New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-29
1906
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! punished / have had the policeman repriInandeI
= court, at least and the complaint against me
witness left the stand Nj sno Cor T 6n otser
business men in the city there would soon have been
end to police backmai With9ut ne ih mr. baads in
James A. Lynch. jr, a wel-dresscd young, man.
| the witness-chair just before the committee TOOK
failing to appear until he had been served three
After recess Mr. Golf examined young Lynch,
Evidently his idea was to prepare for o lne man
said he was a clerk in hts fathers wholesale liquor
store. - go 90, .bo nr,,+
leee Of IN using the sidewalk? A.-No. sir. ,,o
| Odd your firm? A-No; we uoh use '"e
Do you make all payments by check? A.
Yes. except for sundries 49,. 49,. sro yos
| 0-Who draws all the checks? Any father
TALE OF A COLLECTOR FOR THE POLICE
Mr. Golf thereupon dismissed Lynch. and called
owen Golden. a produce-dealer at NO " pey-St''
who had acted collector of police blackmaii.
Q-How long have you been in business? A.
Twenty-one years
O-What did you do with the envelopes you COL
lected from merchants? Al gave them to po-
nceman. -. ,,.o,,
| O-EIow many envelopes did you give himF A.
Eight or ten, =. .o,,oo. ,,o ervo,ones,
A~Throueh friendship and gooG,nature
| O-What captain? Al don't know his name;
1t was three years ago. 10 c,,rrobst
9.-Y9% were, not disturbed in the use of the
s' SWHSw long has It been the custom to make
these payments? A.-Twenty-one years s..o
Q-bM you collect the envelopes? A-Some
O-What did you say when you collected them ,,,
| 7 TO q
GLOW often did you collect the envelopes? A.
Q"At what iDterval? A.--About year. -.
0-Did any one call for the envelopes? Ayes.
| a policeman.
WHERE THE HEAVY ENVELOPES WENT
o-what did he say? Ale asked for the en-
velopes for the house.
Q-What house? A-station house. suppose
Q-How many envelopes were there? A-Aoout
! twenty; maybe more.
O.-How much was there in each? Al don't
know. know Of only one. That had SO.
Odd YOU contribute? A.-tes' SiO. ro,o~rol On,
senate senator o'Connor-Mr. Gon, why don't you in;
They are Just as guilty as the policemen.
wiIpess,mIs it not a TACT that ali the others paid
81 and sl5 was knocked off for you for doing the
collecting. A.-No.
ABOUT THE LIQUOR ASSOCIATION
Daniel Holland. a round. rublcund. smiling man.
!
Beer Dealers Association was next called TO the
stand His testimony was confined q the facts
about the organization and officers Of the assocn-
| ton and ne gave It with apparent Willingness. lie
has liquor store At -. 23sl sccond-arc: ana is
serving his second yearly term as president OF ne
! associate on He said that there vas Finance COM
mittee Excise Committee. 10 io)k out for MN
hers who got into trouble. standing committee
and an Executive Committee. not created 10y The
constitution Consisting 81 the , pr|Ic,S "a ud ri, '',
Gus local branches Whlch HlI NoiiIhl.'I ~
drafts had be signed by the president, the financial
secretary. the treasurer and the chairman or me
! Finance Committee. The local branches were On
precinct ward or district lines. i-dch palI :" -
own finances The meetings were held On the second
| He9ry Kiclfv, Who has been secretary o. the CEN
tra t"T zen E re was then Ga S aa
special meetings Of the association We're sometimes
! called He remembered one last spring to discuss
O. d}y Mr GoNf5-FIave You charge OF the minute
books? Ayes. They are supposed to be in NY
THE BOOKS WERE STOLEN.
Q-Are they in your possession now? A-No
They were surrep,itiousy taken from me on April
Q-slnce the meetings Of this committee began
| Ayes
Q-Why were they taken from YOU A-Becalse
| they believed that this comylittee would call Tor
Mr. COZ ~Mr Chairman know Mr kelly per
sonally. and he Is an honest. h3nors,b!e MN Thrre
however. | have received my Information from an
other source. $3.50 ,
tell the whole story. There was lttie meeting AZ
my house on the Sunday nisht preceding Grr AprI
president OF The ste SreagLa'oni had G =" ~,
look the minutes for several years q see
If there any thing In them 10 be afraid o.
ed Mr. Tekulsky's tes;imony before the committee?
.A.-Well. no. not exactly. The questions were not
truth. We both agreed that Mr. Tekulsky had testi-
Kelly then told how the books were stolen.
Tekulsky had warned him to be careful OF them, ana
he had taken them up to ms room ana hidden men
meeting he decided that it was safer to leave the
Ro2H at 66oE 80 W wo 9y he TOOK d & his
The regular minute book had record Of the pro-
reports for three years The absence Of the
minute book was commented on at the meeting and
Kelly wrote order 10 HIS wife 10 deliver TO bearer
presented to his wife by a messenger boy. ana be
was produced in court. Al the close Of the meeting
there was some commotlon. and Kielty's attention
was distracted from his books for minute. When
he went 10 pack up mis- books he found that The
lie had not seen that book since then The last
whom ne say n Hf minute bo?E Sa
taken the rough minute book bqt it was useless
books brought up at a meeting Of the association?
A.-Yes Tekuisky made great fuss about IT,
Tekulsky's testimony at variance with the
facts? Al don't think 50.
Mr. ,ior then read extracts from Mr.. Tekulsky 8
testimony about the organization and his cheerful
secretary would allow him to do So
TEKTLSKY BREAKS HIS PLEDGE
ODD Mr.. Tekulsky make request upon you
TO produce the books In court? A.-No.
Instead OF using all his influence with Kiey 10
have the books produced in court as he had prom
Used, Tekulsky went TO Kiey. examined the books
and Immediately aferward they stolen. and
Tekulsky raised n hypOcritical fuss about H. Such
Is the man whom Tammany has sent to the conven-
ton 10 revise the Constitution OF the state
Kielty said that II agreed at the Sunday night
conference between Tekulsky and himself that a
few Of the wiser heads should be called TO hook
the minutes. The names Of B T. Kerns. Daniel
Holland ana TekuIsky were suggested. The meeting
OF these wise ones never held, the books dis
appeared too soon kelly said that he had made NJ
effort TO trace the books His responsibility ceased
hen lLlit ~. L.