New-York tribune., 1910-03-11
4ILDS MEMORY POOR
OSBORNE SEEKS DIS
CREP4NCIES.
Large Deposits OF. Cash Figure
~ Testimonv-Idirond0ck
Sales Taken Cp.
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- .he Aids bank accounts IN evidence
- 6eposfts Of cash in large sums
go q to-day'e testimony in the Sen
,-,,.s.ira+jon of the bribery charges
Senator lothian P. Aids. Hints
=. .r5e connived with friends 70 de-
"a he state in the purchase Of Adj
80, forest preserve lands were also
--- - .o-5sv IN HIS cross-eXa NINA
-ion
-. - N. transcripts Of the bank
- and of brokerage accounts Of
ee,a1o- Aids. James W Osborne coun-
-, ro- Senator Benn CongeT, sought &c
:. .orce explanation Of what he con-
-.s.-zd discrepancies In these financial
-esords.
-.-...,rsrjv ne sought 10 learn where
s.-or Aids got large sums deposited
,-i,r his banks and al least one broker
hoyss According ~ the records
rose were In cash Also the dates IN
.,,,ers1 Instances. Mr. Osborne pointed
-, we're very near the dates of the ad-
-.o,,rnnent Of the Legislature IN those
years
Senator Aids declared in almost every
-sse that he Vas unable 20 remember
snvthine about the transaction. One or
,7o deposits OF cash in large SUITS he
Identified as money paid TO him by
.lienr in some litigation
With considerable reluctance Senator
Aids gave this testimony. With much
greater reluctance his lawyers permitted
r 70 be given. Martin II. Littleton. who
originally placed these transcripts of the
aank snd brokerage accounts on the
record with the declaration that Senator
Aids had nothing to conceal. protested
against MIR. Osborne's searching analysis
of them
Osborne Looking for st.5oc."
The counsel continually says 7 am
irving 10 md out something he de-
clarsd in objecting 10 MI Osborne's
denomination about 81, 800 item.
He wants TO give tone 10 something
mat viii GO down TO the papers headed
osborne looking for $500"
let II 90 out that way" retorted Mr..
Osborne-"Osborne is looking for $500"
Senator Aids seemingly could not help
him IN his search There were several
s1ch items One was check for 500
which appeared in a brokerage account
71th Dick Brothers as Of April -, 1901.
No such check appeared as drawn
against the Aids account in either OF
,he tho banks in which ne kept deposits
He could not remember anything more
about il, Another was that $500 check
which caused Mr.. Osbornes search. That
appeared n the brokers account as Of
May J. 1902. Allds's memory regarding
II vas poor. He said he couldn't .ac-
count at this time for that one.
on May 8. 1901. the records showed
5000 IN cash vas deposited TO Senator
AEds's credit with Colgate & Co. At
about that date $1,000 vas withdrawn
from Senator A1lds's savings hank here
Where did you get that $1,000 in
cash which you paid 10 Colgate & Co.
within Ten days after the adjournment
n the legislature thundered Mr.. Os-
horne, time after time. as Senator Aids
tried n figure II out in various WAYS.
And finally the defendant in the bribery
inquiry which concerns an alleged bribe
on April %. 1901. said he could not tell
definitely nov" How can q man. after
this lapse Of time?" he queried plain
lively
Entered OF Records as Cash.
hr. Osborne also turned up several
deposits Of large sums, entered on the
records as cash" The first Of these
Tas $4,000 II the Norwich Bank on June
is. 1902 Senator Aids didn't remember
whether MS deposit ~ that time was
specie or not and said he believed there
we've several errors in the transcripts Of
The account
4 deposit Of 5000 or May IL. 1909. in
sn Albany hank he Identified as the pro-
-eeds q certain litigation A similar de-
posir Of $4,000 IN bills in the Lincoln Ma
tioral Bank. New York or May % Of
thst wear he said vas Z part Of the same
Transaction. But Senator Aids couldn't
- -er1enber about $1,000 in bills deposited
rhere on October IS. le1s which brought
sarcastic comment from Nr Osborne
shout rhe phenomena memory he dis
9la-ed regarding minor details Of the
.rerrs # April o. 1901 Still another
'rsno ~ 1850 vas deposited n the Lincoln
Bank o- Nay n. 202
And by the u-zv 7 caE vo7.r atter
tf"r = r-e fact that that Tss within ter
6s"s after fhe Legislature adjourned. Z"
rs.d ~ osborne
or that =su7e dav tpro deposits Of $500
escr we've made N the Seamen's Savings
Ban. Heu York Senator Aids could
ror rel The source Of that money. Re
ssid He resrfed that he was not inter
ssted II env bank accounts kept in any
sody sls@-s NJ ne. He never had kept
sny books o. record IS 70 his earnings
az : lsprer. he said. nor did he ever
tssp rs cancelled checks or the check
stubs
Conscience Searching Of Witness
TO o-her lines of investigation we're
pursued ov Afr. Osborne to-dav. The
frs vas 4 conscience searching Of the
71,ress as 20 his possession If stock in
'hs Nev York Electric Vehicle and
transportation Company. Senator Aids
'esrhed that Frank J. Price, Trough his
,atnsr. Furohas ased that stock for him
400 being psid in April and S730 70 in
July. 1890. But Mr.. Osborne went much
'lrther with the transaction to-day than
* CID on Tuesday He sought 10 show
tnst the b,ll vas an obnoxious grab
against which the newspapers cIaraored
sna against which Seth Low and DR..
Lyman hhoyS