt General Tracy to defend his
~- Mr. Newcombe. All three law
,., ,gl at once. until the Recorder shut
70 by permitting the crOss-examlna-
. COON.
q. \.vcombe said he wanted to test
memory. he witness was rchears-
mrlh meeting when Mr.. NicOll
.--nr~l again. McSsrS. NewcOmbe
rary both began speeches together.
ro,lrr suggested to General Tracy
.v- Newcombe WAS perfectly COM
. Wr. Tracy had better sit down.
.,.rr rrtortcd: Il know about
a.y-ruptiunS and for
>.fpL calculated NicOlL. Their
~- ., 20 get General Tracy up"
Nrco,l WAS warned not to inter
.-,u. and the patient NewcOmbe
... to mix up the witness further.
story. however did not vary sub
rom Yesterday, except that he
-nmm,tted himself by saying he
rs AN he could recollect. Duffy
..... g.ntnmber who were the Alder
g,,.ut at the preliminary meeting
i. ulnc members ut the City Hall
-.Dr July, lSSi; could swear that
rullgraf. McQuade, DeL1cy and
~ wen. present. Witness could not
-g.r tine measures adopted by the
H. Aldermen previous to the caucus,
e, COULD not fix the dates OF the
me, the 'boodlers' only saying that
-aa prIce in June, July, August, or
+, 10 September.
INTENT SPECTATORS.
5,. Duffy was giving the above tes-
ms three more of the indicted eX-Al-
,a. t.ruy. O'Ncill and Reilly, en-
b laI took seats i'm the court. Though
grrr intent listeners to the cross
.nj,lou OF Duily, their presence was
through rompulSiOn than choice,
u noudSmrn had been summoned
.r.grr them in court to-day. They
rMm,d at o'clock, and early days
respective trials fixed.
~mug his story, Duffy stood by
,,s-ilou that Reporter Herman had
8lau he ,lil the doors were closed at
~egr' SESSION of August 80.
r. Nrvombra,krd il the witness had
'au story OF Iachne'S conviction, his
-rr to >ng Sing, the description OF
,S-,trp which Jaehne had to submit
NyolI objected, saying that counsel
''-',aS tuuuke it appear that witness
.airurl into ''Squealing' through
EH ,GrluS Jarhne's fate.
&-rorlrr blandly said: ~ think
.r.ra>r have a right to show that If
aag."
Is then sud he had read of Jaehne ;
.nN be- had been arrested twice HIM
4-. omIri; could not remember if an
.' vent homr with him the first time
''arr,>tcl, or what the amount Of his
1e.h,rn on either occasion.
I'D not know and had not asked the
v4 h.Narrr>t and explained that sim
'. -'>eri'on by saying that everything
=" MINED AND MUDDLED
al, Arrould not tell. Witness said
N,o', wrote out the statement Of
De- Duffy would testify to
~. NcQuade and he Duffy
seen similar statements
.,'. Ior FUllgraff. Witness said he
w. Nlcoll had drawn up a second
-eat Including Fullgraf7s testimony.
q" ''sncd the first statement but
.-s Nrond. After his second arrest
~ met Nlcoil three times mt police
t"NteS and twice ut Mr.. Nicolls
No thrrntS were ever
.' witness. Nlcoll promised witness
,,''1 ''om prosecution on condition
.s .s,'~''i States evidence. Witness had
, T r, 'ay'hIng else very had during
- .'e was reminded of the Thirty
..f, f,,'ey' JOB Tor which he was employ
~ >I,,''ute money among the Alder
lie admitted the charged and
-r had paid the money to
5>'-- aithough Shere was no agreement
-, Nr. Ncwcombe having sue
-, ~ MIXING mp the little "BOodler"
81 ,,''a on the occasion of his arrest,
,-,. and Mr. NieOll resumed the
EAiMlUlfioD ~ r.-.,..,, a., Iii -
Ss'HesS ~ ''''o'e 'De ''e"'' VI
"'FFY REPEATS THE STORY.
,, ..E vas made to relate the story of
Il. ~ again. His conversation with
,y.., Inspector Byrnes how the astute
IA IN. nu Ieu nm 10 confess his connection
q b,S broadway steal, how the Inspec-
SHOWN him a bit of paper
IN, "N.en he had noted