The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-23
CRAFT WITNESSES WARNED
,OHuIS<IONER ORDU ~ >tiS
TESTIuONI ~ I ft"E.
Intimate, ThaI The, k1r~ VII, aud Tor
whom the ake'Io~n in ttueenS Was
Made the HeN. .IOhn -. GEesser Has
tot Msrdls MIih HIS Fathers AecsSer.

After hearing the testimony Of wit
ness,a yesterday in Long Island city IN
the inquiry a. to the charges III inCoH-
potency aud neglect nn the part of Bnr-
ough President Lawrence Gresssr 81
Q,eens special Iommis-ion-r Ord~ay
who - conducting the inquiry. said Z"
those IN the room
1T IL a farce III. way witnesses are
testiTying her. CONCERNING these cam.
paign contributions The witnesses Id
not APPEAR to know much Of anything
IL is ridiculous TO think that Intelligent
men should como here and give SCch tes-
timony They are either totally ignorant
or untruthful and l consider them Nm
truthful am not ignorant la these
matters | know that these employees
did 'alk about campaign assessments
among themselves aud that they had
some very plain intimaiinn what they
were expected to pay and To whom They
should come here and tell the truth. for
their Ial-shoods will do no good
An uneA pected incident occurred dur
ing the afternoon recess. The Rev
John y dresser, sou of the Borough
President accused Arthur T.. Heating.
a member IT one Of the committees who
tilsd the Charge. ~ threatening I" com
PLAN To Bishop Mcdonald of the pr.renC"
=, E.,h.r .,r,.s..., A, ,h. hsariny. Fath.r
y" -, ,,.,I u.,,,..I,.,
dresser - Pas'o' " ~ ''e'","
Church ~ Hollis lie has been an III
tere-'sd listener al the hearings since
the investIgation began hefor" Sp"ciai
Commissioner Samuel n Ordway. He
IN about ~ wears old During the hear
ing he has occupied a seat inside the
railing. away from the counsel tahl"
but diaRoually lac ng the witness stand.
Just after The adIourutnsnt TOT reCs--
the voices Of Father ;ircsSsr and Mr.
Heating ~ ~, heard
-Io,i said vo,I would " rite tn Ihc B,sho;'
and make coInI laint about my attendant"
M ,h.-,. hearing Father dresser Said .
Mr EeAt,ng
Yes returned Nj kea;Ing. and you
heard tha, from Tommy LYONS Your
sid,, IA. been trying 10 find o;It things -
thai they can IT, handed over to your
crowd
think ab"u, YOU. laid Fat her Dresser
with some -p,rit shaking his finger A.
Nr n ,ntin..
-Ya- rrpIi,.d Krating Go ahead
Ius. then Prssi tent dresser and Lawv..r
awr.n,". + dresser a nrntn. of Fa,her
C;r,,ss., -,enned between tho two mon
Friend. ~ Faih her dresser SAID auerwsrd
tha, Nr heating mad. A r"mark thu;
led To- the talI VI" Seating declared
81 "A
The incident did M, keep Father dresser
Iwny from tn. afternoon bearing. wherr
h.. ,,.,,rt,,.... his u.ual .eai
NJ the proceeding. yesterday Mis-
Helen How Greeley. a lawyer. 10 Rector
~ rect, Nanhat, an appeared ~ associate
cnt,n-el TO Cha-. Mellon. who j. con-
dIIinp Mr. GraSaer- defenC-, Mrs
I;r.sIey aid sho had been practising law
Tor ten v..arS and had made a st,,. ,ialty
u civic matters she sat al Nj Mellenis
ness
Dn. Of the Sitnes-cs examined ,va-
Thoma- u O'Bran. Whu -lid that he
had been irop;ed a. assistant foreman
"a IA. n, -Iyay 1at,art went of Queen.
b.canI-.. no -upporr ed assidy for Bor,aIGh
Pr~-icis NJ agalns' dresser Ne testified
that h.. knew the REASON he was laid IN
VA barn,,-s. oi hi- support of cassidy
Wa IN re ever, any lAyoh besides
I IA" mo IN winch Won ar. ,,nnceruedy-
1iIr-'ipne,I Nr 'IeIlen IN his cross
4. NAtninatinn
Yes t-nlied the witness. "a lavof ut
dead une-
What do YOU mean bv dead OnsS'-
+ mean the tin horse. and carts that
mayer did any work
-Iat me know. interposed Com
. missioner Driway -whai you moan by
! IN ho--e- and carts and 10y dead horses
and live hors~s'-
Well IN" lin hor--- and TN carts
gr" the ou.- IN tn. payrol tht' don
d. any work The dead horses are IN"
ONES that don't do any work hut get ia ia
inst IN. same and the li,a horses are
D. the ones that prudurs th. goods
. Th.. stiffness named threa men who
| h.. declared were credited On the pay
) rplls with hprs~s end carts which never
! worked ~ m. highwsys
-Did Won aver know ~ de ri ones l-ing
carried On th,. payroll under Mr. cassidy =
B adrniui-trltIons- injured Mr. Nellan
/ -Sr, I dd MOI
'Th.n thee tin horses and carts and
d",i ones w-r- invented nv Mr. Grs~-..rs-
! nIuIr..,i Mr. M.llsn
IN not -Iy that they were invented
bv Mr. Grs~-.r
why didn't Won inform Mr. dresser
that there we're tin horses aud carts
} He u4Igh, Ia know his own business