New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-06

piano was ltIl ~ MS IpuHt.
had been sent from the factory Of Weser br9'n-
o,s VINO were having d new building erected III
Wnsf Forty-third-st. The contractor Tor the
building was Justus }. smith ana ao otC,. "a
month before Christmas. 1880, an Inspector Oh
m. Recruitment OF Buildings discovered some
,echni,.sl Violations of law in the CONSTRUCTION ol
the buf'dng. and began TO make uouDe 4ot MI
smith and Weser Brothers MI smith hau 'hg
piano sent 20 Mr.. Brady's house, and the cost 81
Tho instrument was charged t. Mr.. smith ac-
CONT Recently Mr.. SnLtn told Ut. laihH"iH,
of tb.. transaction. Or. Parkhurst communicated
with tn. Mayor. who caused an investigation ny
Tho commissioners 90 Accounts. Later, MT.
Brady resigned has oiiee. ihei ms cas- ""1
considered 10y the Grand jury. MI. BRADY Sd'd
.Wh,lc naturally decline to discuss the ac-
,ii,otir, MA i. against me or my defence To- ii,
viii $40 tr,- Tie Indictment is most unjust. II
Wa f,und IN * partc testimony. | was gwen no
hearing made an earnest appeal To- lhe 'it"ht
Jury TO hear my defence ana offered To SUNNI
myself 10 them for the severest crOsS-cNdnlhdtl'H
I'M my request was refused. That privilege,
which only an innocent man values, Wa7 dchi'l
30 me | shall reserve my defence Tor inc H.''I'
/ win moi talk ABOUT il now. but IN the mean
time | ask my friends and All those who nave
known ,u, and who may Doe inclined To "I'hdIa"
,hor roudI,,,.,. ou account of this unjust charge
to hold their Judgment in suspense until haHe
the opuortiuity of presenting my defence to the
Court"
SUPERINTENDENT BYRNES INDIGNANT
When Police superintendent Byrnes was asked
yesterday afternoon about the charge which had
been made against him. and which had been dis
missed by the Grand jury, he said with much
feeling:
1T was a dastardly attempt to destroy my rep
utation. | do not know the woman mentioned IN
the charge. The LcNpw Committee SAT mere ior
months. ana all sorts Of efforts were made to I'M
plicatc mo. All 81 the prisons were searched for
persons VINO might be induced % TESTIFY aEiihSi
me Tao result was that the invest igalion closed
AZ
was the result? These cpnspiratorS got hold "i Il
miserable fclon and pat up a job which included a
fake burglary. trying t. attack me III iHat way.
They found they were unsuccesSIu. non they
got hold OF this cont mpublc beast 81 man
Whitehead, and let me say That whitehead
remuneration was 10 Dee immunity nom puiliSn-
mcnt and the dismissal Of the indictments now
pcrdlng against him At least that was whlt was
promised 10y these people Everything failed al
though they sought To destroy my private ch"Fa'-
Austen G. Fox said. speaking Of the charge
which had been made 10y Frank Moss thal Us
trict-AttOrncy Fellows had tried l. Keep Dr,
Whitchcad's testimony from the Grand Jury:
will say II my own personal knowledge mat
Colonel Fellows deserved none Of the structures
which these people passed upon him. lie mas per
formed his fun duty IN the matter
Il never questioned the integrity If the Grand
Jury. Personally sout u, letters t. the Piih !
Jury. but what action | took was me ",u'', ~.
the executive committee II Oh" society We I't
that in the Whitehead ease against Byru's, ana
in another important case, u was quo th't 'l''
testimony should hn presented 20 the proi. =
tribunal without bong strained through the lis
trict- Attorneys Office The Whitehead case came
before the over and Tcrminer Grand jury ON me
last day before The Juty took a recess Wh'h
there was ~, tim. o. hear D.. ana IN" 'a- " Is
passed to the regular March Grand jury Colonel
Fellows denied that O. had been properly rrcoil-
mendel 10 that jury and the question was dIs-
ou.eed for two hour. before Sir Lcpr-tt was
s,ut f.r lir said d. had roc lmm'nt"d ih" c.ie'
- the attention OF The March Grand jury Ih'h