Morning journal and courier., 1886-09-10

o pshaw, says I. We'll, says he, go ahea,
 and get it through the Council, and I vii
 double it up. I says when will this be paid , 0, he says, it has got to go through sure and when it is over will pay
 There was meeting of the council afte ] this, and things did not go to suit Wagner
 He came down to see me and says, what wa.
 the matter with you last night2 You aint ! working at all. l told him that there was ! uo use of talking, I would not change my
 vote for any money consideration, but only for friend. I mentioned Congressman
 Mitchells name and Mr. Mills He said he
 would see Mir. Mills and soon after Mills
 came to see me. He said that "Wag" want ed h1m to come and see me. He said it was l no matter of his, but as a favor he would 1 like to have me help Wagner out. lie told 1 about the same story about the land scheme down to West Haven. I asked him if Mitch | ell was interested in that and he said yes. l and says he, if you will help Wagner out it ! will help you in what you are looking for ] He said he would see Mitchell and he thought it would be all right
 MT. Blydenburgh-What were you looking for?
 Witness-A place in the custom house. Gum continued: I found out that all this story about Mitchell being interested in the New Haven matter was humbug. We'll
 agreed not to be at the Council that night. paired off with three and went away. After WdrOS WeuL to MT WaSner'S once and asked him how it was about the annual ap- propriations going through. He answered,
 what have I got to do about its We'll, says l, you are running that Council, any how. He then said, are you working for us all rights said yes. After this I said to through, and if they did not he would hear from me- They went through all right and then they took up the Derby railroad question and flibus- tered all the evening. I believe that evening they killed the railroad matter Then they wanted to reconsider, and an in- juction was issued. Afterwards Mills came to see me and told me that was not working for Wagner. 1 went to the Council chamber at the next meeting and Mills and Wagner were outside and I stayed there with them. I finally went inside after shaking hands with them, they supposing I was all right. I went in and voted dead against them. It was rising vote and the president of the Council says MT. Gum are you votings I said yes. The bill was killed and MT. Wagner and MT. Mills left very sudden.
 The cross-examination was by Mr. Tyler. In reply to questions MT. Gum said he was 39 years of age, that he lived in Northamp- ton before he came to New Haven. Was in the war for three years; enlisted July 10, 1S62 not quite 14 years of age; was discharged near Boston at the close of the war. He then went to Powers school as long as his money lasted. Then worked at my trade in different places; my present oc- l cupation is that of mason. I have been clerk in hotel at the Carlton House.
 No, sir, never kept the Carlton House. It | was kept by E. w. Gum.
 "Who was E. w. Gupns'
 ''It was E. w. Gunn."
 Was it man or a woman:
 'It was wcman."
 Was she your wifes"
 ''Yes. sir''
 'fWhen were you mal Iied to her!'
 Judge Blydenburgh objected to this line of questioning as not being upon the question l at issue.
 The committee thought the questioning l could go on so far as to show the credibility ! of the witness.
 tfWhen were you married to your wifea l Was it in 1s79?"
 Witness said he could not recollect exactly 'I have been married before; no, that wife is not living; she was dead when I married my present wife"
 ''Did your former wife not get divorce from you on the ground of adultery"
 Objected to by Judge Bldcenburgh, when the committee again ordered recess to con- | sider the matter.
 On their return the chairman announced that the question was proper
 MT. Tyler-Were you not divorced from l your first wife on the ground of adultery on . your part
 No, my first wife died while lived with l ler. Yes, I was divorced from my second wife. | She tried to get it and could not, and final y we agreed to separate, and she got di- 7orce and paid the bill. I told Detective Reilly that he could go to Massachusetts and swear to most anything he thought proper, n order to have my wife get divorce. l vas perfectly willing that she should have t, and it was arranged so that MT. Reilly could get evidence sufficient to swear in court SO that my wife could get a divorce. I Yes, was convicted in the City court sever ! Il years ago for assault and battery. I beat man seriously and was sorry afterward. l paid his doctor bills and his board, and did I Ill could for him. He was afterward com I 0elled to testify against in the City ,ourt and I was fined $5 and costs. That is he only time was ever brought before the ourS in my life. Yes, formerly lived at 0 Union street.
 MT. Tyler-How many times wes that louse raided by the police while you lived n it? [. Objected to and objection sustained. tS In reply to questions witness continued: don't think I have the letter l received rom MT. Wagner.
 To whom did you first tell the story of MT. ! Wagner offering to give you money.s T I told it to John w. Lake in the Mayors ir flee It think it was the next day after g Wagner offered me the money. I think I rs pf old Alderman Kennedy of it also. l think in told MT. Troup first and he said, Look A ut boy, be careful" i. Mir. Tyler-Then when you were making IT.. Wagner think that you were working for im you were actually working against him? | Witness-That is about the size of it. fE MT. Tyler-Where were you married to our present wife? IE Witness-In Port Chester. iE Did you go there for the pu1 pose of getting D lal lied? IF I was married there.
 Were you married by clergyman?
 No, justice of the peace.
 My present wife's name was Eliza w. F 1hite before IF ma1ried her.
 Will you produce your marriage certlh- ite!
 No, sir, I don't think will, for don't now where 1t is.
 Witness was instl lcted to produce the cer- fcate at the next meeting, if he could ind Alexander Troup was next called. He tes- fed that what MT. Gum said about his ,nversation with him, was lie made out of hole cloth and he believed Gum knew he ed when he made the statement. M Alderman Maj tin was next called and said lat he had no conversation with NJ. Gum l the subject as stated by him in his testl- ony MT. Martin further stated that he Gl as told by Councilman Clark, of the Ninth ard that he had been offered money to vote IT the Derby railroad scheme.
 At Il 80 the hearing adjourned until sxt Tuesday evening at o'clock.
 North Haven. HE TEMPERANCE INTEREST - MILKMAIDs