The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-01
TIE HOOKER INVESTIGATION.
BALLS BRIBEET Story DENIED
81 me MEN M ACCU SGD.

Wines FBt en- the Stand IN an EHert 70
Provo Iaaf he Rrut - the HookeT.
siearta nzRdin1 % the CoVernr'eni
fer a Pos Om,e las Nst Excessive.
ALEavr, Marc Sat t9-dzy's seszi7a
Of tie AzteInbty Juai-i4ry Ccmr--.tes the
attorneys toT lodge H0oEer Pa o. -
stand cereal vitnessst wso were ca'ted
% teshy thai tire, reat q s1.iS0 q yea Tor
TIE a-z. for q tie HookeT-s,eA-ns build
ing was rot excessive. All sid u vas not
excessive for p1sr Ofs-s purposes. but IN
der cross-exami1z.i7n by former Deputy
Acknowledgement HenTy r Conan none
Of them admisiet that AIRY prlya;e business
interess wcuid paythzt FsEg for the building
Daniel r. T0ora41. Lz,nlrz newspaper
pubs her. after telling John y S.znctne.d
On direct exarrina'.1o tat the re1tal vas
all rikhts admittsd tbaa on FEB Il. 1901.
b bad seni a telegram 20 the PTtSioeni 70
which be protested againss the removal
q the psz 1dce from - iCcstson ~ TIA;
tine. He sd 'PeoT3a irrespective OF
party are indignau: sEaIns: tbs -repaTas e
injury to prOpe-ty.'
Mr.. Toornan could 70, satisfactorily
-explain What bad caused him 20 Change
This opinion.
william c Hgdzaa. The Broolyn news
paper man Who. accordinE % testimony
Of Prank p. Bal. va pre-eEi Then George
}E Tihany offered 90 have Ball released
tfrom a s, 500 note % former Postmaster
fTayior Il be would give Up sorneit-1g
% cause the renewal O. justice Hooker
from the tench. tod afo-t E-:rE 20 Dun
hin TO ard out vhetheE TIE GovernrleI;
had DEMANDED q! -ayior tne money that
had been p1ll Ba.. - --11-eT n ~ IRE
donia pqst o5ge. Tifs-y srd tC.c-Tn
ven. I'd hhn ,1 BaN'= 5ce % .a'0ocUce
lin. he de-sri s--..l-r.y that IifaEy
had made the cEer 90 30 ire Hale release
from the s.. 30 r1.e. lie rt.s'H1 tie CO..
versasion Rad Dr. Ba.s o-soe srt oeciared
that Bal had -es.1-el g. give him any ON
frrnstion q e. sto-y tat - vas Involved
IN financial trz----t.--s With Hooker ;
wife.
N- Hud--a dznied Thar I-s,i~- WOOD
ward had urS-n1 him an 8 Let . n2r-e= %.
peopie wh1 oo1if tell him something 1@'-
Timer'al 20 JUstt1s Ho-.eT, th-slKt he sal1
be saw Justice Wp5lvart 01 no 1~ras:1c'
Eeekinz lrforrnsi-4u regarding ~ raising
q renta = for NaE YORK zoe. ofir=-. ff
raid two Nl-it- o. FrroJ-Is-.- Nay. 1879
and lamar. i1of. :, tn meeting 'la fa1
With Bal. TIFLLy lad gore 80 Tar a. % say
thsf - would stand TIE OK sa-s-a %. q l-E geT
70 bring suit !9r Pa - recover tn@ r.o'-.
given 20 Tayi-r. bat TiTauy rad DOT sad
nnore than tbs H1d=HL understood a. tie
time that Balls I11s 1re-fl=-s va mort
cage Be had dysn Taylor and n2t tba note
90 often r1ter-VE 20 curing -hs bearlns-
Ceorze r Tl1ary tes-ifrt that - renSem-
bered The visit - had mad . Bal With
Eyidz1n and tllrlTu uTlt -a ceClFd q a. At
that time be EsG -c.1 Ez- that ~ would
ees that he vas r=seasl from rs S2.So
note to Tayiur u h would gre Up so--le-
thing that you'd rsizaa justice EcC ksr ;
removal from the hen~h. Fi- version 81
ehs talk with Ball tali=d With Hudson's
that Bah had refused % give them any IL
formation about lis financial dea!inEs NTH
The Hooker
On cross-erauniaatlon TlEany said tia;
be Rad been y Justice Hooker like brother
Until Tout van ago, when Hoo ker bad
bed 70 hin Ehst Ess his naming another
pointuent hadtcen Pr uiscd 20 him
Tihauy was g'1hj aofed % severp cross-
eIaInina.Cn at he hanEs q Lewis Can
the sttorney for E1vard HETTirbzn's D-la-
ware and Hu1-3n I.ailT1zd Tiffany came
out With tyllR CJi1-=. lt Tas noticed that
al morrEy -BzH lad heen IN the room.
hut vhIs TiEs1y and Huizon were beng
examined - dislppedred-
Mr. Gag seat a. TiEany without mercy
Tiffany bat testified that ne TAD beard
rumors tn JltEa H0oEsy h-d rad mort
gage On toF1e Erzv. lard -Ered ~ Bal
10 cover tt note q t1,5Jo an. he had oEered
70 pToCt--H Bal lawyer 70 CJute=- TIE pay
Inent q : II be ~ 10 tel tie truth about
hls fr-ancial oealiLEs uI,G judge Hooker.
Why d 4 you IT, Es T1ch an CEe- % hint
demanded AT. Carr. herce.y.
so thai be would tel tie truth. vas the
rePy. ..
'1he Truth a. you -ishei il toIds'
NO. t1e truth that va TIE truth re-
jofpec the vit1e--.
.YOL man YOU ve-sipn % The truth
No. tee entre tT7I-h a. TIE truth should
ts.'
Didn't you think be would tel The truth,
acoordins 20 yJUr views, without such an
odert'
i didn't think he had told the truth,
the entire truth
Mr. Car demanded % know from whom
be bad beard the report that Judge Hooker
held a mort gage on Balls land. The Wit
nee did not want % answer, a. be ssid IL
would make uad feelings bei seen Ball and
his most intimate freud. Finally be an
sWered that Edward B. Potter had told
him Peter snd Bail had heel very Close
friends while Potter was TIE ticket agent
at the Fredonia station.
An adjournment vs. taken Until next
Wednesday morning. Il - expected that
not more than anOt her day viii De required
20 examine Wines After that a week
vii be taken 20 study the testimony, 20
Il IL more than likely that IL Wll be thres
week. or longer before the committee re-