The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-25
HUCKLEBERRY
SECRETS OUT.
Startling Confessions Made by
Layer Breen in His Suit
for Big Fees
HIRED TO KILL OPPOSITION.
His Bill Of Particulars Tells How
10 Persuaded" All to
Change Front
EVEN TINE COURTS MANIPULATED
Backed BY croksr's Crowd, He
Carried Through the Ne
farieus Deal.
HIRED TO KILL OPPOSITION.
EVEN TINE COURTS Manipulated.

The secrecy which has characterized
me taking OF testimony before q referee
IN the suit brought by Lawyer Matthew
p. Breen and his associate, Daniel r.
Cohalan. to recover $4,000 for services
rendered So the Union Railway Com
pany In the "Huckleberry" Railroad
grab 10 In Q fair way to be explained.
There IL every prospect OF . scandal
Of ouch magnitude growing out Of the
testimony now being taken that many
Of the franchise-grabbins jobs which
have been engineered by political tricks
tiers within the last few years will pale
into insignincance beside It.
The history of the "Huckleberry"
Railroad grab. or 80 much OF 1t an ap-
peared on the surface. was printed from
time to time in The Evening World
during the progress OF the negotiations"
which attended the acquiring OF the
franchise by the Union Railway Com
pany. But the inside facts concerning
the Vaccinations which brought VIC
tory to the road, which Croker. Murphy
and others are said to control. remain
20 be told.
Until within . few days the papers in
the suit Of Breen against the Union
Railway Company have been 30 jealous
" guarded by the lawyers employed on
both sides that IL was impossible to OBJ
tain an authentic story OF the facts
brought out during the progress OF the
To-day, however, the bill of particu-
lars asked for by the defendants law
yers and furnished them by the plain
Ing Woria.s and Eh for PSe n rs h time
enough Of Its contents 10 made public
TO suggest TO those familiar with the
methods employed by some corporations
same old tacsios were used in order to
gain the favor OF persons whose an
tagonlsm would have been fatal to the
rssll5ation OF Croker. Murphy & Com
There was something very like a pa mic
among the lawyers on both sides when
had discovered the nature OF the tes-
timony brought out before the referee.
The reporter was for two days re-
bscf aFan one Tyer to to an95h, and
eponsibility of making the inevitable
disclosures, and II was only after con-
siderable pressure was brought to bear
duced.
Why Breen Was Employed.
Matthew p. Breen. who claims the
credit for having obtained for the "Huck
ieberrZ' road q franchise worth between
200. 900 and S.0o9o0o. Is counsel to the
Twenty-third and TWenty-fourth wards 1he
Up TO the time OF his engagement by the
Union Railway Company Mr. Breen had
not IL y said figured In legal cases
fee. 'N''
He lives in a modest house at 25s Willis
syenue. near One Hundred and Thirty
eighth street. According to his own
statement, It was not Mr.. Breen's repu-
tation as q legal light which earned for
MIN the Distinction OF being retained by
4 was his thoroug knowledge OF Annexed
District affairs and the politics OF the
adjacent territory which caused him TO
ps selected to engineer the "Huckleberry"
Mr, Breen has chosen Martin J. Keogh,
"a Beekman street. to represent him In
y, suit. and Hoadley. Lauterbsch 4
ter the Union Railway Company
The suit was brought in the West
snssfsr County Supreme Court In Janl-
Afraid of Jury Trial.
Mr.. Breen declares that he favored the
tying Of the case before Jury, but that
the matter kept from the public that he
nnALy agreed TO 30 before a referee. Ac-
cordingiy, Justice Cullen appointed ROD
srt sewell. OF % Nassau street, to take
The bill Of particulars MED by tn.
plaintiffs cover seventy-five typewriter
pages. and IL Is only Necessary to read
between the lines to discover the mani
fold opportunities for "persuasiveness
which presented themselves during the
period covered by the Huckleberry fran
Seemingly insur,nountaDle obstacles n
tne way or obtaining the franchise were
smoothed away by the force of Mr..
Breen's persuasive powers and legal skill.
according TO the bin OF particulars.
In order that a proper estimate Of the
character and value OF the services rem
way Company may be had, he has sub
divided his statement as follows:
What the Services Were.
First-Relating to the services rem
dered by plaintiffs from January. 1891, TO
the date OF the passage OF the so-called
"Huckleberry bill, in April, 1892. Chap
Second-Relating to the services rem.
dered in the contest for franchise In the
town OF Westchester.
Third-Relating to services rendered
in the case OF Watson against the Union
Railway Company.
th-Relatlng TO services rendered
chester town officials for contempt OF
court and in criminal proceedings before
Thomas Delehanty. Justice OF the Peace
OF the town of Westchester.
Fifth-RelatIng TO services rendered
IN contest for franchise before the BoarC
Of Trustees of the village OF Williams
bridge.
Sixth-Relating TO services rendered IL
opposing the election of A. H Morris
TO the State Legislature.
notwithstanding to services rendered
In the contest for franchises before tn,
Board of Trustees OF the village o.
South Mount Vernon.
Notwithstanding to services rendered
m the case OF Crawford against tn,
Board OF Trustees Of the village OF Souti
Mount Vernon.
Ninth--Relating To 5eryices rendered IL
the contest for franchises before IN.
Mayor and Common Council OF the citJ
OF Mount Vernon.
How Heintz Was Convinced"
The iirst section OF Mr.. Breen's bill o
particnlArs 10 Interesting to the public
~ explaining the heretofore inexpilcabl,
change OF front made by the late Louii
j.. Heintz. Commissioner OF Street i'm
proyements of the Twenty.third an(
IHenty-fourth Wards. In 1891. Mr.
Helnt<s opposition TO the propOse<
l@QcHeborfy' road was. Mt nrst o. IN,
most pfonounc<d character. q His com
upqlc4<iQn eddressed ~ the board q