, 1890-05-08
CORRUPT ALDERMEN.
Further Developments in the
Grant Case.
A GREAT SENSATION CAUSED
Nc Cam Gives Further Testimony
in Support of His Charges
Grants Reply.

soft is chairman ant nRaln TODAY To- near
G,,bor Jovoionr,ants concc,ning tbo
'.nst't, 's y, .i' w., y.t, .t,,' Je,,ar,
NoiN'"sS VI tno Ne" i"IN .,'1
lnehts' AS u was known that mayor
Grant would be q witness to attempt 70
eNculpate himself from the charges OF
MoCann. tho committec room was filed
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WIN pourNe NoV'''unv "is '1un'v',
senator fassett and other members OF
the committee were on hand early.
McCann was again nut on the stand
and cross-examiued. Uo rotold his
-, obn,,, ,,,rnisI,In,, .,n,tios IA ,ho
""' rsot'a.
Iaihi'y ot MS piother- -i"mi N'VSei'
When questioned rs to the date when
CrOcker came to HIM with slsO,OOO tho
witness said he could not tell the precise
date IIo was not aurnriscd nj Crokor's
h"''i, ~ s,.o nno as ~ ,,a. nian,Y ot
''"''"b - % '''VV We" p'"'y W
money at thnt uihe among tno people
oohieo'eu WIN the ooaru VI "'ue''ne"'
Croker said To him that there were TWO
aldermen whom he wanted to reach,
and that Tom Adams knew them.
Croker subsequently, said that ho had
- Al. sa ~. aI,y.r,rar, anJ ,Lotha
s''n 'noSo W. "'u' "''t ,''sn ~ '''"' ~
UNDERSTOOD tnat everything "as sat's'
factory,
w
"pierson and Wendell"
This caused Il great sensation.
Witness said lie had been on tho beat
OF terms with Croker until Mayor Grant
came between them, and continued;
Croker has been misled by his ad-
visers-tncn who hold high positions In
tbis city. IL is these men who have
driven him from his home and family.
refer to Grant. ! think II is n disgrace
to this city that man like Grant should
be its mayor"
The witness said that John u. Halo
ran had told him that the SlSOOOO had
neen fe.uIhSn 70 vnoss WHO ou,,tiL,Du.ou iia,'',
Tho % ,yitmess said hs raSId maio cbargce.
which he did not care TO nut forward
voluntarily at present and added:
THE less those gentlemen have TO say.
the better ioi themselves .,.
mnon presseu, p "a. .inh nhi,' 49,, "ahst h,t,
his ronne",ion viii the Broadwav rail
road bribery in ,Gs5.
Mayor Grant here arose and said he
wanted Mcmann to withhold nothing
nc knew concerning hlm' witness theli
tolu ol one nay Wheh nc l"taht) anu
- n9saa ,o,,,,f'ar anJ ,"bau A. r,nn,
ycforring Ia tho Rroadvynv rniir",d
IriLorv mn, AZ hIs obii,,a,inn 20 T'roLo-
sniJ n IL had M heen for his afIvico
Croker wn,tld have heen in tb,t deal
win tho other iellows menninv ma viii.
ness eYnlnined. the nIderm"m who &c
ccnied br,Les tiront hc said subsc.
ouently repeated the same thing in tlIe
nrosan., Al Mrs N,C'ann nnd Mrs
f,orar "'N ''
scnntor NcNou,h,o, horn ,sked tho
,vitnsss n nt,,nIor NJ nuss,ions nre.
sumnbIy In eYnlnn,Iio, az HE ,d.,i.
mony. hut no one except himself
Mcmnnn and senator Fnssett heard
sitt"r tho ,,,,,,s,ior. ,,r tha ,s,,or.
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i"' N''h"""'' ''Hs''''
At the afternoon session the courtroom
was more throngcd than in the MORNING.
Mnvor Edison said thut so Gir ns lac
knew Grant ,vns NOT .vor "A candid,to
~" '..',,,''i..,','',. ~ n,,,',i., '.os,s -
,oi 'o''l'' D'l' ''s'V'',' W r'm,'e "o.Ns, ",'"
had never spo"en 10 witness ABOUT the
matter
Then Mayor Grant was called, He
denied positively any knowledge Of any
ayrae,nent whereby Croker vas In ro.
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NC 'Nr"i"' ""s uPPV''''eu 'o'u "'',s'V'''
oil pupilo "otks' ne uehieu Unt ne
ever told anyone that il il had not been
for Croser. he tGranp would have taken
his share of the jroadway railroad
Doodle. lie knew nothing about the
SlS0,OOo McCann had spoken OF. lie had
never been candidate iOrconlmlssioner
Of public works, and had never contrib
uted to or had any knowledge of any
n1ni TO secure nnyOnc's appointment to
that Office.
Questioned by Mr.. Chonte as to his
relations with the Croker family, the
mayor said that lie had been very init
mate with them. Ito was godfather 10
CrokcrB ehlld flossie, " hth he
assumed thnl fcspOnslblluy lie hAd no
nearer relatives tlau cousins and no oh !
ligat!ons, and lac determined 10 make
some provision for the child. ON one
occasion he had given her 5000, anu
subsequently the same anolnt. lie
never gave her any other presents, OK |
cept such ns he gave all tue Croker chill /
dren on hoNNuyH. lhu money ws gwen /
tho child IN the presence Of IIcr fathcr /
and mother and che cllild handed the ]
money to her mother The presents
were FREQ and without any understand. /
ing or agreement, or in cons liberation of
his election as sheriff.
MIR. Boardmnn took up tho question
ing, and the mayor repeated that he was |
never a candidate ior commissioner
public works.
You did not go So far as to secure /
counsel TO aid your appontmentT'
mo sir"
"Did you not retain Colonel BlissY"
"Ohl Atthe suggestion of MIR. Kelly !
retained him to have tine iniunution |
dissolved that restrained the 6oard ol /
aldermen from acting on the appoint /
men men. ,,'' 'o''''''''i'"e' VI P"0'"
mayor Grant further stated TINT he /
han no personal knowleuge OF what was |
done WIN 'ne money ne gaVe olass's,