The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-25
HUCkLEBERRY
SECRETS OUT.
Startling Confessions Made by
Lawyer Breen in His Suit
for Big Fees,
HIRED TO KILL OPPOSITION.
His Bill of Particulars Tells How
he Persuaded" All to
Change Front
EVEN the COURTS MANIPULATED.
Sacked by croksr's Crowd, He
Carried Through the Me-
farious Deal.
EVEN the COURTS MANIPULATED.


the taking of testimony before a referee
in the suit brought by Lawyer Matthew
p. Breen and his associate. Daniel F.
Cohslan, TO recover S135.OoO for services
rendered 10 the Union Railway Com
pany in the "Huckleberry" Railroad
grab il in fair way to be explained
There In every prospect Of a scandal
Of such 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 insignifcance beside 1t.
The history of the "Huckleberry"
Railroad grab, or SO much of 1t as ap-
peered 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
to be told.
Until within few days the papers in
the suit of Breen against the Union
Railway Company have been SO Jealous
ly guarded by the lawyers employed on
both sides that It was impossible to OBJ
tain an authentic stcry of the facts
brought out during the progress of the
testimony before the referee.
To-day. however the bill Of particu-
ysrs and furnished them by the plain
Ing or stsn a SSia1 PoT ke nn nst hxs me
enough Of its contents is made public
methods employed by some corporations
10 obtain what they desire that the
same Sid tactics We're used in order to
tagonism would have been fatal to the
realization OF Croker. Murphy & Com
pany's dreams.
There was something very like panic
among the lawyers on both sides when
4 they learned that 1.-THE Evening Worid'
had discovered the nature OF the tes-
The reporter was for two days re-
ferred from one lawyer to another and
back again In an effort to avoid the re-
disclosures. and it was only after con-
siderable pressure was brought to bear
that the necessary documents were pro-
Why Breen Was Employed.
Matthew p, Breen. who claims the
credit for having obtained for the "Huck-
leberry road franchise worth between
$2.00O. 900 and S3,000.00O. Is counsel to the
commissioners OF Improvement OF the
lin 70 The Tine ~ Nv Wen.y-iourth wards
Union RaiIwav Com1anS ~ h ELY uy tne
not, 1t 10 said. figured in legal cases
Zee. warrant the ''a'ri''hs Oh 'lSo'~o
He lives in a modest house at 25s Willis
avenue. near One. Hundred and Thirty
statement, Il was not ME- Rr..n ns own
tation as a legal light Witch earnsd eP Pur
tha "Hnchishsrr' ~ pelnS retained 10y
II was HE tboro,yS ,,n mavtf o people. put
district affairs and The n1litics ~ w..
adjacent territory which caused him To
franchise scbenps 'he T'uckieoerry
Mr. Rrean has chosa, N,r,, u,
his suit and Hoad,ey an,a MN h ~ u
Johnson of % Wni,aey, Lau,eroach d
Sor the irnion pai hrans street, appear
The suit was hr"uGb, In ,hns y.s,
chester Go,n,x s,nrs ~ me west
srv ssaI Eouhty supreme Court IN Janu-
..ss,r. breeh declares that he favored the
.ymS oa the case Deiore lary, but that
ne otner size fought 50 hard TO have
f rns matter Kept from the public that he
nnany agreed 70 go before referee. Ac-
uinsy, Justice Cullen appointed Rob
seven. OF ~ Nassau street. to take
tne testimony.
the bill OF particulars tiled by the
plaintiffs cover seventy-tve typewriter
Rasss. ana u IL only necessary to read
toLu opportunities for responsiveness
when presented themselves during the
period covered by the Huckleberry fran
cnise nght.
seemingly insurnountable Obstacles n
the way OF obtaining the franchise were
smoothed away by the force OF MIR.
breens persuasive powers and legal skill
according to the bill of particulars.
IN order that proper estimate of the
CHARACTER ana value or the services rem
oereu pS MI. breen TO the Union Rail
divided his statement as follows:
What the Services We're.
Isl, n,.,
rHstLheiating 70 the services rem
esaea py piaint'iis rom January, 1891, 10
tns uate OF int passage OF the so-called
hucHieberry Dill In april 1892 Chap
Ter ssv, Jaws on iss-' 49,. ...,.-.
asred 1n ,bs cont 70 o ne services ren
town OF WESTMINSTER. .,
Inird-Heiathg 10 services rendered
Raii ny UaS Compan H.So" against 'he ohlof