The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-21

Steps Taken 60 Bring Him Before the
Bar Of the House for Refusing TO AM
swer QuesdonsBefore the Maxes Con
mittee

New York. April 1T.-In the session
OF the investigating committe today,
Richard Croker was again the princi-
pal object OF Mr.. Moss examination,
and the most important Developments
was the probability that the Tammany
chieftain and John F. Carroll viii be
the subject OF contempt proceedings
before the state legislature shall ad-
journ- All during the evidence today
Mr.. Croker parted the questions OF the
counsel OF the committee and refused
10 satisfy the members with the
amount OF information he was willing
10 give regarding certain matters
which he classified as personal at
airs"
An adjournment 81 the committee
was taken this afternoon until next
Friday morning, and Mr.. Croker, who
had a postponement Of his
trip to Europe, was subpoenaed 10 re-
appear before the session on next Mon
day morning. By the initiative OF Mr..
Moss, many OF whose questions. Mr..
Croker repeatedly refused I answer,
and with whom he had several sallies
that came very near being personal,
the chairman Of the committee took
such action as would leave Mr.. Croker
in technical contempt. II was stated
tonight that when Mr.. Fallows, OF the
committee, left this afternoon for AL
bany, he had Instructions to prepare
papers adjudging Mr.. Croker and John
T. Carroll in contempt.
When h committee began its in
quiry today, about the first thing
brought up was a resort known as the
Broadway garden, which had flourish
&c in the upper Broadway district for
some time. In this place an alleged
robbery OF the former mayor of Tren-
ton, FRANK Mcgowan, Dol place, and
Simon Bunter, the former proprietor OF
the garden, and vera of his walters
were examined. Bunter made some
startling charges against Police Cap
tain Price, and his walters ~corroborat-
ed, in part, his testimony.
Assemblyman Hoffman offered a res
olution TO have certain prominent men
summoned before the committee, be-
cause of a rumor 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 ga franchise.
whose real purpose was to enable the
Consolidated Gas Company To force a
consolidation of all the gas interests
OF gas might be controlled and the
price regulated by the so-called con-
solidation."
Mr.. Hoffman wanted to subpoena
the law firm of Tracy, Boardman &
Platt; Elihu Root, the in~corporators OF
the Astoria Heat. Light and Power
Company; Thomas c.. Plat, Benjamin
B. O'Dell, Lemuel Eli Quigg and John
ID. Crimmins. The resolution was de-
feated, however, five republicans oppos-
ing is and two democrats favoring it.
Richard Croker vas called to the
stand soon after noon, n he occupied
the attention of the committee the rest
Of the session. He testified that the
police did not contribute a cent 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 Cochran.
He also swore he was never caught
short with Manhattan stock and did
not lose $27, 900.