Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-04
TIE TAMMAsv ERAups.
Mccain Makes some More Sensa-
tionaI Statements.

| statement as published accusing the commit
tee of suborning perjury in the testimony Of
McCann. He had, however, said the suborn-
ing of such testimony should be punished
McCann was put on the stand and cross
examined He related the story about the
furnishing of supplies to the family of his
brother-in-law Croker. Questioned as to
the date when Croker came to him with $780,
OOO witness said he could not tell the precise
date. He was not surprised at Crokers hay
ing $3.50, 900 with him, as there was plenty of
money at that time among the people
connected with the ! board of alder
men. Croker said to him that
there were two aldermen whom
he wanted to reach and that Tom Adams
knew them. Croker subsequently said he
had seen these two aldermen and understood
everything was satisfactory. 81 knew" he
said, somebody had been seem"
Q-Who were these aldermenl
A-Pierson and Wendell Tsensation1
Witness said he had been on the best of
in between them.
led by his advisers-men who hold high posi-
tions in this city. 1t is these men who have
driven him from home and family refer
to Grant. I think it is a disgrace to the city
that man like Grant should be its mayor"
Witness said John B. Halloran told him the
sls0,000 had been returned to those who con-
tributed it on the New Years following
| Witness said he could make charges which
he did not wish to put forward voluntarily at
present and ''that the less these gentlemen
have to say the better for themselves"
When pressed, witness admitted having
had a conversation with Grant about his con-
nection with the Broadway railroad bribery
in 1884,
Mayor Grant here arose and said he wanted
McCann to withhold nothing he knew con-
cerning him. Witness then told of the day
| when he, Grant and Alderman Mooney had
| been to a lawyers Office together, and Grant,
referring to the Broadway railroad bribery
and to his obligations to Croker, said ''If
| it had not been for his advice I'd
have been in that deal with the other
| fellows" meaning, as the witness ex-
| planned the aldermen who accepted bribes.
| Croker and witness had conversation
| with Mrs. Croker in January or February,
1885, about sls0,OO0 Croker brought to his
store about a month before She told him
that Croker had brought home large sum of
money about that time and that she had sat
up at night to guard 1t until he arrived at
| home.
| McCanns examination being concluded,
| Bourke Cochran called as witness James B.
Dunham of Dunham, Buckley & Co., dry
goods merchants. He testified that he would
not believe McCann under oath if he had any
motive to testify falsely
AT the afternoon sessiG] the court room
was more thronged than eifthr morning
Ex-Mayor Edison said =. far as he knew
| Grant was not in 1884 a candidate for COM
missioner of public works and had never
spoken to the witness about the matter.
| Then Mayor Grant was called. He denied
positively any knowledge of any agreement
by which Croker was to receive any sum per
barrel on cement if he (GranD was appointed
commissioner of public works. He denied
that he ever told anyone that if it had not
been for Croker he Grant would have taken
his share of the Broadway railroad Doodle.
He knew nothing about the slsO,0oO McCann
had spoken Of He never had been candi-
date for commissioner of public works,
never contributed to or had any knowledge
of any fund to secure any ones appointment
! to that office.
Questioned by Choate as to his relations to
the Croker family Mayor Grant said he had
been very intimate with them. He was
sponsor to Croker's child Flossie When ne
assumed that responsibility, as he had no
nearer relative than cousins and no obliga-
| tions, he determined to make some provision
for the child. On one occasion
he had given her 5000 and
| subsequently a like amount He
never gave her any other presents except
such as he gave all the Croker children on
holidays. The money was given the child in
the presence of her father and mother and the
child handed the moneyto her mother. The
! presents were free and without any under
standing or agreement.
Mr.. Boardman took upthe questioning, and
| the mayor repeated that he was never "a can
didate for commissions public works.
"You did not go SO far as to secure counsel
| to aid your appointments
"Secure counseli No, sir"
''Did you not retain Colonel Blissl"
"Oh AT the suggestion of Mr.. Kelly / re-
tanned him to have the injunction dissolved
that restrained the board of aldermen from
acting on the appointment Of the commits
sioner of public works.n
Mayor Grant further states that he had no
personal knowledge of what was done with
the money he gave Flossie. He did not know
it had been used to pay off a mortgage.
Senator Fassett questioned the mayor about
his candidacy for the mayoralty and was told
that he was not assessed by Tammany hall.
He contributed about $500, and this was to
the printing fund for local officers.
Fassett questioned the mayor about his
letters to the president of the senate. Choate
objected, when it was argued that the letter
had been referred to the committee.
Cochran, on behalf of the mayor, here said
that he would Withdraw any intimation that
the committee or its counsel had been a
party to a conspiracy against the mayors
character. There had been such a conspiracy
but they would entirely exonerate the com
mittce.
In reply to tho final question the mayor
said he had never influenced or sought to in
tiuence the park commissioners to refuse to
renew McCanns lease.
ExAssistant District Attorney Nicoll said
that throughout his extensive investigation
into the matter of the noodle aldermen of 1884
he never heard anything about Grant being
a candidate for commissioner Adjourned.