The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-05-04

charges which he did not care to put for
ward, voluntarily at present and that sthe
less those gentlemen have to say the better
Tor themselves When pressed he adj
united having conversation with Grant
ABOUT his connection with the Broadway
railroad bribery in 1885.
Mayor Grant here arose and said he
wanted Mccain to withhold nothing he
knew concerning him. The witness then
told OF the day when he, Grant, and Alder
man Mooney had BEEN to a lawyers
office together and Grant referring to the
broadway railroad bribery and of his obi
cations to Croker, said if it had not
neen Tor his advice he would have been in
That dea. with the other fellows, meaning,
as the witness explained, the alderman
VINO accepted brides. Grant, he sSid, sub
sequently reported the same thing in the
presence of Mrs. McCann and Mrs Croker.
Senator McNaughton asked the witness
a number OF questions. presumably in ex-
plantation of his testimony but no one ex-
cept himself, Mccain and Senator Fassett
heard either the questions or the answers.
AL Tie AFTERNOON session the court room
was more thronged than in the morning.
EX-hlayor Edison said so far as he knew.
Grant was not candidate for COM
missioner of public works, and he had
never spoken to the witness about the mat
ter.
Then Mayor Grant was called. He de-
MED positively any knowledge of any
agreement by which Crokerw was to receive
any sum per barrel on cement, if he
(Grant) was appointed commissioner of
public WORKS. He denied that he ever
told any one that if it had not been for Gro
ker he (Grant) would have taken his share
Oh Tue broadway railroad Doodle. He
knew nothing about the $4,000 MCCAIN
mad spoken of. He never had been can
dldate Tor commissioner of public works
never contributed to or had knowledge of
any 1und to secure anyone's appointment
10 mat office. When questioned by Choate
as 10 MS relations to the Croker family, the
mayor said he had been very intimate with
them. He was godfather to Croker,s child
L iossle. When he assumed that RESPONSE
DlIlty ne had no nearer relative than
cousins and no obligations, and he deter
mined TO make some provision for the child.
On one occasion he had given her s. 900.
and subsequently the same amount. He
never gave her any other present except
such as he gave all the Croker children on
holidays. The money was given the child
IN the presence of the father and mother
and the child handed the money to it's
mother. The presents were free and with
out any understanding or agreement or in
of MS election as sheriff.
MI. Boardman took up the questioning.
Inc mayor reported that he was never a
for commissioner of public |
works.
~ GU did not go so far as to secure coun-
'el to aid your appointments
secure counsel! No sir.''
Did you not retain Colonel Bliss?n
''Oh, at the suggestion of Mr.. Kelly I |
'etalned MIN to have an injunction dis |
solved that restrained the board of alder |
men from acting ON the appointment of a |
of public works"
Mayor Grant further stated that he had |
10 personal knowledge of what was done
With the money he gave Flossie. He did |
lo6 know IL mad been used to pay off a
mortgage
Senator Fassett questioned the mavor
bout his candidacy for the mayorality. and
vas told he was not assessed by Tammany
AL. de contributed about fifteen hum
red dollars. and this was to the printing
una Tor local officers. Fassett questioned
ne mayor about his letters to the presi-
ent of the senate
Choate objected, when it was argued that
littee.
Cochran, on behalf of the MAYOR. here
aid he would withdraw any intimation
hat the committee or it's counsel had been
party TO conspiracy against the mayors
nafactef. Ihere has been such q con
piracy but they would entirely exonorate
le committee. In reply to a final question
ne mayor said he never influenced or
ought to influence the park commissioners
refuse to renew McCann's lease.
Ex,,Asslstant District Attorney Nicoll
aid that throughout his extensive investl-
alton into the matter of the Doodle alder
len In 1884 he never heard anything about
rant being candidate for commissioner.
djourned.