The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-13
MYSTERY OF ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS
Where Did Il Come from and Who Paid
Il to Attorsey Martin.
BOLAND DECLARES lib DID NOT
Vidaver Believes the Money Came
from Some Of the City ,Treasurer's
Friends ... Colonel Fitzsimmons'
Scathing Denunciation Of Vidaver
in Alderman HOwe'a COurt..A
Rapidly Widening Feud In the
Democratic Camp.

/. City Treasurer Boland was q very
much surprised and, to all appearances,
4 greatly disappointed man, when,
upon going to Alderman HOwes office
yesterday morning with an attorney
and fourteen witnesses to respond to
the summons in the suit for 500
brought by Nathan Vidaver, he found
that the suit had been withdrawn and
that the docket contained an entry to
the effect that the plaintiff had re-
ceived full satisfaction in above case.
The entry had been made Saturday
night at the direction of John T. Mar
tin, attorney for Mr.. Vidaver. He was
at the alderman's office yesterday
morning and made the following ex-
planation:
MIR. Vidaver came to me and asked
me II l would be his counsel. / said l
would If there was any money In IL.
He came to me again and said would
serve him. 1t is very mysterious, but
on Saturday man came to me ana
paid me 800. do not know who he
was. hut could point him out il should
ever see him again. took the 500. for
l thought 1t would be q wise thing to
do. I gave Mr.. Vidaver $75 and kept
s25 myself for fees. Mr. Boland's name
was not mentioned in the matter.
Where it came from I do not know. l
thought II must have been done by
some of the politicians. There Is moth
ing before the alderman. There Is no
complaint against Mr.. BOland. The
case is discontinued by the counsel for
the plaintiff
SOME HARD WORDS.
Addressing the alderman, Colonel f.
J. Fitzsimmons, attorney for Mr.. Bo-
land, said:
II am here representing Mr.. Boland.
We come here for the purpose Of hav-
ing full and complete hearing If we
can. Mr.. Boland feels that he has
been unjustly summoned to appear
here. He feels that Mr.. Vidaver was
actuated by nothing short of premedi-
tated blackmail. Now. it Is certainly
unjust to Mr.. Boland to have 1t spread
broadcast by Vidaver and his friends
that Mr.. Boland caused this money to
be paid to hush up the matter. l want
to say for Mr.. Boland that he Is ready
for trial. This case should not have
been settled until we were notified In
order to make this defense. The record
should be made out SO as to show that
the costs were paid by the plaintiff and
the case discontinued by him. 1t Is
made to appear that Mr.. Boland hand
pay Mr.. Martin. In fact, l know II
was intended so to be.
1--WE are here this morning to expose
Vidaver's methods. but in view Of the
fact that his counsel has marked the
record settled. We ask Your Honor to
make the record show that the defend
ant i'm this case had no participation in
this settlement. He repudiates it and
denies that he owed this man Vidaver
anything"
In view Of these statements the al
derman agreed to make the record cor
respond with Col. Fitzsimmons' re-
quest and the crowd left the office.
WITNESSES FOR BOLAND.
The following were the witnesses sub
poenaed by Mr. Boland: w. J. Hand,
Street Commissioner c. X. Kinsley, AS
sistant Street Commissioner George
Perigo, John H. Blackwood, editor of
the Sunday World; NJ. J. O'Toole, city
editor of the Times and associate edi-
tor of the Sunday World; T. owen
Charles, Of the Republican; p. A. Bar
rett, Of the Elmira Telegram; r. j.
Beamish, editor Of the Sunday Free
Press; Mayor James G.. Bailey, Assist
ant District Attorney John NJ. Harris,
Select Councilman John f. Roche, r.
w. Stokes, j. ]. Fahey, John e. Gaffney,
and John McAndrew. Mr.. Boland also
had two stenograp pliers at hand to take
down the expected hearing. Mr.. Bo-
land at his office last evening in CONSUL
tation with a Tribune reporter about
the case said:
My attorney informs me that W.
could not prevent them from withdraw
ing the case. l regret this, very much,
n nj
simmons statement before the alder
man, indicates in part why I would
wish the hearing to have taken place.
Another reason Is that wanted the op.
portunity to openly and publicly brand
as an infamous lie the statement of this
man Vidaver that l gave him $50 or
promised to give him 5000 or any other
amount in consideration Of his with
drawing from the congressional fight or
for any other consideration. l cannot
say as yet what my future course in
the matter will be-"
WHAT VIDAvER SAID.
The reporter then started to hunt up
Mr. Vidaver to ascertain whether or not
he knew where the mysterious $10O
came from. He was encountered on
Washington avenue within a block of
Mr.. Bolands office.
mo | can't say particularly where
the money came from, said Mr.. Vida
ver." Martin swears he does not know
the man who brought it to him. He
came to me Saturday and said what
were you suing for. the 500? The $1OO
is what ! was looking for l answered.
We'll then here it Is. said he l aske
him how he got 1t and all he cared to
tell me was that an unknown man had
brought it to him and told him It was
in settlement Of the claim against Bo-
land We then had the suit withdrawn.
1t was some Of Christy's friends of
course that brought the money. They
were after me all day Saturday to have
the case settled
"Then you persist in your statement
that you received the other $50 per-
sonally from Mr.. Boland?"
"Of course: he sent me q check for 1t. u
With this last statement Mr.. Vidaver
drew away as IL industrious Of prolong-
ing the conversation along that line.