The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-15

press an opinion about the injunction that
htopped the proceodlngs4'
ITAIN'T OFTEN THE MAYOR NEEDS ADVICE.
MIR. Whalen's pusincss ia to advise, the
Mayor on the law when he needs advice which
9in't often: / don't need any from Frank
Here was a contract. "'Eeean Lawyer Moss
s.e!gned BY Com missioner paiton,." c,.
sioner oaping TO his feet as il the utterance Of
hisnamo bad loosed spSInG under him, Il
You sit down, Mr.. DeEon.' sayagely said
dlyo e." me Chance. S e sSY 9siton 1 r didn't
Sign II. Give me chnnc" on the stand"
Ms wdy
Mayor Van Wyck rlared at him rebukingly
or n SSd q4 he
with my examination ,..,
Why don't you send tor-the commissioners
and talk to them aboutthe'l'tanapo jobI" asked
None OF your business" riped tho Mayor
Sol sS%SE not n"t N M.y" Of new YoFE "
Then he smiled contented]y Mt this observa-
Zion and pattcd his knee
A MAYOR AS 1874 MAYOR.
.. What l want TO know.is whether you have
tried to find out whether there was fraud In
been bee unless they werc l~ibed by the stock
holders in that ,company-Silas B. butcher,
Gen Tracy. Levip. Morton-tho,cme are not
q, Do you know that Mr.. Morton is stock
hoiderY A. R0nt n16 me- Cow foI hnIw yns t can N
stockholders that was ofrcred to you yoster-
hen you y6 Sny' S"p %! Sss F!T nR$ Se s
question: Every child in New York knows I
u Don't you tl1nf it was important that you
should sit down aid discuss this matter, with
do as wish md won't be advised by Frank
Moss When eoac to it; vii Investigate:
aied to nut down thing when have tried to.
A moment 'qter. ~. Mr. Moss was looking
Il y2n dont Ike the way run my IGss,cS"
oSt Of Y"n n V yo %src gong TO do It.
Why don't your Hunph! You cant: that's
IBID you ever talk to Mr., Croker about RIM
apoY asked the LAWYER. a: Never.
Mr. 9@nn9 has snd that pdy is the
mol don't believe he eve said so.
Mr.. Holahnn-Navpr In my life.
The hayOr-fvc known Iolahan for twenty
hvo years. and have mover known him to be
Mr. Moss-Have you had any written COM
punication with anyone on this subject? a.
Is. No communication with anyone prom
,1nent in tho Republican party? A. No-unless
fits the members of tIls committee. Nor from
prominent Democrats. either.
WHAT CROKER HAS TO SAY ABOUT RAMAPo.
Noxt came Richard Croker and more re-
partee He went littie'fuIther than his Mayor
IN having had one Of his attacks upon Mr.. Moss
newspapers. His examinat on began thus
% Have you taken eny, interest in the
there was any contract.
O. Have you ever read it? A. No.
y. Or the reports OF Mr.. Dalton for IL and the
Comptrollers against it? A. No-l only glanced
.. Did you have any talhabout tho Ramapo
contract before you went to Europe? A.
committee, OF fire underwriters called on me
cratic Club to get me to help them in securing
the Ramapo contract
know You'll have to find that out for yourself.
They asked me to intercede for them with the
Q. What did you say? A. told them they
would have to see the authorities themselves;
=. When they called on you was there any
other plan than the Ramapo scheme proposed?
q. Have you had any conversation with Mr..
Dalton on this matter? A. Yes. had a tshort
conversation with Mr.. Dalton after came back
a. What was that epnversation' A, asked
bin what he was doing about 1t. and he said
bothered about It,
=: You made no effort to advise Mr.. Dalton
contract-city officials. ! mean A. / don't
know that any officials are Unidentified with the
y. mean such men as Dalton. &cp A. No.
! never advised them.
y. Do you propose to advise them2
DRAWS DOCUMENT CON THE COMMITTEES
ow W" LII I'm NC doing PFC some inyestgatns Of my
tell you what I'm going to do How are YOU
s entitled to know what am going to do? You
told you when was here before that 1 was
a he SG9s4 and Es
.s i Is" b said And It's going to the
The document which he handed to tho re-
porters was law renort; often printed before.
notary; took an acknow ledgment OF the sigma
TIRE pn, OF man called Jefferson; who was not
Known 9G9E nH Moss W IT, moss Wss r By
buked Tor this at the time by the Court.
VAUDEVILLE by MIR. CROKER
In response to Mr.. Moss's question as to
whether Mr.. Croker knew anything of the Re-
pai6eans e"neerned in the Ramapo affair, the
MT. Moss associate, knew all about it. and
asked asked that he be sailed to the witness stand;
said thu, he admit know anything Of the Ram
apo matter until last August, when it came ont
Croker was allied with mlrth when. NIr. Clarke.
cane r. ard he called oa e M Moss
Mr.. Moss You can't fool the people pi; AN" any
longer, Frank Moss. Ha-ha-ha-ho- ho! You're
Chances Of disMay PASSED between the Tam.
on the part of their chief but he soon recov-
cred and questioned Ar Clsrke about the
supreme Court. This matter being 'n ed
MI Clarke was excused and Mr.. Moss returned
tne lhmnhny tnlef,
y. Have YOU taken any position az an indi-
vidual or as a representative of your party for
or aga inst the Kamapo scheme2 A. That [
am going TO reserve. 1t is not necessary that
/ should tell.
q: Have you had any communication with Of
hcals on the subject A. Not bit.
WON'T TELL WHETHER he PAID FOR STOCKS
HE HOLDS.
q. Did you pay for your stock in the Auto
Truck Company A with a loud laugh
You'll have 10 guess
:, y. How much stock of the Huckleberry Road
have you? A. That's my private affair.
=. And did you pay for your stock? A. That's
nv private affair
=. Did. you get your stock because OF the
great influence you claim that you havo2 A.
=, How much stock OF tho Union Elevated
have you? A, That's my own business
y. Did you pay tor II? A. You know them
'em
Here Mr.. Croker began to laugh again, but IL
was easy to see that he was angry
4. You can Z laugh yourself out OF those qucs-
lions. MIR. Croker" said MIR. Moss.
You cant bully me-" cried the witness, his