The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-06-25
CROKER'S RETURN WORRIES THEM.
Tammany Politicians Inclined to Think
that He Comes Back to Sit on Some
Aspiring Leaders.

The exclusive publication in The World
Of yesterday of an interview with Rich
ard Croker in which the eX-leader of
Tammany Hall announced his home
coming was especially disturbing to Tam
many politicians who have recast their
lines in n way that did not include any
generally expected that he would re-
main away for several months at least.
To his real estate partner, Peter i.
Meyer, and his closest political and
personal friend. Public Works Com
missioner Michael 7. Daily. as well as to
Mayor Gilroy and DIR. William T. Jen-
kins, Mr.. Croker had said plainly that
he would remain away for some time.
| and the Mayor and Public Works Com
missioner in authorized interviews, said
that he would not he back until after
| election unless the Senate committee
| wanted him as witness.
Consequently both Peter F. Meyer
and Commissioner DAILY were greatly
surprised late Saturday night to receive
effect that he would leave for home on
the 2Sth. Until they had read the Sun
day World they did not know that bis
looks as If he would return to stay.
why Is Croker coming homer" was
the question that every man in politics
could not be to face the Lexow com
| mittee, as he did the Fassctt committee
on previous occasion. The present in
vestgaiing committee has never indi-
Gated in any way that it wanted Mr..
Croker's testimony. His name has never
been connected with any testimony in
Roesch,s example and demand a chance
to vindicate himself AS Lawyer Frank
Moss, one of counsel for the investiga-
| ton. put 1. yesterday:
/ OF he
ested in the investigating committee
than the committee is in Mr. Croker;
have no effect on. the committee, No
| announcement on the part of the COM
mittec, its counsel, or any one author
lied to speak for them has said that it
He. had not been subpoenaed, and any
action on the part Of Mr.. Croker would
have no nfluenGe on on the committee
4 for a period Of from SIX to eight weeks,
and Mr.. Croker,,s return will not make
any change In this plan"
| Mr.. Moss said that II was his private
opinion that Mr.. Croker. when he saw
| the tremendous amount of adverse crit
iclsm that his going away had occa-
Serious sickness in his family was the
reason given by, Mr.. Croker to The
him in ireland, for his sudden and un-
expected return. There is no serious i'll
ness, in the family, George Croker his
and returned but few weeks ago from
| Carlsbad, where he had been treated for
a nervous disorder He is not a we'll
rs T s% m rs Sen Mrs al rra ss Wss
stricken with paralysis some months
ago. but her condition is no more seri-
6n rTasy Wien sn MI woke saea
There is no other sickness in the family
In Tammsny the belief is that Mr.;
mission. He is coming back to take care
| of his friends and prevent a split in the
organization. Ever since Mr.; Croker re-
| Clerk Henry d. Purroy has held aloof
from the leaders OF the dominant fac
ftion in the organization; His attitude
that Mr.. Purroy was liable at any time
to make one Of his bold, dashng politl-
the annexed district out of TSmmany,
as he did once before. The warm friend
Thp which Sha has up Mr.
occas!oned a great deal of comment in" in
side the organization. For the past two
EoH ana ave S eooness has
grown up between Mr.. Scannell and the
Big Three. which nov rules Tammany.
These two , We're am%1ng Mr.. Croker's
renee Delmour and Public Works Com
missioner DAILY stood IN the same cate
CORY. Both gentlemen feel that they
have not been given the same Importance
in organization matters since Mr. Croker
went out that they had before, and one
of them Mt least has Informed his friends
that ,Gilroy proposed to freeze him out"
to Mr; Croker" said leader who
Croker said one pertinent thing in Tho
World, interview, to the, effect that there
mSnP ' wh will I'll be abe 'S o take IN Tam
Mayor Gilroy was seen at his cottage
at Ocean Crest, Far Rockaway. He
said he knew absolutely nothing about
Mr.. Croker's return, its first knowl-
He said he was very much surprised to
| read Il Mr. Cookers sudden determine
ton, and ne doubted If any OF the Tam
many men knew the cause Of the re-
Neither Commissioner DAILY. Leader
/ Lawrence Delmour nor Sheriff John b.
! Sexton could throw any light on the sud
den change of mind of Mr.. Croker. The
lesser lights were equally al sea.
NYACK, n. Y, June H-Senator Lexow
was asked tonight what he thought was
the meaning of Richard Croker's sudden
| return to America.
mittee and its work." he said, makes
Mr.. Croker feel somewhat uncomforta-
| BILE. II any act of his with the Police
Department, the Excise Department or
the Board of Charities and Correction
which the committee has power to in
| vestigate should be deemed in the COM
mittce's judgment OF importance enough
to subpoena Mr. Croker to testify he
"Will there be an effort made TO find
out II there has been any such act?"
I'VE are going to slft this thing to the
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