The evening world., 1911-11-23
BRADY GIVES
NO AID TO THE
+ ALBANY PR0BERS
Makes No Admissions That
Reflect on Barnes and His
Public and Private Deals.

ALBANY. Nov. 23-Anthony y.
Brady. the fnsnclcr, was a witness to-
day before the Senate committee which
= investigating Albany city and county
a6asrs. Mr.. Brsdy's name had been
meuesoned heretofore In matters
brought out during tho inquiry he
We Questioned to-day by James w.
ouborne. counsel 10 the committee. con-
CsFu6ng his interest In various corpora
11gns m this city.
~. Brady said ne had been q resident
1t Albany nearly all his life and had
been identified with the oity's business
inesrests for about thirty years He
sald the Municipal Gas Company. of
which ne Is president. owns all the
stock Of the Albany Electric illuminate
Company. which furnishes light, neat
md power TO the city. Mayor James
B. McEwan and Edward b. Cantine.
Commissioner OF Public Safety. are d.
reutors In the company.
did you have a talk with William
Barnes Jr. before Mr.. Canine was made
b dircctorY' asked Mr.. Osborne.
mo. str." replied Mr.. Brady.
How did you happen TO make a city
odiua a msmber OF the board of d.
rectorsr"
II don't rsmember."
Mr.. Brady sa.d Mr.. Cant.Ss was 4
small stockholder.
The witness said william BarneS jr.
was not a stakeholder In the gas CON-.
pany and that he had never talked with
IN Republican State chairman about
becoming n s~tockholder. lie remembered
that II. II. Bender. when treasurer OF
the Republican County organization, had
purchased some Of tho gas
stock at auction in New York, but Mr..
Brady was sure ne had not talked with
Nj. Barnes or Mr.. Bender concerning IL
Mr.. Brady was Of the opinion that tho
stock acquired by Mr.. Bender was for
merry held by the late Senator Patrick
H. McCarren and was sold to close his
estate.
DO you know whether Mr.. Barnes
owns. directly or indirectly, through II.
=. Bender OF n one else. any stock
In the Municipal Cal Company asked
~. Osborne.
q don't think Mr.. Barnes has the
siightest interest In the Municipal Gas
Company directly or indirectly" said
Mr.. Brady.
do you know whether Mr.. Barnes
owns any bonds of the Municiapl Gas
Company. directly or indirecty?"
Il don't think So"
Did you ever loan Mr.. Barnes any
money to buy the Journal Company
Yes sir. ! loaned Mr.. Barnes some
money"
did o receive any security2"
mo SIR"
h committee decided that tho
matter was not material or proper at
this time in view OF the fact tha,
neither Mr.. Brady nor Mr.. Barnes are
omcially connected with the city OF
Albany.
MIR. Brady said he was a Democrat
and that The journal was a itepub-
Lean newspaper. He said he bought
stock In The Albany Journal Company
because Mr.. Barnes asked him to and
he thought he was helping Mr.. Barnes.
Mr.. Brady said that while he was a
heavy s~tockholde- In The Argus Com
pany he did not know anything about
its anairs or the paying of IL per cent.
by that company TO The journal COM
pany for city printing obtained as a
result. OF competitive bidding.
Under direction from the board of di-
rectors of the Albany County Bank.
Cashier William ". s. Sanders refused
~ produce the books OF the bank show
Ing the of ii. IL. Bender, as
Treasurer of the Albany County Re-
publican organization. Mr.. Bender re-
tired from that position In October,
1906. and ~ now Treasurer OF the Re-
publican State Committee. Mr.. Sanders
was declared in contempt of the COM
mittee.
Mr.. Osborne said he proposed to get
the Information and II necessary 10 re-
quest. Gov. Dix to call 2 special term
Of court.