New-York tribune., 1886-03-30

PTBLTC OPINION JAKE SHdEP, AND FAGIN.
Here is view of the subject which shows
that public opinion then swayed controlling
rod
From The Neie. Yo,k Times AuguSt 81, 1881.
The question by what means the Aldermen were In
dnccd to give away franchise which million Of
doars had bean oGei Is that can be and has been
answered By plausible conjecture WHAT needed Is an
answer established by legal evidence In s aspect the
question is for the Ds'rct-Attorary. II prom ~
cLet ersry5ody b,tercs erss he o5iqia'd, he city
DlGyy y~t Js p1B P,uyrd of h' diyroc' j''trd 6y It's
Aldcf0ca aItd NJ He AhlerDisa diS).
But from this 1t would appear that public
opinion had lost its grip, aad Jake" Sharp
held its sometime cmlncncc:
Froia The Ncc Yorr Tuass. Norea5sr If, 1884.
the privilege Of constructing ant operating rail
road on that thorou Aro rOltwly) is to be granted
at all it ia diUt 10 cpncaYa OF NOR" faY1F1plo ar
rangement for tn, city than that provide for by the
terms OF this consent OF tbs Common Council
The question of compensation TO tie city Il dealt with in
war that appears 10 DO quite advantageous "a could
he asked or expsctcI. This IS 10 be preferred To
the payment Of SlO)oO)O as Ia np slm TO the city,
and Is better ,iIan the sale OF thr franchise at
aurtiom Tne conditions winch this company
ake sharp is ready accept AMI tho ter ns on whlch
the OF the Board OF Aldermen has been giyen
sr,a II assure ALIc b.Ieds u he c'y nad 10 hs Dfo'
ME TINT couid b. rcBul1L'y d,utpd H. ant GREATER
BENLrlrs than ogercd 5y my otter pit for Broad-
rag rdiroad.
But between the months Of August and
November Mr. Sharp and Mr.. Abrahlm Dis
becker were on terms of the Warmeot intimacy
They took long trips together and laid their
artful plans These extracts from Mr.. Sharps
testimony before the Senate Committee will
give an idea of their conhlng relations:
o-whom did Mr. Di,boc4er represent! A.-wel, he
was with me.
Q.-wnom did he representa- A-(Angrily) Jacob
sharp
O. How LONG have yol known Disbeckerl A-Slnco
he was In the Police Department.
Ole us-d to go to Albany with youl A.-Yos
Q.-And you gave HIM the $1,000 check! A-No. I
gave him the money.
Q.-When. Aust after tho vernilyo check was de-
posited Crhis was in Al.att, 15sj, lust after the
great diyide.')
And then, "a the months passed by, anl Mr..
Disbeclcr and Mr. Sharp grew less constant in
their companionship. the S7l,OOO having all
been paid over, public opinion gradually be
came more and more aSsertive, until finally
It's old supremacy was rc-cstablishcd.
Frola Tie Ncc.YorE Times. lfqrch p, 1885.
Altis is upon the assumption tbat the present hold
ers Of the Broadway Railroad securities arc really IN
nOcent The assumption is cntirey gratultou5. Ii they
are innocent, they innocent in the provincial sense
OF bein- imbecile. In fact there innocent holl
ers Of the Broadway bonds stock. Ever since he
franchise granted in 1881. it has been matter OF
common notOrety that the charter was obtained by
bribery. The syndicate which has relieved snarp and
the other brbers Of bonds they ssue by corruptng
the Aldermen has bought while the investigation wa9
actually going It's members are entit.ei TO no con
sderauon whatever To speak or them as Innocent
holders of this to abuse language and peryert
fact. They rather "A wOrss position than Warner
who has ordered to dsgorge the proceeds OF an
other swinde. For there really doubt whether
Warner knew that the "prohts' he took from ward
we're stolen goods There such doubt touching any
person who has acquired possession OF tbs fruits OF
sbarp's rascality in any any time since
Sbarp brbed the B0ard OF Aldermen with half mi on
to give him millions The present posseSsors are in
pocent holders In sense in which Jachnc was
an innocent holder OF Mrs Schuyler Hamltons silver
and they equtaby entitled to tho same consideFa-
ION