The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-14
TREASON LAID TO COFFEY.
~,ryEssKs HINT D<RKLY Ar 4 DEAL
mar DIED L-BORNfN0.

-,ryKssES HINT AZ DEAL
MIR DIED <-BORNfN0.
...sl,csns would Have Indorssd Censy-
~. and Con,yites Would Have Voted
a., N.,ubIioans, If-And One Observer
n.,,otsd n Sarcastic smile on the SEN
49,, Pace. which Proves That.
~. p.r.,tcal Eleven OF Brooklyn. led By
80, Michael J. Consy OF tho Twelfth ward,
0r" Ar. on ,rlal before a special committee Of
~. n.mocratlc organization for their party
ia, ,ete rcarraigned last nj ht at the Demo-
-, County Com mittss h~eaiQuarters
- tho Thomas Jefferson Building, and
-. 10 llston 10 the evidence on
A., charge, against them OF having
.nrl,sd the higher criticism to John Morrlsssy
a. l.te and defeated Democratic candidate
", County Register Flat had gons forth that
'n,s bu, those officially interested should bs
limited. but persons were standing up In all
MATT. Of the little room and gazing In at the hall
shadows when Chairman John Mcguire OF the
sommlttee raped for order.
70 begin with and By way OF showing the
srapd oil! Democratic feeling existing between
me factions. Lawyer Furlone for the prose-
,p,,on started up a little row with Lawyer
r.pper for the defence. because the latter
Raj got there frat and preempted the nrst
table. Ths said table being between the two.
M blood was shed. and Chairman Mcguire
lbs, no time In having another table
brought ln and interposed a. a further
bulwark. Then tho prosecutions lawyer made
an opening address OF admirable brevity
wherein he contrived TO accuse Senator Cot
,.y and hi. adherents Of malieasance In ONCE.
Acts Of open hostility to the Democratic party.
PARTICIPATION in "disreputable deeds.' sndeav-
ortns TO "flch and tear badges. bearing the
nam. OF John Morrissey Gray. from Demo-
cratic breasts" arranging deals with the Hon.
Timothy l.. Woodruff. and Messrs. Atterbury
And DaIy. and otherwise misconductinq them
selves.
Then LAWYER Kapper had his inning. He
began to object. Mr.. Kappsr has the sad. sweet
voice Of a ring-toye. but as an objector he f. a
ons.distance wonder. He snte cd each ptJ-
les, as II the necessity OF doing It brought him
TO such a pitch Of grief that he could barely
keep from bursting into sobs, and persons IN
the rear Of the room who couldn't distinctly
hear what he was saying wiped away q
few irreprsssible tears under the impress
s!op that he was describing the persecu-
tons which his clients hal suffered at
the cruel hands Of Democratic brethren.
and before he had finished directing the at
rosphere OF sadness had enveloped the COM
nlttee. the opposing counsel and the crowd.
who noted with pain that tho evening was
waning. In time. however. he was done. and
the first witness. Patrick DeCanttlon. was
called. Mr.. DeCantillon is not only q mem
- Nka na.r~naA Ar..ulnA, -
the Ninth Assem- bly, district, where Sena-
tor Coffey IL leader. but he Is also
q reporter for a Brooklyn newspaper.
and he see med by his testimony to have
united the two lives Of activity TO considerable
purpose. He told OF a conversation in Senator
Office on Oct. ? In the course OF which
the Senator hal expressed a belief that John
Gray was not a proper man to nom
hate, and he further accused the Senator OF
having smiled a sarcastic SIN lie" at the men
Of the nome OF Gray. He was prepared.
he said. TO qualify as nm xpert on sarcasm as
Ny expressed. The wItarss further said
i called on him again and told him that
WoOIruff had said that the ! welfth
was go ne TO be turned into a Democ attic
and asked him II he knew an ything
4 ont II. senator Coffey said he wasn't going
70 have anyth ng to do with the ticker: that the
my "Ho " ~ ~ fNNt'' "a
Il said to him, " said the witness. that I had
beard OF a deal for the Republican Aldermanic
md Assembly candidates TO withdraw and for
and Hennessy. Coffey's men. to be put on
me Republican ticket. and that the Twelfth
was to 60 Democratic, and asked him II
would stomach. Gray. and said he
v, T%iGiliips, the Senator rep.
sentative, snd he was angry at
Il lllniDhIy GfEpuF and ~, p1.ttnl thu,
he dIstri I got no patronage. | said that II
Coffey would 60 down TO Willoughby
,treet as the twenty other Democratic leaders
,5i si a wp "ni, 'f al al re can nH Sand nGG ii fHanci HIIs
otherwise. but how about the other Demo
'rats in the ward? They aren't Democrats TOR
heir health laughter, They want some OF
The witness said that MIR. Cain had also OBJ
Iectsd to Gray's candidacy. lie Old OF a copy
of an interview, which he bad seen. purrorting
e be from Senator Coffey and ~denounc.ng
headquarters" Throughout Mr, De
an'illon's testimony the mournful objections
LAWYER harIer flowed on.
IS Iahorer 10 the Park Department, was next
Republican headqlOrters before election.
Ine 9 were Present | egt Coy Woodruff and
md Mike Wheeler. the latter being Rnpu bllcan
OF Senator Cofev's district. The
lirutenant- Governor said. the witness
,e,tiied; that Senator Go1ey had agreed to
n his district for the whole Republican ticket
the Republican candidates Tor Assembl,men
md Aldermen should he withdrawn and the
Democratic candidates, Messrs. Ca n aud Hen.
messy. he .ut on IN their places. This fell
because Foster woul not withdraw.
Before Adjournment Lawyer Kapper lugubr,.
ously announced that one more member. Pat
iick Nolan, bud Withdrawn his name from the
against Senator torey. This leaves
only two men out Of the original list. Timothy
7 Carey ~ the County Committee and John G,
HucS!ey. a district delegate. The hearing was
to next Fritay evening.