New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-28
THIRD AVENUE TAKEN Up.
a.~rF7 F MMAHON AND OTHERS EN-
AHMED
.-poRT THAT THE GRAND JURY THINKS
PROPER INVESTIGATION WOULD
CONSUME A MONTH

- Grand Jury turned its attention to the
80 Avenue Railway case in earnest yester-
az morning. and held an afternoon session 10
.-s-osA = pressing prison cases It was rumored
-, s4ter few hours spent in investigating the
,.-7,s books and listening TO several wit
- me Jury came 70 the conclusion that II
,ls = le mouth 10 get 10 the bottom Of that
4s--fc and intricate affair. This gave renewed
= = sr,ec,,l arfons whether Recorder Goff would
.,,.t-ue the March Grand Jury taking il with
-. :, part II. SO as 70 keep the Third Avenue
,-,-.s-.ss-sor under his own control, or whether
=. wa--h Grand Jury would consider that il
- zo-e rs duty by the public sufficiently well
:. -s--ant lis members in attending solely TO
~ --ivafe business after March 81 and pass
= he Third Avenue case along 10 the April
r--s,s Jury which viii be emparelled by the
-r.-,ranv Judge. Warren W. Foster.
,-,.btng could be ascertained definitely 10
..s Grand Jury's intentions. but il is believed
re, m Third Avenue witnesses have been sub
,.snaa5 for to-day and that the time viii be
5svo-ea wholly 10 routine cases.
TIE furv began yesterday by calling for the
r,okz and District Attorney Gardiner led the
way INTO RE juryroom. After him came two Of
.ba ax,e--s whom he has had al work on the &C
,o,,-s for some time. each carrying q heavy
,,.s - hooks. The foreman asked that the outer
n
go sr- t,e first time since Grand Jury sat in
~ ,res=nt Criminal Courts Building. The March
f.-sn5 Jury has made many complaints both 10
Ree5raer Gof and 10 the District Attorney, that
Information about the action Of the Grand Jury
ms been Improperly made public
AFTER q little more than an hour had been
srent upon the books. ex-Police Justice Daniel
? Mcmahon. chairman Of the Executive Com
11ittee Of Tammany Hall and member OF the
firm Of Nalghton Co. was called IN. ABOUT
~ hour ard q quarter later he came out and
-ra5e z bolt for the elevator. He would give no
ri-- T what questions had been asked him But
-r,se who remember that at recent meet
ing q The Third-ave. road directors Edward
Tauterhach admitted that Mr.. Crimm1ns could
n0t get the necessary permit 10 open the streets
and that therefore The company was obllgs 10
give TIE work 70 NaUght0n q Co, VIII not tTllnk
i rrreaz0na bic 10 suppose that Nj McMahon
vas asked 70 tell something about his pull
Kir7 Highway Commissioner Heating.
Naught0n & Co have claims OF over So.OoU,VOo
against the Third-aVe. company. and no one
has vet discovered how much they received pc
fore The appointment Of the receiver By the
terms Of their contract they got 10 per cent OF
r-- labor bills and 10 per cent Of the bills for
material The manner IN which they took ad-
vantage Of this contract 70 employ Tarnnlan%
loa4=rs On The JOB II swa-rns sometimes as many
as zen thousand z day. also led 10 some cues
t.oning By The Grand jury no doubt
TIE next witness was Isaac A. Hopper, Tam
-1env leader il the XXXIst Assembly District
Vho secured heavy sub-contracJs for work on
the Thirc-ave- road. and has He'd liens
against il for over 100000. Il could not be
sscertained what he said, either, but one report
was that he 'squealed" and aired his grievance
mat he mad not been allowed 70 get the entire
contract. which Went 70 Naughton & Co
Henry Eagerly. who supplied the materials
Il Nauglt0n & Co was the third witness. Com
missioner Keatfng was not called on, and john
= Crirnnins sent word that he was threatened
with pneumonia and could not be present He
viii be heard when he RECEIVERS II the jury is
sitting then. No indictments were found yes
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