The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-12
PARKS ARRESTED ONCE MORE
FOR 5000 BRIBE PAID on HIS FAT
TUNNEL DAY.
Io,snhus Plenty. a jersey City skylisht
Man, the Accuser-Same Saloon tho
Exchange" for Two Of These Trans.
actions--strikes Bought, Too. 1t Seems.

The contractor who told District Attorney
Jerome several days ago that when he
uent 10 see Samuel j. Parks, the walking
delegate of the Housesmiths and Bridge
mans Union on Dec 10 last the day that
the Pennsylvania tunnel franchise passed
tie Board of Aldermen, Parks displayed
big roll of bank notes, wrapped in $500
bill, made an affidavit yesterday that his
business on this occasion was to pay Parks
500 blackmail money, and Mr.. Jerome
immediately secured a third warrant for
parkss arrest and had it served on him in
the Criminal Courts Building shortly before
Noon The complainant is Josephus Plenty,
a skylight manufacturer Of $50 Arlington
avenue, Jersey City.
Parks has now been arrested three times
on four charges of extortion and the indi-
cations are that fresh charges will be pre-
ferred against him between now and next
Wednesday, the day set for his examination
After Mr.. Plenty had made his affidavit
Yesterday Mr. Jerome sent for ex-Magistrate
Brann Parks's lawyer, and called on him
10 produce Parks at once Mr.. Brann
wasn't sure that he could 1T him at once
Mr.. Jerome said he would Sc I'd detectives
then; and within fifteen minutes Parks was
In court He was released on his old oono
Mr. Plenty's affidavit recites his troubles
with the Housesmths' and Bridgemen
Union In November, 1902, he took con-
tract 70 put fireproof skylights on the
Hamburg American piers in Hoboken
After his men had been working few days
a walking delegate named Dolan ordered
them all on strike. He could come to no
- l;,r i,h nnlnp and was advised
TO see Parks On Dec. is he saw Parks
at Parks's home and what happened ne
nnrrates as follows:
Parks said there werc different ways oil
fixing such matters, that If | was business
man, I would deal with 1t in Il business way.
and that this delegate in Jersey needed
uece of money to keep him quiet | asked
him if it was usual for people to subsidlze
delegates in this way and he said that that
was the only way business could be carried
on quietly and without annoyance.
Il have ,ust. said he, settled big thing
to-day. and here Is M share of it,. at the sa ME
time producing n large roll OF bills OF very
large denomination. the outside bill being
n $500 gold certificate. and the others appar-
entity about the same The roll looked to me
TO be certainly over 5000 and might have
contained $1,000.
remarked that it looked veEy much az az
around nI loose. WAL he said we get our
share Of this every Lyle While III haze iu ui
thought of TIE meeting OF the Board of Alder
men that had taken place that day in, con,
nection with the Pennsylvania tunnel and
terminal franchise
Plenty asked Parks how much it would
take to settle his strike and Parks finally
fixed the sum at 500. He assured Plenty
that if this amount was paid lie would not
be annoyed further, and made an appoint
ment to meet him the next day before the
meeting Of the delegates in Brevoort Hall,
at Fifty-third street and Third avenue,
promising to have Dolan on hand.
The next morning. Plenty says, he drew
8 check to Parkss order on Jersey City
ment in the saloon opposite ,Brevoort
q Hall, where the Hopper blackmail also was
paid: With Parks was man introduced
as Mr.. Farley, the delegate Of the House
I Check. Parks declined to take it unless it
was made to bearer, so Plenty drew line
through Parks's name and Farley offered
to get the check cashed Plenty, went
with him. They got it cashed and went
back to the saloon, where Parks was waiting
for them.
Parks put all of the money but s25 in
his pocket and then called in Dolan, He
told Dolan to let Plenty alone and then said
TO Mr.. Plenty.
Inns agreement II scou IpI year .
We will let you alone for year. but would
recommend YOU to avoid trouble by putting
that young man meaning Dolanl on your
payroll"
The next day Dolan called off the strike.
month later Dolan began TO annoy him
again. Plenty told D0lan that al! trouble
had been SO, tied with Parks. Dolan angrily
said that no money had been paid to him
and wanted TO know il Mr. Plenty had paid
Parks anything When told about the
500, Dolan said.
Well, the -----. | didn't get that
money, and I can tell you that 1 won't
stand for any agreement tina, Parks made"
Mr. Plenty declined TO give pclan any
money and s,rikn followed
Nj Jerome had in his Office yesterday
r. J.. Neidig, president of the Housesmiths
and Brdgene1's Union, Of which Parks
Is the walking delegate: John j. Donovan.
who was president of the Board Of Build
lag Traces up to the lime of the bolt of the
lat, and Leonard X, Prince and Charles
l.. Eidlitz Of the Employers Association
After all these men had left his office
Mr. Jerome SAT-. that he had summoned
some Of them because he wanted to talk
over the labor situation with them. Dono-
van agreed with him, said Mr.. jerome,
that the charges against Parks and other
walking delegates were nasty business"
M Jerome had Ncidig subpnnaed because
b" waE'Id informa'ir On, about the Houses
After talking with Neidig for while
though, he said. he had come to the con-
cusion that he was a very decent fellow
and had let him off as a witness on his prom
iso to produce the bylaws ard coEs;itu
tion Of the union or his talks wit h the
members of the Employers Associat ion
Mr. jerome had nothing to say, but he did
announce that his John Doe proceedings
would not be begun until the present charges
ofextortion against Parks are disposed OF,
Richard Ctrvel, the delegate Of the Der
rckmens Union, who was arrested on
Wednesday night charged with the ex-
tortion of 5000 from Thomas 7. Hooper,
son Of Isaac A. Hopper. the contractor and
Tamnany Hall district leader was re-
leased on s2,OOO bail yesterday. He will
have an examination on ednesday.
Mr. Jerome has come across n new Use
TO which obliging walking delegates have
been put. fight between contractor
Tor a certain school building in this city
and sub-contractor on the work resulted,
hnhas been informed in the sub-contractor,
who was behind in his work, getting
walking delegate to declare strike on the
job, so that the sub-contractor would not
have 10 pay the penalties due the contractor.
Az a result the work on the school build
ing was held up for long time. Another
charge that has been made to Mr.. jerome
In that certain big contractors needing
moro roap bay o moi Eesif TO get strikpa