The evening world., 1894-04-09
is IT JUSTICE
DIVERS WORK I?
Witnesses in the Nlturaliza.
tion Frauds Are Being
lntimidated.
SUbORNAT|ON OF PERJURY.
Corralled in a Pell Street Saloon
Owned by One Of the Leaders
Henchmen.
SOL. BERNSTEIN REFUSED.
Wouldn't Sign an Affidavit Prepared
by a Tammany Lawyer to
Whitewash Diver.
BERNSTEIN REFUSED.

frantic attempt has been made to
Evening World" OF the extensive natur
alization frauds in the Second Assembly
District, published last Saturday.
Strenuous efforts nave been made to
induce the men who gave this informa-
tlon to The Evening World" to deny the
statements made by them. and intimidG.
ton has been resorted to to induce them
to sign false aiiidavits in which they were
to contradict the statements made by
them to Evening World" reporters in
the presence OF many Witnesses
Who instigated this attempt to procure
the perjury of these Witnesses?
Those most in interest In the matter
were Police Justice Patrick Divver and
his friends in the Second District.
| That the disclosures OF The Evening
| World" have thoroughly frightened
those who have been engaged in these
wholesale frauds upon the election laws
is shown by the desperate attempts
which they are now making to extriCate
| themselves from the net which is being
| woven arounl them.
The startling disclosures made by THE
Evening World' in regard to the work
of the Abe Meyers Association last Fall
| in procuring the wholesale naturaliza ton
OF Hebrews who We're not qualified for
| citizenship, were the talk OF the district
on Saturday night
Several of those who have given testi-
mony as to the promises OF Justice Div
Yer and his friends and his encourage
| ment of the means employed to procure
these frauds were approached and
| threatened.
Emissaries from the Tammany head
quarters OF the district We're hunting up
the men yesterday morning whose in
tervieWs were published in Saturdays S
They succeeded in gathering most Of
them in during the day, and in the
afternoon they were taken to the saloon
of Michael Quinn, one Of the, Tammany
captains OF the Second District. at Pell
and Mott streets,
They had tried hard to find Morris
valuable to "The Evening World" but
found his brother, Abe, however, and
he toid that 1t would nn, go hard W.T.,
he had said about the purchasing of
naturalization papers and Police Justice
| DIVERS connection with the alleged
| frauds
These who met at Qqinns saloon were
Bernstein in and Gimberg besides Morris
This was about o'clock yesterday
afternoon. After considerable treating
by the Tammany captain and his friends
the men were told that the best thing foI
denying the statements made by then
and published in THE Evening World
the day before.
They were then piloted downtown tc
the office of II well-known TGmmanS
lawyer, and although 1t was Sunday
afternoon, We're taken up to his once
and there told that papers would be
prepared for them to sign.
The lawyer according to the testi-
mony OF several OF the witnesses. was
not visible when they first reached the
office, but he soon came out Of his pri-
vate office with a number of atiidaWts
already prepared
one Of these he read to Sol Bernstein
reriting the facts contained in his inter
AMI averring that the statements werl
false and untrue and that he had never
made them
10 intense chaGr!n OF the lawyer
and the Tammary representatives, pres
out, bernstein absolutely refused to sigl
| the affidavit.
woTh" MH he s'n%f saS, w"s :" ,rne r. and Is"n' "an
not sign any paper Ike that" -.
what sort Of paper VIII you Sign p
asked the lawyer
Justice Diver say TO the delegation from
the Abe Meyers Association last Fd'
that he would 10 what nc cOuli Tor ther
II they would go ahead "!,n their work
he would sign paper to that effect
The other men were all finally. in
duced to sign the atiidavits prepared f.
them, II ls said, but they did no
swear to the afiidavtts, because ther'
was 10 notary present.
1t is stated ly one OF those who wa
there that the signed papers were thri
taken by the lawy r. and that the,
we're ali told to lie at he office OF
notary named Gordon In liayard street
, early this morning to swear 10 the am
. davts.
At least three OF the men, II is know q
refrained from complying with this re
: quest. Whether the others oheyed ia
commands and swore t. the attidav!ts .
not could not be asCertained this aft!
, noon.
1t was said. however. that one or tw
OF the men were so terrified by tn
threats that were made against them
they refused to come and swear to III
papers that they gave In and did Il
they were ordered.
| NNAaHhas EnsANaar