New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-08

MIR MORRISON: IT NEVER GIVE HIM y CENT
OWN you swear that you DID not beg OF him
not 10 publish the material be had concerning the
bribery? Al didn't have such an interview.
o--Do you remember Nellie BY? Ayes.
O-Do YOU remember when she interviewed Ell
Phelps. the lobbyist. at Albany. and Eugene Wood
another lobbyist? A.-Every one in Albany knows
Wood.
O-Was not his name connected with yours by
Colonel Cockerln? A-Not that recall
ODD not Colonel CockeTn and Ballard Smith
call You 10 task for accepting the bride? Al don't
remember about II.
"IT NEVER HAPPENED"
o.-Could YOU forget Ct n you were charged with
bribery? Alt never happened.
O-Do you remember when Colonel CocKerl'
charged Won with receiving $500 from Wood? A.
No ne did not
oDu Won ever have a conversation that
s,h,ac,9 A with hysterlcal laugh)-No. not
that recollect.
senator Iexow-Can you swear positively? A
Yes
Ex- surroga.e Ransom put in an occasional OBJ
lection TO tho cross-examination. he said ne mere
" wanted TO save time" Mr. Gon however was
allowed to go on.
O-Do YOU know Captain Doherty? Ayes
O-Have you not quarrelled? A.-No
o-Dd he not resent your Interference in the
protection OF houses OF ill-fame? A.-No.
O.-WaS there no sucu muse iu SN"t N'N''~N'
Ayes.
Odd YOU ever receive $500 TO have a man APP
polnted on the police force? A.-No.
Odd you authorize any one TO receive that or
any other sum? A.-No.
O-EIave you ever had a man appointed 10 the
notice force and the Fire Department? Ayes
oIDd YOU ever hear that men had to pay Tor
anno,ntnents? Al read It In the newspapers
ODD you ever ask your men II they had TO
nav? A-No.
Mr. Con turned around and asked: us Daniel
sptz in COURT" Spitz arose. and Roesch ad-
mitted that he knew him.
o.-How much money did you receive from him
,o obtain his license? A.-Let me see that book a
moment (After looking at the iedger,-lt Is not
here do not recall what he paid
O-Don't you know that just before he retained
YOU YOU wrote TO the Excise Board not to grant
the license? Al don't remember.
O-You had Harry Wolf appointed as an excise
inspector? Ayes.
DID ne have anything to do with this case?
A-No.
Mr. Con then looked around and inquired II
Charles Hesse was In court. Hesse Mr..
Con- asked the witness:
o-Was he evsr a client OF yours Ayes. pro-
cured an excise license for him. charged him
,25 for drawing up a petition and getting signatures
10 1t.
Odd you send out campaign CIRCULARS? A
Yes.
o-To dIsorderly houses? Al don't know. /
didn't send the circulars myself.
OWN you swear II isn't so? A.No
O-Take the case of Mrs. Fisher. DO you know
II she got such circulars? A.-No. do not.
WHAT THE "BoOKs SHOW"
Senator OConnor- Do the books OF the club show
such subscriptions? ANo. They show the dues
and such entries.
O-Are the keepers OF policy shops. poolrooms
and the like solicited? Al don't know
There wa. a little dialogue between Senator'S Cam
for and OConnor, In which the Tammany man said
that the Republican Police Commissioners did just
what the Tammany ones did. The Republican Sena-
tor said warmly: I'VE don't care whether we strike
Reoublicans or Democrats. The Republicans who
receive such favors sometimes have their Republ-
cansm suspected" "How about the new Commits
sloner?" MIR. Cantor wanted to know. but he got
reply.
Mr.. Goff then went on:
O-Do YOU know Il man named Reynolds. who
went TO dsorierly houses to collect subscriptions!
A.-No.
Odd you tell the captains Of your election dis
trIcts TO select the officers they wanted at the polls
and YOU would have them detailed? A.-No. |
asked Doherty to have certain men stationed who
lived In the district
IT was time for recess. but Mr.. Jerome asked that
Mrs Cohen be allowed to Identify the men whom
CHE accused She took the witness-stand and Cap
tain siebert and Detectives Brennan and Farrell
others were not Mrs. Cohen Identified Captain Sie-