The times., 1899-05-20

/ understand tnat you are ensaSeu IN
a business that may be seriously injured
Watch Tor town. Congress Heights. %. Z
by this investigation. Is that why you
refuse to tell us anything"
Decline to answer
Mr.. Mahoney. what is meant by a
scratch or scratching in connection with
racing?"
Il refuse to answer said the witness.
Mr.. Mess again and again tried to get
the witness to admit or accidentally reveal
his familiarity with sporting and racing
instant, and TO all questions that might
have trapped him he dodged or refused 10
answer.
A Grewsome Monopoly.
Wyndham Lynn was the next witness.
He said that he was an undertaken and
was formerly employed by James p. Mar
rem, an undertaken in Second Avenue. In
reply to questions by Mr.. Moss, Lynn said
that harren had for years had a monopoly
of the burying of dead bodies from the
Harlem Hospital. The witness said that
Marren was a member of Tammany Hall,
and claimed TO be friendly with John +.
Carroll and DR.. Schultz of the Department
of Charities. He said that he had heard
Marren say he had TO pay money TO Dr.
Schultz.
Lynn said that he had managed the bust
ness for Marren and had power of attor
ney from his employer. He then explained
that they had an arrangement by which
the clerks in the Harlem Hospital would
notify them of deaths before the deaths
were reported to Bellevue. Witness said
that the rules were that in case of death
at the hospital. Bellevue should be noti
fed, so the relatives of the dead person
could take charge of the body. Under the
arrangement between Marren and Schultz,
the witness said, Edward Freeborn and
Edwin Fitzgerald, clerks in the Harlem
Hospital, would notify the undertaken in
time for him to get the body before the
report got to Bellevue. Lynn said that
Marren paid So to the clerks for every
case. Witness said he had paid the money
himself in twenty-three cases and that
the payments were outlined in Marren's
books. Mr.. Moss ordered one of his as
sistants to make out subpoena at once
for Mr.. Marren to appear forthwith and
produce his books.
Lynn said that Marren had no relations
with the Tammany leader of the district.
but always said that he was well acquaint-
ed with Mr.. Croker. The witness said that
last summer Marren gave some blackthorn
sticks to Mr.. Croker and to Mr.. Carroll.
He said that one of the messages from
a clerk in the hospital was overheard on
the telephone and Freeborn. the clerk was
dismissed by the commissioners of chari-
ties.
Mr.. Hoffman broke in here to say: This
man is a convicted felon.'
He Is not" said Mr. Moss. sharply.
Mr. Moss then asked the witness If he
had been convicted OF any crime. Lynn
said he had pleaded guilty. having no
lawyer to advise him. He did not state
the nature of the crime Mr.. Moss then
brought out the fact that Marren obtained
coffins from the city morgue upon payment
Of so cents or 81 to the keeper Lynn
said he had himself paid the money and
taken out the coffins.
Mr.. Mess then brought out the fact that
Lynn had been arrested at the instance
of Marren on the charge that he was S21
short in his accounts. He was taken to
the Harlem Police Court and held in 81 600
bail A friend VINO owned two houses Of
fered bail for him and II was refused He
was later taken to the Court OF Special
Sessions, where he pleaded guilty to pet
ty larceny.
Called Himself n Body-snatcher.
Arthur C. Steckler. an employe of Mar
rem, the undertaken, said that when he was
employed he was told about the arrange
ment with the Harlem Hospital
What did Marren say to you?"
He said he was the body snatcher of
the Harlem Hospital"
What else?"
He said we were to get dead bodies
whenever and wherever We could. If a
man dropped dead in the street we were to
grab the body. Marren said that he had
pull and plenty of influence and could
do almost anything he wanted to- He told
US that the boys at the hospital who gave
the information about deaths were to be
taken care of. He told us to see that they
got all that was coming to them"
Steckler said he had seen Lynn pay
money to the hospital clerks.
Steckler also told about Marren using the
collins of the Department of Charities. He
mentioned several specific cases where
bodies were buried in collins obtained at
the morgue. In one case he said that 60
cents worth of black cloth was placed over
a body in 50-cent coffin, and it was buried
in that condition. A charitable society, he
said, paid Marren Ss5 for this burial.
Steckler said that he was now in busi
ness for himself DR.. O'Sullivan asked
him if Marren had ever charged him with
theft or forgery The witness denied this
and also denied that he had ever done
any body-snatching.
oNO4 SSHotpps oAoLAAN4 AO1A
ploye of Marrep. testified that he knew
about the body y-snatching business and had
paid money for mis- employer TO the clerks
in the hospital. After leaving the employ
of Marren, Schoepp went to President Kel-
lar, of the Department of Charities. and
made an affidavit about the payment OF
money to Clerk Freeborn and on that
affidavit the clerk was discharged He
also charged in his affidavit that Chris
Eighty-fourth Street, had a similar ar
Hospital. Meeker was discharged on his
testimony.
Justice John Henry Mccarthy. of the
City Court, better known as the Little
Judge" testified at the afternoon session
regarding the collection of contributions
for campaign purposes from candidates for
the judiciary. He admitted paying $1,000
or SO, coo while he was a candidate in
1897. but did not remember to whom the
money was paid
Justice Mccarthy said that he had al
ways been liberal giver in politics. and
had contributed money every time he was
candidate for any office. He thought he
remembered having given a check payable
to Mr. Croker. as chairman of the Tam
many finance committee. Questioned as
to the propriety of candidates for judicial
offices contributing money to political
parties, he said he did not see any harm
in 1t and did not think it would influence
a judge on the bench.
The examination of the next witness.
]. T.. l.. Rogge. a chief engineer in the
department of parks. brought out the fact
that every type and variety OF pipe has
been excluded in the sewer work done
in the Bronx this year by the sewer de-
partment except self-centring pipe
owned by a company controlled by Rogge,
and in which Crcker's nephew is stock
holder and in which Croker's son is re-
puted to be a stockholder He admitted