New-York tribune., 1910-09-23
Remembered That $500.

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He remembered the A. s. HackIey spe-
/ ciaI account. opened with q $500 credit
/ item. Hackley, who was the firms con-
/ hdential man. hadn't remembered that
account at all. and said he never heard
Of il Mr. Cunningham suavely said
Hacfley couldn't tell a lie to save his
! life. but must he mistaken. as he was
sure he had spoken to the young clerk
about that He couldn't remember when
or how or why, though. OF what he said
at the time
! He didn't remember the $4,000 Hack
ley special account, which was the one
HsckIev recalled Neither could he be-
Heve that the $4,000 draft from Cole,
about which Hackley told. had been de-
posted To his-Cunninghans s-credit,
until Judge Bruce produced the deposit
book and showed the entry. That was
on July q. 1902
About that time a letter from Elling-
wood & Cunningham's told Senator
GoodseII that if he'd call at the Office he
could collect $1,000 cash which was
waiting there for him. Cunningham said
he knew absolutely nothing about that
letter. He didn't seem TO be able TO tell
anything about a $1,000 withdrawal from
his account just then. either. Not even
when Judge Bruce pointed out the initial
&c" alongside the item was his memory
refreshed.
He admitted that GoodselTs name be-
gan with &c" but saw no connection.
The same was true regarding two items
Of 1900 each along in 1903. The initial
b" was attached to these items. Gun
ningham couldn't say that this indicated
payment Of the $1,000 to BedeI.
ignorance Somewhat Qualified.
ct never had anything to do with leg
islative business. Judge" he asseverated,
''a~7 I know no more about it than
you do"
Judge Bruce, it may be remarked has
2 very good knowledge Of the legislative
business. as he served in Albany term
as Lieutenant Governor.
Judge Bruce wanted TO know why
much of the money put through these
accounts came from II. H. Vreeland and
H A Robinson, officials in the Metro
politan system.
Cunningham said he didn't know. He
didn't even know why he'd written TO
Tracy Rogers to "get $1,000 for Louis,
etc" Louis, he said. was the way he
designated Assemblyman Bedell. His
respect for gray hairs prevented him
from calling Senator Goodseu by his
front name.
The inqUisitor wanted very much to
know what Rogers was TO get in touch
with EImira" about as he was advised
to do in another letter Cunningham
hadn't the least idea, unless it was some
reference to the fact that Archie" Bax-
ter lived there. He didn't connect it in
the least with Cole. No questions were
asked about Baxter.
A subsequent letter Of Cunningham's
to Rogers told of a talk he had had with
Senator Raines when that veteran legis-
lator called AT the office TO get some
money for stocks the brokers had sold
The letter contained this phrase:
4 am glad TO see ne is one of our own
kind
That meant, Cunningham said, that
Senator Ratnes was "a very genial
man"
Jesse Barr, a gum chewing, sweet
scented youth who had served as secre-
tary for Cunningham. was called to shed
some light on the &c" and ''B." entries
II Cunningham's deposit book which
were made in his handwriting. Barr
chewed gum industriously and mani
Tested dense and impenetrable igno-
rance Of everything under the sun.
The graft hunters viii hold q session
to-day and then adjourn until October ,