The evening world., 1895-05-03
were fIREMeN
ASSESSED?
Witness Fitzpatrick Tells the
Senators What Cart.
wright Revealed
eAADEO SCALE OF PRICES.
Foreman to Paw $50, Assistants
$50, Men $50 or $40, He
Testified.
DENNIS LEARYS $4,000 PLAN.
Chief Shaw Says McCabs Recon-.
msnded Him as a Very
Shrewd Man.
DENNIS LeARYs $4,000 PLAN.


colleagues of the Special Senate Com
lnittee which Is investigating the charges
Of bribery and corruption preferred by
Congressman Lemuel Ely Quigg. in con-
nection with the passage of the Fire
mems Salary bill. came down from AL
bany to-day to continue their inquiry.
Mr.. Root called as the first witness
for the day Engineer Richard German,
Of engine IA.
German went on to say that Fireman
Campbell had told him he had found
Horan's book and that 1t contained all
the subscriptions of the officers to the
fund
Every officer In the Sixth Battalion"
he said. was down In the book. and the
sums opposite their names ran from
t25 to Ns
EVERY one of the officers had an %
X after his name except Eddy Meehan.
There was an N G. after his name"
Foremen Assessed 800 Each.
.h Martha Ga rt1ser%la s0 Of Hook
lie testified that March 1 last he had
wright. Of the same anne" co nDsI1" at ta the
latter's house. 1877 East One Hundred
and Etshteenth street. about the, raising
Of money for the officers, bll
see him.. said Fitzgerald. I'VE got
talking about matters at Albany, and
he told me he thought the Pavey bill
Il said thought so. too. but he told
me II the officers amendment went
through Il would carry the bill all right
as :sd T %en co oe k saod Idea II the
discuss the matter freely; The officers
might be taxed go and the men $50 or
10 apiece and that would assure the
"Hs told me that the officers had al
ready had q meeting. and that they
had voted to assess the foremen 500 and
anything about II.
HE added that he thought 1t would
b better to- have an older man than
They Called Him "BrOckwn,.
The witness SAID that Foreman Cort.
wright. OF his Company, was rather a
hard disciplinarian. and was sometimes
nicknamed "Brockway." The Company
was known as the 'Reformatory Com
Fireman William j. whelan. of Hook
and Ladder Company No. 4, testified that
he also had an interview with Capt. Cort-
wright on the subject Of the Fireman's
II told him / had heard that the off,
GERS had been putting up $50 apiece.
said the men ought to get together and
help tho officers out"
Chief William Shaw, OF Battalion G.
VINO was the next witness, told about the
IesiRnauon or Chier bonner from the
Officers Association in February last.
He also recounted his experiences with
Dennis Leary, who was introduced to
very, shrewd man. Leary's offer to put
the bill through for $1,000 was declined.
To Mr.. Raines the witness said that
when Dennis Leary was introduced to
him the latter spoke very guardedly.
II thought at first that he was n
gentleman and not a lobbyist" ex-
planned Chief Shaw. but afterwards |
concluded he was only trying to make
= strike. and told chief Croker So We
talked the matter over and decided to
let him down easy.
Root Rests His Case.
AT the opening of the afternoon ses.
sion. Mr.. Roo, Offered in evidence a re-
port made to the Senate on March H.
Hss; rela ting to the payment of money
to legislators to promote railroad iegIs,
known as he E.1e bin. and the report port
stated I that Jay Could had paid 5000 tt
Louis r. Payn, and that various Other
snms were pad fer the purpose of Sc
curing the passage OF the bill
me newspaper exposure of the cor
ru9tion at that time" allied Mr. Root
facts as that upon watch Mr. Quigg has
made has present charges
Mr. Root said trat he Thought ne IA,
submitted all the evidence necessary I,
prove the charges ma le by Mr., Qu gg
AMI that he had practically substantiitc,
his statements
1--WE have also shown that MIR. Paw
was in charge of the legislation at Al
,bany: that he put the amendment ui
1.-THE hill, and that he could take it of =
said Mr.. Root.
The fact that Chief Bonner resigne,
from the officers association hcctuS
he would not have anything o do viii
these corrupt dealings. is also a matte
of record, and In view Of all these fact
] think We have offered sum r,ent cVi
dencs 10 enable the Committee to com
10 some conclusion in the mat cr, an,
fully justify The entire basis Of the arti
Gle published in Mr.. Qligg' paper.
I'VE have also shown that Pawn Is {
notorious lobbyist, and that the name
,of the SenatOrs mentioned in the arti
lcle We're associated with him In IN
passage Of this law"
In reply Mr. RainCs declared that tn,
other side had utterly failed to establish
single fact that was strictly within
the lines laid down for the COMMITTEE
They are deserving their case at IN
crucial point, after leaving all these OH
GERS under the stigma OF corrupt on
Tire h2S been plenty Of inueniO an,
ins .nuations, but not a single fact
Il call upon them 70 produce a w!incs
to SINCE one Of these facts There /
mot sc.ntilla Of proof. /, is all a pee