New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-23

COMMISSIONER, anu h"u Nv" AA~" N--,y
as TO who they were . ~,uh |
o-You did not understand that lie Fevfe csne W.. y,
nroposltion9 A-No 1 understood he came tnes' W
give me what Paige told him .uo.,,,ora |
o-You did not look at II In the light OF p''p''
A.-No. 49,, A-No |
o-pd YOU talk with Paiscf A.-No
o-whcrc docs Paige livei Al don't Know
o-what Is his full namef A-DsVa lAer' ~
oIs he working on the Aqucducti Al believe
o-wAerci A.-soms place on the lower Gnu o. "'
line . ,..,. 80.
o-In what sectionf Al cannot locate ha~
THREE COMMISSIONERS IN BROWNS OFFICE.
Ole tina, all that you heard ABOUT 'ne "a,'s "a
A.-No. At tho tiaie paid no attention 20 ~ anu 49,
lieved nothlpc OF It. But In tho tono"'hs 'A',
Mach ~ isss Nj Brown, my partner. told me anu
nenkwh torether In Mr. Browns ONCE, NO. ~ NasS'u
81 that three OF the Commissioners had come IN thefe
o-who were theya A.-rhat l 90 no. Aho"' i
refused 10 tell me. You ask Mr. Brown That
. n Are Won quite sure about that? A.-fcs
C-You did not ask Mr. Brown' Al dd'
n Did he say: 81 won't tell you A-he SAID nc
had promised not t"' .,.., r,ov
CANA there with a proposition to him that " Mclean
and Beckwith would get away from this work. anu ~
away as far they could. this ana would cos1 'ne"
very little. II they did not IL wouia cost oic' '
back percentage and more TOO. .
c-what percentage is thatf A-The ten per cent
| Was that all the conversations Ayes
o.-Don't you know that very different propo
years 50. ~ :, 1y.v
Dwell. It appears mighty different don't IL why
did they want you awsyi Al cannc ses any Te"so"
for it, 49,. At.
o-wel you had done pretty bad work up TO that as'e'
badn,, youi About 1900. 0O01 A.-Not 20 much.
, Odd not lie Feyre to have that sloo'ooo psia
through him. A.-No. sir 1t DID not feach 'ha' p0"
! cut it short at the beginning.
WHAT DID THE COMMISSIONERS WANT
| Odd not Mr. Brown tell you that these three
Commissioners had made proposition 10 pass oVer W
bad work Of Grown. Howard g. Go. for money "'-n0
did usc these words. No. s q,
Odd he use any words that could be oon''ucu "
| mean ,hat7 Al don't know as he did
There was a little conversation among the mem
bers OF the committee and counsel Inc Mi.n; iS
had taken them so lar. 1t looked as II thcif IN
knowledge of its existence They made several
snggcstons in the hope Of refreshing Mcl'eanS
memory or getting hiui TO speak without Tar D
Mr. Ridgwsy made a request that Drowhl
LIE Fevre and all others concerned should
9 be subpoenaed ms WAS i'""'''
agreed TO-
UAMMERING AWAY AGAIN
Mr. Nicoll hammered away at Mclean again
in the hope of persuading him to be more free
of speech. ..oo ooo
oAt that time under your superinterdence $780, 600
> worth ~ had work was aonei A-Not 50 much.
oThen these Commissioners said IL you and Beckwth
would get out 1t would cost comparatively niue A.
And we did It would cost us about s'ooo' ~ nus
4 cost us $1,000 a, It Is. w.,
Q.-What the point IN Jour iast s'oiJ ~"
, | irving to give facts, not points
OF asked you IL you ever heard OF the 100000
>. again, Al did not understand the question once
sf,erxard related tho Circumstance TO General Ihonia
~ That was during the session Of this committee lie ao
y tina. LIE Feyre had come him with the same story
Mr. Fassett-Did General Thomas say that LIE fcvrt
y had mentioned the names OF the three commissioners
u A.-No. c,,..,
Mr. Nicoll-were you # the three Commissioner
who entered Browns Office were Che same three 70 whon
= lie Fevre alluded Al am not aware OF H. 'o''"''
Il who they are -, .
~ Mr. Pidgway and Mr.. Fish wanted him =, u
=. name the three according to his surmlsc Bu
Is Senator Fassett said
II does not seem 10 that It Is proper This 10 vcfI
sensational evidence and don't think that until We
4; can have q witness who knows we ought 10 pun e o
70 OF this a Commissioned
APPEALING TO THE WITNESS.
The witness YVES again appealed 10 10 give 'iI
" connection between the proposition and the visit
N Mr. Boardman suggested that because Mr. Mcbeai
q refused the ARA ngement the three wanted to &c
rid of him and Becliwith and carry on negotiation
with the remaining members OF The lirm. but vi
~ Mclean would not consent to harbor any sue
suspicion, though the chairman somewhat favore
- the idea
Finally the witness said;
I DO not mean 70 connect the two fsots at all.
re Maurice b. Flynn, who was sitting beside III
ny Boardman, whispered with him linen MI Doalo
w man asked If lie Fevre and Paige were members
N. the Democratic National Committee anu IL Il
- Fevre was connected with Brces Office.
M Mr.. Mclean didn't know. ~, -,
ng Mr. Boar.iman for few minutes called tn
WITNESSES attention to the Watermelon patent {
Mr. Church. The chief engineer, and the compah
that was formed, and the subsequent transaction
y; Tho witness enipha tically denied that ho ha
hnuobt stocI, 10 get solid with Church, ON IN
, suppositon that that was what u hfieh ana Niaf
n had done
o-Have you now given up the claim that the hr
a .hu-xe vent for A.--Be
'o' and OWN that stock
ME- FISH WANTS THE NAMES
es Mr. Fish asked permission to ask the witne
,Ot il be Fish was one OF the three. The chairma
didn't rrant it, because Mclean could only su
'n misc the names.
". III say to Mr.. Fish volunteered Mr. McBca
reassur;ngly 1" that when the story came to n
didn't believe t. i strHe me nc d m ' az M
rh from Bro W. Howard Il Co. IaughterJ
Mr. NisOl-who dii you think was the smart Alex
He Mr.. McDean-I don't know.
i'm Mr.. Fish wanted TO have il on record that !
- IS not one Of the three; so, as he was sun una
pu oath, he made this statement: Never since
sci have been Comm ssoner have been in the Ne'
York office of brGTT was made to take
Fry stand He is a stout powerful man. but he look
nd as If his nerves we're Shaken by the shock Of
partners revelations and he spoIe IN such 10
le voice that az times he could scarcely be hear
Oh lie backed up Mclean in his statements abo
md what tney had been told by MIR. brown IN re9a
Of TO the visit OF the mysterious three.
ole Odd you understand that the Commissioners cal
there to make corrupt proposals 10 Mr.. Brownf A
'" No, sir. .
=. o-Did .ou understand that anything was 'aid
Brown or the Commissioners in regard 20 the payment
any money! A.-No. sir.
" o-There nothing in Browns remarks 10 ieau
one 70 infe. such thing a. that! A.-No, sir
M THEY WE'RE MAD AT MAC"
Mr.. Beclcyith was Intercepted rs Mclean h
,ct been about his notions as to the reason why I
an three Commissioners came 10 Brown and made sn
the q request He said he guessed they were mad
ia Mac" and he added that he had supported McBe
in his attitude Of opposition TO them and TO Chuf
in various points He alleged that one engine
few told him that the engineers had been informed IN
10" they could cut he'll" out of him. and on bel