New-York tribune., 1899-02-15

: club in minute than could 90 eaou III yenter-
/ O-Nhat did you mean by that Al wa "ao =, ~ ,rv
taining the club and Spending d onS9 oTS,sh N was
and make It gentlemens club ana ~, nfnence
working against me. undermining my in''"~S
! Q-How he working against you
/ Mr.. Moneux said he could answer the ques-
/ tion better If permitted to make a sta'ei"en'
Mr. Osborne told him TO go ahead anu -i'
MolineuX said: 49,,
When first went live at the club NJ Mr, Hda,ns om
the secretary asked me to so on the house - he
,nttee Ar that time Cornish had the run OF IN rle
house and did pretty nearly Wnat ne W,ront and
House Committee did not think the resauiaH' oitb
| The batbs were run properly. We talked win Win
Ballanne and Banantine took al s Autmoi sornish
was occupying expensive room IN 'ne ne, 81 or
facing Madison-aye for which we S0uu "a an ex-
/ 50 30 a day j.. r. Hiles. clerK aiSo i ~
O~Then it was through your influence tnat u, ,be
! nsh deprived Of the superin'enioetYSSSs YSs Each
club and Of the Of his room "a, croree Of
| separate department Barnet TOOK 'i'"i ~
ooDid Barnet complain of the condition Of the the
baths? Avery bitterly. lie compliance 10 Letter
! nsh and of Cornish, and wrote Cornish " ''''''
Q-Wefe the relations between Barnet t$IIab Snu be-
nSh so strained that Barnet wrote 2B9rnet 10 told
me that after he had written 10 Coln'Sn, and
went to his roGm and began gan 70 'oTnjsh, Trs am not
afraid Of YOU 30 don't try any bufI aoout ~ MA nj
QNow, you have Just useG h 'tS tSa Won ven know Of
who was afraid OF Cornish? Q.What. physicafey "a
Q-Any way. Al don't THINK anyDouSb S nj certain
members Of the club felt II they should do as he
'o1 G WV WV should the House Committee OF the
Knickerhocler Athletic club be eiIau 90 ., "a, m have
| poyc? Al don't think anyDody ""'''' ~
Odd it occur to you that Cornish had strong
| influence with Ballantine and Adams? A'-'eS -
Q-Mr Moneux give some expressions OF tbat hf
letter yOu spoke or At stated IN supstuCc ma az
w. hatGs ycrc I'm a hlthy condition. and that as
| Cornish had charge Of them there was 10 eN'S'
io did understand that you complained OF the
condition OF the baths AU1esii sii1,,sa 'Sommittee
Q-Was there any other complaint yo1 inauo t re ,s
| member much specifically. There were many ~
| tic things which had crept between VI pallan-
,, -9.1 to,,y yoH vr cornjsh? N-Yes frequently |
io co oouiained frequently - Cornish himself but
received so nie 81 5s'IS lad iob When tho
| ttblefic committee Cornish began 10 nave more
Soynd directly after being placed on the AthieuG
Cor1niffee much Of the athletic apparatus IN tS u.S
| ,Troe borlzontal nars They were broken Ihey
! had ali been secured from one maker. Wnch ,hr
went 10 replace them drew an order on aiots''c'
| maker Who manufactured bars for proiesslo@IaIs, @
! When they delivered iound 'haT 'iaJ udS ,SeTo
| nor from the person from whom OT1crep intnI I'm
on investigation discovered that NJ tIn ciI Ji
changed the name Of the ma makTr Wl. who had made
| the three broken ones. ] complained OF th's 10
i'0C''liI 0EIs Mr Sears member Of tho club now A.
Q-What was his relation as TO- Proprie'orS"'P d III
''S G nid W Won nc COMPLAIN to Mr. Balantine? A-Yes
od him ha Mr. G2episn waT for himself At
! NJ came lime | showed Mr.. Balantine a clipping
f[e fsh lad nfwTf wTiten 10 member Of the NeWYGrS
| Atbletic club rejecting upon Barlow : Weeks.
! Mr Ranantine asked me if ! thought IT was true
! hat Cornish had written such letter. said yes
| and told him l could get the letter whch ) uiu, i
| should Ike 10 meet Mr.. Weeks regarding the com.
! munication. Mr. Ballantine then suggested 'nat ma
| Weels Of the Nevy-Yorl1 Athletic club Mr.. Sears.
| Ar Adams and myself were inFlted. ms olIner ..
given at the Union League IlHn, me ie6IeI d
! dhe Wefers letter already pubished was as
cussed that time. and Mr. cornish was fpr5 repfii
against him At that dinner an apology was ex,
tended TO Mr. Weeks on behalf OF GoTnSh iitcd General
| Watkins not present, a4thouGh lhVite11;; ~,
| O.-Ten us what complaints you made 70 Mr. Bal
poye OF club TO write OF an oHGer or Of shCIile ith
club and hat shoqha h re9rimandeS e9 GGe or
0Whv was Cornish not dismissed from the club
" %hen oostion Sg to say bee@c that certain athletes
in the club paid money by Cornish to JON II.
| 7 know that an allowance for an expense account
was appropriated for Mr. Cornish. for which there
was no accountng Kn0w igSt rSnt is bearS
'is Ie Far rs You Know that is as far Cornshs
| influence went over the members OF the club. A
! As far az kno"
WANTED CORNISH REMOVED
o-You wanted Cornish removed did you not7
Al did.
Q-You tried to have him removed didn't yOu'
By Coroner Hart: Q-Were you the Athletic
and House committees at the same Tine 60 es
| Q.-Wcre you Dut OF al your own susgesuoo on . {.
| A~No; | was requested after the success or the
am8e1T am Ather fr Committee by number Of members
| BY Mr.. Osborne: Q-Do you know that Harnet
vestigation was held concerning the remarks OF
Cornish Mr.. Hughes about Barnet ana mn ny
| FOR Cornish He was certainly indignant at the
time. but as Barnet was man who held little
! a I think u.
| O-When was it that Hughes made those re-
May' 1Ss7 ! told Sir. Hughes that remark was
made about me. wanted IT myesuGatel ,, aile "a "a
the next meeting Of the House Committee askeo
Q.--What did MI Barnet say about IL Ale
''1 0"nWhy? A."Xcn it was an ugly charge. and
NJ GWhat AHiii was T' the charge? At was dsaeree-
allie charge and one which hesitate IN repeaiLR.
not at'O tel what It was.
OF want YOU to tell. Al rather not .
G-It is a matter OF record. and want H. Al
would rather not Mr.. Osborne al this time !
"oc.ErWSeh ! vii pass It over this time. Can you
remember any other difference you had with Cor
nsh? Al can thng o. none man "a, ts H5o nm W against
Cornish? A-Yes NJ Malcolm Ford who was sec 6,
retary. Of the Athletic Commttee ana -, as lTa sucn
wanted to sign all letters and atend TO- me
desire to sign his name TO all CHALLENGES ana com
romfSrtabe for Mr W Ford that the latter got
the club. 1 am sure he resigned from me Ath,euc
but whether he left the CLUB on this account do
not know. -, -. -,
Q~it practically amounted to the fact that Ford For.
or Cornish had 20 quit? Al cannot say as to that
! O-Do YOU know Of any other member that had
trouble with Cornish? Al know a man very
bitter toward him. His name Is riggs Ills luIi
! name is }. Morton Riggs.
| Q-Givc us what you know about that case.
A~Mr Riggs is in Hong Kong now Al one time
| he lived i'm Room no 3 or 40 6. on the same floor
as where lived. lie was not a member OF any, any
one occasion ne got into trouble while on bicycle
| committee. which had been Instituted TO taKe up
| Questions Of mileage. He was accused OF falsiy-
ing his accounts and subsequently resigned
believe Cornish accountable Tor that klsBs
! to'd me- that ne blamed Cornish.
| O-For what? For being dismissed from the
| club? A.-Nes. sir
Q-Dd you ever hear that Cornish accused Riggs
~ ..n,.tLllr., rnnrn fhan fhnf? A.-NO