The evening world., 1894-05-21

Pun VIM ot'otSS vi Ah
vestment since then"
What did you buy last?'
Some National Lead, preferred; 100
brokers We're Dominlck & D~ickerman.
of Broadway"
Mr.. McClave. said that in payment he
drew his check. for the amount about
$500. against his business account in
the Bowery, Bank. and deposited a
He explained that when he entered
in the bank in which ne deposited ev-
erything he made outside OF his business.
Into his account went his salary as
Commissioner, and whatever he made In
other private transactions.
"Wnl you swear thai the check drawn
for the payment OF that stock was not
drawn N the Pension Fund a%ccount?"
This angered the witness. and he de-
clared in a loud voice that he protested
against such insulting questions:
tb "Ws Mr' aor' tolS De- s you sany.ttlh tn an AXE
solute. miserable, contemplate liar"
In spite Of the efforts Of Chairman
Lexow to quiet him. Mr.. McClsve re-
Chairman thought It would be best not
to ask such questions at present.
If me- he w S0H su We ! on to 50 suc ask eb 5hf Tlase ef
Mcclave replied that there was never
any p~rOVOCatlOn there.
bank books. which he identified and
said that his business account contained
a record of all his, household expenses.
s25, 900 which he placed on his house
"Wii you find the entry of the check
or checks for $685. 900 which you paid to
house?"
81 never paid any such amount" said
Mr.. Nicoll made another protest at this
petent to Inquire into the private affairs
Of the witness without some prelim-
mary groundwork to Justify 1t.
later on. Mr.. COM" asked Senator
81 believe and think we can" replied
Mr.; Con-, and / may say right here,
and give Mr.. McClave fun warning. that
we expect to show that this witness
banked the proceeds of bribery and cor
ruption in his bank"
room. Mr.. McClave started in to deny
at is false." he exclaimed, but Chair
man Lexow stopped him.
first to sustain Mr.. Nlcoll's objection.
said now that he was in favor Of over
ruling it. and Mr.. Con- was allowed to
Did you ever receive a check from
81 never did"
did you know him."
II have heard of him"
! you ever appoint Fred J. Cook,
Of W tSh 1an, n; " on the police force
resident"
ceive. a check from G.. w. Judd in 1887
for $3.50. drawn on the North River
Bank?"
II have no recollection Of It."
Mr.. McClave said he thought he could
explain the matter, and went on to tell
how a young man named Granger, who
was employed by Judd. had married his
daughter In December, 1887,
Commissioner. and I found him out
before he had been a member Of my
family four weeks. My daughter was
oblige to bring divorce proceedings.
$500 ~purporting to be signed by Mr..
Judd. which / ave still. I never sued
on IT, for ! believed it to be a forgery. If
he has given you this information, I
and is not to be believed"
II am very sorry to ave called out
this story Of domestic %unhaPpiness;"
thing of this was told me by this man
Granger.
Mr.. McClave went on to say that he
II Io the StoTN Vi tHlS dlltPpu
check from Judd came from that source.
He said he had spent several years try
Ing to reform Granger after he had be
Se hel 4 = mi hjm b %t hrs fba ope! but now
Mr.. Golf asked Mr.. McClaye II August
Dux, an Eighth avenue butcher, had not
sent him a sheep. insinuating that it was
to pay for getting a man on the police
force. The question called forth an in
dignant denial from the Commissioner.
After recess Commissioner McClave
continued his testimony. He said that
the numerical order was always carried
out in the check books of the Police
Pension Fund.
Mr.. Goff produced an old stub book
on the Bank of North America, in which
the last sixteen checks had not been
used, although they had been torn of.
He wanted to know what had become OF
them, They were numbered S3,4s5 to
33, 500 inclusive.
The witness thought that the account
must have been drawn out, and then
there was no more money in the bank.
Yet Mr.. Gon produced another stub
book, where the checkc began to be
numbered 23,501.
Mr., McClave, after answering several
questions about this point, said he
all that he had never used a penny of
| the police money for his private use.
Mr.. McClaye said that he could not
tell how much the appropriation for the
Last year It was S. 200, 900, I think"
he said, but during the nine years that
I LAY been Treasurer l have handled
about $50, 900, 900 OF the city's money"
There was no auditing of the police
accounts, said Mr.. McClave. The money
was sent to the Department. and then
after II had been spent the accounts
| were sent to the Comptroller. Besides
that the Commissioners OF Accounts
looked over the books.
Mr.. Con then tackled the witness on
the subject OF the letting out OF con-
tracts. These were always let out by
public competition, he said.
How about the contract for building
the steamboat Patroi?"
at was advertised. / think. At least,
| we had a number OF bids"
Name some of the bidders"
"weil the firm that built the Gen.
| Meigs bid $6S. 900, and there were several
| other bids ranging about 1000. The
| contract was finally awarded to the Mary
land Steel Works. which bid $50. 000."
why did the Police Commissioner
apply to the Board OF Aldermen for per-
| mission to dispense with advertising?"
~ didn't know they did l thought we
Mr. McClave said tina the portable
buildings used as voting places cost the
Department 800 apiece, and from his
experience as a lumber dealer he didn't
think the contractor could make more
than SO on each one.
WHO gets the plumbing contracts for
the Department." inquired Mr.. Con.
s.ui0oins nv SOn-in-laW, gets some of