The evening world., 1894-06-05

broken OF the lrst day. Mr.. Con- first
called Changers attention. TO the $50
note given. according to Mr.. McClave't
testimony, by Granger on his wedding
day. and that 1t was found to be a for
gerry.
to raise money to meet some drafts
which were coming due in his business
shortly before his marriage, and that
Mr.. Judd. with whom he war associated
In the produce business, had Endorsed
the note. ,,
There was no forgery at ALL" said
Granger. II saw him indorse IT,, and
what Is more, the note was paid IN ulI.
Granger also denied that any part OF
the money used on his wedding trip was
borrowed from Mr.. McClave..
when he said that" said Granger,
referring. to this testimony of Mr.; Me,
Claye. "he told an unmitigated lie. /
paid my wedding trip expenses with
money | made myself. Not a cent came
why did not Mr.. McClave surrender
the note when II was paid" asked Mr..
Gof.. producing the note which was
found among MIR. McClave's papers.
II thought he had destroyed it. He
said he was going to do So
Did you pay board while YOU and
your wife lived at the McClaves?"
mo. The only none / gave my
wife was $40, and other spending money.
l wanted to go TO housekeeping with
my wife several times, but my wife's
phTeHtS WOulu not near OF II. 1 tHSdBtu
a fiat twice. and made deposits each
time, but had to give up the idea.
Coming down to Mr.. Changers expert,
ence In the post-Ofice, the, witness said
to continue in the produce business be
cause the odor of the stock yards i'm
pregnated his clothing and IT was dis
aFrssah Mc to 'he r psGp'G at mn bone Sc, on, Of
the business, 30 he got me a place in
the Post-Oflce department. It was.a
$500 position, IN Station +. In Third az
business for the Post-Omce position, al
though 1t didn't pay as WELL
Gives McCIuvc the Lie.
"Mr. Mcclave. in his testimony. said
you had charge Of the Money Order De-
partment. Is that true?'
mot aword of It,"
"And that you confessed you had
opened registered letters and stolen money
to The amount of several hundred dol
And that you stole $50 out Of "A letter
the first day you were. in the position?"
That's not true. | never made any
confession that | had stolen money. |
never took n cent, and no charge has
ever been made against me by any
Post-Ofice official"
Granger explained that he had charge
Oh obl iss S to hnv ae !i'ma in the ~ dfav ef w As
one time his accounts were SS4 short, s15
Of which he had borrowed. he said, with
sagt; =niGkins"n's knGwisdse' to buy a
NJ Dickinson was with me Mt Black
g. Stars iewelry store at the time. |
told him ! could not afford to buy the
money and pay 1t back. l put an ! u
in the drawer
The cause of his leaving the Fost
Office, Granger said, was that he was
- 1,ttga - ala an ~ q 100 AT Loon
'Thfy accused me of shouting for the
Democrats he said, ind then this mat
ter of the small shortage came up and
! was asked to resign; ro did &c. rd l meyer
said n word to him in my life. This
story of my alleged confession is alb
s%olutely, false; If it is true, where is
Granger also denied that he had
pawned his wife's wedding presents for
$500 at Simpsons. as Mr.: McCinve teHti-
ware from the Garfield Safe Deposit
Company and took It to the North River
Bank with his wife's knowledge and
consent. He raised $3.50 on "A deposit
n Western trip In the prosecution of his
produce business. No unpleasantncss
was ever occasioned by this net. The
money was afterwards paid back by him.
and the sllverware was never out OF his
possession.
Granger said that nearly all the we'd
ding presents referred to were given 10y
city officials and members n the Police
Department.
The witness then went in to describe
how he had obtained a place at Bloom
ingdale's. and after that his fathcr-in-
Manufacturing Company.
McClave testified that while Granger
was In eharEe u Of IN. COMPANY he had
$3.50. Granger stated that this mortgage
had been placed upon twD machines which
belonged to the Yankee White Company,
and no objection was ever made to 1t by
He finally had to give up the business
he eau he could not make 1t pay. Mr..
McClavei he said, lost "A good deal Of
turned 1t over to him Mranger) for 81.
After that Granger said he got II place
as II salesman AT Ehrich's ~dry-Roods
store. He denied that he had been dis
charged from that place because he had
stolen goods and pawned them. No
such charge, he said. had ever been
mndc against him.
Did you ever steal any cloaks and
sell or pawn them, as Mr.. McClave tes-
titled" asked Mr.. Goff.
II did not. and | was not in the cloak
department, and had no access to IT."
eft Of Ills own Accord.
II left Ehrichs OF my own accord and
got q place at Smith Il Gray's In Broad
day" said Granger.
HhN Stiltu ny ohl lhtil'I- il-it"
that you had y forged letter of Enrich
Bros, after you left them, Is that so?"
1T Is a lie, I had a letter from Mr..
sam hhride which he wrote himself. I
saw him afterwards and he asked me II
! had obtained another place"
Granger then told of the reception at
the house OF NJ. Budd, II friend of the
McClaves, last January. 1t was the
evening of the day that the news OF the
appointment Of the Lexow Committee
at Albany had reached the city.
MIR. and Mrs. McClavc and my wife
and | drove up to MIR. Buddd's In the
carriage together" said Granger: Mr..
MctlaVe seemed nervous, and his wife
said to him: Johnnie. what's the mat
ter with YOU tonight: you seem out of
sorts
"Mr. McClave replied: i don't see what
those hayseed politicians up in Albany
want to come down here for and bother
honest men
This caused considerable merriment
amDng the members of the Committee.
70l tho audience laughed outright. MIR,
Nico,l interrupted the examination fire.,
uuen ly with objections, and occasionally
eN-ludge Ransom put In a word. but they
could not interrupt the fpw OF Changers
tee" NV.
It was all about his family affairs.
He SAID That uD to this time he had
lrpn uWlN from tph hpnSn very lttla In