The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-21
mes. the New York Mutual Ice Company.

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a. a;!.I:
ihonsht was significant Along in the latter part Of
a9'A 5Sm is ;sP' Rif' %SoS 0tHS. .FF
,S VI" . s,a A S.ol. never and had complaint
before the Board and exclaimed the matter 1t was
nS H GS more S nR o mot e. s
a yaSn sE To 1q "a. :S
drop and T nee me- q dSnE tss soIpg When
Tsss WEI. re 9cs "a, Ht the rear Of When
pS yTs AND II "a m ss SroSs ana r
Su. They AID 80 and closed the door Of n. once 0s
that in II Eore ne samples e some Of mia that
Offy aud iS1 Know %hss could DO about t.
on ! don't Know said Osborne It would be too
ns Gin H. ana ;. might questions T'Sn
In the samples ANNA -,r.rs ,,or, hahn, v,u,n
.ais fsE i he got enough ioE 4 6S. there no
sns an n%r anH 70
take samples TO dqlartefs lie old 50 and The
il. s:TseISI. hsys sSd ne s,5:s,:d again and have
On ss-examinat ion the witness admitted
that he had been with the two Inspectors in
McSheever's ea,oon on sixth avenue They
had taken drinks there IN private I1te room of
tains after them when they went in. und he had
not offered the INSPECTORS $40 aniece Nothing
was said there about money except that they
had remarked that their salaries were rather
smeW9 ho, ,or am. for D- 1.vires 70 ,b. ,or
Der shop ask cd Col. Prentss severely. what
asked him to have a drink" said Mr.. Ma
comber.
DR. osBoRNE's STORY OF BRIBERY AND DRINKS.
Dr. @. O. Osborne was called. He is young
and stout, and was apparently nervous. Mr..
Boardman went at him meataxe fashion. but
he stood the battering well and told a very
soss Of thc witnesses F who had 6S esS
Nk,l,r. h.
tie otner foot He T ali the es paf
with lnteman and Macomber. and all the
d Fs bs said thst # tbs Uh0
Der offered them ten dollars apiece and talked
OF money to them instead OF they TO him. He
Swan interview, Inteman was very drunk in
deed dee" and they had paid little attention to his
was In earnest until they thought there might be
something IN II, cpd had reported the matter the
next day to Mr.. Martin. Chemist OF the Board of
neither to encourage nor to discourage Inte-
man. but to let him go as far as he would. and
have him arrested. inteman had proposed to
get $500 from the company. estensibly for the
inspectors and to keep 500 Of i himself, DR..
preston as Where do come In :" or had said
that no wanted TO go to the French ball He
acted under Instructions from MIR. Martin. and
had reported to him frequently. 1t vas their
Ren have It 9 the
eieFR Board Thai Was H the o nstrSotioR S
inatlon well. and elaborated IFS story greatly
without making i contradiciory. AS to
mani for money when, they visited the store.
and he swSre positively that on the previous
pulled to the curtains Of the private room and,
what their: salaries were, and when they told
him pulled out two ten-dollar bills. which he
he Wanted Ss TO sye Ss no
Baid and told him that sucn thing as accept
MIR. Macomber was much chagrlned and put
the money back in his pocket, saying that he
T. WAS tnem 10
not street fight. that was the matter with his
Dyes the night OF the Sinclair House dinner
DR.. LEv1NGss STORY OF bribery AND DRINKs.
that Of DR.. Osborne. and was IN many respects
a6s1 Si n q the INA ts
story Of the dinner with 1nteman ut the Sin
,iair House. This was the way he did it:
ss s1 to s va,
icI and could moi keep ths appointment win me ara
to If mr. on afea
70 went into Inc back room sners Ne would be az 70
sh We nea n PSs7s sn had dF,nf but my tP:nd
vas mot there, and We went on to the bre.
S ain A3 Know INTO ing rSS% n'1
r. money W. nsq STInk il sssmsd nervous
lace At The e:fSsr Mqedongsi ;fes. clinton
3 THAT and h1@ !S @
sCd him hSa S 10 e to 1SH ThS
ouSs and dwelling the m9nSy there but refused
the last heard about the, money until last satur.
He told the. story OF the attempt of MI Ma
omber to bribe him with So and admitted
hat the very next day when he was before the
,er's application. that the first complaint be
lot pressed, he had sworn that he thought
lid not mention the 81 0 Incident then because
10 did not thihk, any harm was meant by II;
nd also because Martin had been away and
o him. He did not think he ought to mention
except to ME- Martlp ~ Au,, ,r,o.u
in Barclays saloon. at Sixth ave-
Iue and Tenth street. had offered him q IS bill.
4esped IL enc
en sSM F F IT, Why When intomsn mads
don't know" replied DR.. Leyings. !" but
1uch trouble with the Lake ice Company and
he idea instantly occurred to me that 1t would
o good thing to lead him on and trap him.
Y i
lyselt"
wan meeting he had made written report Of
, signed 1t before @ notary and handed 1t to
IT. Martin.
NEWS TO PRESIDENT WILSON.
President Charles G. Wilson Of tho Board OF
[ealth who had been an intent listener all the
Il ernoon. testified that he first heard rumors
5 10 misconduct on tho part of Levings and
sborne several months ago, when Victor W:
oorhees OF the Consolidated Exchange told
i'm that he thought those inspectors were not
citing right. Mr.. Voorhees, said he had been
BID so By persons in the business who had
een compelled TO pay money, President Will |
On testified. to the inspectors.
asked him for the names OF tho complRinantG and
SAID he cOudn give them ked him 10 tell them |
!, M AXE formal comp, amt TO he department and
romIsed that IL should be thoroughly Investigated.
nd ne II day told Chemist artn what had heard. |
nd cautioned him to Keep sharp watch on those two
ion. That was some time IN February or March. lie |
ID not Tell me that he had heard any stories about
ribss or attempts bride IN onnectiOn with those
thing before 4 lew days later SAW Mr. Voorhees,
gan a nd ask him II hing moro HAD been done In
40 mater lie said the persons OF whom he spoken
'uulu probably make d formal cOmp,a amt but they
ever did so never heard OF tho subject again until
bout a week ago when Mr. hAcombet called to zee me
i'm his attorney about compliant these inspectors
ad N ado against him. found that he had been con:
icted before aud told him didn't mink the Board
Iould in his case, lie complained that he |