The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-29
PARKS'SPAL, MCCARTHY, GONE.
RlRNE HUNTING HIN TO SAVE
5000 DEIERI Cash.
AZ the Parks Trial Titan, Studios Witnesses
Repeat the story of ExtOrtion-Parks
Had Made His Pile and Was Going
10 Retire From Labor Circles"

10 Retire From Labor circles"
Walking Delegate Tim Mccarthy. in
dicted Jointly with Sam Parks on two
| charges of extortion and at liberty on
S. 900 bail, furnished by Big Bill Devery's
nephew. John J. Byrne, has disappeared
| Byrne cannot find him and obtained from
Judge Foster in the General Sessions yes
terday a surrender piece, which amounts
to an order for the police. or other persons,
to arrest Mccarthy upon sight.
Byrne hopes that Mccarthy will he
produced in time TO answer to the call of
the cases against him this morning.
| If Mccarthy does not show up to-day at
the General Sessions the s. 900 will be
| forfeit
Around the Criminal Courts Building
yesterday it was generally agreed that
| Byrne and Devery were lucky that Parks
| did not leave them in the lurch and cause
! them to loose the SIS 900 they had up as
surety in his case. Henry Farley, the
| Painters delegate who is a deserter from
the British Army, bounced policeman
and IA self confessed perjurer, is in the
| 1ombs. No one is taking chances on him.
! Richard Calvel, the Derrick men and Rig
gers delegate, is the other man Of the bunch
indicted He * out on bail
| Devery said last night that he had re-
ceived a notice telling him to have Mccarthy
in court to-day and that he had sent TO
the place where he ought TO be Devery
added that if McC ar,hy had run away thar
was news to him.
| Met arthy has not been seen since Parks
went TO the TomDs last week. lie has not
! attended the trial OF Parks which is going
on before Judge Newburger in Part Iii, OF
the General Sessions In fact very few
union men have appeared There was
larger percentage of them present yester-
| day
Whereas in the Plenty case Plenty was
/ The only complaining witness, and every
| one else come, ted with the case was "A
| Parks man, IN the Tiffany Studies case.
now being tried, there are three men
| who had dealings with Parks, and two
! OF them We're with MIN at one time when he
| made reckless statements. The absolute
| lack OF caution in his utteranceS to these
| Tiffany EMPLOY was attributed by those
| who know Parks to the effect OF drink. In
| talking to Louis Schmitt and David FraZee
| Parks, according to their testimony yester-
| day, said to them that he intended to Use
! for himself the $500 he demanded before he
| would call of a strike on work being done
| by the Tiffany Studios Company and that
| GIteI Ic kOJ II lItS were at lLcIly 10 Gil.
| ploy non-llnion men il they saw tit.
| Mr.. Frazee testified hat he went to Parks
! after Benjamin Thackara had been to see
| him at a saloon on Third avenue and had
| been sent away with the message to send
| up some one authorized to do business
| Mr.. Frazee found Parks in the bootblack' .
| chair on the outside of the saloon. FTaZee
| told Parks who he was
Tiffany again. by God' said Parks. X
talked to a man this morning about that.
| Can you settle for them?"
NO." said Frazee.
1Oh by -! Go back and bring
Tiffany up. Bring Jerome up If you want
| to-"
Mr., Frazee went and got Louis Schmitt
| treasurer OF the company, and they went
to Parks's house at night. Mr.. Schmitt
| objected to paying the fine, because the
| Tiffany worknen were union men who were
| getting union wages.
you don't think l am in this business
for my health. do your" asked Parks. If
you think you can fight us. why, go ahead.
A good many have thought the same thing.
but they gave in pretty damned quick"
Parks said that the money was not fine.
I'VE call 1t an initiation fee, he said.
at sounds better Look at the other COM
panies doing business. They don't have
any trouble that's because they have been
! TO see Sam Parks
We'll, | suppose we'll have to do the
same, said Mr. Schmtt Does this money
| 20 to the union?
The union he damned" said Parks.
at goes to sam Parks and few others
I've lost my health for lot OF thankIess-----
and now am looking out for myself:
Il didn't bring the money said MIR,
| Schmitt. DO you want it in a check or
| cash?'
Il want it in cash" said Parks. Il wasn't
born Yesterday You can mark every
---- Go bill, if you want to, ard 80 down and
have Jerome mark it too, I've got money
| enough to keep me the rest of my life and
| next month am going to take u trip for my
health After that 1t isn't likely that you
! will ever hear of Sam Parks in labor circles
again m
| calling of the striker
"When you pay tn" money" said Parks,
! "you can employ any one you want, only
| v hen you are working big jobs you must
| employ some union men or e.Se Ii have 70
| make howl. As for the men themselves,
| I've got the - - - mlihzled' III
any of them has a kick to make ri fine him
$50 and put him of his Job.
Mr.. Frazee went away with Mr.. Schmitt
! and that ended his connection with the ne
gotiations with Parks. Mr.. Schmtt testi-
fed in confederation Of Mr.. FruZee's story,
| which itself corrOborated that told earlier
by Mr.. Thackara Mr. Schmitt also added
the story OF the payment OF the money to
Parks.
Parks's lawyer tried to show the jurors
that under Parks wages in his union had
risen from 81 to 81 day. but Judge New
burger didn't allow him to go into the
subject Parks's lawyer tried to get wit
| nesses to admit that the employers were
| equally guilty with Parks if any money
line of questioning. Several witnesses
were called TO show that the men at work
on the Tiffany job belonged to Parks's
union