The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-18

NEW YORK, April lin the session Of
the Mazet legislative investigating COM
mittee to-day Richard Croker was again
the principal object of Mr.. Moss exam
ination and the most important develop
ment was the probability that the Tam
many chieftain and John F. Carroll will
be the subjects of contempt proceedings
before the State Legislature shall ad-
journ.
An adjournment of the committee was
taken this afternoon until next Friday
morning and Mr.. Croker was subpenaed
to reappear before the session on next
Monday morning. By the initiative Of
Moss, many of those questions Mr. Croker
repeatedly refused to answer and with
whom he had several sallies that came
near being personal, the chairman of the
committee took such action as would
leave Mr.. Croker in technical contempt
1t was stated tonight that when Mr.. Fail
lows of the committee left this evening
for Albany he had instructions to prepare
papers adjudging Mr.. Croker and John
Carroll in contempt.
When the committee began its inquiry
this morning about the first thing brought
up was a resort known as the Broadway
Garden" which had hour1shed in the up
per Broadway district for some time. In
this place the alleged robbery of former
Mayor of Trenton. Frank MCGOWAN, took
place. Simon Butner, the former proprie-
tor of the garden, made some startling
charges against Police Captain Price, and
his walters corroborated in part his testi-
mony.
Assemblyman Hoffman offered a resolu-
ton to have certain prominent men sum-
moned before the committee because Of
q rumor that certain law firm by and
with the assistance Of other persons, by
corrupt methods, secured the passage
through the Assembly of the Astoria
gas franchise, whose real purpose was
to enable the Consolidated Gas Company
to force a consolidation of all the gas in
terests in the city, TO the end that the
supply of gas might be controlled and
the prices regulated by the so-called con-
solidatiOn."
Mr. Hoffman wanted to subpoena the
law firm of Tracy, Boardman & Plat;
Elihu Root, the incorporation of the Asto-
Thomas c. Plat, Benjamin B. O'Dell,
Lemuel Ely Quigg and John D. Crimmins.
The resolution was defeated, however,
five Republicans opposing it and two
Democrats favoring it.
Richard Croker was called Mr. Moss asked
him about the contributions made by the
tell the amount The Tammany leader and
Moss had little tilt as to whether Croker
Croker had never heard that the Metropolitan
Street Railway, or persons interested in 1t,
had contributed $4,000 TO Tammany Hall dur
ing the last election. Croker had received no
money, direct indirect, from Mr.. Carroll
during the last year. From Andrew Freed
man. he or rather his firm. Meyer & Croker,
had received money Croker said he was inter
ested with Freedman in the United States
Fidelity Company.
You know that all the bonded officers OF
the city government take out their bonds from
your company inquired Moss.
Not all of them" said the witness. Some
take them out from your boss company
This caused loud laughter.
DO you mean Mr.. Platts company
Yes said Croker. You know what I
mean" and there was more laughter.
Croker presumed his own company had the