New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-26
PHILADELPHIA INIESTIGAIION hn"o W."
DAVID MARTIN AND CHARLES F. PEhs'h NAV
AN ANGRY ALTERcATIoN

nAyrD MARTIN AND CHARLES T. frH'N' ~
An ANGRY ALTERcATIoN
D,uao,nb,a Ian 25-The Senate committee
,h,ch has been investigating the muncipai a""''s
of Philadelphia for over IL year. anu VIM" 49,,
make a teport to the present sessiol, Vi - 80
nature resumed its work to-day me p,,,o,
the meeting was announced to be the INV ao
NJ the duties of magistrates with we" ~ ,.
mending legislation looking TO the removal .. ->'s
INC OWLS in that branch of the local goVerh"e"'
nofore this was taken up. however the 'i"'
Automatic Telephone Company ordinance was -,
made the subject OF inquiry An ordihahce WIN" '.
has LATELY been repealed) was passed by '"e ~
Councils three years ago ny '"eseu -
means. giving the right OF way to TINS compans
Da,.id Martin formerly Republican National 'o"i-
mttecman from Pennsylvania and pohtica iea"
er I'm this city, the first witness IL i'''u 49,
said al previous meetings OF the ", ,hn stock
IT, ,cs,tnsr that John T. Persch, the treasurer OF
the telephone COMPANY wanted nm I 10 At SO
sharc He denied however. that he became inter- yer,
the company and did MOI Know nov mai nc abo,
SO shares were in his Martin y name cer; Mf
Martin further said that he never hel1 any TO be
cate OF the stock or paper pu'p'' ''"e "
such" ~ .,,, n,.,,sr WAS first in
persch left the state in order to avoid testfyng
said making his abode IN ,n,ttse George
Persch a brother Of the treasurer tcstihed uh1 a.
artin Trenton
Persch while the original investigation was III
nrogress Regarding this. Mr.. Martin testlncd 10
day that his purpose In going 10 trenton was W
trv and induce Persch to como to Pnliadelphid anu
give his evidence believing that he 'the ueasu,sr
could explain the passage OF the ordinance Mt
Martin added that he Persch in camden also
on the same matter. Nothing came or H. however.
no Pcrsch refused to testify. The witness said that
he had nothing 10 do with the passage or the ordl-
nance that he knew nothing about the distribution
OF any certificates Of stock: nor was he Intimate
with the methods employed in securing its passage
When Mr. Martin left the stand charles = fersch
also a brother of the treasurer. jumped up ana
addressing the committee in q loud tone sad, l.,
II want to say right here % his face AND. ne
looked angrily at Martin. that what said before
"N5w' never mind Mr.. Persch this IS
began Mr. Petit counsel for the committee but
before he could proceed further he was interrupted
by Mr.. Martin thus: ,.
when men like that put upon tho witness
stand TO attack the regulations of honest men, men
who have been arrested for embezzement and who
come here and testify before this committee then
think it is indeed time that the Senate take some
action in this matter. 49, ,
why don't you get Il warrant them" asked
Persch as he stood facing Martin, and for a
moment 1t looked as though an encounter between
the two would result. .
THAT will be settled at another time and place"
was Martins only answer. He then left the room
and the committee turned It's attention to the
magistrates.