The evening world., 1894-05-23
M'CLAVE WAS
RATED Low.
CONTINUED from First nnoe. ,


Committee within twenty.four hours.
room with a smiling face shortly after 10
o'clock this morning. He was alone.
and carried in his hand bundle Of bank
heard nothing of the result of the ef-
forts made by the police to find Granger.
Police Looking for Him.
IT was at Police Headquarters late
last night" he said, ''and we were then
making every effort to locate him. A
large number Inl e., Of men men had been sent out
no news had been received" It is said
that private detectives have also been
the Mr track Seo of the sSng witness
looked anxious and worried as he sat at
the table and held a whispered CONVEX.
onx WIN from Mr. he He had heard
began to look as though his prediction
that the young man would never again
sppear before the the Committee as wit
called the Committee TO order, ali the
e yh Sdhhs ns sss S
which was crowded with spectators. just
The two two Hsa istters, printed in The World"
o III: friend 9hsries 3. hapham, HRa!ii i'Sli q
pointmsns Of Mcpcnad sdf'tns 10 she ''g police Hee
force, for whom Lapham said he fur
nished the money, were generally ac-
Granger given last Monday in this par
Before opening the proceedings Chair
man Lexow announced that II the au-
dience applauded or made any demon
stration such as was frequent at yester-
days hearing the room would at once
De cleared. There was also a short
4. conference between the counsel present
and the Committee.
lawyer sutherland was on hand again
neither took any part in the proceed
ings; The coolness existing between the
Kochester lawyer and the present coun-
sci OF the Committee. as well as the
Chairman himself. was again made
manifest. He sat at the counsers table
occasionally joking with Mr.. Nicoli, WHO
when the Chairman asked Mr.. Con II
Without making any " refer reference c to ua'tirs the
absence Of Granger, recalled Commis-
sioher McClave 20 the witness stand.
QuesttOned AbOut Grunkcr.
Mr.. Goff's first question was
Granger to-day?" '"''e a'o''
mo, sir: I have not" was the answer.
DID you see Supt Byrnes about get
anS Fes. s,m Gfie?" did
Was any one present when you saw
did the Superintendent ask you
GGnetner Gansr ,.!y any warrants were out for
'sae did, and l said No but tod him
that II he could get him to hold him by
aDidn't the Superintendent ask you
Mhat crime Granger was charged
II don't remember that he did"
.Was anything said about forgery"
Perhaps there was
And II there was. you said it?''
rlI probably did, reporter OF The
whether any Information was laid or
ocmPlsint made against Granger"
s'Win you swear that you dsd not say
that warrants were out night before
Positively yes"
witness 'SMs %its sner sreat deiieeraton. % and and
h with much feeling. said:
II want to state right here, Mr.. Goff,
any human being can state It,, that
am not in any way a party to keeping
Granger away from here and ! will
h greater satisfaction than to be able to
put him right here in this witness chair
This brought the questioning by Mr.
Con- on this line to a close. and he
asked Mr.. McClave for his bank books
which the witness produced from his
"were you not rated by various COM
mercial agencies in 1882" asked Mr..
His Financial Rating.
yes, have been rated for the las,
at from $500 900 to 500, 900"
Were s you ~ not no rated by Dun & Co. II
'I cannot remember"
did not Bradstreet's rate you .os -. on you'
own statement in 1888 at si46, 22S?'
but a Wrote % them sa'H letter ter asking Sh 1 them
TO change the rating, as 1t was not cor
rect. / never got any response. l d.
mot. mot remember giving them those fig
Only Worth s14G,OOO in 1883.
John H. Bird. the counsel OF Brad
streets. was called as a witness at thi
point. Mr.. McClave yielding the stand.
Mr.: Bird PRODUCED copy of a state
ment made az ,s1, by Mr.; McClaye to b, Brad a.
was worth si4s, s,225.5O.
s For 1854 the record showed that MI
McClays estimated his wealth at .clos
70 H6o. .0oo;" but the Company rated hin
at only 100000. There was no detailed
I. In 1889 Mr.. McClave presented a de
tailed statement. the witness said. bu
At this point Mr.. Nicoll objected tina
only cepes and the
tained him. Mr.. Bird was excused, an
he promised to get the originals.
worth Less Than He Testified To
Enough had come out. however, I
show that, according to Mr.. McClave'
own statements, his property in lSs
and 1884 did not amount to half wha
he testified yesterday he possessed a
that time.
Mr.. Mcclave then took the stan
70 Did you make a statement in ls
that you were compelled 70 fail in 1877
Wits liabilities OF $4,000" asked NJ
Con.
Il did not, because 1t would not ha,
been true"
Did you. on Dec. 10, 1883. state to
q. Dun & Co, that your position as p,
lice Commissioner had. to a great e,
tent, aided In your business success?'
II never did"
Extracts from Dun's Reports.
Mr.. Gon then read extracts fro
Oun's reports. one containing stat
ment to that effect regarding Mr.. M
Clave's business, made on Dec. IS. 1888,