Show TAI the 1 the senate Coul commit tee into II 11 his is acts HE FLOSSIE TEN A Is 6 th inai money oney was for flot from her col god father and her per papa had nothing to do with it NEW YORK may S the senate renate committee on cities of which bams tt Is chairman sat again today to day to hear further develops developments ent concern concerning I 1 ng the workings 0 theet the city tyde depart part menta ments al As it was known know n hat that maor mayor grant would be a witness to exculpate from the charges of mcfann mccann the committee room waa WAS filled to the door grant wa was arese prese present I 1 w m lib ith bourke cochran Cochra ii h hla Is counsel fassett and other member it alie I 1 e committee were on band hand early mccann was waa again put on oil the stand cross cros tZ furnish exam examined lie retold the story about furnish ing supplies plies to the family of his brother in law croker questioned an as to tb the date when croler cm er came can s to him with ISO be lie said be he could not tell the date lie ile was w as sur our priced at croker having tag 10 m with ith him as there was plenty of money at that time among the people connected with the board 0 of I 1 ald al dennen ermelL roker croker bald mid to him there were mere tuo two aldermen whom be he wanted to reach and tom toni adam adams u new ew them croker suase said raid he had seen these two alder men and understood everything was satis factory and 11 1 knew new he gald said somebody bad been n seen I 1 W ho he were s ere th thone the e aldermen pierson and wendel c legation lesa tion witness aid be he bad been ix en on thebert the beat of terms w with fill croker until at mayor vor grant came I 1 in n between them witness continued croker hail bad bee been misled by bis big ad advisers iBers men who he hold high position positions in this city it Is these theme men w ho have driven him frol a home and family 1 refer to irani I 1 think it I 1 lit a disgrace to this elv that A man if UL ka grant should be ita its mayor senator asked the witness a number of questions presumably in ex plan lion of 0 hla big testimony but no one ex le capt himself mccann and benator senator fassett beat beird rd either questions or answers atthe afternoon atierno on eslon tension the court room ak was as more thron ged than la in the morning tx ex mayor edaun edson said so 0 o far ar aa as be kne knew grant was not a candidate for of public works and bad had never spoken to the witness about the matter then mayor G grant rant was called lie Ife denied dented positively positively any knowledge of any agreement by v y which aich croker was to receive any on sum 1 barrell on cement it he grant be appointed ioner of public works appointed lie e denied that coing heeler 0 ov er told lot d anyone that I 1 if r it bad had not been for croker he grant great would have taken hla his share of the broadway rail road boodle lie knew nothing about the sum lle me cann had of he had bad never been a candidate aboken lor commissioner of public works never contributed to or bad had know ledge of any fund to secure any ones appointment by choat cheat as to bis his relations to the 6 croker faint amaly y the mayor said he had been verv intimate with them he ile was godfather fath eito to crokers L roker a child when be that responsibility be he bad had no nearer relative than cousins and no obligations lie ile determined to make some pro vision for the child on one oc scalon alon he be had given gi ell her acol and subsequently the bame same amount lie never gave her any other except such much an be he gave all the geant croker roker children on holidays the money was given the child in the presence pr of father and mot berand the child 9 handed the money to her mother the presents ts were free and without any under standing or agreement or in consideration of bis big elections as cheriff he riff mr boardman ardman lio took up the the mayor repeated r e d that lie ito was a never new er a candidate nd I 1 dat 1 lor 0 r commissioner of pub public he work you did not go so far as am to secure counsel to aid your you appointment emeritt tm eritt lecure curea counsel ho no 51 sir r uld did vou you not retain colonel bliem oh lob at the suggestion of mr kelly I 1 re gained him film to have an injunction dissolved that restrained the board of aldermen from acting on the appointment of commissioner of public works mayor mor grant further stated that he had no personal knowledge of what was as done with the money hl he gave a we flo donate le lie ile did not know it b bal w on u used tied to pay off OT a mortgage senator FiLs fasolt sett questioned the mayor about his life candidacy for the he mayoralty and was told that be vai was not by tam am many hall limit lie contributed about and ind this was to the printing fund of the local oil leers T questioned the mayor about his letters to the preal president dent ol 01 the senate choate objected d when hen it was argued V d that the let r U hac r been referred tor to tr the e wal cittee cocktail cock ran on behalf of the ma mayor r said ld be would mould withdraw the intimate intimation at the committee or its counsel bad had been beeps party par t y to the conspiracy the manoes mavors ell charac I 1 ter er there I 1 bad til been such colpi lic but u t they would entirely exonerate the commit t tee in reply to the final question the mayor said he never influenced or sought to I 1 annu flu ence once the park commissioners to refuse to re new me mccanns C suns lease ex Arsi aaita staat at attorney nicol I 1 said mid throughout bis bin extensive investigation invest into the matter of bootie ai aldermen dermen it in IMI he never neve heard anything about grant being ft A candidate for commissioner |