The sun., 1890-01-05
WEO WROTE FRY-THBFATi
,o,T OF MASS MEETING INQUIRY
s" REF0RE 4 REB'ERBE


cUhssrine OF the suit begun against Phineas
!..hnry. secretary OF tho League, py Tall
s.. LOs 4 Martin, the printers for bill OF
All 200 for League printing.
~ Poster said that he had made the sc-
..,ntanee OF Ernst Nathan short time pre-
Una 10 the appointment OF the latter as
.nI,oitor of the League. Mr.. Foster had con-
.rod 10 Mr.. Nathan the news Of his appoint
,nrt Lawyer Gay wanted TO know whether
~ wSs Nathan who wrote the famous Fry
AL. 'tats circular. Mr.. Foster didn't answer,
hrt buried himself In the minutes OF the
Innsua Mr.. Gay waited q moment until every
nav had smiled, and then he said that he un-
Ssra,ood that the "FrY-the-fat part OF the
sIroular was an extract from letter written
nv United States Senator. Col Bacon OF
counsel for the plaintiffs, lifted up his voice
and said that his understanding OF the matter
vas that It was quotation from letter sent
to the League
RaeGener.
Il don't know" replied Mr.. Gay.
The referee smiled and said:
"Wel didn't Nathan do the actual FIRING r
"Well,' said Mr.. Gay, III he didn't he lent q
helping hand"
Mr., Bacon remarked that Mr.. Nathan II an
internal revenue collector now.
Nathan got his reward" said Mr.. Gay. In
elining his head toward Mr.. Fosteri "the only
one left out 10 our friend here. He has the
oonscousness Of duty badly done"
Mr. Foster looked sharply up. I've arc
waiting" said be- In heavy voice, until the
Democrats get back into national power again"
In spite of his connection with the League
Mr.. GAY seems to be o Democrat, for ho said
sharply:
"HoT viii 1890 suit you p put n COL Bacon.
Wen sweep everything clean in 1892" re-
scFtSd $as MI The e@f @ffrythe-at circular which was
dated May 80 Or June /. 1885 printed py Tall
msdee Martin PM ?" Mr. &c Gay asked asked MI fosteF
SSs no snssS SS
D9Ggett Nathan and Foster had little CIR; CIR;
the tS arSt % IDEA Of making the League respoa.
sibfe tor the bills was born when the funds
stopped coming In, The question was allowed,
II don't know"
You sent that circular out over your own
hNoP replied Mr. Foster sharply.
Wasn't i signed James p. Foster and
wasn't Mr.. Humphreys name on II as secre-
tax and wasn't 1t printed on the letter heads
II don't know whether 1t was or not"
Nj. Foster said that he didn't know whether
He saw It in the newspapers. but he did not re-
member having talked about It with Secretary
the dy s thss Sa%H %r Humphreys
@SrE IDade i hority ''f u'N 'n' .'A1
We had several conversations about II"
In reply to question as TO whether Score
tary Humphreys didn't tell him that he had no
right to send out the circular with the League
mark, Mr.. Foster raised his eyes from the min
utes, and asked, icily:
Did 1t have the League mark2
Then Ir Foster Hsbq sbrupy Changed tho stua
tton. and became the inquisitor.
Where is the circular2" he asked.
Mr. Gay. What's what snf am NJ tryins h to sDrn
.!tloS. @ and asked Mr.. Foster Il It f wasn't S he,
he circular. Col. Bacon objected. and said:
He'll say no. have heard him say so be-
Then, Mr.. Foster answered the question by
" Not that am aware Of"
aase9 Ne aS paper with
e will not answer such vague questions"
oRfsq Rfter e Ccl. Bacon had, objected Mr.. Foster
ldded:
presume did consent" 0
eeasr rep to S
dr. Gay, Mr.. Foster said that he had been au-
thorized by the League to use its paper for the
n was recorded a meeting of the League on
Dec. II. 1887. and showed that the committee
was authorized to send circulars to prominent |
1888. showed that he and Mr.. Bracket. the ex- |
eeutive member OF the State League. were |
that been set ssde soe oG The
expenses Of the campaign in this city. Mr.. |
Foster said that these facts made It clear that |
whether he had consulted with any |
members OF the executive or sub b-executive COM |
mittees r before issuing the "Fry-the;fat" cir
circular bropghtin more money than any other. |
m.a, "N0E% % esfsd Mr. Gay when did you first
Mr.. Foster really couldn't remember. Tho
nIst meeting Of the Campaign Committee, OF
which MI. Dudley was Chairman, was held at
organization Of the Irish American voters.
Floaters d" querted the referee.
:, said voters, sharply retorted Mr. Foster.
Mr. Gay explained that the 50 ''fioaters" incl
dent 6s1trl had occurred in Indiana. and was in
~ Mr. Fosters grave face broke into 0 smile.
I1nen he said that there were two Irish
American Republican organizations. Only
direction. Mr. Dudley "Is repoEted t6at n 6oth Of
yhen wanted funds. and MIR. Foster said that.
Il IN MS judgement. the Irish-American, ANTI
but that proper care would have to be taken Of
Il MI Dudley said that this body would be
that ne
League be confined to certain Statea
=. mr. Gay interrupted Mr., Fosters reminis-
scsences ssa oy asking If New York wasn't one OF
n. New York was never doubtful" said Mr..
F9ste5; that's what took care of.h
. NJ roster said that he and Humphreys wero
setrthorzed z to audit bills and draw checks on
She II treasurer. Mr.. Gay imme ediately said that
~. roster had got some money from the
Y League to pay, Tallmadge & Martin. and that
I,he ne other members of the committee had be-
,iSosed ,SN AZ, that he had money enough to pay all
Ike Ike pllls. During Mr. Fosters Presidency OF
INC League he had seen that Bome of tha billG |
q Iallmadge 4 Martin had been paid. MIR.
y, Ssy SAID that Mr. Foster had concealed some
= mad obtained the checEs with which he had
pSia iToSa the printers by fraudulent representa-
tRons, Then Mr. Gay asked himself how MIR.
4. IEoster had obtained the checks, and he prompt.
Y replied to his own question by saying: Sim
s Tss oS lying The signature Of tho Secretary
VIZ Fbo opHtalned oy false representations"
resumed on next Thursday at 10X O'Clock.