The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-21

tAieSttls checked OF In MS list or cOunCll-
men as being the two that he alleged
TOOK money from the Parry Company, Mr..
Iarry said the names were those of Harry
r. Negley and George H. Evans. great
deal or the direct, cross and redirect ex-
aminations of Mr.. Parry was taken up in
EFFORTS TO elicit more concerning the al
ieged attempts to solicit bribery, and also
10 locate the persons in the office of the
Parry Manufacturing Company who might
nave heard the conversation between Hig-
gins and Mr.. Parry, as they sat on the
settee in the main Office of the company,
ABOUT ten or twelve feet from the Henry
street entrance. young man named
Francis occupied the desk Immediately be-
nlnd the two men, but witness d. Nj. Parry
was not asked much about Francis.
OTHER WITNESSES.
The testimony of e Gates, assistant SUI
perintendent of the Parry Company. and
that of De Witt Clinton Bowen. a clerk in
the superintendent office, showed nothing
further than that both men, in passing
through the main office one day last spring
date not fxed). happened to see d. NJ.
Parry and John NJ. Higgins sitting on the
settee mentioned previously. Both knew
higgins to be councilman at the time.
Albert Smith, superintendent of the Parry
Company, saw Higgins in the main office.
but could not fix date; never saw any other
councilman there; is not acquainted with
any other councilman. Much amusement
Il.
sion that he had lived in indianapolis TWEEN
ty-two years and does not know who his
own councilman is.
Horace F. Adams, employed in the
freight department of the Parry Company,
saw Councilman Higgins only once in the
main office of the company as the witness
was passing through on his way upstairs.
Messrs Gates, Bowen and Smith escaped
without being cross-examined.
st. Clair Parry, brother of ID. NJ. Parry,
gave testimony which IL is believed the de-
Tense regards distinctly favorable TO IL.
After this witness had testified to knowing
Higgins as councilman and seeing him on
the settee engaged in conversation with -.
NJ. Parry, but without being able to repeat
any of the conversation, he was asked Dy
Prosecutor Pugh who sat at the desk i'm
mediately in the rear of the two men on the
settee, TO which he replied that young
man named Francis occupied that desk.
Francis was employed By the Parry Com
pany at that timer" asked Mr.. Pugh. He
was" responded the witness. as he now
employed there?' asked the prosecutor.
He is not" came the response. Where
is hep asked Mr.. Span, with just sus-
picion of sententiousness in his voice. L
don't know" admitted the witness.
William F. Maxwell was another Parry
employee who knew little beyond the fact
that Councilman Higgins visited the plant
and had a talk with ID. NJ. Parry.
MR. OSGoOD APPROACHED.
Charles w. Osgood's testimony was In
the nature of ''facer'' to the defense. Mr..
Osgood declared that he was approached
by Councilman Higgins in front of his
(Osgood's) office, at Is South Illinois street,
during the time the Parry switch ordinance
was pending in the City Council, and asked
If he were interested in that ordinance.
81 told him was interested testified Mr..
Osgood, because it went across my ground
and / had a right to tap Mr.. Parry's
switch on to my switch, and that owned
property there and thought II was TO my
interest to have it there that is, the tracks
and also the switch. / also owned some
other property there and was In hopes 1t
would go through. l said hoped the COM
mittee would report favorably on the
switch. This was after the committee had
met. / said 1 hoped the committee would
report favorably on the switch and
that the Council would vote for
1t. / asked him what he thought of it.
Well he said. it might take something
to have il go through / said to him: Com
modore, there amt dollar in it. Then
he asked me If my uncle, Mr.. M j. Os-
good, and Mr.. Nicholas McCarty were in
terested in it, / told him that they were
and he asked me If they felt like 1 did
and / said they did. Then l said that Mr..
Parry was more interested in 1t, and he
said he would go and see Mr.. Parry" Mr..
Osgood created a sensation by testifying
also that he saw Higgins at later Pc
Rod. In the corridor outside the Council
chamber. at which time Higgins, saying
he wanted to see Osgood. took the witness
into an inner room and there displayed a
paper containing a declaration of mo-
ton to reconsider the vote on the Parry
switch ordinance, saying he intended TO
present that paper to the Council. The wit
ness said he told Higgins he could do
he pleased with the paper Mr.. Osgood's
testimony was not shaken by croSs-exam-
ination.
COUNCILMAN NEGLEY CALLED.
There was a general air of expectancy on
the faces of all in the courtroom when
Councilman Harry z. Negley was called to
the witness stand about 9 o'clock in the
afternoon. Mr. Negley's testimony was
given in a clear, straightforward manner,
which could not be shaken upon cross-ex-
impression The witness said he only mad
one conversation with Higgins. which took
place in the Grand Hotel last spring in the
second week of the interim between the in
PRODUCTION and passage of the Parry switch
ordinance. The substance of Mr.. Negley'5
account Of this conversation was as fol-
lows: Higgins approached him in the cor
ridor of the Grand Hotel and asked, How
about this Parry switch business?" to
which Negley replied, well, what do you
want to know about it?'' Higgins rejoining,
well, / want TO know what is being done
about it" I'm what way do you mean?"
asked Negley. "Oh, WE'LL responded Hig-
gins, You know what l mean. e / want to
know If there is anything in it?" Higgins
be passed because the councilmen all hon
estly believed il was for the good of the
neighborhood where the switch was pro-
posed to be laid: complained that he had
been wrongfully treated in the matter in
that money had been passed to some of the
councilmen and none to him (Higgins).
even going so far as to accuse Negley and
Evans of being ones that had accepted
brides, but later withdrew the charge as to
Negley. Higgins told Negley that Mr..
Parry had practically admitted to him that
and that when he CIiggins) showed Parry
a list of councilmen with the names of
Negley and Evans checked off as acceptors
of brides, Parry said: well, YOU are a
dandy guesser, amt your" Mr. Negley
testified further that Higgins had said no
one could afford to be a councilman for a
paltry $50 a year-that he for one did not
intend to try it. On cross-examination At
torney Spaan grew sarcastic at the ex-
hitting to newspaper interviews, just as he
did with d. NJ Parry when the latter was
the stand Mr.. Spaan also tried 70 get
Negley TO admit that he and Higgins are
and have been enemies ever since some
time before the passage of the Parry
switch ordinance. Quietly and firmly with
out losing his composure for an instant Mr.
Negley declared that. speaking for him
self. he is not and never has been an enemy
OF Higgins
The testimony of Joseph Schaf and the
lated. followed the retirement of Mr. Neg
ley from the witness stand.
TESTIMONY NOT ADMITTED.
James Broden. a member of the firm of
NJ. O'Connor & Co., was next introduced