The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-03-06

The hearings in the bribery eases
brought 10y the Municipal league
against Select Councilmcn r. G, Mel
vim John j. McAndrew and Thomas
O'Buyle and Common Councilman T.. J.
Coleman were continued before Alder
man Fuller Yesterday afternoon and
some rather sensational features de.
vclopcd. especially during the exam
nation of cX-Common Councilman NJ.
V. Morris. of the Second ward
MIR. Morris, who was one of the Coun-
cilmen indicted by the grand jury For
bribery and who afterwards resigned
from councils after entering into an
agreement with the league, was tn"
second witness examined. Mr.. New
comb, who conducted the eXamna tion.
seemed especially anxious to discover
something about the doinEs of III"
joint fire department committee of
councils back in 1898, when the pur-
chase of chemical engine aud COM
blnation hose and chemical wagon was
under considerations
Mr. Morris said that he WAS MEM
bcr of the committee at that time. He
had met Charles y. Holloway. the rep
rescntative of the company which Sc
cured the contract, at meeting of the
committee. As far as he knew, Mr..
Halloway had made no effort to secure
the contract except upon the merits of
the apparatus which he was selling.
He had no knowledge of any of the
cepted money. nor had anyone talked
to him about receiving money.
IiE RECEIVE ED MONEY.
DO you deny having received any
money from any source while mem
Der of the cOmmttcc?"
"No, | don't" replied Mr.. Morris ~
received money from p. w. Gallagher.
He gave me $50 in the spring of 1895
towards my election expenses and S25
sometime afterwards"
Mr.. Gallagher. he said. was employed
at that time by the Scranton Railway
company. The so which he received
the last time might have been for some
lunches which hc had furnished som"
of the street railway men one night.
He had asked Mr.. Gallagher, when
he received II. If that was what it was
for, and Mr.. Gallagher had replied,
with a laugh, that it was.
Have YOU told us of all TN" money
YOU received while in council?" asked
Mr.. Ncwcomb.
mo. have not. | received $lOo from
Common councilman James Glicr IN
the spring of 1899"
Mr.. Grier had given him tn, money,
he said. in city hail on the night upon
which the appropriation ordinance con-
tanning the item of 81 800 for the -
pair of the streets, under the Barber
Asphalt contract. was finally passed.
Grier had met him in the corridor and
upon being told that he Mgrrig' was
going to vote for the Ordna'nt, Grier
had handed him $l0o in bills, saying,
Here, Morris, is Il little something for
you"
GOT 40 MONEY At RUDOLPH.
This was the first and only money h.
had ever received from Gricr. Asked
if he had received any other money
while in councils, he said that he had
not, except $50 which had been given
him in the Hotel Rudolph. But
guess YOU people know as much about
that as | do" he said. He repeated
several times that the sums he had
mentioned were the only sums he had
ever received while i'm councils.
In response to queries by Mr.. New
comb, he said that as far as he knew
there bad been no offer of $500 or $50
for each member of the committee,
made by Mr.. fIalloway. He knew
nothing about any such sum having
been given and divided up among the
members. lie denied most emphatic
ally having received $50 nimsclf.
The witness examined before Mr..
Morris was cX-COmmon Councilman
Philip Wirth. of the Eleventh ward.
He said that he was a member of the
fire department committee when the
purchase OF the apparatus in question
was under consideration. Mr.. New
comb wanted To know # he hadn't
been offered SO ard had demanded $50
10 favor the purchase of Mr.. Hallo-
ways apparatus, Mr.. Wirth denied
this. He had never seen any money
! divided NJ among the members of the
| committee nor did he know ANYTHING
definite about any muneF having been
received by them. He had heard
| rumorS, hui nothing more.
WIRTH SAID 40.
Nh NcWcOmb asked him il he ha
| ever received any money ur valuable
| federation lug his vote during his
! term in COuu.l. MI Wirth hesitatcd
| for nearly tWn minutes, looked first IN
| one direction and then in the othci.
| and finally deliberately said, "N".'
! Nh. Newcomb tried to set him to tell