New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-04

tell how large the bill for expenses would oe out
he wanted a guarantee fund Of $4,000 raised
Senator O'Conror-Nho Is Ieary?
Mr. Root-IIis is Dcnnis. N.aughter)
Shaw went on t. say that he ana croker 'o'u
I.earv tina, they did not think the officers as
ISOLATION would consent to the raising OF such
fund. but I.eary insisted on having his PROPOSE
,,on submitted at the next meeting Of the as
soclatlon and they gave him 20 understand that
they might speak TO the other officers about H.
Whom they left Ieary. however. they agreed
that II would be unwise to lay his proposition be-
fore their brother officers. Leary went to the
onpine-house in Thrtecnth-st. twice and fallei
IN ind shaw there Then he left note asking
what was to be done with his proposition. shaw
said ne wrote a note TO Leary on the day after
the meeting Of the ASSOCIATION. and ne identihed
the letter which was produced by Mr. Root ana
was read. as follows:
Dear Sir We were unable to Influence the on.
Gers - change their programme last night and II
will 20 ! told you. sorry ,hat we .' ~, '''o''
sooner or We Y wisa, have ha' w SIlTIf SHAW
When asked to explain the letter. SHAW sai'
he had wanted to make Lcary think that his
proposition had been laid before the ASSOCIATION.
I.earv had said that TIE officers amendment
was in charge II Lou" Pawn. who would %
nothing with H. and Shaw had told Leary that
tho associations Committee On Legislation mad
charge q such matters.
Senator OConnor was Leary trying TO ct Payns
job' \ That was about the sizr 81 IT, .u.. ,.o,
Sir Roo,why IA YOU write you were s sorry you
easy | was sorry hal met him NJ all u>augh;erJ
sbaw IN reply to other questions. said he
thought Ieary had pr missed more than he could
carry out. and that his proposition was a
"strikc" bu, that there was nothing dishonest
or d,shonorable IN the proposition as Leary had
expressed a.
o-why dM you write faisshoo.Is @ him? A.
I didn't want 70 orend my friend MeCaoe' VINO had
"s Wr R,,nes-bid You understand that Leary was
daughter
shaw denied that he had contributed any
money 70 a corruption fund. or had knowledge
81 the raising Of any money by the officers to
a,d in the passage OF their amendment 70 the
Salaries bill He had heard rumors about such
money. but did not believe them.
william l.. Flndley counsel to the Fire Com
,nlssioners testified that he was at hearing
before the senate Committee on Cities 70 OPP
nose one feature Of the FIremcn's Salaries bII.
and heard Senator Robertson say he had intro
duced an amendment 10 raise the saaiies Oh
H. omcors The bill. with the amendment was
renorted by the committee on the same day.
ur Sheffield who was in Albany. did not get an
and he later spoke his mind freely to Senator
poher,son I'm the presence OF the witness.
MIR. ROOTS ADDi.Ess.
After recess Mr.. Root read some passages
from the report which had been made by a Sc
lect committee OF the state Senate on March
II 1869 ofter an investigation Of charges which
had been published by Mr.. Greeley in Inc
Tr,hunc in connection with the passage If the
that the vote of n Senator for the bill had been
purchased The report stated that Louis +.
po,, had received $4,000 for a few days work
a, Albany 900 from Jay Gould 10 work for
Oh. h,l and S. 900 from Mr.. Thompson to work
aga,ns, the bill. The case Of Payn. the report
declared showed credulity on the part OF the
norsons who we're interested In the legisa'ioh
and impudencc on the part OF the pefso" ""o
had received the money
When he had finished reading. MT Root sa'u'
The information upon which Horace Greeley con- on
sidnar rhs which have Just read was not oneten,h
mart as extensive or substaha, as rt uro Inv Inn
~ was published In The iress Oh the lo'h
OF April last. u,.,
| NJ, poot then announced that he had shown
| srmcint cause for the publication OF the arucle IN
..rhe Press" and that was all he had promised IN
| .ho beginning Of the investigations lie SAID III
| part o,.,,o,oo q, a,o,e.
We have proved by competent eynsce we're or made
meil,s 80 "a be used in the interest OF the OH
crs amendment in the Salaries nill ana tnh' M us
49,. seven participants In the trarshct oIi NJ.
WIZ r. a,atements OF some OF these participants
have been proven by numerous sn among the
occrs but also that efforts were male 70 sou. s
the assistance OF the iree, t,rhnr provei the
cSst@nce Of book beongng 70 Officer horan c ,he
ta,ili,,tt and the amounts paid by them TO the
fnd and aso the Of one who had not pna
| hnu ,nen nroduced but II has been subjected 10
mutiiaton and the leaf containing tne hnve a Iso
pown Ina, Mir Bonner the Chief OF the IRE Le-
parment resigned from the 4 npdsrstood 70 be
| because Of what he knew HI" "'''e'' W "
| going on ut this very tiMe a., p.,, ,ybo was IN
| I'VE have shown also that MI. Eayh, Wno Mas n