The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-09
,:aDGERED ALLDS ON HISOAHH
SENATOR INDER SEVERE CROSS
EXAMINATION ar ALBANY.
0shssne ASks Hlm To neeSacale glls Geo (.
srleace Min Hls 0Oesiieaee 90 Pratt
Frtendi, I.e1ter frsm Ceager %
Aids after the Alleged Bsthery.

Aids After she Aur0ed WINERY.
ALEANE. March \ Senator lothian
r Aids underwent a severe rrnas-eIami-
nation to-day AZ the hands OF James "
Osborne. counsel Tor Iienn longer. A.
times the perapiration ran doSn the round
face 81 the senator accused OF taking
q oribe from Frank Conger Mr.. Osborne
drove question after question AZ the wit
ness without regard IT, the feelings oi
Aida. who "a, m the psrched up stand
before the gaze 81 the largss, assemble &c
in the senate since the trial legan.
Mr. I.ttleton concluded Ihe direct
examination 81 senator Aids a Few min
utes before noon BeTors the final aues-
tions were askAd Mr. IittlstoR revealed
. nove regarded az the most substantial
part ~ the defence &c Aids u has been
contended nv Conger that Aids and n, hers
sharing the i,oodIe fund IN lsDi threat E..
ened aud finally hllckFn He'd the COnG~r
brothers aud the bridge interests gen
orally Il had he@n pointed mt ho~
Aids met Cprgsr AMI told him to &c,
busy' and have the bridge interests
hurryfAround to IL things right
At an une Sp@ctsd moment to-day Mr.
Littlston produced q letter from Benn
-. 1901. a month after the alleged bribery
occurred Fem wrote 10 10 = friendly
note. saying 10 could always he ~.
lied upon to assist ~ with our balls
and personally that he felt under sr-at
obligations u both Allds and Nixon
After this letter was submitted and
identified nv All'is. senator longer vol
untesred = statement "a the neWspa per
"A
20 Aids after Cn0ger had received one
from Aids acknowledging With graft
tude a contribution oI SIS. sent to a fund
subscribed to buy presents Tor Speaker
Nixon Clerk Barter and others On the
Last day Of the legislative session OG ItOI
That was the day Hiram Gardner Moe
and Rem Conger say they pilotSd Aids
around the Assembly corridor and slipped
Go him 81 ON N the Ways and Means
Committee room
Under tho croas-sI animation 10 Mr..
Osborne Senator Aids said he could not
recall having sent the acknowledging
letter to Benin Conger IN IpOI. Ne might
have sent u. he said. but was not sure
no~. During the afternoon the most
severe part of Allds's ordeal came. u
was when MIR Osborne wanted Senator
Aids practically 90 admit that h. had
violated hrs oath a. a member of the As
ssmbly when he yielded to the wishes Of
Senator Plat and killed the MAlby
Stevens biil for the senator.
2 Osborne Asksd senator Aids Il az leader
81 the majority 81 the Assembly ln that
year he did not represent the honor and
dignity Of the Republican party ~ this
state. senator Allds said ne had sysrv
reason to believe that h. did
n that Was the case Osborne wanted 10
know Why Aids deferred wholly to Sena-
tor PlAtts opinion after having admitted
in his testimony that lie thought the
.Maloy Stevens bill was a good bill and
ought to pass. Osborne said hs dbl not
llhe TO drag Senator Pistt's name into The
case, especially a. this time. but that the
circumstances dem Anded H.
YOU knew that the Congers we're %
posed to this hill. why didn't Won tell them
That senator Plat wanted you to Kill this
bill?- insisted Osborne.
4 never met anv Of IN. longer
brothers, replied Aids
But you knew % the existence ~
corruption fund N 1891 aud you know that
such . corruption fund would not be
necesaArv " YOU had told the Coagers
=
senator Aids said he never knew 81
the sxiatence Of q corruption fund.
But you and Bonn COngsr were very
friendly, were you nOts-
We were friends" replied Aids
And friends up 70 the time Of this
present unpleasantness. ~ that w.
Yes: we were friends up 20 the time ne
uttered the infamous lie about me
J Mr. Osborne tried 20 have senator
Aids tell what he belisv~ 81 ConReF mean
-, - NJ - a.
Ito. could h@ depended uppn 20 help
out bills Aids said he u ould not Aftsmpt
20 say what ~as in COnGsr's mind when
he wrote that uay
You mean TO testify under the sol
emnity of your oath. exclaimed Mr.
0~Horns. that you do not know what
Cc DseT meant:-
4 certainly do no, lnow ~hst was in
HE mind 81 that tine
The letter which Mr. I.ittl~ton pro-
-duced was.
CEoToN Nay - IOl
re Hon \ iYds Noyir,Sh. Y. =.
NJ DEAR A~sEMBLyNAN Your letter
If May - - received ! VAS very glad
10 hear from YOU and ! want TO assure
you that 81 AL my Albany friends and ac-
quaint ance- here y no ono whom I would
he more pleased o assist and honor than
the member Of Chenango. and when !
say this for myself am sure : also voice
The sentiments Of every man on he Re-
pa blican side Of The House
We all know Joe could be relied upon 10
aasssf Ia our btlls and help ~ IN every
way he could. and personally feel under
great obliga ions 10 YOU and Fred for shat
YOU Sere able 70 do for mo in protecting
ny business interests m the Rules Com
mirtep
While do not expect 10 be returned
again to Albany. - our county only sends
man tNi~s. ! shall remember with the
creates Of pleasure my associations With
yeu and Others in Albany. II tho time
ever comes In the future when I can bs Of
assistance to YOU in any way. politically
or Otherwise. DO NOT hesitate TO call upon
me. Very truly yours. BHSS CONOER.
Mr.. Osborne az the outset wanted 20
know Why Aids did not proceed 20 have
Frank Con&sr indicted by . Grand Jury
when Walter Cook Of tho Acme Road
Machine Company told him Conger was
attempting 20 raise a fund 20 infusnc0
leGislnaion. Aids aAid that he did not
thlRk the money would be raised after |
hfs talk With Cook.
You knew publicity would have q ten |