New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-22

have any sympathy for them; NY TINS man is' IS
save his fD s Then Wnant was totally unfit Tor
that kind of work II me put one pen 10 the pi p If they
had trusted to men OF his stamp they wouid nave
NV WY the Big contractors have told me that they
didn't dare take contracts from Fielding because ,c1
o was b so Tnm didn't hd like
Doody Dragging OF how m9cn hey nsd w rnane Won
know very well. is one OF the biggest contractors
in TIE city told me ne wouldn't have any OF oeis
contracts for fear some one around fleidhs Wuat
he telling everything he knew about the contract
in the nearest saloon.
HOW SMALL BRIDES WERE TAKEN.
The frghtful acknowledgement or the lily '
Works Department grew to be a matter OF o,s-
cussion in Mayor Wurster's cabinet before the
close Of his term one OF the members vi TIC
cabinet said to Tribune reporter:
We knew that some plcayunish business was go
ing on In the City Works Department: ~ Wds q,
was useless to endeavor to get work certified FOR
payment by one OF Commissioner wills en 10 70
him as smoking money This man was
rather about 1t. too The contractor w Then
the subordinate would plead the poverty q rn tne
civ as a reason for not certifying at once Ineh;
as II the thought had just struck him, ne wa on
other room When ne returned he would cast ms ms
G GSn o" bI ''S Projecting from beneath book he
wonId (Hrty TO the work. but II he saw no su zen
, and hid the Contractor good day. 1t was 50
th6romehly understood among all the contractors
younr man excused himself and left the room t' va,
The five or ten dollar bill never la'Ieu W NC :" ~
place
ISLES AFRAID OF BODILY HARM.
Frederick G. Isles is afraid that some OF .he
friends Of Wlnant and those indicteo III Wv
CIV Works Department scandal Will do MN
bodily injury. He has applied 70 the DiS','
Attorney for protection. MI Marean 'o'u MN
nDn
IT convinced Mr.. Isles. said Assls'aii D' -
trict-Attorncy Clarke yesterday that ne va h,rt
less danger now than before as !. wuu a "
the principals in this affair more 10 lnJui. vi
relos at the present time than II Wouln 40 ~
good and an assault upon him would DC su'r I,nn
ngurativcly speaking. on the part OF 'ne N'''
While the friends Of the indicted ex-ofiicers are
not assaulting Isles with their hsts. they ar, ar
cndeavorinc to make life unpleasant LOT Nh
with their tongues Isles walked up 70 go
derman Myers Of tho Twenty-frst Ward. ,ne
other day. and gave him the salute IA .,'a Lib
usual between men who nave aesoo'a'e" WIN
one another for two years ..
Say. Isles" replied the elderly statesman. 90
Won know how you can do me FAVOR!
NO" said Isles LA
tho ex-Aldorman with an effort at witherihg
scorn.
OHLsEN HAD TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF
Arthur Hartwig. who was trusted empioye
Of Henry y Ohlsen, the member OF the Marcn
Grand Jury who found shot in his factory
has made a statement 10 tho effect that ohiseh
told him five days before his death tnat ne
was tired Of life and then tried 10 sno2t MN
saIf IN Jar,,vig's nresence Ohlsen told HartwlS
that his son-in-law A. ". HID was starting a
new medical company. and leaving him OUT OF II;
He said that they all against him, ana
only wanted his money II seems that HID ana
Ohlsen did not agree as 10 the manner IN wh''h
they should advertise their patent medicine ousi-
ness Ohlsen objected 10 iIild's method or al
,.or,Is,ng I, I'm ten, shows Several days later.
Uartwlg SAYS Ohlscn begged him for peculiar
Kind Of poison which he mad saved from time
when he was in the drug business.
CnntaIn REYNOLDS said yesterday that he had
secured the testimony Of two or three reputable
business mon who would bear out Hartwlgs
assertion as to the desire Of Ohsen 10 take MS
own life hut ne said he had promised not TO
make the names OF these men public unless they
were needed in public investigation OF the