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Show A PHILADELPHIA MYSTERY. Wh. (tot tb. O.nimladnni I'alit Statr. Adv.rCatng. Piiti-APErriti i, July V The eoun cil investigating committee held another an-other session yesterday. William H. Keinble and William L. Kikins, trau-tiou trau-tiou railway magnates, leli!id tbat they loaned money to Ilardsley with, which to buy Philadelphia and Chicago) traction shares, nad h closed out at a profit. Auditor-Genual JlcCammant said emphatically emphatic-ally that he never rocaived diroctly , or indirectly ouo penny of the money" mentioned in the expert's report He also denied various Bums credited, ou tho stubs of lJardb'.ey's check, book: to "Ma." as ever received by himi The advertising business was transacted through Captain Crafiiu, for a nunv-her nunv-her of years employed ia the auditor general's deparuo mt aad who died last year. Tha witness had reasou to - ' believe that tbe rebate was paid by tbe ' . .' f papers, for that leasou tbat GralBu in- , ' - ' limatsd to h;.ii tbat certain poetical debts had to bo paid, and ttaathey; were settled in this way. ' He iJL. f derstood that did.nt get advart. '"v.; ware tukeu, care ot by those trSt '" ,; get it. V After McCammant left tho I . i.V Committeemaa Ettinu atatcelth- ' w'Ulistandlajt .ho add.or-gnri ';; rUl, itwaa - fcie (Tittin'el4ot " : ekitotn1uriropBiiahtr(W eviuence in his possession. lint upf itji' '',' advice from tho district attorney that it would be unwise to make politic the ' disclosure of the contents of tho docu-4 ments at this timo. he refrained. J. Singer, connected with tbe Fourth street .National bank, related a conversation conver-sation had with Marsh, tho fugitive president of the Keystone bank. afteH the institution closed. Marsh told oc I his endeavors to prevent the closing of the bank, saying: "I triad to blub? Wauamaker, but failed." Marsh also told him he tried to get Wanamaker to use his influence to have tha bank kept opeu. Clayton- McMichael of tha JVorW American, Robert J. Cock of the rrenA Wm. P. McCully of the JiulUtin, iA-k iA-k ard Morwits, of the GtrmnnLh mocrtit, and James Filverson of tba Jnruin'r, proprietors or managers of th papers alleged to have paid rebates re-bates on tho me.rcaotilo appraiser's ap-praiser's list for advertiaing. w;ra swurn. Tbe testimony was to tlm effect that they cculd not get advertising advertis-ing without paying a commission of 40 per cent from the person bringiag it to them, and as they could print tho matter and make a protlt after paying the commission, they did so, as a matter mat-ter of business. None of them had any knowledge) what the commission wa lo either liardsley or the auditor general. gen-eral. Cook admitted that Captain OralTin tv as not the man to whom he paid th commissions in Captain Griffin having died in 1800, Cook declined to reveal tho name, .sayiug the person was not a public officer. Tho others ali) declined. |