New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-04
GENERAL DENIAL
BY SENATOR ALLDS
NETER TOOK BRIBE or
sf.00O. HE SAYS.
ifncss. on Stand Al Day,
Ch0rocter11es Conger
.Story as Lie.
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60 do in his own defence, Senator 10
,,.u T Aids denied that he demanded
md recei,-ed 2 81 600 hribe on April -.
1901 to influence his action on highway
l~e1elation More than that, he S"o'e
I.o never received any money from any
ono At any time II influence his action
on highway or bridge legislation. ana
i-7 li, denial .he used the short and ugly
, orc lie.
dramatically as he could Senator
AIDS declared that he never SAW Frank
Ccncer in his life. When the testimony
f Senator Benn Conger regarding a
visit of Senator Aids to his apartments,
where he agreed to de all he could to
kin The highway legislation for $1,000,
,,-.,e ~oad 10 him by Martin w Littleton.
1ie counsel senator Aids half raised
himself from the witness CHAIR anu
pointing his finger at the lawyer, said
hnarsely:
Mr.. Jittleton. there are two lies there.
f-;,-- tho conversation never took place.
and never went TO his apartments
inst as positively as the witness. Mr..
Daniels. Yesterday contradicted the story
e Hiram e. Moe and Senator Benn
,-oncor. did Senator Aids to-day con-
t-a6fct absolutely and entirely the entire
narrative Of Benn CongeT- He related
-re same story of his movements on that
Isl dav of the session of 1901 as did
Daniels but he went much further in
lis testimony. for under the guidance OF
li- counsel he put into the evidence
statements Of the two bank accounts he
Maintained. one at Norwich, his home.
Tho other in a bank here And he told
about his employment by the Forest
PurcIaasin Board as a title searcher,
giving a list OF the sums he received for
That service.
We're under suspicion flere-we're on
trial explained Mr.. Littleton. We'll
,rt in everything that viii tend TO clear
Allds Stands Ordeal Well
Senator Aids was on the stand under
.5ircrt examination all day Despite
had attack Of bronchitis, which put him
f.! had shape physically, he stood the or
deal We'll. but his real ordeal is to come
lon his cross-examination begins That
~, al probability will come tomorrow,
-. the direct examination was all finished
flis afternoon.
The defendants presence on the stand
his morning was distinct surprise. It
lad been expected that he would be
lied but other witnesses were looked
tor 10 lead up 10 his testimony, among
Them the cashier of the Groton Bank
Instead. MI Littleton chose TO put on
LIS chief witness the first thing Per-
laps owing to his i'll health, Senator
Aids was distinctly i'll at ease. even agi-
fatcd ~ he took the oath and climbed
ii:to the witness chair to face jury OF
tho Senators over whom only a short
r-,-sc before he had been elected leader
.;ut by tactfUl questions about his early
fc and professional history, Mr.. Little
ton IrouEht him into his usual frame
cf mind, and he sat with his hands IN
lis trousers pockets and his legs
stretched out in front OF him, giving his
testimony with much composure-
After a brief Introductory examination
y nirh disclosed that Senator Aids had
worked his way up in the legal profes-
e-ol1. eking cut the salary OF 2 clerk by
work as a surveyor, Mr.. Littleton came
L. The highway legislation of 1901. and
tbs brought the Congcrs into the case
with Z vengeance. Senator Aids testi-
fed that his attention first was called
to the Malby Stevens biIl Of that session
= Walter 4. Cook. $r, manager of the
Acme Road Machinery Company. Of
Frankfort. Mr.. Cook came to him one
CO. in the Assembly, he said, and told
HIM that a letter had been written to
lm by Frank Conger, urging that the |
company contribute money to aid in the /
Iasssge Of bill. This bill was the !.
Nalby-Stevens measure.