New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-04-11
V,or1ADE'S TALL SWEARING.
AN ,xsorENT AND FORGETFUL WITNESS.
- INK DEALER REFUsEs TO ANswEK soME
Observation-Disclosures TESTIMONY.
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- that they stared at him In open'eyed wonaer OK
&snsed startled remarks In undertones with one
ber and at the end Of the session declared as one
- mat 1t was the most remarkable swearing they
- heard MsQuado s forty years old, smooth-iaced'
a., ,o,rued man of nerve and looks much younger
.n bei. He told his story In glib. pert way refused
4 answer some questions, met Mr.. Conknns more 'han
k.n way and tried TO himself clean througI tnc
serton that he bought $4,000 OF Western union s'ock
( 1854. remembered finally that It WAS got
18th his wfe's money, that the money came
nom trunk where she obtained It and nanded IL 70
Atm and TINT he never knew Of its existence until no
.a n n, that time. Furthermore this dealer Ill r"se
.a,o of 81 600 mortgage on his property the same
year and this sum from his safe, where NO was IN
thc habit Of keering $4,000 $4,000. Yet McQuade
,orla not swear how much money he now had In MS
- ,hsther 81 900 or 500 OOO Ex-Alderman Wen
Eel was also witness. He gets his living from leasing
.se Wendell Assembly Rooms, Elm Lyon ana Schu'Seh
parks and like places .
Aldermen Cleary and O'Neil ana ex-AldermeD McCaoe
md Finck were present, hut McCaoe hau JUST e'0Ff
out when called as a witness. a.,
Mr.. Seward opened the proceedings oy o" nn,,.me
committed. attention 10 the decision OF the cuP'
Court of Ohio on the dissolution or inc oio -. a.
.vlvania Canal Company. In whien IL wa" ~ 80
m. ,,rbt 10 operate and MAINTAIN tho cana VIC" -,
' ,rns,.es Of the corporation had nothing 10 SELL
go where the right is taken away the rsnt
81 sell goes with H. c.vara
~rv. cot 'em all but ono" The one proved u oo
Alderman De Lacy. who on Mr. oe"aiu' o"''
vas stin found wanting. The other suppbnae" niio'
men we're present Louis Wendell, present occupS'ioh
.hot.lkeeper" past occupation Alderman of 1884, was
.,a arst witness He runs WendeIs Assembly Rooms
Film Park Schutzen Park, at Union HILL n. De- Lynn
PARK and wendes West Side Casino. so he told the co
rot,fee Ihave lived in NewYork, said the ex'AIaor-
man in broken English, "since 1868. nved oelore
,hat in Germany am a builder by trade but when
came here not getting that employment went 10 cao
petmaking" After three years OF this the capmeV
makers struck and tie witness started hquorshopiu
Nav 1865 at No. 430 West Forty-hfth-st' he WAS
always his own partner The boardinghonse business
followed with sixty men to sleep and 100 men Oh ueI
dable" 81 gondinued that" said the Americanized
uouorseilor and started Turn Hall and rahskeiiari IN
Nnth-ave Ididn't sold Oud, but had dree Diaces'
started blaze in No. 70 Eighlh-ave sno tnen 'ooA
Wenders Assembly Rooms Den bought Elm Bars uiu
had dree places again. In 1888 leased sebutzen BARK
Atter one year bought Lyon Bark NIT der shairs uho
A HES md der ukeushes IeIbain how shtarted dat
West side Casino aloud dat dime"
Q-wLen did you nrst keep bank account a An sn
Aloud frefdeen years ago at West SIDE BShk H"n "n
sssomnt dere now, and at der Homo Bank; ~.
sS%WGere do you live A-No 343 West Forty
,oSith ST.. abond seren years have two brudders.
Fr,t1 Who tcebs saloon und Charles who manaches
echutzen BARK. ., /, -, =,
The ex-Alderman thought he had brother-in-aw Dc
.snse his wife's sister had husband He didn't know
whether he mad any more, because they only ""neu "
ace him when they wished favor
O-Have you other relatives Mr. Mllerf
This question reused the Teutonic wrath OF the wiz
mess 'Oxcuse me. sir" he said, my name Is "ehueA
hah rebut ashuns yet
mls77 Nj Wendell lost his property, he said ana ala
hnsiuess in his brothers name judgment AGAINST MN
Cor g. 100 WAS obtained lie had bought property
aimee then be said, because business bd Oeen so uui
that he had not been able to do So He bought MS nrSt
real estate III 1867 and 1t went to the Union Dine saw
ings Ban- on foreclosure in 1877. The witness h"d
Cox hal pA ga0
Lyon Pack at $1,000 year. In Nay, 1882 the west
SIDE Casino was leased by him at $4,000 year.
o.-who became surety for the remit A-Nopody
hail a krate credit am VERY wei Known Ill Now
The ex.Alderman remembered that he had leased
No $50 Bowery from isabella Hoffman,
as an accommodation for friend, at @-'VoV
g year The Aldermanic transactions IN the various
"barks amounted TO s350,0o0 year. he saii one oi
his assistants was Adolph MeIns
Q-Is lie a short man bent, little crooked 40
iLsusnter
The witness said his books distributed among his
.barls" and would make express wagon load. lie
had had them ready for the committee sevefai uhes
9Th fonr assistants as deputy sherfs to guard them
Mr. Wendell had been a candidate for Alderman four
time. being once elected. He had paid his own e1
penses had helped himself TO the necessary money !"
his money drawer and hal made 10 entry OF IL. he
opd not tell within 81 600 what his election expenses
This. "Oxcuse me, Mr.. COnklins for yesterday
pongnt ger finest horse and coupe ia der 'and OF MI
WicoI.' =, .,,.,
o-who SAYS IL. the finest in the landi A-Mr.."ll-
cox. Great laughter
Nv Wc,de, said his "barks" were the finest OF the
kind they needed to be kept CLEAN and nice Ike
"P,iore was au Alderman" explained tho "ithoss
al was In good cOndisnuns; bnt wheo became Al Az
derman neglected my peezness and went All 10 Dece''
Mr. Wendell denied that he knew Henry j. huooaru OF
ttnua wiz
pank lie mad signed the franchise call at the request
OF Iiny" Mooney. He was indignant because IL was
Implied that had paid much attention to the inNesV
CATION. lie worked eighteen hours day ana auehued
only TO his business. lie worked twenty hours I"
day when he an Alderman e..h.,
Mr. wendell said that Commissioner Stephen
the S Y5e vote Tor the franchise S u the
tnng cout do" Tho public uptown ~1ted , IE'@
Moioney did not Tell the meeting was for ana
the witness did not know me pnrRose OF Ins tS
Ing I'm good Datured, guess stay Pool' WAS
tSe ex.Aldermaf's Ia t shot
ny ~ German Nice abe was called and found wanting:
TI.Aiderman Arthur T. MoQuade took the chair ana
stared NJ The ceiling.
O|were YOU formerly in the milk business A-No'
BIZ was IN ne paper ana sRsg business
and Old Junk. in the business ior twenty-five
years ,.,., . ,p.r,lv,uas that
anytning 10 do with this investlgatlonf
Chairman Low 40 rg grre OF" named
Rernarc and John He hal account at the Eleventh
W.rd Rank
ls.5 Before his account mad been about SIZoooo
This tell of IN 1851 and 1889, Tor no pan cud
go In 1ss4 the witness had fallen heir to $4,000
from the estate OF an aunt ~, a.,
O-Did YOU denOsIt thatl Mo- ST. ,
Ms 535 and 537 East Jhireenth- ST. where Tue WIZ
mess carried the junk business oeongen 70 -, nc
81 lie maid OF Que mortgage on the property I'D $40
AMI anoth,r the only left al various Ines any
that No 3l3 East Thirteenh-st was "m " ro
wines. u ssO Ia his name Tor SI-,JOu "A iI"V y
gage OF $4,000 on ii was paid Ia 1854; Aoo "tv
Ur weeks skn he bought property Al eVent NY
,ht,sst and Aye-A The witness bought 10000
~ Western I'm on stock IN 1854 through lapley q
stokcs lie had sold H. There was no record OF H. me
xiueSs could not tell in what month this happened or
lis relation In time 20 the payment OF the mortgage
Mr.. COnklinc hero encountered his hfst line OF Pc
TemptOry refusals TO answer o.. ,.,,-,
Q-IIave you played cards since 1884 A.-tquicklV
Iueciine 10 answer $40. =.
Q-Haye you won any mouey at cards since 1884
oIiiSye you won large sum OF money since 1884,