Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-18
CROKER WRATHY.
Another Day of Sharp Pas
sages in Mazet Hearing.
Croker Gives Up European Trip and
Will See Matter Through.
Police Corruption ventiIaicd-Croker Refuses
Police Corruption Ventilated Croker Refuses
to Answer Many Questions.

New York, April lin the session
Of the Mazet Legislative investigating
committee. today. Richard Croker was
again the principal object Of Mr.. Moss
examination and the most important
development was the proba ability that
the Tammany chieftain and John +.
Carroll will be the subject Of contempt
proceedings before the state Legisla-
ture shall adjourn. All during the evil
dence, today, Mr.. Croker parted the
questioning of the counsel of the com
mittee and refused to satisfy the mem
bers with the amount of information he
was willing TO give regarding to GER
tain matters which he classified as
personal affairs"
An adjournment of the committee
was taken. this afternoon. until next
Friday morning and Mr.. Croker was
subpoenaed TO reappear before the ses-
sion, next Monday morning. BY the
initiative Of Mr.. Moss, many of whose
questions Mr. Croker repeatedly refus
ed to answer. and with whom he had
several sallies that came very near be-
ing personal. the chairman of the COM
mittee took such action as would leave
Mr.. Croker in technical contempt. 1t
was stated. tonight. that when Mr..
Fallows Of the committee, left, this af-
tcrnuon, for Albany. he had instruc-
lions 70 prepare papers adjudginG Mr..
Croker ana John +. Carroll in con-
tempt.
When the committee began its in
quiry. today. about the first thing
brought up. was resort known as the
Broadway garden which had nourishcd
H the upper Broadway district for
spm" time ~ this place the alleged
robbery NJ former Mayor ~ Trenton
Frank Mcgowan. took place ana Simon
Euttncr, the former proprietor Of the
garden. ana several of his walters were
examined. Buttncr made some rather
startling charges against Police Cap
tain Price, ani his walters corroborat-
-. IN part, his testimony.
Asscmbiyman Hoffman offered
resolution tp have certain prominent
men summoned before the committee
because ~ q rumvr that a certain law
firm. by and with the assistance Of
other persons. by corrupt methods Sc
cured the passage through the Assem-
bly, of the Astoria gas franchise.
whose real purpUrt was to enable the
Gas Go. to force a cOnsol-
idatiun Of an the gas interests in the
city. to the end that the supply Of gas
might be controlled and the price regu-
lated by the so-callcd consolidation"
Mr.. Hoffman wanted to subpocnae the
law firm of Tracy, Boardman 4 Plat:
Eiihu Root. the incorporators of the
Astoria Heat. Light and Power Co.
Thomas c. Plat. Benjamin Odell. Lem
uel QuigS and John ID. Crimmins.
The resolution was defeated however.
five Republicans opposing it and two
Democrats standing by it.
Richard Croker was called to the
stand soon after noon and he occupied
the attention of the committee for the
rest of the afternoon. He testified that
the police did not contribute a cent to
he Tammany campaign. last year. but
the ofiiceholders did. He could not tell
The amount of money raised, last year
nor did he know in what bank the
funds were kept. He said he had never
received a cent from Bourke Cochran
lie also swore he was never caught
hort with Manhattan L" stock. and
lid not lose 81 ,000