The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1895-05-04
NO BRIBERY
SAYS CROKER.
he Admits that Leary Guar.
anteed 10 Pass the Fire.
mems Bill for $4,000.
SAYS THERE WAS NO FUND.
President La Oranges Statements
Denied in Detail by the
Chief.
SENATORS TO GO ON THE STAND.
Ralnss Declares He Will Call The
Whole Department II
Necessary.
SENATORS TO GO on THE STAND.

this morning resumed the taking of tes-
timony in behalf of Senators Raines,
Coggeshau AMI Robertson, who have been
charged by Congressman Lemuel Ely
Quigg with bribery in connection with
the passage of the bill to increase fire.
mems salaries
More than dozen firemen and their
officers testified last evening that they
had no knowledge whatever Of the cor
ruption fund, which. 1t Is said, was
raised to be nent to Albany in the in
terest Of the officers bill.
None Of them had ever contributed a
cent to such a fund and they swore
they knew of no one who had done SO.
Many Witnesses to Examine.
When the hearing adjourned late in
the evening there were as many more
witnesses to examine. and Lawyer
Raines said he was prepared to sum-
mon the entire Fire Department. II nee
essary, to show that the charges of Mr..
Quigg were baseless.
This morning they were all in attend
ance again. ana other witnesses. too,
whom Raines said he intended to put
upon the stand to contradict the state
ments Of Mr.. Quigg.
~ Is eApeCteQ tndt al tnTee OF the
accused Senators will take the witness
stand to testify in their own behalf.
and that Louis F. Payn will also be
called. the latter probably some time
to-day.
Payn Settles Down for the Day.
II have not yet decided" said Mr..
Raines this morning. whether 1 shall
call any Of the Senators to-day or not,
but they are anxious to make a public
statement in regard to the charges, and
will certainly testify. think 1t is more
probable that they will do this at the
next hearing. which Will be held at AL
bany. We, have all the witnesses we
can attend to
on hard early and sat together inside
the railing and talked earnestly with
their counsel. Lou" Payn was there.
and settled himself in his chair he had
the air OF man who intended to make
an all-day session Of 1t.
IN the chair, and Senators Pound and
Mu.lin sat beside him.
the question was left undecided last
night whether or not the counsel for
Mr.. Quigg would cross examine the wit
nesses VINO had testified for the accused
He said he was ready to recall any
% the witnesses examined yesterday II
Mr. Root would care to examine them,
and intimated that this was the last
chance he would have.
Bound to sift the Matter.
wv, want to get to the bottom of this
thing said Mr.. Raines, 'and we pro-
pose to do II II we call every member
OF the Fire Department"
3uigg and Col. Howard, said he would
like to ask Foreman Samuel Reid, of
Engine IS. a few questions. Reid testi.
500 for the officers salary bill, but de-
MED that he spoke the truth when he
He resumed the stand. and when Mr..
Root asked him to whom he had made
that statement. he replied that he could
In March. and a number of men were
Some Of them were saying that the
otncers y had put up $50 or SIS. and l
'Well,' l said to them, If that is so
they stuck me. for l gave up a hun
ION another occasion told them that
! had put up SIS. OF course. 1t wasn't
Foreman Reeds Little Joke.
BY Mr.. Root:
Q Why did you tell them falsehood1 A. Oh
had their Shes a hss ts ns tsss
on the officers
Mn: to ala az they do hs, ,ss have
all sorts Of rumors anoat then about money being
raised for the officers, pill. ana I thought would
give the men something to talk about. II was
only said by me as a Joke didn't care whether
Q. Did you intend them to believe 1t! A. Yes
q. Wei didn't they believe It, A. I'm sur. l
don't know. I expected they might make a good
deal OF II, and 1t seems they did.
Q. Dig you think IT a Joke to make men think
you had contributed 800 to a corruption fund ,
Foreman Freel got up at this point
ashamed of such 3enseless Joking, and
Reed admitted that he had made mis-
take.
ment." said Foreman Freel when Sen
ator O'Connor called him down.
- Patrick G. Koran, foreman Of Engine
q. whose memorandum book has fig
ured so extensively in the case. was
then called by Mr. Root.
O. Ar. you a joker. Mr., Horan' A. No. sir. l
am MT
He again told the story of his loss
of the book. the finding of 1t by Fire
man Campbell and described the house
hold entries he made in it. He also
made notes of still alarms in II. but
no list Of assessments.
Facts About That Book.
The next day. when he heard the
men talking about it as being an assess
ment hook. he took 1t out and showed
II to them. He could not imagine why
the men should have thought 1t was a
collection book
Mr. Root tried to bring out the fact
that Koran knew all about the rumors
of the corruption fund. and was only
endeavoring TO stave on the suspicion OF
his men by showing that the book. from
which he claims the tell-tale Leaves;
had been torn by Koran as soon as he
learned that the men had seen the
entries
q. Didn't You tear those leaves out the very
da" the book was found? A. did not used
to tear them out whenever they were Allied up.
There are only fve leaves in all miss
ing from the book
Koran remembered finally that he had
In I'ac"nber last torn three leaves out
ct one dime. He then recollected that
he bad taken several leaves out since
II w-s lost early in March.
To-day Horan remembered also that
the men had nicknamed him 20. X"