Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-12-14
Big LEXOVV SENSATION.
A Witness Says He Paid Money
to Richard Croker.
CAPTAIN CREEDoNs PROMOTION.


evidence to show That the sum of $4,000
Was Paid In Before He Was Made n Cap
tain-Check Cashed by Croker Produced.
a Congressman Elect on the sxand-
NEW YORK. Dee. lI.-Another day of
sensations was recorded in the LcxOw COM
mittce annals Checks were produced with
Richard Cookers Endorsement that may
help to explain where he got IL, - and the
SIS, 600 that Captain Crrcdon has all along
bccn popularity supposed to have paid for
his captaincy was pretty well accounted
for. incidentally there WAS some of the
most marvellous lying that has ever been
rocorled-lying that makes the historical
efforts of Ananias and Sapphira sink into
positive insignifiCance-
Father Duccy appeared in his rescryed
seat at the morning session, and Father
Mcdonald, who acknowledges that he
halls from Brooklyn. helped him to repre-
sent the church. The fact that both
these reverend gentlemen were present
emphasized the continued absence of DIR.
Earkhurst from the sittings All sorts of
rumOrs fly about concerning his absence,
but the one most generally believed is that
hc Is helping tn prcTapc the questioning
for Superintendent Byrncs-
The morning prOcsSSlings were as unin-
tcC~sting aS patent medicine advertise
smtm'. bat with the appearance Of Michael
Moran III the u.tCrnunn the session became
'nr /. nsE to H. r,'mcmtcrcSL Mr.. Moran
i an elderly. PROSPEROUS looking gentle
| 800. with n fund III hunlor matching Per-
| Ia y his hFsSid hrugiIc lie said he was
| in lac tUwhcsit business ut IL South street
and had bSr'n Tor many years.
lie started ia doing work for the strrct
| Cl,Hning department 81 this city when Mr..
| Coleman WAS commissioners He said that
MIR Coleman had hind him TO do the work
A. ChCaply a. ISrSsihlc and had told him he
would lose his contract II he gave up" to
anybody
But you did give ups said Mr.. Goff.
Not then said the witness. II have
given a little sinoc Tammany got control,
but not much '
Paid Richard Croker.
oh. you have. CHI said Mr. GOfr
To whom did you give upE' -
Richard CrOkcr." said Mr.. Moran
calmly
Everybody in the courtroolm jumped.
| and them ar,s~s' - buzz that Chairman
l-"Nuw only Siicn,Ned 10y an order to the
| srrG,,ant at-IrII:I
You ar a p>>idcnt Of Brooklyn and
vote then, Il" you not:" asked Mr.. GOG.
"IcS. sir "
Then why did you contribute to Tam
many Hall. You are not interested in its
wClfnrC Is n political organization. are
| yuu:'
No. sir. no, at all. But I'm a business
man. and | put gut my money whcre il
! will a" the Iu't>t agnnd -
Ibid yuu understand that the cOntin-
tuanct' "f Your contract dcrvntcSl ON your
paying money to the boss of Tammany
| IIall:''
II did. sir
Mr.. GutT then put in evidence five checks
On the Union Squarc hank signed by Mr.
Moran and indurssd 10y Mr.. Croker. They
ranged fr,m $50 tn $3.50 and were dated in
June and OCtols'r 81 the years 1891. lSg.
and l>g3. The .IInr checks. Mr.. Moran
said. were tn help along in the Tammany
| Fourth of July celebrations and the OCto-
lar ones for cl,y'tiun purposes.
| Il 49, that in October. 1891, - said Mr.
iOf. your ch'ck WAS for $50, and that in
October, lS!'3. it WIS for $3.50. What Is the
r,sI>nn for that PrmaFkablc raise!''
| Well. s.t:d the witness, that was PRES
idcntial year. You 81, and then ii was
coming ON winter, and suppose they
needed mon, money.
Who asked You to make this raIse?''
NO one l heard moro was wanted
and paid up To kCVp myself solid"
VT tattA put away Alt HENNlbuS CnGaEk,
with the Cr,kcr Endorsement very CAREFUL
ly in his higher up memoranda
Con .-JoIIied" Captain Creedon.
Captain Timn;hy-J. Cr,-,Cion then cam,
tn the witness ''.air to open up the mys
terry a. tn how some Of his supcriOrs go
it Ills usually rItdy face was dcathly
pale. his eyes looked a. IL he had been in
dulging i'll tears. and his hand shook -
that h. had IL clutch the arms of his chair
MIR. GOff began at him in the incest sort
Of way.
Mr.. G"fr reviewed the rccorl of Cap
tain CPStlon a. n preliminary to- his fur
Their examination. This rcord showcJ
that Captain CpSSiun fought through tn,
entire civil war and was in - separate en-
EagcmcntS He rHc from the ranks 4
the Position "f sergeant and would hay,
bCCn made "a lieutenant, but he left thu
service without taking the commission
Mr.. GotT alSn Developed the fact that in 81
years ScrViC' an the police fore Captain
CpTNlon has hN'n fined only six days pay
Now. continued Mr.. GoiT, in view
III such an cnvinhlc prcorIl. hate to ash
you how much y"u paid for your captain
Cy.
Mr. GnG added that he had the grCatcs
confidence in tn" integrity and honor q
the witness. and he hoped the witncS
would so lit tn tell the whole truth
Il never paid any money for my cap
tainCy. said Captain Crsctlun slowly.
Well. captain. what about that sl5
o0n that WAS raised In buy your captain
cy:"
Il have lsCn asked alsIut il bsfors. bu
l know n"Uhing whatever abs 1t it, Wa
the P'ply-
And it j. understood that several pcI
SONS subscribed n much a. 81 900 tOwar,
this fund. Do yuu know anything OF thiss'
II do Eu; ''
Well. did You give any prOmiSsory note
TO anyhndy about the time You were mp
poi''
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