The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-27
A FINE SENSE OF HONOR
MAYOR QUESTIONS RECTOR GEORGE
 |. FOX ON THE SUBJECT.

The investigation of the street sprink- evening.
 General Bradley was the first witness. In answer to MT. Goodhart he stated that he was the president of the Morn- ing News company. Was aware that the advertisements were published. He talked with no one concerning them prior to their publication, and with no one, save In the most casual manner, after their publication. He could not aid the committee in its inquiry.
 Alexander Craig, business manager of the Morning News, next took the stand. The line of inquiry and answers were substantially as follows:
 MT. Goodhart-"Are you familiar with the street sprinkling publications in the Morning News?"
 Mr. Craig-"Yes."
 Mr. Goodhart-'When did you have the first intimation that such adver- tisements would be published?"
  oeding their publication"
 Mr. Goodhart-"Where did you secure the information?"
 MT Craig-"At the Leader office"
 MT. Goodhart-"Did you have any knowledge of these advertisements when you first met Mr. Ryder in the Leader office?"
 MT Craig-"I had not"
 MT. Goodhart-"Will you state the conversation with Ryder?"
 MT. Craig-"He asked me if it was not our month for the advertisements" Mir. Goodhart-"Did you ask him what the advertisement was?"
 MT. Craig-'I did not"
 MT. Goodhart-"Are you in the habit of getting large advertisements?''
 MT. Craig-"Not as large as that" Mr. Goodhart-"Ho did you find out what this advertisement was?"
 MT. Craig-'I went to the composing room to see how large it was.''
 MT. Goodhart-"Did you form any idea what the cost of this advertise ment would be?'
 MT. Craig-"I did not"
 MT Goodhart-''Did you figure on it." MT. Craig-'T did not"
 Mr. Goodhart-"Did you know what the appropriation for the city adverts- ing was?"
 MT. Craig-"I did"
 MT. Goodhart-'W you state it?' MT. Craig-"About $4,o0o"
 Mir. Goodhart-"Did you know that this would cost more than $4,00O?"
 MT. Craig-"I did not think anything about it."
 Mr. Goodhart-'Will you state what conversation you had with anyone about this advertisement?"
 MT. Craig-"I told the foreman to pre- pare for sixteen page paper"
 MT. Goodhart-"Had you any further conversation with anyone connected with the Leader concerning this adver- tisement other than MT. Ryder?"
 MT. Craig-'T had not"
 MT. Goodhart-"Will you state the business relations between the Morning News and the Leader?"
 Mr. Craig-"Purely mechanical for the purpose of economy"
 Mir. Goodhart-"Will you give me the cost of the publication of the advertise nent in the Morning News?"
 MT. Craig-'I cannot tell right off" MT. Goodhart-"Oh, you can tell ap- proximately."
 MT. Craig-"Oh, there are too many details.'' MT. Goodhart-''Would 1t cost $500?" Mir Possibly it would"
 Mr. Goodhart-"Did 1t cost that?" MT. Craig-"I prefer not to say"
 MT. Goodhart-"Did you hear NIT. Ryder's testimony"
 Mir Craig-"I did not"
 MT. Goodhart-"Let mo recall it to you If the total amount was less than s40O would that be too small?" Mir Crag-"I think that Mr. Ryder must have underestimated the cost" Mir Craig-"Will you estimate the cost to the Morning News?"
 MT. Craig was excused in order that he could make the calculations.
 Alexander Troup, editor of the New Haven Union company, was next call- ed After the usual questions as to col fusion, etc., Mir Goodhart asked
 Have you any special fact that will throw any light upon the subject under investigation?"
 MT. Troup-"No."
 MT. Goodhart-"Have you had any conversation with anyone concerning this advertisement"
 MT. Troup-"Yes, sir."s
 Mir. Goodhart-''With whom?"
 MT Troup-"John D. Jackson"
 Mir. Goodhart-"Where?"
 MT. Troup-"Mr. Jackson came to my office I was busy. MT. Jackson was unduIy excited. He said something about a robber,' "a steal;' it ought to be investigated?' MT. Jackson said it investigate 1t? MT. Jackson said 1t should be divided up, referring to the street springling advertisement. said, would you not like 1t? MT. Jackson said, T would be willing to divide 1t up. He asked me if I would take it. My reply was, Would a duck swim?' then went to MT. Kelly, the city engin- eer's, office, and asked for the date that the clerical work on the assessments had been finished. He replied March 22 He said that the assessments were originally intended to be published December 15, but the copy had come back again to the board of public works to correct clerical errors. Further in- vestigation showed that this work had been in the hands of Mir Noll. found that Messrs. Noll, Doughan and States had been employed from March g to Anril 2 to get in shape the report Mir