The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-01

who was honored by the people OF TINS
State as but few others nave been, ana
can be refuted BY living, Witnesses
was Mr.. Corbin's reply. as ne turned e
Keeper Patterson and asked
do you remember having been sent
for from the Executive Chamber IN re-
gard to Mrs. Hamilton's par do s,tt,n. o
in one of the pack seats arose and with
much feeling said
ut may be unpardonable IN me 10 IN.
terrupt the work of this committee, but
as the reference is to one VINO was my
friend and whose memory | love, ! ae.
sire the privilege ct re%pres eatnags Who Who
may have conversed with Governor Az
of the session that those whose names
were mentioned in this examination couI9
not be represented by counsel, as IT could
be plainly seen that han, \ S So str was a out IN
definitely. However, if Judge MeDermott
wished to ask the witnesses any cues
| bin. Judge McDermott bowed his assent
" walked over to the counsers table
ana Eats a ! RlRSe5I n sEST 70 For HIN.
Mr.. Corbin then returned to Keeper
| Patterson and repeated his question:m
whether he remembered anyone from
| the Executive Chamber having sent Ior
| him in reference to the Hamilton case.
yes, sir. I do" replied the Keeper
"Who sent for your
governor Albeit"
"Pid did you s0f
well, what did the Governor want?"
"He asked me who was Mrs. Hami-
toms counsel and he recommended Col.
H~eppenheimer."
when 1 told him Fuller & Hoffman
were her counsel. he said ne didn't De-
~ @--9 traan0d
nDid You say anything in replyg"
II told him 1 had nothing to Go with
| employing counsel. I declined to inter-
Ibid you recommend the employment
| Of Heppenheimer to Mrs, Hamilton?"
"A few days sh aft Sgg paen she ad ssss tor fo
employ He~ppenheimer and pay him
What did you dogp asked Mr. corbin;;
| took It to him in. New York and gave
it to hin personally. =,
| Mr.. Corbin produced the check made by
| Patterson to Russ & H~eppenAeiHief, anu
/ witness identified it,.
Ibid you advise Mrs. Hamilton?
81 did. I told her she already mad coun-
| money, as her time would expire IN a rev
months"
| GAVE HEPPENHEIMER THE CHECK.
In answer to other questions the wit
mess said that he had enough OF MIS-.
pay the thousand dollars. It was the
practice for the head keeper TO keep
| the prisoners money and disburse 1t on
Ibid you tell Heppenheimer what the
check was for?" asked MI. corpin: eot
it," replied the witness, who nodded thai
he never knew Heppenheimer 70 can
on Mrs. Hamilton after he was employ
| ed by her, and did not know VINO Ioiu
check was given November 1s and the
pardon granted Novsmper 70; nr Mr; H Yep
ords or other papers In regard to the
He didn't know h told Mrs Hamil-
| ton to employ General H~eppenheimer.
Mr.. McDermott. with q GOODNESS and
calmness that completely took away Ihe
breath of the committee and counselor
ness. To his questions Mr.. Patterson
said that the woman's term would have
expired in less than two months IRON ron
time there was q contest over the win
Of Robert Ray Hamilton in New York.
and Russ & H~eppenheime were Mrs.
| Hamilton'S counsel.
Mr.. MDERMOTT STICKS.
When Mr.. McDermott. had concluded
Mr.. Corbin called the young man who
acts as his assistant; MT; McD Ie ne
Intended to remain there. Mr.. Corbin
eomm aylasnt to a definlteIy aa decide ID as wSethel
nesss M'p Me said f he andd sssaoead the ask SIX
ithbggt q fbeSy ue esooId be- snr s%bmitt h,n in e writing rnine
and he was to decide whether they were
proper or not. To have him repeat the
questions. parro aba1ea,t afte f. MI You'll, McD noi
's His pi brought Mr.. McDermott to his
req ssu CHI aes aa1saay as xss Ha E Been eno gIyen here
would be excluded in any court Of law
he began. 1T is IN assault on the latt
Pardons. That Executive is beyond thu
Jurisdiction of this committee and az
appeal is now being made to public sentI
Then raising his voice until the cham,
Der q with its clear tones. he wen
on oH the mar 's who did more for the stats
cupied the Executive chair. since thu
made the State richer than it ever wa
before, and all I want is to question Wit,
nesses whose testimony reflects upon that
az. corbin started t. reply e 4 calm ain
manner. He was much worked up ant
rs sd15a ssaf nlmse'f t nI5h t Z sffagt' Il TIL,
committee, he said SIS a libel on an.
one, is one which the committee shouli
fainly e. sh s1 u not. iris 81 investigation Il
being conducted fairly, shall no
finch from Pressntins facts. however
H Ets'e characterized MI. McDermott',
speech as a political harangue. and re
psated his s da dsh Pc {, th ba'ng an rsfn4eg Z
Pardon Clerk Fox was recalled am
Mtss ssI aa 1nat ne RRen her ca aRps Came u u
papers. ne saw the Governor and mem
e esgu@ oe IL IL i fas room ons WIZ Witnes y ala hS,' 10
know what Mr.. Heppenheimer said 4