New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-04

physical nature, ana none VI 49, - i.
'In my fathers house. at NO oV i'a'
sd street" said the witness co''iii'
down 70 the accusative part OF MS e''
dorca "sone time in 1908 saw pho'o-
graph of a check for 81 600. IL was q
check of the New York Life lnsuran''
COMPANY. made out to william W. NC
I.aughlin. and. as near as | can recall IT,
II was signed by John {. Mccall II
on ordinary Photographic paper anu
could see the writing plainly
II developed that when he had frs' 'o'u
his story, a few days go, he had not -,
sure of the first name of the "McCall
whose name was signed to the chech' nc
had thought at first IT might nave Oesi'
ballard Mccall" and had, In lac'' "''''
All affidavit to that effect. bu' TIC
plained that he later recalled ina. Dan"
Mccall was not old enough at t'a' INN,
N have been concerned in the ahai' a''''
no had then recollected that 1t was s'gheu
by John c. Mccall.
Photograph in Roeues' Gallery.
"My father showed It to my mother ana
she handed II TO me-" he said, In speaking
of tbe. photograph OF the check. ana my
mother said at first that she would de-
post It to her account, but my ia'"e' oa'u
that she couldn't, as that was oi'S
pbotograph which lie had had Haue "'
tho RogIes' Gallery, at Police Headauai
ers. and that he had already deposteu ',o
ORIGINAL To his own account In the Liloo''i
Trust Company
"Did your father say what the ''''''
was for?" asked Whitman.
"He said he'd had to wait SIX years ~,
bjs money" replied the witness "au
boen common talk IN the family loi
number Of years. My sisters Edna an.
,,ioI., were i'm the room when falhei
handed the photograph OF the chech u
,other He took il out of his pocket anu
cid well. I've got the check OF Juuse
Mccall here / used to near my a.,
cav that he'd been down to see judge w,
Gu ~ his chambers and that ne cou''
,o,.or cot his money. Then he saiu ne
,a,.yor and threatened to bring an
action" - rad
"nid your father tell you that ne ha'
- tho money to Justice McCallE
YES" -,
"Twenty-one thousand dollars?
Yes" .od
"nid YOUR father tell you why ne hau
loaned 1t TO him. - ohout
,.ue said he had loaned it to MN aoou'
tho time ne was nominated TOT l"o
rro,,e Court. He said Judge McOali go
:, to,ore no was elected. heard ny
father say that he was going 10 au' g.
the money TO Judge Mccall for 'he HUM
nation" ,,o,-, N
mid Won hear him say he was go''s "
ia him s2l 600 for his nomination io'
justice Of the Supreme Court?
yes" .,, osLod
Judge McAdoo. 4, the
ITO my mother. l was 'he',' no.
room. II was a little while ai'ei Nv
dominated. heard him say II MAJ
Zines after that between l%z anu 80
wa,rr Mclaughlin was not WILING 10
- those statements until after Mt
whitman had read over his aihua''t ~
him and asked him II 1t was true. IL,
Witness then. for the first time dlsp'ay eu
como spirit I'm his replies. He SAID thdt ~
oo,,,t,Iv was true. and then gave the
.rsu,ors 70 specific questions quoteo Jus'
above. Before that he had hedsed anu
lodged about I'm answering definite ques-
tions AS 10 the reason for the loan.
10 described how he. as McCalfs court
attendant on duty In his chambers wouiu
adr,i, his father on frequent calls on'the
Justice He was never present When the
two men talked. he admitted, but on the
evenings OF those days he would near ms
father telling his mother that ne had
called on the Judge again. but hadn't got
his money.
/ Then he stopped going to see the judge
suddenly. and they became unfriendly
over this money" said Mclaughlin.
'Did YOU ever hear anything about a
balance Of 5000 due your father
NO"
cor Of q referee 10 settle dispute over
balance OF {5,0D?'
No
Did you ever hear Warden Fallon men
toned as "A referee"
Heard Name Of John &. MCGOWAN.
NO. but ! heard the name Of John r..
MCGOWAN. who lives at the ST. Regis
mentioned as lawyer who had tried to
smooth matters over. lie was not sue
cessful. and after that my father said
that ne had had another lawyer write TO
Judge Mccall. / think that lawyer
name was Hyde. | think his name was
Charles HYDE and he had an Office at No.
10 Wall street. lie had a black mus
tache."
The last word OF description precluded
consideration OF the former City Cham
berlain, who never had any such facial
decoration.
Mclaughlin described then how he had
left his fathers home. and said that he
had recently instituted suit against his
sister for money he claims to have given
her 10 save for him when he was work
ing as a court attendant.
Mr.. Whitman asked him whether JUS
tice Mccall had not acted as his father
counsel before he went on the bench.
Mclaughlin said that was true and that
his father and Justice Mccall had quar-
relied over some law business connected
with real estate, concerning which he
could furnish no details.
McLaughlin's version of the Mccall
loan does not agree in details with that
recited by John a. Hennessy as informa-
ton received from Eugene ID. Wood.
Hennessy testified that Wood told him
the final dispute between Justice Mccall