Show A SENATE COMMITTEE assembles to investigate the affairs of itaw york CROKER EXAMINED questions are put with cau tiona great crowd present senator edmunds Bil lOther news june 23 spenial Spee ial the senate committee ou cities today to day assembled in part II 11 of aba superior court and resumed the examination of lew yorks municipal affairs but especially to five bichard croker ex chamberlain an opportunity to answer the damaging accusations of hia brother in law patrick H mccann part II 11 of the superior court furnished the battle ground for mccaan and mayor grant when they faced each other on that remarkable saturday early in may the scenes of that day were strikingly similar to those ot today to day iong before the hour the committee was to meet the halls and stairways leading to the courtroom were packed by politicians of all parties struggling lor admission tammany of course waa numerously represented the members of alie organization were in high glee for richard crober had himself come across the sea to meet his accuser face to face and to denounce the retainers detainers deta iners of the organization of which he is chief the chairman of the committee had buat rapped for order when croker pale but composed walked in accompanied by rufus cloate and burke crockran Croc kdan he the room with a glance and then folding his arms he gazed intently at the floor bouce or twice he raised his eyes and recognizing some friend or acquaintance in the audience he nodded his head and smiled although apparently unruffled it waa evident that hia nervous system was not in good condition and thai he had to exert all hia will power to control it As he glanced across the table and beheld mccann seated besida mr jonesie Jo neshe cast a look of contempt kanj led with pity at his discarded brother inlaw in law mccann really did not seem to enjoy his position but haying engaged in the tight he looked aa if determined aeter mined to stand by his guns until the last the examination of cocker was conducted by mi choate the learned lawyer who frequently consulted with ceorl ran put hia questions with extreme he questioned the witness aa to his connection with politics and then gradually iad him up to abc oanna statement the points of which he repeated in a low distinct boico the courtroom at that point became as quiet as a cemetery no one moved and every one held hia breath in the remotest corner could by heard the voice of the witness as he denied emphatically the accusations made him and grant tho climax however was reached when the directory testimony of the witness was finished and he was turned over for cross examination to mr jonea for a moment Tamm anys chief and the great lawyer looked at each other and then the hattle hrcan th nt anro set out to probe the relations existing between grant and the witness while the former was sheriff and sought to lay here the actual agreement alleged to exist for the division of the proceeds edi of the sheriffs office during the mayora incumbency the witness never lost his temper even when the council prompted by mccann put to him a ies of questions of a personal and delicate character there is a wide difference of opinion as to the effect of crokers testimony but is is admitted that the engagement between croker and jones was a drawn battle |