The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-16
CROKER DEFIANT
Continued rom First Page.

EelBOn, GeOrRo Il. ummln ana MT. bfiRRe.
s9d W: Moss then called Peter /; Meyer, -.
yS3S; notS are a member sir' oil the DOCK Board are
No.:a%Rat position do you hold Al am a
D.o...ATe you In business with Mr.. Croker ?
8- -AS one else in the firm : 4, h,1,ESss,, A.
..o:.,Before that you wero in the, firm of A. II.
%.,$suSSSass. y : 't ss' l i%n' ' 2s@ls e. ' saa ! s da nos :.
more about that than / do I do not have to
lock for business. don't look for legal sales.
IdSr ls sea { sa,e' S %e hsS N IN ,s % a afeof RIeSsf rG
Croker and myself the enormous sum Of 49,.
.Q.-Mr. Croker testified that he made $4,000
ayear out OF your business All he said so
ssRRe e bSs }rSs; R IN is gs n thsm m mo have @ sIncs. U snd Fl
made more In, twelv I've calendar months before I
s sisssnn'1 9S sDe 1.sr Yi m. %s' s sFSssss sHa Which, ! nsT Is
more than you will ever make In your life in
this business.
SOME FOLKS"
Q.-Do you mean to say that you made more
money before you became associated with Mr..
Croker than you have SINGER A.-That is what
YQ:Iwsl, Why DID you, go into business with
MI M c 2 q, A'-oh. went in to get even
0TTTlth whom did you yHpt to get even ?
800 ~, ~ WI " eHy my pA'
U.-E il not a fact that the, last year. you
were with Muller your legal sales were four
teen2 A.-You seem to know about that. l
don't remember. but maybe 1t is right. You
must remember' though. that times were DIFF
Apt NJ. Kennedy, says that in that year
moro. A.-Maybe that is true.
CROKER MADE HIM DOCK COMMISSIONERS.
..Q.1n%ho first spoke to you about going into
me abSn, IL. spoke, to somebody frst;
peyer SPOKE sq to Mr. flS Grok eG IN mr. my Sf2 liz about atHi it.
thought there were others who could do
"'ooti.ebaitd y You mot not u" SPEAK SI'' to him indirectly
A,-1taybe the friends, who were interested in
ny case may have spoken to him They prob
,,Q.ooso in an indirect way you approached
81; fGr Sa%m G;s,sions1ly i R, orSss to e,9 be appointed
suppose he AID, by having me appelated,A
A-Yes lconfusedl. No; 1 got my appointment
.0.-pid YOU apply to the Mayor AIN
Q.-How many friends did you have inter-
ested IN securing your appointment A.-oh.
o-Throueh whom did you apply to the
sons; there were SO many can't remember.
Q,-But only a moment ago you said there
Ss5r ,S Snly ls ,So a e yd ,nTe sseo7 Al don't think
ton I q hs ~ w 81 to the h%sk fSSma aise si tss e kSs
made, up? Al never was at Lakewood but
once 6I IA ny Ne and it was rs not odt At That that tine;
appointment as Dock Commissioner? A.-Oh.
don't believe he would object to my APP
'Q%"Didi you ever hold. a position in the or.
money? Mot in the orsaniznton I have
.,0-sArs YOU Treasurer of the Tammany So
nj. orsaSin sSf sG : H!H FfHss Is Efitm snactYy Hal Aa TO
u thS S pat sSsm ou ald Just nG' ,RR sy s iss Fi ss a Hs
.Q-Your. department has control OF the docks
end water fronts OF the city. has 1t notp Alt
OWNED SOME ICE STOCK ONCE.
solidated Ice Company A-TRat. is a per.
prisate AFFAIRS ' Before e2 You p ana lis 50 S S,SHnss %y
Having told you that. | don't mind saying for
: allths while. i buy them when they are c6eso
and sell them when they are, dear and pocket
S Ssse eES' sone e coH %s tEsesrf lie STOCK ! may , SfHs
SI;when did you buy ita Al can't re-
,QEHow did you buy 1T Although my
nS;nSsi' sn "a / y yo1, e., Vt tH 81, ~ ,oa AL i ! S SiGp't re-
Q;a-Dtd you pay cash for 1t. or buy It on mar
neyer deal on margin. l buy for cash and sell
HERE COMES CROKER AGAIN.
Mr.. Moss asked the witness a few other cues
tions, and then said
at ,tSis T poin SnS ln,oam Mri 4 hi% to s s5Isam himseii
ssIojess 70 anSther call. Mr.. Croker will please
Mr. Croker had entered the room only a few
moments before. Before he was called, as a
witness there were many vacant seats in the
crowd OF persons trooped In, and in the number
we're many POLICEMEN: Perhaps they had been
When N. Iasss ss% Tie great crowd so%ips
FammTmtaansy r Ie%der 70 he n said the test'mon OF the
The sergeant;at-Arms will see to 1t that
The Sereeant-at-Arms stood near MIR. Mazet
et the time. and he probably executed the order
Y proTy; At any rate he did not move out of
Mt Croker made his WY through the crowd
ssssiy as he was cfaP Friday ne and waf oo% dfeSs Sa,t pr as
much at home when he took the witness chair.
HIS fonTUNE AND LIBERTY INSTEAD OF HIS
NJ RIGHT ARM.
Q.5Mr. Croker. you said yesterday that il it
should be proven that. you had ever received
you you'd allow your right hand to be cut on3
Dwell. don't you think that was a peculiar
proposition to make in a civilized community?
Dwell. you didn't expect that any court or
tribunal would ever sentence you To have your
sentence would be executed. but / was Wiling
that they should II they wanted TO, providing
me.
Dwell, would you be willing. will you now
promiae, that IL the receipt OF dishonest or dis
honorable money is laid at your door. you will
surrender your l~oTtune and your liberty will
Q,-Then that is a bargain 2 Alt ia.
MT. Moss,-INow we have got down to some-
thing tangible. You accused me Of playing to
the galleries on Friday. and it was because /
rather suspected that you were playing to the
galleries when you made that statement about
your good right arm that have asked these
questions.
sAfs He GETS NOTHING FROM ~M'NAuGHroS GCo.
Q-Do you know q man named Kelly-Smil-
ing John Kelly ! think he is sometimes called ?
Ole Is a gambler. is he not? A.-No, sir.
A.-No. sir.
OILS he a member Of the firm Of McNauRh-
ton & Co, contractors? Al do not know that,
.Q:-Dont you knoT that he 10 Interested in
that he was, but l don't know.
-Q;-Did you ever talk. with Smiling. John