Show NEW YORK ALDERMEN I II I j I The Drag Net Among Them for Corruption4 THE JAEHNE INVESTIGATION II I I Gould Talks Manchester Trade C France and Germany Bricand I Uuslnesa Etc New TorK Corrnptlonlsts NEW YORK March 19Police Inspector In-spector Byrnes was seen at his office this morning preparing to go out when a reporter asked him if he was going to drag the net for more aldermen today He smiled at the question and replied That is a matter I won d rather not talk about I am in hopes that the evidence will be sufficient to warrant the arrest of some of the guilty ones That is for the district attorney to dec de-c de He is going ahead cautiously to get evidence that will stand in the courts To me it looks as if he would come pretty near getting itJI Is fte true that all the aldermen of 188J are involved 1 Nearly all There are two the inspector in-spector spoke calmly and with earnest emphasis of whom I can sav here now that theyare not tarred with that stickAldermen Grant and OConnor one a Democrat and the other a R publican pub-lican Of them it can bs positively and absolutely stated at this stage of the enquiry that they were not bribed As to the rest you will know shortly who were bought and who were not or pexhaps I might better say of whom it can be proven that they were bought Let it rest till then Allusion was made to the silverware silver-ware scrape of Jaehnes in the role of a fence that dragged Inspector Byrnes into unpleasant notority Everything in its turn said the inspector in-spector calmly Before we get through wiih this I will come pretty near showing show-ing up some things in connection with that matter that are not as nlain to the public as they might be That attack on me I believe was made by parties who were cognizant of what I was doing with Jaehne to throw discredit on me or turn off the wrath to come It didnt work and it wont now When I am through with the more important work on hand there will be time to show up that little affair and its bearings bear-ings on me Speculation was rife at police headquarters head-quarters as to the identity of the lawyer employed according to Jaehne by his fellow aldermen to cover up their tracks by overhauling their private books and papers and fixing them up to bear the scrutinizing gaze of the S nate committee Inspector Bvrnes would not tell who he was but said signucantly that his turn would also come in its season Alderman Jaehne with his counsel Richard Newcomb walked down Broadway Broad-way at 11 oclock to day and went into I the postoffice building to attend the session of the Senate Broadway Railroad Rail-road investigation committee Jaehne looked very meek and seemed anxious to avoid notice The arrest of Jaehne seemed to greatly increase the interest in the investigation in-vestigation of thegranting of the = fran r chite of the Broadway Road A murmur mur-mur spread throughout the court room as Alderman Jaehne entered accompanied accom-panied by exAldeman Cleary His counsel followed andAIdennen ONeil Delacey and exSheriff howe secured seats within the Inner railing Alderman Alder-man Jaehne far from tryingto avoid the faze of spectators stood up fiy the judges bencb in full view of all chatting chat-ting cheerfully with his friends For the day he promised to be a bigger man than Conkling |