The sun., 1895-05-10

Yes" said the witness. "and told the Captain
he he must us be very careful about this man Burns;
Tnn,d TMn,. i, make lie, trouble. The Captain said
The witness til then told of the job at William
street and Exchange place in connection with
which the defendant is charged in the indict-
the $50 on which the charges Of bribery and ex.
tertion nre based This Job was In November.
at day or two after 'I he began e S work
and he had begun work day or two after Nov.
swn whsn the contract was signed cnd ae had gone
stopped, and had gone to the station house to
hs,th fix things G up He had been down town the day
lie said had not been down to see the Cap
down and 1t would be all right. He said would
have to 40 down or he would stop the work,
next day. It was that when came down in the
morning l found the work stopped. On my way
sSSn S aa%n sss gs2TSs sJ es aesm s'fa hs e mi
% ss ss' The q isaoiisF III bill in
Q;.And was it still there when you went on
to the sta station A.,Yes;
to the Cnptainf Al cannot recoliectt to whom
! gave the money. | had thought gave It to
to one or the other OF them.
The witness was allowed to refresh hi, MEM
Noy. q. 1891; on which he had paid the money.
That Is the date said the Court, ION which he
paid the money either to Burns or to the Cap
After this. and after MeI.auehlin had left the
1ne an iad he h met In
ant to have his man Burns put q new captain
on to him Cthe witnessJ He couldn't recollect
what Mclaughlin had said in reply.
Tho witness had been an hour and a quarter
on the stand when Col. James began the cross
As iHs IT, the .sS GSSns S1 syou
81. 1891. you paid to Capt McLaughlin?"
am not willing to swear IL"
9Ss wiling T th9 hd any
Nevembsr % "if'f isai A.No R.' slr snn am nots IN
Q.-Do you know Leo Schlesinver? Ayes
s9ur tassp es Ge atns ths s,yo
politan Hotel building now.
The N!nsss having had talk
Hotel building, The conversation turned on the
$50 Mclaughlin matter.
were not sure you paid the money to McLauRh-
mo, told him at that time I wa. sure paid
it to Mclaughlin. At this present moment fsm Fam
sss: :;y and ssa
he never bothered me"a Al did not say any
Col. James-Didn't Mr.. Schlesnger say to you.
ITS singular that just in this one instance you
you tell. Mclaughlin II you SEQ him that
can't hurt him. because my memory 10 not clear
COL YOU say that ays You T fet fss sorry
for Mclaughlin. as he was a nice fellow and
Schlesinger to tell Mr.. Mclaughlin what you
Col. James-Didn't you say, I'VE would not
have dared to tear that building down this way
tmeaning tho Metropolitan before these things
came out; but now. II the police come after us.
with US Tor for testifyi@ns @ against themsa H"Thst
is about correct.
Col. James-Isn't that the same building that
fell down and injured seven men? A.-Yes, but
that didn't happen to be on my side of the
Col. James-If Mclaughlin is convicted do
you expect to be prosecuted for the part you
had In these transactions Al claim that any
| gentleman Anything gave was not as bribe.
| but to get them to act as gentlemen [laughter].
which they should have done without being
ance with the law so far as possible. Ny inten-
tion was to carry on my business without inter-
| ference 80 long as did not violate the law.
| Col: James-Did you intend to violate the law :
been blocked for a few hours. Inltsaring down
building there Is OF necessity SOME violation Of
the strict lettor of the ordinances.
On redirect examination Seagrist gave this
version of his talk with Schlesinger
schlesinseT.s3 see you are in the Mclaughlin case
sehis:inserSDidy YOU really, s!ye him money,
so5S saa qs got family
seasris-Im sorry for that. but I've got to tell the
schieslnser-- know there are good many things
ssos ss ss I'll: 90 s 5000
are On McLaushlin'. bond. see
The prosecution here rested it's case. It was
$3.50 o'clock. and court adjourned until this
morning. 1t 10 expected that the case will be
finished to-day.