Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-09
ATTEMPT 10 SHOW UP
HIS UNfAIThFUlNESS
Senator conser's Attorneys Make d.
rect Attack at the Discovery of the
Witness Having Owned Stock in
New York Transportation Company
Effort Made to Show Crookedness.
(By Associated Press.)

character OF Senator Aids and MS III
tegrity as A legislator were the tar
gets before the legislative artillery TO-
dav The cross-examination OF the de-
PENDANT at the bribery investigation
beam at noon and was unfinished
when the senate adjourned at D
o'clock. During that time Conger's
attorney tried TO exhibit the accused
senator as man without conscience
and a public officer unfaithful 10 ms
oath.
When the session ended Attorney
Osborne was concentrating his fire
upon Aids ownership of 100 shares
of stock of the New York Transpor-
tation Company for the purpose oil
proying that the defendant got pos
session of this collateral in 1901, as
the result of advocating a bill favor
able to that corporation.
Attempts to Show UnfaithfuIness.
Osborne tried to show that AllGs
was unfaithful 10 his duty as major
ity leader of the assembly, nine years
ago. because. although he admitted
his knowledge of a legislative eorrup-
ton Fund raised by the bridge COM
panies he made no effort to prevent
its use
Conger's chief counsel also arraiSn-
ed the witness for his Willingness TO
follow the behest of the late United
States Senator Plat when the latter
was Republican State leader, in kill
ing a highway bill which Aids &C
knowledged was good measure. The
rest of the time Conger's attorneys
devoted TO patching up the bad breach
made in their lines by the final shot
which the defense fired at the close
of Aids direct examination. This
was the reading of letter written by
Conger to Aids on May 81. 1901. only
a month after the date of Aids al
legged unsuccessful effort to squeeze
money out of the bridge companies.
Indicated Cordial Feeling.
The letter indicated a feeling of
extreme cordiality between the bridge
contractor unlike any sentiment Con-
ger might seem to cherish toward a
triumphant member of the black
horse cavalry"
This letter made too profound a
sensation to be ignored and Osborne s
hasty attempts to explain il were so
unsatisfactory that there is little
doubt that he will return to it later.
The prosecution" discovered that
Aids. in 1901. had owned 100 shares
of New York Transportation stock Oy
the schedule he voluntarily Submitted
last week.
II was shown that in 1900 the as
sembly passed a bill permitting the
New York Transportation & Electric
Vehicle Company (which afterward
chinged its name to New York
Transportation Company to take
over the Fifth Avenue Stage Compa-
ny with its valuable street franchise
rights. BY the records these proved
that Aids voted for the bill and favor
ed il as majority leader.
Aids defense to these insinuatiOns
WIS that the bill was so worded that
its true purpose did not appear He
said he bought the stock on the rec
concentration Of one Of his friends.
Osborne called the attention Of the
senate to this stock transaction and
said:
Here's 100 shares % stock appear
ing in a brokerage account without
single dollar counted for as considera-
ton
Ont Of respect to United states Sen
ator Plat. whose funeral occurs to-
morrow. no session Of the bribery IN
veStigation will be held that day.
Aids crcss-examinatioE viii continue
T-hur-iay.