The sun., 1895-03-31
His Scandalous Grab Venti-
lated Before the Senators.
on, he WANTS NO PATRONAGE! ,
That's Why He Asks for All Of It-Judge
Cowing Bids Him Stop Lying,

Justify His Grab-Judee Co~inr's As-
count OF the Judges Meeting at which
Con Threatened to 60 to Albany ir NE
Couldn't Have Clerk CarroIrs Head
| Now. Republican Judge IL to Ne
| Appointed, tho Pstronag and Extra Pay
VIII Hardly he Handed Over to GoG.
Lexow witnesses who did not testify TO suit him
was: "Now-now, you're making a pretty
| spectacle Of yourself in court, amt your"
Mr.. Goff called the witness chair =" the rack.~
Mr. Goff was himself on the rack yesterday,
and hundred times that expression of his was
| forcibly brought to tho minds of the Senate
Judiciary subcommittee, tho reporters, and tho
| crowd of spectators who listened to his confess
| sons.
| Since Goff became Recorder on jan l there
| has been trouble in the court. The Judges say
| that disgrace and shame ON tho honorable body
| has been the outcome. Ono Of them died yes
terday, partly Of worry over it. Yesterday Mr..
Goff confessed that the trouble was caused by
his failure to grab" clerkship. and he sought
| to Justify himself.
The Judiciary subcommittee had two sensa-
| tional sessions s-more sensational than wore tho
| sessions of the Lexow committee. Some of the
| Recorders statements were so remark able that
several times when he himself felt the need Of
| corroboration. he called out rs Pat O'Brcn in
| the room?" Mr. O'Brien had absented himself
and the statements had to go uncorroborated.
| The lie 70 them was given direct by Judge Cow
! ing. The morning session concluded with the
| contemptuous declaration by Judge CowinE. II
| haven't spoken to him for three months"
| The afternoon session was brought , sudden
| and tragic close. 1t was in the midst of an adj
dress by Judge CowinE, who had taken tho Re-
| corders place on the stand. and was Asying him
in manner probably never before heard q
similar occasion in New York. The great court
room where the committee was sitting was
| crowded. The crowd was excited. and was in
momentary expectation of scene more dls-
crcdltnbe than had been the morning cxhlhi-
tion. A reporter for THE sun puahcd his wav
| into tho court room and whispered TO CLERK
John F. Carroll the news that Judge Martins
/ had just died. There was not o sound in tho
room save the voice of Judge Cowing. who was
speaking rapidly and bitterly. when Recorder
Con. perspiring under the lash administered
and trembling like a leaf a-osb and said:
| May It please your honorable body. the sad
news has just reached us that the Hon. Ran
dolph b. MARITIME. u Judge of the Court of Srs-
| sions and one OF the parties 70 this controversy,
| hes jnst died ! would suggest that the further
sitting OF this committee he delayed"
Immediately there was a hum of conversation
! through the room. 'rhc news had shock ed
Judge towing apparently more than any one in
! 'hc l'''h hhe e@pteSSi'' VII his i@ee cH"hseo
| wonderfully. lie bowed his head and his eyes
filled with tears. He sat with his handk erchisf
to his eyes until after Senator O'Connor had an-
nounced the adjournment Of tho committee
GoFF on THE WITNESS STAND
The committee was bers nomina,lv IN 6ud ont
uhethsr the con- Gr,h h;II wa. necsssarv I.gis-
lation. The members of the committee present
were Senators OConnor. Cantor. McMahon,
Raines, Lexow, Mullin, and Parker. They in
| interest in tbe Gotr Crab WAS s,,ch that that
was out NJ tina on.s,ion and tbs court roor, ~
Part III was onened sepotor O,Connor invited
b.s;dos IN. Iud,.s all tho Io.v.r h.
nroctice in tho court and the court a,tsnd.
ant, IN COVE nm ,r1 ,.s,,,y Iud,. Io,,t,.
and 1rd,. Ei,yy.r,ld vera sitting ;n.iaa ,ho
rail facin,. the senators Mr.. con ,ot tobI.
with scve-a, -eport.rs. Judr. Cowin- arose
and formally, welcomed the committee In do.
inc, o. a,sad IN. ex,r...;o, ~, I. NV r,.osur.
,.rh;ef Jps,ice NJ this cour," ue ..id tb,.
| ,be fu,lsst investigation was desired He su-
| ,os..d mod. NJ nroco.di,o m .ava t;ma !,
va ,or i. Iud,. n, ZACH .de ., the controv.r,v
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| him who f,vors II vou n,av understand
| Tba Senators ,,hsnered tog.,her and ss,stop
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