The evening world., 1894-06-05
time he was moi attending to bust

the time he was not attending TO bust
ness.
The first unpleasantness, he said, that
ever occurred between MIR. McClave and
himself was on the night OF Feb. 1 last.
The First UnpIensantness.
II had bought some tickets to go to
the Bijou with my wife" he said. "and
we were just about starting after
dinner, when Mr.. McClave am In and
aid to me- Where were you last
II had been away all the night before
at u prize-fght and I had told my wife
/ was going. to Phllsdelphln. ,,r
4 said to MIR. MccIave' I was in Phil
You are a liar, he replied angrily,
you were with a Oma
II told him he was mistaken, that !
had never been with such persons and
challenged him to prove 1t. My wife
began to cry and Mr.. McClave took her
out Of the room and | went out. Mr..
McClave and his wife went to the thea
tire on my tickets. ] suppose"
"Did you go back to the house again."
certainly. ! continued to i've at the
McClaves and sit at the table at all tine
meals and liv" with my wife just az be-
fore.
"She wouldn't speak to me for several
days, but after that II VAS all right. and
we were as affectionate as cvc','
Ordered from the House.
Granger said this continued, and be
lived In the bosom OF the MCtlavc family
without anything further said 10y his
father-In-law about tho charge OF inf
deity iii tho evening OF Wa%shington's
Birthday. when Mr.. MC'lave,- without
any provocatiun, ordered him from the
house aud told him never to show his
face there again.
II went away without taking any
thing with me. and ave never seen my
wife since then. wrote her q letter
"a fsn,s r,at.ltt,.E a. I N az AAntlu of
Charles f. McLean's office, but they
sent the messenger back with the letter
unopened. Then ! sent II registered let
ter. aud she got that"
~ afterwards learned that my WIFE,, at
the request OF her father, had burned all
my. papers and letters.
81 tried to, go 70 the house and sec
not admit me. ] saw the children under
Judge McAdams's order, just before they
went o the country. Il was down on the
dock. at hte foot of eWst Twent.y-second
street. where there was IA crowd Of Ttal-
ians.'
Us 1t true. MS MIR. McClave stated, that
you consortcd with women OF the lowest
CharaCterr' asked Mr.. OGf.
1T is not"
Was any woman mentioned on the
occasion thai Mr.. McClave first charged
you with infidelity?'
Yes. but I will not mention her name.
because she Is n most respectable young
woman. and II was outrageous to bring
such n charge against her
Where were you on the igh you
told your wife you went to Philadel-
phia?"
Knew Onc Of the Fighters.
81 went down to Staten Island to see
n priZe-fght be- tween CHffrey and Geer.
caffrey was formerly a truckman en-
ployed by me In Washington Market,
and ] took an interest In the scrap. 7
had some money M on him, The po-
lice broke up the fight. and I had to
stay down on Staten Island all night"
In giving his testimony. Granger was
perfectly cool ana collected and seemed
to be rather enjoying the situation. He
related with evident satisfaction all the
Incidents OF the home life of the Nc
Claves. which showed up his father-in-
law in an unfB vorable light.
once Mr.. Nicoll broke out very vio-
lently and wanted TO- know II the Com
mittee was going to allow such a witness
to "nood the records with perjury to
which Mr.. Cor retOrtcd hat 1t was by
no means certain that Mr.. McClave la
not been doing something Of the kind
himself.
Chairman Lexow called both the law
yers to order, and said Granger could
tell his story, and Mr.. McClave could
contradict 1t afterward II he chose.