The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-28
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Over S4OO.OOO Spent3fjol!rl'5. l!l'5.
Street-Car Franchise
MADE NO DEAL
WITH COUNClLME:,lN''' 6 y N'g \ /
lie Will, Therefore, Not Make Make;
the, to Him, Disagrecablc 5ss
"Trip to Richmond. HING
CHRIS. MANNING, JR., !. ~
ANGRY ON The sTAn'1A. 4 n I
Loses His Temper While Gtvfnsd
His Testimony-After Chair
man and City Attorney MIR. III
Morgan Mills Denies the
Statements Made by ',sE 2
Major M. NJ. Martin. ,.33

Major M. NJ Martin. 8.s1
Ono OF tho features OF the cMunicfpa1
Investigation Con1mittee's session last
night was tho reading OF a letter FROM
Mr.. George Il. Fisher, Of New York, trs1 !
which that gentleman declares that; tS;hsl T.
will not come to Richmond to ify be-
fore the committee: that nearly S+Co, ,QQ1sSS 1leIS
was spent here for. various PURPOSES ~
his company's fights, and that he e.neveFEE5
had any financial dealings with Riohss
mond councilmen. The other wa 8 N hs "
testimony of Mr.. G. Manning. Jr.. Who htt1l
roundly lectured tho committee for nohI5T9
having brought out more facts. and She K
also asserted that the body had under EN- Il
taken to persecute him, by brtn stng ~ inl 4
his name In connection with var lousS n, atsssf
ters lie intimated that Cha lrman MinoR.s
and City Attorney Pollard had done sthts,fB
and he and the lated had qulte a. spllrrltff
ed coloquy, NV ll5t 4. Ess EsasS
"a Mr.. Manning gave tho namo Of Nir. +, !. .s5 .g
.. MONTAGUE as one who coul &enltGht
the committee as to alleged ~ shadytt't5gS tg
transactions On the part ,of city Q offfcla lss4
and an effort was m ade to- get MI NJ ollsl
tague at once, put 8 ne WAS -
city. ,S55:s ss4 j, 3t35 Vi :. sS
Colonel w. +. cutshaw. Mr. E. ST g ci..s55
Wilson and Mr. Clyde W. saund deers wera555
the other witnesses. ,ls'
ME-. Morgan r, fills made a statementS38 "
iii which he ddttled nearly all that a. a5fosr;S
MARTIN had testified to con corning himsg3;
and In so doing used some strong lan- e
go THE FISHER LETTER.
cha irn,an Minor called the meeting to- d
order at g O'Clock, and laid before tho u
body a letter from Mr., George q. II ster ,Ss
OF New York. which reads as folk iss
New York. Nov 29., 500
Dear sir,-1 sec from the r chm ondSSSS
ma pers that I am asked to testify beforsN
your honorable committee. and 70 &. tell
where the sum mentioned by Major MARI
tin was spent. desire to say that tna2s
sum mentioned was not cash, but seclri-4g q
ties. bonds, stocks, etc. OF which Me .53
Pizzini, sitterding, Patton. Ainslie. N Mar..88s
tin and Ainsllc, and tho Virginia Condulsi
Company received somewhere near to Two "
hundred and fifty thousand dollars. = ~ #
legal part OF the getting OF the Irah1-l@ ra,1-l
chlses cost somewhere near to ono nun num- 81
dred and fifty thousand dollars, ana was was
not working for fun myself. 30 you can ca, Il
see that tho amount named Was Tt"LSt nv = = 4;
undor estimate. 5t 2. rs
I never had any financial dealings aithes
directly or indirectly with any Councii',SS
mon or city official, and as this IS the
| main object Of your Inquiry, and my "
presence could not aid you in your enorS
to detect bribery or corruption, 1 see nd \
object In making the disaGreeable tta$
me) trip to your city a y ss Il III \, sg8
G. T.. FISHER. lSS
There we're some other letters Produced
one wns from Captain Piszin stattnAG
that no could not find anything OF ms
tcrest to the committee In his books. ann
two others we're from Chairman Miners to &
Messrs, Fisher and Pizzini, resreetlve veiS.s# 81
Tho fourth one was q formal reply py 81
Mr.. Fisher to Mr.. Minors letter, simply
saying that It would not be convenient 10 EeS 81
him to come to Richmond. Il, /, 81 u si
MIR. MILLS VIGOROUS. 5&s. {}
General Anderson took the chair, ~ r.8
Minor being ndisposed. and Councilman
Morgan r. Mills was introduced to naaSxssg; sS sg;
statement. 1t was In relation to IN
testimony OF Mcssrs. Martin. Patton. nna
Sltterding concerning himself. Mr. Nilfs 4
said that no man. with8p proper motives.
would have como before a commit tee ana
involved the good name Of another on
hearsay testimony. He said tha NJ M aJor
Martin was singing him out IN order,to
build wall for his own protection. fta 4
denounced as a diabolical and IN famous
loyalty to tho compa ny In return for tha &
loan he asked OF individuals, and sald &
he had always undertaken to properly H
look after the interests OF MS Peopla@
and had been under no obllsations "
any corporation Mr.. Mills said there @
vas malice In the testimony Of Major
Martin. and that the latter was tryins
TO lnjure him. He pointed out that III the
clectrolysis natter. now pending, the Wu.g
tor Committee had as yet taken no posi- y
t!on.
Colonel Cutshaw was the first witness.
and he testified as to the awarding Of the
iail contracts. Some times the Commit
tee on Grounds and Buildings had dlf.fs
fcred with tho witness as to plans,
though In this he saw no purpose to do I
anything wrong fIa said Mr., Grimes,
chairman OF the committed. had pllr-
chased some old material there. but no
did not think It Improper.
Mr.. p. St, q. Wilson, one OF Coloaei
Cutshaws assistants. who had charge ot
tho work, now took the stand,
MIR, MANNING ANGRY,
He threw no light on the subject. anu
Mr.. c., Manning, Jr.. was sworn. Ques-
toned by Mr.. Pollard, MI. Manning said
| he had always taken " lively interest in \
the Traction Company's fights. is.
TIe had never received any money Ios 3
his services until tho fight for siain
street privileges.
Mr., c. Y. Meredith had told witness
that he was a fool II no gave als titna
to the fight for nothing, lie tlnaiR
agreed, and later got Mr. W, ssuns
ders interested, TIE latter had handled
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