New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-26

some one other than oliver TO get GloneS'
so as to prevent the POSSIBILITY OF d
"frs re-up'' by them against Stanton.
Waldo's description of the scene in his
office when Oliver first reported to him
on the Stanton case differed slightly from
the accounts given by Schmittoerger ana
| Oliver himself
| when Oliver came in" he said, II SAID l
heard that he had said that Stanton tTleu
to extort money from him. ! asked MN IL
II was true and If he had witnesses ne
| said he had, and / rang for the chiel
| inspector, told him to take the afndaVi'
and prefer charges. Oliver told me tha'
his witness was a retired fireman
! John j. Kearns. the former special po-
/ liceman who was complaining witness
! against Oliver in the assault case IN the
/ taxicab strike, took the stand TO dehy
/ that he ever told Oliver that the com
/ pany was going to pay him S2OO TO get
| Oliver. Nothing like that ever happeheu'
Kearns said.
The morning session OF the committee
which was devoted to Oliver and GlDne!'
! brought out one important mistake IN
v,
which formed the basis Of the charges
against Stanton. oliver swore In that al
fdavit, and yesterday reaftirmed De1ore
the aldermen, that the alleged broadway
meeting with Stanton was on November
7. 1909, at 2 o'clock IN the morning. Ihat
! II was at that time that stanton demand
ed $3.50 and that it was later that same
dav. at about 10 o'clock In the morning,
that he received his appointment to the
force.
Then Mr. Buckner produced a calendar
TO show that November Z, 1909, fell on
| Sunday.
Gibney, Too, Falls into Trap.
That ended oliver, and Gibney who fol-
lowed. fell into the same trap, but fell
with even more of thud than Oliver
Eyes. November was the date" he re-
itcrated confidently, and II that isn't
the date then the whole story Is wrong;
but / am very sure that was the date.
Gibney was more positive about that
date than he has been about anything he
has testified to until the calendar was
produced He looked II over, saw his
mistake and stammered that there must
be something wrong" Mr.. Buckner
agreed with him.
The ex-fireman spent some time describ-
ing the mythical Harry who was the
go-between for Stanton. according TO the
oliver story. He finally settled upon
"Harrys" size as foot inches and his
weight as seventy-five pounds. When
that produced a laugh, he Joined in, and
seemed to be rather proud Of his descrip-
ton, adding that Harry" was ian awful
light-lookin' Teller"
Stanton had his chance on the stand
late in the afternoon session. He had
Investigated some 5000 cases, he said,
while in charge OF the bureau, and had
never heard any complaint about himself
or his work until this three-year-old OIL
yer charge was brought up. He denied
knowledge of any one like the person de-
scribed by oliver as Harry"
Arthur X Wing. counsel for the New
York Transportation Company, who had
offered Oliver "a few thousand dollars"
according to Oliver, II he would sell out
the striking taxicab drivers. was on the
stand Just long enough to deny fatty
having had any such dealings with Oliver
and to give the former chauffeur the
same general character that had been
ascribed to him by Richard w. Meade.
the president OF the company, at Thurs-
days session.