The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-11-25
DOODLE ALDERM EN-.
TRIAL OF M'QUADE CONTIN UED---
DUFFY'S EVIDENCE.

New YORK, November pa large crowd of
witnesses filled the general sessions court room
this morning to hear evidence in the trial OF eX
Alderman McQuade, for accepting bride to vote
for the Broadway railway ranHhise.
Ex-Alderman Duffy took the stand. Lawyer
| Newcomb continued his cross examination. The
lawyer asked the witness score of questions re-
garding life at home, in business, and as public
man. Duffy had been builder for twenty years
| and had been fortunate. He owed some debts in
1884. Did not think he had applied any of the
| "boodle" money to pay them. He acknowledged
violating his oath OF Office when he took the
''boodle
Duffy stood on the assertion that ReporerA Kee-
nan had lied when he said the doors we're closed at
the secret session of August 30.
Mr.. Newcomb asked If witness had read the
story of the Jaehne conviction, his Journey TO
Sing Sing, the description OF the eck step, which
Jaehne had to submit TO, etc.
Mr.. Nicoll objected, saying that council was
trying to make ii appear that witness was fright
ened into "squealing" through fear OF sharing
Jaehnes fate.
The recorder blandly said: 81 think the defense
have "A right to show it If they can"
Duffy then said he had read OF Jaehnes fate, and
had been arrested twice, had been bailed ont; did
not remember il an officer went home with MIN
the first time he was arrested, or what the amount
of bail had been on either occasion; did not know,
had not asked the of his arrest explained that
singular assertion of saying that everything, mean
ing himself WAS go mixed and muddled up that
he could not tell Witness said Nicoll wrote out a
statement of what he DUFFY would testify 10
against McQrade; that duffy had seen similar
statement prepared for Fullgraf- Witness said be
saw NicOll had drawn up second statement, in
Guiding Fullgrsf's testimony. Witness signed the
first statement, hut not the second After his sec
| ond arrest, witness met Nicon three tines a. the
| police headquarters. twice 81 Nicolls house. No
| threats were made 10 Niiue==. NicOn promised
witness exeuengtiO- from prosecution on condi
/ ton Of turning s541= sytd=lc@- Witness had moi
| done anything else gsfg 11t during los WAS re
minded Of t.e Tnirry-s1-rr1 street i1l, tOT which
] rhE
/ aldermen. He admitted the charge snr
said he had paid money % llugrsd
| although there vas no Agreement 70 Go 80
| Mr.. Newcomo having succeeded u mixing up
little "bOOdle" worse than on the occasion Of al
arrest, deserted, and Aicull resumed the r-Bir7ci
examination 10 restore the credit OF HE witness
Duffy was made to relate the story Of his arres'
| again, the conversation with Police Inspector
Byrnes, how the astute inspector led him 10 con
fess his connection with the Broadway steal, how
the inspector showed him some bill paper or
which he had noted down some Of the points ant
information which he had about the "boodlers;
how Byrnes had intimated that others Of tn
aldermen were gazing to squeal, showing witnes;
his own position in the matter. Witness detailed
a conversation with Nicoll in which he told all h
knew about the Forty-second street. Thirty-tourtt
street, Chambers street. and other roads.
snow Mr.. Duffy" continued NicOll; 81 wan
you to tell the jury what induced you to beCom'
states evidence?n
81 have wife and two children, replied witness
"and felt that this was load on my shoulder
and on their heads. was never in any such
thing before and was drawn into it this time.
come to the conclusion that the best thing to d,
was TO tell the truth, and am here to-day to tel
the truth
Each meeting of booders taken up, and Duff
beginning TO fear trap, cautiously finished tn
story. At each pause, the lawyer would clinch tn
testimony by asking:
sand is that all you recollect of what occurre
at that meetingf"
Nicoll became FESTIVE, and he and Gen Irac
IN fha frat
ping the witness, but the recorder shut them II
by permitting the examination to go on, and PIT
tient Newcomb went on TO mix up the witnes
further. Duffy's story, however, did not var
substantially from yesterday, except that he rattle
committed himself by saying that he was tellin
all he could reCollect.