New-York tribune., 1886-04-04
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Mr. whitelaw Reid the Editor OF THE NEW YORK
TmHUNu. knowingly, wiiiuly and naicionsy falsihr rs
made caused or allowed to he made III MS paper
@ Gs yoqF Sd M The emn asn
tionS hints, ALLEGATIONS. charges, nnuendoes ana I'M
in"cniDg The 7imts's views and comments upon the
Broadway Railroad now or in the las are, All ana
several, wanton lies, uttered with wicked in en TO
deceive. That to us ioheet the case iaiy we'll
New York Times.
No. il meets the case witt little more foul
black guardism, but in other respects just as
the accused Aldermen meet it. The case
against The Times is made up from its own
columns. See the clear and convincing
array in another column. Does Fagin
mean to cay that we forged the ex-
tracts we have reprinted fI0m his paper
That is a kind of business that we leave
to the patron Of sneakthcves. Fagin has
earned an exclusive reputation for forgery by
his notorious performance on the back of Il
stolen manuscript in 1884.
But does his billngsgate meet the case
Alderman Jaehne, who shar0 with Fagln the
dist lction of being q receiver of stolen goods,
though he lacks the additional merit of being
know n as a fprger, makes precisely the same
defence. Alderman De Lacy in his dialect
declares that it /" is all id bluff" Alderman
Farley says he "never got cent" Alderman
Cleary SAYS the charges against him are totally
false" Alderman Pearson, now under indict-
ment, says that the statements affecting him are
"pure, wholesale lies" Alderman Kirk. also
indicted, insists that he is the victim of
"wicked and unfOunded charges" In fact. the
whole twenty two protest their innocence just
as The Times does. And none of them is more
barren of adequate defence.
When Alderman Fullgraf was on the witness
stand before the Senate Committee on Friday
the following record was made:
Odd you that the newspapers generally
opposed the Broadway road A. No, The Times favored
Fulgraff is correct and no more suspicion
eau attach to him for the vote he gave than to
The I lines for com ending his vote-nor. in
deed, so much. His responsibility ended with
that vote, but The Timess only began with it.
It's duty was more serious-and consisted of
making a market for Sharp's millions of bonds.
And from the day that vote was taken until
the day of the "great divide " The Times ap-
plauded the grab, sought to soothe public indig
nation and quiet public suspicion, praised Sharp
and his work. doomed the road and the new
eIa of prosperity" it had created for Broadway
and the city, declared that every public interest
Z" had been duly provided for; that the terms
of the grant "were all that could be asked or
expected and "better than the sale of the
franchise at auction and lent Sharp all the
assistance in selling his bonds that paid organ
could afford But after Disbecker received his
S74, 900 the interest of The lines began TO
wane.
The Senate Committee should subp@ ma
George Jones, alias Fagin, and compel him to
testify under oath what have been his relations
with Jake" Sharp, or Disbecker, or others
of Sharp's agents. They should require him
to read from his own files his editorial articles
giving Jacob Sharp all possible help just at the
time when they know Jacob Sharp was ready
10 pay the most liberal prices for all the help he
could get. They should compel him to produce
the original copy of the articles printed in Inc
Times from November, 1884, to July, 1883,
that their actual author may be ascertained.
They should call for his bank books and see
whether he made any deposits on June ID, or
for sometime thereafter, and whether any
money so deposited was in the shape of $1,000
bills. They should examine him vigorously, for
if such servle assistance as he gave Sharp was