New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-11
TUESDAY,
APRIL II, 1899.

9WWhhoo Mas The next person 20 whom you spoke
about the company. Al think spoke 70 M
GENE s g gsas sn. to NJ H. T Brss
he was the treasurer Of the company. think he
was a classmate OF his at West Point $1,000 ~tss
us,s you are vG not very wei .r aea"'"'e'
o-what had Mr. Hinkley TO do with the matter:
ep mS sSsT sD sSS no So this
he said ne knew some people connected WI" '"'
,oGWGers did YOU hear your father speaking
o~Was Mr HInssy a the eIaoI AYs, =, e.-
Q-was he the chairman o. the pem no e'"
mittee? Al couldn't tell you mat nr'
| HOW HE NET HINKLEy.
o-How long have you known Mr.. Hinkley' A.
I have known Mr.. Hinkiey about-I first met HIM
about three years ago believe
| Q.-And have you known him intimately since
| that time? A-Ths year IL the first time have
| seen him since.
| Q-when was the nrst conversation with MI
| Huxley? Al think he called up at our house
| Q-And was this RoeblIng matter the nrst matter
under discussion? Al was In college AZ mat
o-You were home down from cOllese' Ayes
| O'-Who was present when you and Mr.. Hinkley
had that My iatS Ss all that was
said9 At had nothing TO do With me.
nosh S c de- w aas SUS
your going into the Roeohng company H'-i"'''
Coz you speaking Of the Ts s time you mss
That vas sSs' at 1.-THE the Democratic Club,
Q.-who was present At that conversation A.
M a.I H,nslf yyoa ans ny l AnYes
about Smra tSe T Roebrs business; don't know
who FIRST spoke, We were all speaking 49,, ..v,
sms sRea saS 'U %oud IKE to go in
That Is all didn't say "a much Ss, n vour father 10
that all you said? Al said would Ike to go IN
o'"what reply was made to that, Any father
| said he would like me TO go In business
WHO FIRST SAID RoEBLING7
o-what was the next remark Al couidnr
| tell you the conversation. -
oEwho first said Roebling7 Al FIRST said
Roebling
ness when YOU mentioned II? Al said thought
1T would be good business to 90 Into; y Tnsy
wanted 10 get in as good a company as could,
ODD you consider the class OF business T., 'n ,ss
%sTs eOns w AN S1" in ~S psrcslar '
o1S% knew they sas
that time you h, q. made ; ;Sny IA Ia
au and what s its prospects were had you no7 A.
tssf w so ne as to u,O know whether it eoodY Al
went over 70 Trenton one day and went through
u" o.NThen you learned that they did freproonns
business dd9t YOU AK AY 70 abou, the nreproos
ing business? Al talked to my father about II.
ddr spN nst s sSd You one did didn't talk
10 him particularly about the ireproonng business
o.-what did you say about II? A-Not any,
did, did y Ts say IN ssn'ra' Al
oS aid iSe YOU a' understand IL Al said had
seen them hem making Ss 6n ns aK o over Sere M
I Briggs. spoke with him about the "noe ous'-
o@There was time before you went into tns
business when you discussed The manner ms snrs
ana %emt over V the works there and the way
they made wire and al ina, so', o, hs WORKS and
that time expected TO go risn' III '"e "'"'
learn the business.
HE WENT IN BLINDFoLD.
o-Now. Mr.. Croker. you did not go Into the gem
eral business: you are not In the wire par, oi W"
business: you not In the ienetai consu"o"o'
mar, NJ the business but you are in the nreproot-
| ,rg ,art Now you looked into that nreproonns
| ,s,,.r h,sove vou consented 20 go into the hoeo-
| ,,,c erenroonng business? Al went through INT
| as much as could didn't know mueh ABOUT y.
o-You felt when you came out OF conese sna
reached YOUR twenty-frst birthday that you "e'e
ready TO go into business. didn't your That you
80 a, Tor the business? Al don't know as
was actually At for IT, felt that would go ana
40 tnS nes were Willing to do It, and you belessa
YOU could do and You have ALWAYS he had better
before undertakes MS So 81 The Network
n nn have undertaken being the deyeopme,nn oksd
this s business before
Ssn t sa '1 RFss Rs.5ss
panny. they deal fairly with you7 AIY,e'
Did they tell you everything about rF A.
Yes in all that has transpired since were their
statements fair and s2ua ar and With themY A-No
9TSSS ny you learned that the Kind Of nrsproo ot
business they doing was KIND IND anal De.
allowed se N YsWyY 70 didn't you' Al learned
| that afterward. Yes SIT
THE CONCERN IS ALL RIGHT NOW
o-Then tell me- II before allowing you 70 ,ump:
WniC
they had made representations VIZ" g. RAJ
Il the fact that their kind Of hreproohns was IN oaa
~ ,n New-York and allowed you TO put your
sonov IN II would have been misrepresentation
A-They never said they were In pad ooo'
. | don't think It is in bad odor' now
| or course It is not now. Alt was "o'
Sh T6u know that concrete system TaDs Of
s sysFs% in S ss: Pss s sis@ $So
Bs1oTss yOqh Tue T Bnd ins9
nor a h Srenroof construction OF the concrete MINI
S you never heard that the concrete ss sy ne
sDTGG"s H "a sS' ss
heaTd that have ave R ssaGa s s'%' Yes
was nTh was trouble about IT, and II was "''
passed? A lever heard OF that before' A.No
9npSou YOU mean that b ,hs' v6n were ne.
Withheld from y ySs R seSmssS about going M
go,iaa'mns So into that matter with them np
Set o u sns 90 M Anky and , h res weGs
w@se taking about the %ai Mr Huxley ;.
the con Mr Briggs that ne would speak 10 "'''
& about H. ,,~. MAS not anywhere around, was
o | heS A-No: - ..o, uas said-that Hinkley would
oIs that a,t al 'pae Yss. SIR that is about all
seoHad father s sny 0 not tell You that
r, club that nlgnt ~. knov OF any? A.-No. sir; .
9Had MI HnE Es y,s H9@ aSo SGwh this matter A
> NO. ST. HISKLEY NOT IN 1T THEN.
a o-At that time. no suggestion was "s's there,
= Mr.. Hinkley would go IN VIII" ''"'
when was the next conversation aoou. .n,:
:, -, o,terq Al could not tell you when u