The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-09
sinnott-How about the others?

Peter j. O'Tooie, a newspaper man,
who was present during the Nugent-
Bray clash, demanded that in fairness
to everybody the witness be required to
elucidate. Sinnott refused to question
as O'Toole requested, but Congleton
and MCGOWAN insisted that Bray tell
whom he meant. Bray declined to
mention names. put subscribed to Sin
MOTIFS suggestion that perhaps the in
cident would not have assumed seri-
Gus proportions il some of those in
volved had not been drinking.
Congleton-You think then that this
might have grown out of some men be-
ing out for a good time n that its
because of some of them drinking that
this happened?
Bray-Oh, they were not drunk all
day. not from 10 o'clock in the morn
ing, when they called me up first.
Congleton-You say they were drunk
then?
Bray-Yes.
Congleton-Who?
Sinnott objected n Bray said II
was a very hard question to have put
to him. Congleton insisted that II
would have great bearing with him II
1t were established that the whole in
cident had grown out of somebody be-
ing out for a good time" whereupon
Bray said:
81 will say that the parties who ac-
cused me were under the influence OF
liquor"
1t might be stated here that this
statement was holly denied by both of
the reporters who afterwards took the
stand.
Asked who had talked with him over
the phone Bray said he understood II
was Alderman Wright, but he didn't
know. He was allowed to leave the
stand after the city counse1's request
that he be permitted to reserve the
| right to cross-question him at the next
meeting had been granted upon Con-
gleton's motion.
Hans Won Hundelshausen was the
next witness called. The first question
put to him was by Alderman MCGOWAN,
who wanted to know If any of the party
at the Hotel Broad had beer under
the influence of liquor. He said he had
not been intoxicated. repeating a vigor-
Gus negative by way of emphasis. Mr..
Won Hu~ndelshausen Is a reporter for a
German paper. and perhaps that's why
when asked to tell what kind of Ian
guage had been used he replied:
English"
Mr.. Nugent asked him how long the
affair had lasted. He replied: "It was
SO interesting that it seemed shorter
than 1t really was. I was surprised to
find hat in all I was 1T the Hotel
Broad about an hour"
Nugent-You heard Alderman Bray
say he left Immediately. Is that true?
Von Hundelshausen-No. He left the
booth and went to the bar, where he
talked a few minutes, and then he came
back again. 1 should say hat in all
he remained between twenty minutes
and half an hour.
When Mr.. O'Toole was called to the
stand he told of being at a meeting of
the Board of Health and going from
there to the Hotel Broad, wholly un-
conscious of what was about to trans
pire.
A I went in," said Mr.. O'Toole. II
met City Counsel Nugent and Alder
nan Wright. Mr.. Nugent said: !
have been looking for you; I wanted
you to be a witness"
Nothing "On. Bray.
The witness then told how the city
counsel had explained the plan Of the
committee on printing and stationery
to override his opinion that the bids
before mentioned were unbalanced and
that he had said: Negotiations have
been opened with Jim Bray in that
| connection"
1T asked, What have you got on
him." Mr.. O'Toole went on "Mr.
Nugent replied, Nothing. Joe Wright
has negotiated with him in a telephone
conversation to come here and receive
500 to vote to overrule my opinion
that these bills are unbalanced !
| said: Have you got anything on him?
| He said. Nc. 1 don't al anything on
him, but 1 simply want to stop this
little grating game that is going on in
the city government
Mr.. O'Toole said that, so far as he
| could remember, 1t was not Mr.. Nu-
gent, but Alderman Wright, that had
first addressed Bray. When the city
counsel asked Bray: What are you
mere for, the hundred?" he said Bray
had replied, mo, no, there is some
mistake"
mr.. Nugent said: You've been here
before and you refused to meet your
telephone correspondent at Gorlich's.'"
the witness continued. Mr.. Bray ad-
mitted that" After giving some more
minor details of the conversation, Mr..
O'Toole said that he wouldn't go fur
her into the matter, as Bray had
threatened him and what he might say
would probably be considered biased.
Asked II the story in the German
! newspaper, a translation of which had
been declared by Bray to be correct,
word for word" was a true account OF
what had happened, Mr.. O'Toole said:
Certainly not" He declared it was
garbled but that the errors might be
duo to the translation from German to
English. AS a sort of summing up OF
the case he said: This is such a thing
as I in my professional experience have
run current to a thousand times. It's
the sort of thing that occurs only
under the stress of strong feeling, due
to a real or fancied grievance. No
mans reputation was injured by that
contretemps."
After Mr.. O'Toole had left the stand
he was recalled to reply to Mr.. Congle-
toms question as to whether anyone
had tried to persuade him not to write
a story of the affair. He said that
Alderman Bray had asked him not 70
write it and had threatened hat he
knew how to get even with him if he
did. BRAY tried to interrupt with a
denial, but upon his memory being
frashaned nv q recital of details he