The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-01

two men IN Post O6ics here he works.
Februarv 10 and u. and general incIdsnials
getting them right. ta IA: paid J. D.. 10
friend srr'ia, serN ices rendered. SO.
SperIGI ,harR-- for invest sgation room
and -erv ic,s. United States Post once.
. General sIss
BenaS .'nse bTI ~ sIGO A. tnciudlinR dis
n bufs.mrtlt- shadow ing and rop'nE Dlainiin IN.
hi- attorney and atiornsy's female type
writer. 81 ~ expense in'erVi~w ING plain
d Iin's phy-iran. - ~
MCOuase Va-s. August - 1897. two sup
pers plaintif'- doctors ST.
kau-t rs-.. date 1T accident. December s.
. iSsa. - pen-e~ ~ night. i-i'h street and Park
avenue. With plaintiffs Two witnesses. Paw
and Rovcr- Disbursements with friends
for purpose ut keeping them away from
home. 81 ~ hotel bills. -upper- and break
fasf~. a. ~
Ro-rnSyw~ig case. total. s'a ~. roping
tWo discharged conductors AMI siraighien-
ing matters "ut one III whom had zone To
plaintiff ATTORNEY 81. sNpen-e- wi'h two
father of Witnesses. o. IA
No-'sr case. Marrh ~. iN,a. patti ait.
meas IN FIJI for time lost. s2Oo
Case of McDsvi't. maid Onl"rT Nou Tin
slein. servi'r- rendered. g."
Bsardslev ease. pec-mbsr -. isos. Onicer
Peter Denern. SIS
Erhard cH-s paid Oflcer Frank Fletcher.
4. time lost So Oric.r George ~ Ross. time
last. ssn September u. same case. pni"sr
Fletcher So Oricrr Ross. 81
Paid Offcer R.naV. services rendered. s3o
Grifhth ease. pNicsr ka~sncher. s"rVi"s-
rendered. SO
Pray case. Onicer Franklin. services
rendered.. 81
McKellar ease. Onicer Whitman $40
Hexter clSs. Onlcer H y Slo1t. SIS.
Onicer James Flood. $40 Marrh -. I'--'
Barry ease Officers Flooi rnd Power.
go each
Howe- "a 80. March -. iaU" Orlcer Nliet
services rendered. s2o
July iu. 1850 SprriaI room IN BruUklsu
near court hOu-.'. sSa'. court house services
to John Neii. ti,n
January %. IHD. subscription ~ Vim
cents Hospital tiCkstS. $40. Semi-lununl
allowance clerks ~ Nincent'- Hospital.
SIS New York Hospital. SINE. 81.
January -. plaintiffs phvsi'ian. services
$50
June H. isDa. Erhlrd caSe. ex-COnductOr
Denis Grow lev so Ofrcsr EOS-. hike spusd
as. Onicer Fletcher. Eighteenth pr~cinrt.
agS
Me--er .l~r Julv ~ isas Uri"er Knt'le
sSO OflceT BLack scO.
Expenses John 4 littl~. April 20 ~
1870 with ga lcndlr clerks $40 paid Court
new. civ 1ourt. Part IA. g.
GrosSman HaS". lIeCcuiber II. iS9g. din
ner AMI theatre tickeis cah hire for Wit
be~~e- 81 pl1intin. s'ID
Freesion- ct-- M,r'h 10. 1870 special
for extra WORK On jury. 'hrr" DAYS for two.
tSo
Goodness s,-r March L. 1910 spe.i,l
disbursements wan Sherin aud ,nurt clerks
at Queens s5O.
McNamara case. Marrh l.. IAco special
disbursements with sheriff. We~'ch-~teT
county. 81.
O'Connor ,ls.. March !. ia0o Expenses
f.H = N.R
Nitner-s-. counsel. extra shadow. and Win
jury. s1Isu
A. the first hearing bsfor" the grey
ance committee. on November ~ isr.
Mr. Robinson identified tho ~iEnatur-s
on the vouchers a. his own hat his coun-
eel. Joseph = DAILY. stated that ~ iS1a
accidents q wear were reported To the
legal DEPARTMENT Mr. Robinson could not
h expected To know about each voucher.
especially he had 90 handle the STATE
and franchise taN business AZ tho sarns
time. he had to RELY on the word of his
RssistantS that the vouchers should be
approved. his chief assistant l..inS John
7. LATHE. who-s main duty u was 'o -cruti-
nize the vouchers.
Mr. Robinson who CSked partni-Sion
20 make Statsmsni. said hs- lo'n.,i The
railroad combination ~ ls9a 80 the zug
gestion Of William q Whitney hut had
hal experience with tn. gcCdsnt business
since 1887 When he took up the work ~
was not heavy. hut after the lines l-clms
electrified the accident eases nCr,st-ad
enormously Gases WEIR. ~ta rt,.d ~ the
rate ot fifteen To twenty day. and To
take care ~ the litigation thew wsns
abo'It one hundred and twenty PARSONS
including clerks. invest gators. d~tsC-
tlve> and lawyers. The mOnsy went very
rapsdlv, he SAID, and in 1851 with 51El
Cases on the calendar the detectives and
Investigators drew from SAL To 81 "a dAy
Most ot the WITNESSES were poor and
they were paid for ~. time they lost
was going 10 Aay that IN reference
10 the payments 10 court clerks u had
been the custom 70 give them Chriztmas
presents. sad Mr. Robinson The nav
ment for "a clerk IN Brooklyn IN 1850 was
when judge taynor was sitting and there
was an enormous amount 81 business
We arraugsd with clerk or assistant to
copy on thru" or four cOpi''- ~ the cal-n-
dar every day
Mr.. Robinson said that a payment 10
Post once Inspectors was for half the
rental - an outside offics. ua..d by Them
which the investigators also occupied
He said he didnt knOw where this. inv@@ti-
gator Bsgg. who drew most of the vOuch-
erN. y nov OF where the other Iuyrs;iss-
tors are
What do YOU mean by ropiDg'- asked
enc OF the committee
That - d@t'-ctiy" slang for going out
and geetIng clO-s to THEM and finding
Mr.. Robinson said that a payment Of
$50 for Brooklyn h., wsen January I
andJuly !. lsSs. was for the regular thirst
mas presents. He was under the impress
SION that the presents ran over until the
spring. The clerks got hats and cigars,
be said The Manhattan court clerks
got hats because they kept the young
attorneys ia his Office posted ~ 10 the
position 81 the company's cases A 60
the 30 payment to A. p McCale for ex-
pense~ with City Court Justices HascalI.
COnlOn and FitzSimmOnH he SAID
In my opinion the gentlemen in the
once were poorly paid. and ! consented
90 their spending money and charging
u TO the company Mr. McCahe said,
j was out last nigh, 10 tn" Manhattan
Club and hal some Judges with me
want 20 chargC y up To III" company
I said. All right
One q the cOmmtte" asked II McCahe
had a case before either ~ the Judges.
and Mr DAILY sad.
There can't b" awning like n suspicion