The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-18
CROKER MAY BE IN CONTEMPT.
HE AND CARROLL REFUSED TO
ANSWER MOSS QUESTIONS.


Papers Against Both of Them Like
Iy to he Prepared at Albany,
Broadway Garden Inquired Into,
Mazet Committee Probing for 9th
er Alleged Frauds-CrOISer Talks
About Campaign Funds-He VIII
Appear Again Next Monday.
New York, April lin the session OF
the Mazet investigating commission to-
day, Richard Croker was again the prin-
elpal object of Mr.. Moss examination, and
the most important development was the
probability that the Tammany chieftain
and John f. Carroll viii be the subject
of contempt proceedings before the state
legislature shall adjourn.
All during the evidence to-day Mr. Gro
ker parrled the question of the counsel OF
the committee and refused to satisfy the
members with the amount OF information
he was willing to give regarding certain
matters which he classified as personal
affairs"
An adjournment of the committee was
taken this afternoon until next Friday
morning and Mr.. Croker, who had an
nounced a postponement of his "trip to Eu-
rope, was subpoenaed to reappear before
the session on next Monday morning
By the initiative of Mr.. Moss many OF
whose questions Mr.. Croker repeatedly
refused to answer, and with whom he had
several salles that came very near being
personal the chairman of the committee
took such action as would leave Mr.. Gro
ker I'm technical contempt. 1t was stated
nj ipbf xa-laa TTa1I ,f
committee, left this afternoon for Albany
he had Instructions to prepare papers ad-
judging Mr.. Croker and Mr.. John F. Car
roll in contempt.
Famous broadway Garden.
When the committee began its inquiry
to-day about the first thing brought ur
was a resort known as the Broadway
Garden, which had hourished in the Up
per Broadway district for some time. In
this place an alleged robbery of former
Mayor of Trenton Frank MCGOWAN, took
place, and Simon Butner the former pro
| prietOr of the garden, and several of his
walters were examined. Butner made
some startling charges against Police Cap
tain Price, and his walters corroborated
In part, his testimony.
Assemblyman Hoffman offered a reso-
luton to have certain prominent men sum-
moned before the committee because of q
rumor that a certain law firm "by and with
| the assistance of other persons by corrupt
measures. secured the passage through the
| assembly" of the Astoria's franchise,
whose real purpose was ito enable the
| Consolidated Gas Company to force a con-
soiidation of all the gas interests In the
city to the end that the supply of gas
might be controlled and the price regula-
ted by the so-ca9led consolidation"
Mr.. Hoffman wanted to subpoena the
law firm of Tracy, Boardman & Plat;
Elihu Root, the incorporators of the AS
toria Heat, Light and Power Company
Thomas c. Platt Benz. Bodell, Lemuel Eli
Quigg, and Jonn d. Cr.mmins. The reso-
luton was defeated, however, five Repub-
lcans opposing it and two Democrats ia
voring it.
Contributions to Tammany.
Richard Croker was called to the stand
soon after noon, and he occupied the at
tention of the committee the rest of the
session
He testified that the police did not con-
tribute to the Tammany campaign last
year, but that the officeholders 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 Coch-
ram He also swore he was never caught
short with Manhattan stock, and did not
lose S27. )co.