New-York tribune., 1886-02-13

o oe, Io,y,ng oao To be whstled for. Mr.. ConklinR
mado one of appalling panses and asked soien"y
Mr. Sharp. do yon wish TO give ary otnet as1 Ai
voIr ,iisn s 4 IN Of that S2.5OO,UOO III oohuS' A.
don't know anything further tnat need TO say zoo ooo
Q.-And wha, became OF the balance Vi '"0 P-''"'
I'm totd,f 7 Al don know. ., -. -.u-
| Q-And you are willing to let that stanu Us 'ou'
ans Ter, drc you ,,h
Mr. sharp never moved a muscle as he answered. Win
painful silence all around MN, " AeS' s"'
Deliberately sratedi"
"Yes. deliberately"
SHARP KNOWS MOLONEY.
Mr. ConkI,ng leaned back calmly and proceeded: mr.
Sharp. do you KNOW John Keenan, -
M. Sharp appeared at rest aud replied; kno"
him by sight. not seen him III four lhohths .
o.-Do you know William MOJneyi A" Billy
Mt CSnklng Cdrasticaly-If you call him so. call him
Mr. ,h,rp-Ie may, I. you call him. Yes. know him.
o"Ynu kmoS he tue r. ader OF the Common Council
ami is said out OF town A.-Only as lh"Ve reao
oNlIaye you been In the habit Of calling at the Fifth
Ayouue Hotel Al have often 6ee9 there -, o,,tor,
Q-Have you Mr.. Mooney at the office OF sahioru
II. Brl1ht A.-ies, I've seen MIN there.
O-Mr Dsbeck-r. too A.-Yes.
0-How many times have you seen Mr. Moloney there
oIs it not true that Mr. Mooney been In the
haSit OF goug that office IN coupe nearly every day.
sometime, several times day ami has met MI DIS
Me- sharp replied with emphasis "I have seen him
there. don't know how he came or how he went
may have him there ten times"
Odd the cauyassers not 60 there i A.-Not that
o-Iias any one complained that You did not pay hlm
whit you reed A man NAMED Powell IA mas or SUI
me- lie sal agreed 10 give him 100 shares OF slocA
Q-DId you meet MoIoney at the Fifth Avenue Hoteli
o-Poweni A-Ycs
d. Disb .ckeri 2 A.-Yes
0-On Ihis railcoal businesse Att may have been
know Powe, was there 90 tnat business. S,, s,nc.
Q-llow long nave you known DlsOeeKerf A'-oinoo
he i'm Police Dep irtmeHt.
Ole WA. tue n.au who Albany with you !
Q-And you gave him the $4,000 checki A-No'
Sownere G,n eV An the office of scrbner Bright
Q-wneni Aust after the Vermlye check was
Q-IIow came vou to give him the cash instead OF
CHECK A-iIec.u,e he wanted it. No, don't know
the denomination Of i9e ,lII, conntrd thein ." ''0
corner OF tue table and Mr. BrignI stood hy.
Mr. Conklins then asked Mr.. Sharp II he knew Edward
Kcarney lie dii he di not know that he had nan
any Of the bonds mgut have lad some through
Mr. Kerr as he was Mr. Kerr's brOther-inlaw.
Mr. Con ding here struck IN again on the Adermanc
trail rs follows:
Q.-Do you know Alderman r. Z. DE Laceyf A.
Q-Do you know anything about a house of his In
Q~Dm you pay a carpenters bill house of his in
Flith-st /
Mr.. sharp's face flushed and again resorted to his
cane as he ret0rtod Hereby never paid carpenter
b or any other kind of bill any house in Fith-st.
aud know nothing about it,"
Mr.. Coukling-rnat ia sufficiently emphatic and ex
/ piicit. Did you In-tgatc the Lydly SUIT
Mr. Sharp said Z" no" with emphrris Nordid he know
who employed the Broadway canvassers. Mr. Cohklng
/ made a pause and then pat this question:
Mr. sharp do you mean say that the check-book; /;
You ave tue you used for the period
| tncy profess tn rcprrsentf
Mr. sharp brought his cane down once more anu ue-
| clared with force and friction:
! Those are the Identical books and made the
| pencil entries JUST they are at me time ;
! Al haY
here they my regular chrckbooks Hnd can prove
| II 10y half q dozen Witnesses II ,Ou viii let me-
Q.-Mr. sharp, have you recently burned uP lot OF
chrcKsi
Tn, brought Mr. Sharp fairly to his feet and he
sponied with intense zeal and vigor: l have not
burned any papers year. last year or the year
beore-any papers OF any kind" Mr.. COnklng thought
tn emphatic and definite enough. Mr.. sharp declared
that he would know TO get At John Keenan; he
would a. TO Molonoy what Hls counsel had sd In
court He had thought OIo way or another about
the possibility Of confronting Keenan, and Moloney and
he dI about 1t one way or anotner lie knew
Luke T. CozIn-. had no concern about him In any
way.
Mr. ConkIing benignlntly told Mr. Sharp this was all
for tho present lie wanted to know II be could be
spared long enough TO run out to Rome
Conkliug Thought he could be- Then Colonel Bliss
asked the committee To request Mr. sharp some time to
tell tue just tue - 1000 Tor To AOr"hsh
d. ,becker Mr sharp drew out his milk bottle and took
hearty drink the aud then handed In the "hhr
ton contract for laying the rails In Broadway. MT
Conkng then Thought OF more question and asked
Dd Mr. Bolden advance any money TO Francis oi
| the surface road o to Jacob sharp ~
Mr.. sh,rps final, emphatic answer was: 81 don't
I know that he ever dd.''
MIR. RICHMOND ANSWERS PROMPTLY.
James A. Ricnmond. the president OF the Broadway
surface road. hardly called before he was In the
chair and oady for fire. lie thinks, talks and move'
| rapidly, never hestates for an answer and appears
| really for all emergencies. lie answered questions
faster than Mr. Seward who examined him. could pro
duce them. He charmed the committee with his appa-
rent frAnkness and Mr.. O'Byrue privately called him
model witness.
Mr. ~rwari-Mr Richmond. who chiefly instru-
mental in forming the surface Company AM
sharp , a., . ..,.,
lo3 &-'"" "D"y '"'''' u ''O'N o'' ''4 '''''
Q-what did you pay foriti A.-Nolhng,
GLOW were you elected president A'-by tne
Q.NMow were they olectedI A-By the stockholders
Q.-Ilaye you received ANY salary A-No. sir
0-Whero did the $500 cash on hand reported TO the
| c mmi-soncrs come from A. tqulck as nashl-OuI
know nothing about 10 pkkeepinx AMI told scribne
& BRIGHT to make the report think they had e
90 whom did you pay the 5000 A.-Mr Bird
- the treasurer.
saw nlm put 1t in his vest pocket
! Q.-I hnd ten shares unacconnted Tor 10 you Know "
where they Al do not. know nothing about IL
Mr Seward then formally put the question "Did
your attorneys advise you matter OF law that YOU
company had legal right issue those 10000 shares
OF stock aud place II In the hands OF Mr. Sharp y
81 always do what my attorneys advise me-
O-Do you mean to say that you 20 IL blind u A
Well when "a lawyer follow his advice implc
ity; 1 do tho thing with my physician anu IN.
broker.
Mr. Richmond said he had followed the advice OF hi
lawyers IN this Mr.. seward put tho formal que'
tion on all phases OF the Surface Companys action
In Issuing and bonds the amount OF S35O0O0
all to the Of the leases, etcand Mr. Richmon
replied that all had been done under the advice OF hi
attorneys that strictly legal think both gen
tlemen advised IT," he said Mr.. ScrIbner and MI
Bright" lie thought Mr. Scrbuer had drawn the tirt
. mortgage bonds
Odd you make any inquiries about the prObabl
cost OF the road A-NO cared nothing about tt. Nj
asked II had not better have Wharton hay
the stun the pier for building the road. and
r said II would bea good Idea with smile el-There