New-York tribune., 1886-02-21
KEENAN,, DE LACY, MOLONEY,
THEY MEET AND CONFER IN NEw-JERsEY
NO "sQUEALINa' ALDERMEN YET-A LARGE AUDI
ENCE vAINLY WAIT FOR A SENSATION.

| Room NO. 40 IN tlc SOst-Omce DuliuluR 10
huge in size. for courtroom, but 1t failed yesterday
| to meet the great demand upon 1t made by spec
tators anxious listen 20 the revelations which had
been tinted at as likely be the feature Of tho day.
but to all appearances the revelations did not come
deputy sergeant-aarms put every tptoe by re-
citing how he had Alderman Dc Lacy In conference
recently at Lakewood n. j., with John Keenan, while
BILLY" Moloney had been registered there, too; but be-
yond that interesting conjunction of stars no revelations
| OF wrong-doing produced IN the Alder
| manic line. Cashier Rice. OF the National Broad
way Bank, told how Jacob shsrp's checks had been
cashed at the bank, how OF $i 900 and Sl55000
all on day mad been paid in cash such checks,
| themselves always payable "to cash." and how all
record Of the persons whom the money paid had
been kept from the Of men By the fact that Mr.
sharps checks always honored at the bank pre-
sentaon and marks were put them for identihca
ton. When the vouchers cancelled they went
back to Mr. Sharp and, presumably, to his waste
| basket
The proceedings were envened by demonstration
made by L. T. Chittenden, the counsel for f. NJ
Knox ought the Surface roads project, but now
representing The Surface and the Seventh Avenue roads
before the committee Mr. Knox implied by his testt-
mony that Mr. Chttenden had not acted In good faith
for him. Mr. ChIttenden insisted getting into
the witness-char and telling all about his relations to
Mr. Knox why he to appear on the other side
The angry lawyer by this led up TO questions re-
gardng $780, 900 having been deposited to "wok tho
Aldermen
eighh-s It is understood that the committee VIII fo
low up this trail further.
The general result OF the investigation was srleyous
disappointment to those who took their station early In
order to listen to "squeaing" Alderman. There Is
belief prevalent In the city that one or two Alder
men OF 1894 have weakened" Those who are
closely associated with some of the members OF
the committee, or with their counsel insis
that "squealug" actually taken place and ha. tho
"squealer will later be produced. The OK
pectaton based these and similar statements was tho
coLtrollng force yesterday in filling the courtroom
There present men In almost every walk Oh me-
Aldermen and ex-Aldermen were ON hand In goody
numbers: among them ex-Alderman McCabe, who has
been down among the surely missing.
Railroad men formed q considerable contingent Jacob
Sharp appeared early armed with his milk bottle
James A. Richmond and James W. Foshay were there;
so also was Thomas 3. Kerr. Two young women wero
among those who were present with subpGnas, and
many conecures were hazarded regarding them IL
was said by some that they we're reiatNeso oi
ex.Aldermen who had transferred property to them'
while others insisted that they were deputy-serseants
alarms detectives who would be introduced "nen
the time came TO prove definite instances Of bribery.
They not called.
Chairman Low on hand early as usual tis saio
that he is taking determined interest In pushing the
Investigation, and that he and Mr. Conklng are WORK.
ing like beavers to trace up all the cews in the mater
1t was after o'clock when all in readiness for the
day.
WHAT sERG EANT-Ar-ARMs SAW
The first witness called Henry W. Minister. young
man with persistent look; also deputy sergcant-at-
arms He swore first that he had served subpo IA on
Alderman De Lacy at the City Hall.
Mr. Conkling-Did you know him by sight A-No,
sir; but could recognize him ,,
Odd you 90 to New.Jersey with subpoena for John
Keenan, A-Yes. sir. found him lat Lakewood y. j"
on February IA. at the Laurel House. uo, vas
Q-DN you see Alderman De Lacy there Amfes les,
sir February Il he was registered on January Z9i
| stopped there for supper only. :, ,,,,,,
QIDd you look Al the register to see wheu Mt: wil,
| on January 30 and February s. ,,,. n.,.u
there 9HV mLFeSTaary II. at si35 p M first. lie was
with John Keenan, They were walking Up @ ana down III
| O-Were they able to walk well A.-John Keenan,
appeared have some trouble with MS ieet out 10
QNDid you see any else there whom you can dc de-
scribe A-There was gentleman thrty np9 year year mi
face, black hair and black ,mgstaenIYee: Da, he
Toge TSee there a%r Was Gentleman y years Old ve
feet nine inches high what slender bnd OF rdddy
aud mustache which joined. anil clean shayen chm
Qwlat dd you see these people @ do do S Al waSes Eai
away from tho man first described with Alderman
was a boy with t6em evidently about fifteen years old
heard Mr DeLscS say; , no THe Tha Sss all lheard
That Was saii to the man about fifty years old.
Qwhere was the younger man az t tnls time .oe rs
marks about the train departing Inc older mdh "ehs
0V o~Dia Mr. John Keenan, take his meals at the gem
srs table while YOU were tnereI Al saw him twice.
Odd you him drive out D.! Ayes, SIT. lne
Iast time saw him in the dining on February
o-Dld You see anybody else there With Mr Keenan,
ACYes sir; saw gentleman speaking to Mr. keenaV
and his wife on February 1G Il. He came that day
CALLING IN VAIN FOR MoLoNEY.
The witness stepped down and Mr.. COnkling rose to
his feet and in a melancholy ajestic way asked:
"Is William Molouey within reach of a yoieef'
Echo alone answered. So Mr.. Conkling turned to
VIII sat 10
as follows:
"Mr Newcombe, you said Mr.. MolOney would be
here"
YES sir" replied Mr. Newcombe softly, adding:
"But he has seut word that he cannot be here
The answer seemed To have Deen eKpec'e1 W "'
Copkling, who proceeded to say;
Then want to say have sent for Mr. Moloneyla cii
directions. We want him We have wanted INN, All al
this time we have make service ON Dln ana al
this time IL has been said he would come here Myi
ask how many Aldermen you representf
Mr. Sewcombe agIoc'i 10 furnish list OF thein.
There we're some sixteen Of them, he SAID Ex'
Alderman McCabe IN the room. and
he was pointed out b. Mr. Newcomoe.
Mr. Conklng ne xt called for Edward NJ Knox:twho has
lust got an injunction restraining the transfer OF tho
Seventh roads stck but the call was III Van'
Mr.. KrRR's DEPOSITS.
Samuel c. Merwn the cashier Of the Pacific Bank, was
recalled and had assistant put on the table the ledger
of the bank IL was somewhere about three fees
SQUARE and one foot thick. Mr.. Merwin said that III
IL could be found the account of Thomas b. Kerr for
1854 and 1885 At once there picking up OF ears
in the expectation of tracing the s26coOo PAID 70 Mr'
Kerr I'm bank bills and Treasury notes by Mr. sharp.
Mr. Conkling first asked for Mr. Kerr's deposits on
June 49, There were deposits OF $s2i ~ ana oi
S3lO.2O3 81. ooo
o.-The account indicates that the $4,000
was deposited in lump sum. riesso iess
name the components. A-Here are the two checks
i~rodneng them / one for S26020 81, the other Tor
the balance; they were drawn on the Broadway Bank.
a ~Waa there not O check for Sl4OOOf A-No, On
Inn. 27 there was deposited Sl64o6 43 In two cheeks
one for 81 500 on tho Broadway Bank.
oNHsye you any OF telling when tho check for
SoSO 600 was drawni A.-No. ~
O-Were the coupons OF the surface bonds payaDIe W
your banki A-Yes, sir. ,
o.-Did you pay a good many in Januaryi A.
Yes. sir Tho tSts oon sun p, psa ., II sa9 oo the ss