New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-25

H' an ~ si ,yba, he hni done / paid the mort
gage. lie and his family were supporter y! ~. l
In IN ,he, tln,n he gave - hls ~" ess than So
\ month after the marriage he went 70 ,lc w.
been sforcI for safe keeping. gave receipt Ip me
trunks and pawned the silver al s.inps@9 ,eS ny
Laughter had found out that her presents had Decn
remey from 'e yan, III ,o Pa anrhteF and Tor his
own sake | kept trying - reform him re was
y9pns ana 'cre yycb eEc5ei sympathy Tor him
itslkel earneetl, with him and he made the most
solemn promises To me. said TO him that u, 'ou,I
We would sh0,y him The difference between rS"t
living and Wr'ng living
NJ Mr,.,ay. became So much affected by the re
rnernhrance u the troubles az his home thnt Tor
A tim. h.s vo.c. failed him. and tears r",i~I DOWN
DTS checks The Scnators Pie counsel and ~" oih'r
mon In the courtroom looked as ~ they fef sym
/ o,fhv Or The witness. Mr. Nlcoll stopped IN"
/ cross-oxaminatlon Tor few minutes uh"' MI
/ McCiayr could compose himself
O-You got a place FOR him In the Postonice :
AZ thought At ihPt uin' W. IT, ,h .' nrom
/ les be had made 1 vas on Mr. Van Cots 5Sond
for 5000 anl a"kc NJ Yam Van G' 81, II, k GrTg
nothing about ne Young man past Pne Ne haq Kim
epp3ni'-l =" n - ,ba r.r.tcr,,l man ami fcv
d weeks later o. was discovered lhat 'IH"-'I nm '.
| Snn,r'l d"l,,r. mail, Tie amount good when
, h@ c.nf.ssol his ,llt. anl took him back g. my
/ home again. sin hoping 20 redeem him wish h"
D ,r,'c /, f.lr.c.I. ..,-. Then be- stole cipaks and
H., hc was going with women ~ ,hc worst charac-
/ tor. ana my daughter began proceeding for di-
/ vorcc
Mr. Nlcou had Mr. McCmye identify twenty
/ checks r,r small sums 81 money which Granger
had passed upon tralesucn and which had been
/ found 10 Do worthless Granger had forget bogis
/ names on the checks. and Mr. M-'iave had phi
them In order to shield Granger. Changers swim
/ ding operations and thNis had cost him about
/ so ooo Nr McClavo said \For his daughters sake
he hal I'D, caused tho arrest and prosecution Of
Granger.
MRS MAHoNY DIDN'T VAST TO SWEAR
The naxt witness proved most interesting one,
and she er.ivcncI the proceedings nightly. She
| was M oI Irish woman. wearing back gown q
| black shawl and bonnet u back crepe. She hal
come 70 the courtroom WIKI her daughter. youn'
| woman about twenty-five years old. and the two
/ sat together While Mr.. McC.oye was tcstifylns
/ MIR on called her To m, witness stand. she was
evidently past ihrecscore years and ten. Her fac'
. was deeply Wrink.ed. and she had on-y ON" eye
/ She had hardly taken her seat when she began "a
/ protest that she had not paid any money 10 E"l
her son on the police force. ana kne" n'th'hs
"0 %wei we'll" said Senator oConnor we vii
ind out about that All You nave TO do is TO tel IN,
truth You VIII have 10 take the oath first 10 you
solcmnly ana sincerely swear that you VIII true
?yer sgycg,y ycars Gd s5 ana doa want
ing:y, 'raise your right hand"
II wi. not take any oath"
Mrs Mah6ny." Then she added emphatlcal,y
81 never paid cent to get my son on the force
and never was asked % 20 so"
Mir NIcon bcamcd triumphant smile at th'
That's al you egg9 s say .al You % remained ]" ina
senator OConnor then Insisted once more ina
rnS "" mI s,rnnrc excuses Several inns She dc
cared she was over seventy years. Then she would
s s1S diGnt want to do it. senator O'Connor as
sured her that these reasons were not good ones
! settle Inc whole question
senator bradley leaned over and snid in kindly
s iG@es AFRAID G09 to I iS f SSc ru'a I '
Even his bengnant expression did not molllfy her
AMI she snapped out: Il am not afraid
in the mean time al. the counsel and dozen re-
porters had crowded around hrr 70 eaten ner En-, re
Her obstlnacy completely bafled the committee. TN
Fina,iy senator O'Connor said firmly to her:
THE law requires that we swear you for the pur
poses OF this investigation, and You must be sworn
She muttercd something ABOUT not 1elng 'satiS
I'VE don't care whether you are satisfied or not
, fooIlng here We Will have to put you In Jail /
you refuse 20 be sworn.
EVEN MIR NICoIL's WINNING WAYS FAILED
Then Mrs Mahony changed her line Of defence
She explained that she had lived In the Fourt
4 Ward since 1852 This did not TO convnc
any one Then Mr. Ncoll put in his oar.
4 MAY | examine the witness?' he asked comm
nearer her and casting confidential glance Of
But Mrs. Mahony did not relent, and Mr. Con spok
up: -,
: been sworn"
MIR Nicol suggested that he be allowed TO TAX
= her aside and examine her privately but sh
c spurned him. and likewise scorned him with grea
scorn The handsome x-District- Attorney locke
surprised and hurt, and every one else laughed.
Senator OConnor came TO the fore again. MI
Con- % he said, will you look up that section abou
witnesses refusing be sworn In an invcstiga ito
= OF this kind. We must enforce IT. The peopl
where she from have evidently given he
some bad advice"
mo -" said Mr. Nicoll "she H. merely afraid, 4
i these strange surroundings Talk to her Senator.
I'VE can send you to Jaii' said the Senator.
you can't. | am seventy years old"
, Mr. NIcoll asked to what church she belonged
She said she was n Roman Catholic.
a Don't YOU know" asked Senator Bradley "tha
YOU are committing q sin by not swearing"
>. But she didn't know. She said. In reply TO ques