The morning call., 1894-09-08
ANDY cLUNIE TEsTIFIEs.
The Rivals in the Witness-room
Together.
JOSEPH KELLY DOES NOT APPEAR
Pepper DragS the Street.Sweeper'
Books Up the Stairs and
Down Again.

The Witnesses waiting-rooms of the
Grand Jury looked like Democratic head
quarters yesterday afternoon.
The Clunie charges of bribery were to
be the subject of official inquiry and Mr..
Pepper and Mr.. Clunie were both present,
looking as cheerful as though nothing had
intervened to interrupt the smooth flow of
their political lives. But Mr.. Joseph P.
Kelly, at whose request the jury is under
taking its labor, was absent.
The members of the jury did not assem-
BILE in sufficient numbers to transact busi-
ness until after 2 o'clock. The horror of
the prospective revelations did not seem TO
oppress them in any degree, aud the negli
genee of Mr. Kelly to appear at a self
appointed investigation did not even pro-
woke comment.
Shortly after they assembled a tele-
phone message was transmitted from him
10 the effect that he was still in the city
and might be looked for during the after
noon.
Mr.. Pepper. however. was on hand as
stated, and with him was stack of books
which it had cost him the wage of hired
man to convey up the several flights of
stairs in the City Hall from the Strath-
more Just across the street, where he
resides.
The books were those said to carry the
accounts of the POpper-Buckley-Kelly
company, street-sweepIng concern. Pop
per said he was prepared to explain all of
his dealings and relations with the Super
vlsOrs and others with regard to The street
sweeping contracts.
He said that he had heard, however,
that Joseph P. Kelly nor Phil Crimmins
nor yet Christopher Buckley had been
served with subpenaS and would not be
expected to give up their secrets in the
matter and he did not think it fair.
To this District Attorney Barnes made
hasty denial, saying that everybody who
knew anything or ought to know anything
pertinent to the matter would be required
TO answer.
Andrew J. Clunie was the first witness
summoned. 1t was his published state
ment that bribery had been employed by
Mr.. Pepper to secure the street-sweeping
contracts that precipitated the inquiry, and
he was expected TO tell what he knew
under oath.
He was closeted in the jury-room over an
hour,
Then Mr.. Pepper was called and the
door was closed upon him until O'Clock,
when he appeared, wearing the same con-
fident smile as before. The jury lad made
no demand upon the books, and, as his
hired man had gone. be had to nIist
friend 20 help him carry them down the
stairs again.
what they mad done to him in the mean.
time was a secret Of the jury-roOm, which
he would not dare divulge. He. said that
so far as his transactions with the last
Board OF Supervisors were concerned he
mad nothing to conceal. He had the docu-
mentS TO show that he had paid Kelly
$500 month, the money to be turned over
10 Phil Crimmins TO be used by him
smoothing the way for the passage of the
bills Of the street-sWeapers
sam Horton, q reporter, was called after
the departure of Mr.. Pepper and his
books. He occupied but little time. Il
was then after o'clock.
The name of Joseph P. Kelly was called,
and In the witDess-roOm and down the
hall. No response came back Mr.. Kelly
had not yet put In an appearance.
The jury then adjourned until Tuesday.