The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-05-05
M'CANN'S TESTIMONY
About tho BoodIefs Before tte
Investigating Committee.
SOMEBODY HAD BEEN SEEN" )"
Mayor Grant Ia Put In the Stand, hrt
his Examination does not lie.
. suit In Any Startling Dis.
clostres-In Bad Shape.

mlttee or Cities, OF which Mr.. Fnssett Ii
Chairman, sat again yesterday to hcs /
further developments concerning the
working Of the city departments.
Crokcr's brothcr.in.law, McCann, WI &
4 witacss again. He said he could not
recall tho precise date when Croker
came TO him with the SlS0,000. lie was
not surprised ut Croker's having $780,
700 with him, as there was plenty OF
money at that time among people COT
nected with the Board OF Aldermen.
! Witness did not SEQ the money, but ho
did not doubt Mr.. Croker's statement,
After finding Tom Adams he brought
him TO Mr.. Croker at his store and in.rs-
duccd him rs man to whom ho would
trust everything he had. lie took Croker
and Adams upstairs and left them there.
ln half an hour or less Croker came
down with the saichel still in his hands,
and said he would not trust Adams.
When Adams came down he hurried out
without saying word.
Croker had said to him thai there wero
two Aldermen whom be wanted to rencb,
and Tom Adams knew them. Mr.. Croker
subsequently, said that he had seen these
two Aldermen, and he understood that
everything was satisfactory. 81 knew"
he said. somebody hnd been SEEM"
q. Who were these Aldermen
A. Pierson and Wendell. [Sensation. I
The witness said that John B. iiaflor-
an had told him that the $lSO,0OO bad
been returned to those who contributed
1t on the New Years following. He had
received no induccmcnt to give testi-
nony. The witness said he could make
charges which he did not care to put for
ward voluntarily at present, and that
the less these gentlemen have to say,
the better for themselves"
Witness then told Ola day when he,
Mr.. Grant and Alderman Mooney had
been toa lawyers office ogsther, and
Mr.. Grant, referring to the Broadway
Railroad bribery, and OF his obligations
to Mr.. Croker, said: III it had not
been for his advice I'd have been in that
deal with the other fellows" meaning,
as witness explained, the Aldermen who
had accepted bribes. Giant, he said,
subsequently, repeated the game thing in
the presence Of Mrs. McCann and Mira.
Croker.
MAYOR GRANTS TESTIMONY. o..
Then Mr.. Choate called Mayor Grant
to the witness chair. The Mayor said he
did not hear McCann's testimony, last
Saturday, but had read it. He was pres
ent to-day Mt McCann's examination and
heard most OF it. The Mayor denied
that he ever told McCann or any one
else that il it had not been for Croker il,
lGrant) would have taken his share of
the Broadway railroad Doodle. He
knew nothing about the StS0,OOO Nc
Cann had spoken Of. :. So far as he knew.
McCann's testimony on that subject was
utterly untrue. He had never been II
candidate for Commissioner OF Public
Works. He had never contributed any
sum OF money to secure his appointment
to that office. Flo never contributed to
my fund, or had any knowledge OF any
fund to secure any ones appointment to
That Office.
Questioned by Mr.. Choate ns to his rc.
lations to Richard Croker and his fam.
lily, Mayor Grant said he had been ycry
intimate with Mr.. Croker and his family.
He was godfather to Mr.. Croker,s child
floss;e. When he assumed that re-
sponsibility, as hehad no nearer relative
than corsin, and no other oblicationa
he had determined to make some snL.
stantial proyision for her. On one or
casion he had given her 5000, andsut.
sequently $1,000 or $1,000. lie ueye-
gave her any other presc ut except such
as he gave to her and Mr.. Croker'sother
children Mt Christmas and other ,ueh
occasions. The money was given to the
child in the presence Of the father and
mother. The child gave the money to
its mother. The presents were FREQ. and
without any understanding or apree-
ment or in consideration OF lis election
US Sheriff. III
Mr.. Boardnan here took the Nravor in
hand, and to him the Mayor said his
name. had heyer been seriously mem
toned as candidate for Commissioner Of
Public Works. II
You never were 4 candidate for Com.
missioner" asked Mr.. Boardman.
y! was not answered the Mayor.
"You did not 20 SO far as to securo
counsel to aid your appointments"
Secure counsel? no, SIR"
did you not retain Colonel Bliss?
"Oh, at the suggestion Of Mr.. Kellvr
retained him III this room, | think2,o
have the injunction dissolved That r..
sirained the. Board OF Aldermen fran,
acting on the appointment of n Com,nie.
sioner Of Public Works"
Mr.. Boardman here copsulted with
McCaun, who sat behind him, and asked
the Mayor how long it had been sinra
he had seen Mrs Croker. IIe rcplcG
that he had not secn her in about reven ,
months, nor had he seen Fiossie in that
time. lle still, ,felt.the same interest in
the child, and entertained The sama
kindly feeling toward Mra. Croker,
Senator Fassett questioned the Mavo,
about his candidacy for tho n,ayorai,y
and was told that he was no, aHscssa1
by Tammany Hall. He had contrihnteJ
about s. 500, which he understood wos
for printing fund for local Offices
Fats of II Dcser,er.
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