The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-23
PARKS IN JAIL And DESERTED
DEvERY DROPS HIM; SAYS HE'S
GONE OYER TO TAMMANY.
There Amt . Chance on Earth for Me-"
Says the Former Boss Of the Building
business ms He walks Over the Bridge

OF Sighs-Next Trial Next Monday.
4 tall, thin, white faced man projected
himself across the Bridge Of Signs from the
Criminal Courts Building to the Tombs
yesterday afternoon at sunset, and as he
went he yelled in an angry voice:
I'm Sam Parks, and there amt chance
on earth for me. I'll 20 to the Tombs and
III stay there until they send me away"
Then the Tombs swallowed him. and one
would have thought by his manner that he
was going to Jail In revenge to hurt some
unjust other person. and that he had re-
manned out Of Jail as a special favor to some
one who had claim upon his forbearance.
Big Bill Devery and Sam Parks are no
longer friends. Devery says Parks has
thrown him down and has made overtures
to deliver the labor vote to Tammany
Hall. If Parks hadn't shown up yester-
day Devery would have surrendered him
as soon as he could have laid hands on him.
Devery made this plain in talking about
Parks last night
When Parks first got into trouble Devery
had his nephew, John J. Byrne, furnish bail.
That meant that Devery was going on the
labor agtator's bond and he continued
to supply him with bail until he had put
up $4,000 worth Of real estate. Devery
further arranged bonds for friends OF
Parks to the extent Of $1,000 more. In
telling last night why he and Parks were
no longer friends Devery said:
II declined to arrange with bondsman
for Parks on the new charge Of perjury be-
cause had already procured bondsman
for Linn in the sum of $4,000 did this be-
cause I thought he was prosecuted. I
have not seen Parks since Oct. 7. when he
returned from Kansas City. I probably
would not have seen him then If he hadn't
wanted to get Farley out on bail. At his
request I got bail for Farley. Since then
Parks has not been near me, but he has
spent plenty of time with Charlie Murphy
and his friends at Tammany Hall. UNDER
stand that the Fourteenth street crowd
have undertaken his defence.
u will not stand for any man who is
irving to carry water on both shoulders
and who is not as straight with me as am
with him. Parks has acted the part Of
an migrate to me. He has never done any
thing for me, but has accepted many favors
from me. Charlie Murphy and his oronies
are not friends of the laboring man and
mechanic and when Parks commences
to frt with that sort Of company won't
have no further use for him.
Parks showed up in the Criminal Courts
Building yesterday morning to answer
~ the call Of the cases Of extortton that are
pending against him and which Assistant
District Attorney Rand had placed on the
calendar in Judge Newburger's court when
Parks did not show up on Wednesday to be
arraigned on the new indictment for perjury.
Byrne was in the Criminal Courts Building
and learned that the District Attorney
held that since Parks had again been taken
into custody by the officers his surety
was released and would have to renew the
bonds IL Parks were again set at liberty
When he learned this Mr. Byrne went away
without giving any more bonds. Parks
expected Byrne to go on his new bond
and renew the old one, and when Byrne
did not appear Parks was plainly surprised.
Parks got tired of waiting, and learning
that Judge Foster would accept in the new
case s. 900 In real estate or 5000 in cash to
be deposited with the City Chamberlain,
he sent out for the cash. By the time 1t
arrived In the clutch of one Warner, Parks
his responsibility as surety in the old cases,
and that nothing less than $4,000 would
avail. messenger reported that Byrne
and Devery could not be found.
Let EN- CO." said Parks: II they'd
wanted to they could have found me. I
COuldnt Ret away very ldI. ~ Mouiuu =
run away II wasn't under bail. 1t would
be Just as safe to let me out without cent
of security. I'd be around wheo my trial
was called. But they amt going to let me
out. They're bounding me to a finish
just then he caught sight Of County De-
tective Reardon in the corridor
Why don't you take me out at sunrise
A lot Of chance I've got He sat down
again with Tim Mccarthy, the other walk
ing delegate under indictment for extor-
ton.
i'm hungry and want to get something
to eat. Let's go out to restaurant" said
Parks at the close Of the afternoon.
Il haven't any Instructions to let you
out OF this building said Detective Ser
gsant MoNaught of the District Attorney e
staff. You'll have to eat i'll the Tombs if
you can't get bail
BALI" said Parks. who'll bail me?
don't want any bail,
Then let's be getting on to the Tombs,
chair and led the way to the Bridge of Signs:
IN 60 there and I'll stay there until
ny trial begins on Monday, and when they
get through with me they can send me up
the river, he said. Early in the day Parks
said that he had been in New Jersey
on private business. He told Mcknight
that lie had had an eye on the calen-
ANSo
any money, and when he learned that
the cases were put on yesterdays call
endar he came to town to answer. The
cases were not called yesterday, Assist
ant District Attorney Rand informing
Judge Newburger that all he had put them
on the calendar for was to get hold OF
Parks. One story about the failure OF
Devery to go on providing cumulative bail
for Parks lays it to resolution passed by
the Housesmiths and Bridgemen's Union
to keep out of politics.
Parks's pleading to his indictment for
perjury was put over a week, until his
counsel gets chance to look at the Grand
Jury's minutes or make some preliminary
motions. He will go to trial on Monday
before Judge Newburger on the charge.
Of extorting $500 from Louis Schmidt OF
the Tiffany Studios. He would have to go
10 the Tombs then in any event, as 1t is
ludge Newburger's custom to commit all
defendants in felony cases as soon as trials
begin
Bernard Lynch. the saloon keeper who
pleaded guilty to committing perjury in
Parks's behalf, is to be arraigned to-day
for sentence before Judge Foster in the
General Sessions. In his affidavit setting
forth reasons why clemency should be
granted him, he lis going TO say that ne was
Induced to take the course he did by Parks
and some others, including lawyer. IL
ID said that his affidavit 10 already drawn
Ia in tho vnSsa eaiop ~ tha District