The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-06

lac hts \ did not pass on that sub ~c,.
Mr. NreSland had charge Of IT.
~ AND RoGHRs sFECULATED AND Losr
The witness had speculative Joint
account with Mr. Rogers IN Filing
VOID a Iunningham's ONCE Counsel
showed nv IN. loo-e leaf ledger sheets
ot the brokers that that Joint account
had from ISgo to 1875 amounted 10 o. @
15I. unO and round up with lo@- oi 90. OO
The Wltn"-- said he had not paid his share
IT that loss
. Has any one ever suggested to YOU
thar II should he patd' \ Ns-
q Who \ Mr.. Iaut-rblch young Mr.
I tui~rla'h
Young MIR IauteTbaCh was the at
EllngW uud 4 Cunningham became hank
uipt
FoEuor 1HE DAMAGES TRACY cor As
LANkEMANs IRONY
when az last the attention uf the wit
ness Mas diuayt'd Ia the Ch,'th for tStUl
gwen presumably IA settlement ~ the
Charles i.ankrman damage case against
tn" Third Avenu" Railroad .Comp1nv.
which check reached the RAILWAY As
snciatio through Treasurer Cole. the
witness said he had no recollection ~
The ease beyond that revived by rrCent
newspaper reports Mr. Robinson was
quite certain that he had had M letter
Then his memory was refreshed hy counsel
reading this letter.
riNIR,. y july .: iena
NJ HSrT {, Ro,iHs0r, >,rr,'Lry. So BroIdEly.
Nsr o-t Cgg.
DE,R sir Your favor OF the Sat ins' enclos
ina check and voucher for sSoD In part payment
OF assessment rrceiN Enclosed rnd receipt and
vouchers. Nours truly, " W Co.'s
The witness said that he had no rec
objection of receiving such a letter or OF
sending the letter referred To as -yoGr
favor of the 2lst instant He thought
the Cole letter was probably opened 10y
some clerk and that the clerk had prob
ably sent the return voucher Ia the
treasurer once
Then the voucher itself became the
basis 10 the examination. and counsel
SEEMED to lrTltate witness with his rhetor-
ICal reading Of the sudden jerk Of car
Ne. et7 rim No ~, trip l. northbound.
bv which the unfortunate lankeman
received injuries to his spine, shock and
general Commissions MIR, Robinson had
NO recollection OF any excitement created
IN his mind when he received MIR Coles
aCk nov ledgmeni 81 the lAnkeman check
After answering great many questions
designed 20 inform the committee Of the
name. present address and occupation
IT various officials who might throw
more hight on the lAnkeman check the
witness az ask ed If vou saw a voucher
that Won knew Vas a voucher for freight
claim. that was a false voucher. a method
~ getting n contribution To the assocIa-
ton. YOU would remember IT. i don't
kuow replied the witness.
Y That i what Il VAS 4. I cannot pass
judgment on n.
They GUT CoLE AT HIS CLrB.
The Philadelphia clubman W. W Cole
was recalled but nothing that he testified
Ia was Of interest or importance. What
he told some Of the reporters seems To
he. OF interest He said that he was a
very much bored man. HIS Philadelphia
club friends had devised many whimsical
met hods Of reminding him Of ms expert
enC.,s before the committee. one device
from which he had suffered resulted ia
his receiving a case Of beer the label on
each bottle he'ng extra illustrated with a
picture 81 Mr. Cole clipped from some
Illustrated story Of the graft hunt pro-
Cesdings
PHILOSOPHY oF TICkLISG A LEGISLATION
Ih.. final witness Of the day was q.
Tracy Rogers. who ~ 80 often recalled
that he now has "a seat al counsels table.
After NJ Bruce had worried hun Tor
som. time senator Wagner asked tho
witness The other day you stated that
your Contr buttons To the campaign funds
Of rnsmbers Of the Legislature we're for
the purpose 81 securing fair treatment
81 the people and TO the railroads Now. I
assuming that matter came up where
thos. interests ConhiCted how did you
sXppCt. for instance. member like Mr.
Bad...l TO vet" or act after Won had made
q sal stan'iai contribution To his cam
paten.'
Nlr Rogers tIrued serious. - seemed
almost "A rstuklng look upon Senator
Wagner, and replied I shoahd expect
Mr. B"dell first 20 adher" to his oath II
orc. and &" ms position a. member at
the Legislature"
Then senator Wagner asked 4 think
vou also stated that You made campaign
contributions only to men who Won were
satisfied would serve the people and treat
the railroad companies fairly
Those w.r" my intentions. senator.
replied the witness
Y Oh Judged the members as they were
nominated'- asked senator Wagner.
4 did responded tho witness
senator Wagner asked the witness why
~ was a. ~ s..ened To- N" senator 10 te
the Gaze that Mr. Rogers mad" contTihu-
lions to candidates who were absolutely
sure II election and the witness bright
cnsd considerably AT the thought -ug-
ge-tsd and said chesrf'Illv. -, that -
the idea exactly | CAV" him money
"a assist him IN paying his expenses
senator Brough was also curious about
tho mode bv which the witness mad" hi-
selections II beneiiCianes. and asked
Did you ever make any contributions
10 any member not on the Railroads
Committee on one side or the other aside
from the Speaker
The witness after a pause said that ne
thought he had Then Senator Brough
wanted to know from the witness " he
did not think that his confession that he
helped the campaign only ~ honest men
he had reflected on other members OF
the Legislature who had not received his
AID
Again the witness thought along time.
and then answered
/ didn't know them all
The committee then adjourned until
this morning AZ ~ O'Clock
To sentence Norgenthau To-day.
Nto,roI N,r-ep,ha,l the CANDY mann