New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-26

From then until now. You can see
il II you want"
"Did YOU receive any more money
I besides this $4,000 checkT
yves; $4,000" .,
"Do Won remember when you got IL
"Yes. | got 81 900 before ! went 10
Ann Arbor ard 81 500 when ] returned
when was thst1 What were the
dates Of the checker
81 don't know
cant you find OUT"
Eyes: but it IL none OF your pus'-
ness"
l., which Won promised TO explain IL. |
imagine YOU might have brought the
information with you. | think we'd
botter excuse you until you get It,"
"l'm giving II TO you now. went
/ 10 Ann Arbor last fall, after the adj
iournment of the Constitutional Con
yention, and was there about week,
| think
"can you tell us tho dates OF the
checks now :"
cone was before / went to Ann Ar
Dor, and about two or three months
ago"
Senator Thompson, having obtained
what he went after, relinquished tho
examination at this point to Mr.. Moss.
Mr.. OuigQ said he did not know on
what hanks the checks were drawn, but
that they were either drawn upon I. a.
! Gillespie's account or tho Pipe line
companys.
Advised About Committee.
Here Mr.. Quigg was excused tenn
porarily while T. II. Gillespie, the son
Of the head Of the Gillespie firm. was
recalled to the sta..C. Mr.. Gillespie
told why the check was charged TO
three separate accounts. He explained
the pipe line and the garbage &C
counts.
Remember what you told our &C
countant, Perley Morse, about gen
eral EXPENSE" asked Mr.. Moss.
:" don't remember" said young Mr..
| Gillespie.
Mr. Moss swore Mr. Morse, who tes-
/ tifed:
"Mr. Gillespie stated that about the
time the check was given to Mr.. Quigg
the Thompson committee was apr ONT
ed and that, Mr.. Quigg being more or
less familiar with the Legislature,
Mr.. Quigg advised his father about
members Of this committee"
Mr.. Moss then asked Mr.. Gillespie
II this refreshed his recollection.
at does" was the reply. "Mr.
Morse asked me-and Mr.. Morse will
remember this, I'm sure--if the gen
eral expense account had anything TO
{ do with the Thompson committee.
told him my father had talks with Mr..
Quigg and they may have had some
thing to do with this committee, but
that didn't know anything about 1t:
Mr.. Morse turned to the Commuters
accountant and asked him II he want
ed to amend his testimony after hear,
ing Mr.. Gillespie's account lie said
he didn't.
"Who suggested I'll" asked Senator
Thompson OF Mr.. Morse.
"Mr. Gillespie first spoke about it,
was the reply. 81 was very much sur
prised at it, as this committee was not
/ appointed until after the date Of this
! check"
Quigg Back on Stand.
] Mr.. Quigg nodded that he would Ike
/ TO take the stand. This was granted,
and he said:
"Mr. Gillespie never spoke to mo
about the Legislature or this commit
tee. Nobody has spoken 10 me about
this committee but wayfarers on the
highway"
Then he left the room. after giving
his promise that he would come again
when the committee wanted 70 inter
rogate him.
Mr. Gillespie also left AZ this mo-
ment, after promising to produce all
books and documents of the Gillespie
ina
limit was fixed because testimony was
given by Accountant Morse that letters
found in the Gillespie files showed IL
was corresponding about the contract
7 II has for Undertaking the INTERIOR
ough's IL" lines as far back as that
time.
The committee is particularly inter
ested in the why and wherefore OF
$4,000 900 transfers of money in large
sums-one of S900,000 from the New
York office to the Pittsburgh branch
following the awarding of this con-
tract, which, Senator Thompson said
yesterday, was awarded without com
petitive bidding.
Mr.. Marshall, the noted expert on
constitutional matters, In his testi-
mony repeated in substance what he
said for publication the day before
lie said he came into the Admiral
Realty case on July 20, 1911. A tele-
gram from his Office summoned him
from his Adirondack retreat at the
time.
In answer to questions, he said that
he did not inquire of Hays, Hershheld
& Wolf, who retained him, who was
footing the bill.
Marshall Testimony Denied.
Mr.. Moss thought that the witness
with his eloquence" and by creating
an atmosphere for the court, could
have swung one more judge to his
side, thus winning his case. Mr.. Mar
shall said that he believed he did all
that any one could have done. Nor
would he agree with Mr.. Moss that
the Court of Appeals was obtuse.
But Judge Hiscock zone Of the
three judges who rendered the ma
jority opinion) speaks Of preferential
payments TO the city in his decision"
said Mr.. Moss. "fle puts that down
as part OF the contract. Wasn't he a
little off ?"
Mr.. Marshall finally admitted that
Judge Hiscock was inaccurate in this
respect, as the preferential payments
go TO the lnterborough.
lie said when he entered the case
he did not know the PETERBOROUGH was
/ going 10 foot the bills of counsel on
both sides.
Abraham Hershfeld, Of Hays Hersh-
/ field & Wolf. was the next witness. He
said that Delaney Nicoll employed
him, and asked him to bring tt Ad-
miral Realty Company suit. This com
pany, il was shown, was capitalized