New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-23
DEVERY DESERTS PARKS
LE1VES HIN TO MURPH1 :.
Says Delegate Is Flirting sc'tN
T'amnanY- Parks an TOmbS.

Yesterday a day full of happenings io'
Sam Parks. He lodged in the ioii"'
FOR the reason that he could not get bohos-
man to the amount Of $40 900 after lie hau
surrendered and pleaded not guilty TO ne" III
dictment. To fill the cup Of bitterness TO o'e'
flowing, his old friend Big Bill Devery w
serted him and accused the walking delegate Oh
ingratitude and attempting TO carry water O'
both shoulders Devery made the announce
ment yesterday To all reporters asking TOT III
formation he made the following statement
declined to arrange with the bondsmen or
Mr. Parks on the new charge OF perjury "a,
him for the following reasons: i had aIleo I.s.
procured bondsmen for Mr. Parks in the pe.s aty
of $4,000. This done merely as u ma :, :.
of friendship to him and because oeileVeu Il"
was prosecuted man. At his own reque tbe
further arranged bonds for friends OF ms u ~,
amount of $1,000. 1 have not seen Mr. Ia a no
since October T. when he returned from t rN1.tt
sas City. He then came to ask me as a favo 5
to arrange for Mr.. Farley'S release OH o'i-'
which did. -. 49,.
Since then he has not been near me, but h h;s
been conserving with Mr. Murphy anu i
friends, and they have undertaken his deLe la,
as | am informed Mr.. Byrne. his pohdsln.alit,
has not surrendered him the bonds VIII NJ
he has already given for him AS long dS -
Murphy and his friends have arranged 70 -
up his defense 1 assume that they VIII iuiiiiS''
bondsmen for him.
I viii not stand for any man that carries
water both shoulders and who IS ilot %
straight in his friendship to as am 20 nm
He has never done anything for me. Du' VI
been I'm constant receipt OF favors from me vi
Murphy and his friends are not FRIENDS 3 a rIs
laboring man and mechanic, and when q
commences to firt with Mr.. Murphy & 60 L
have no further use for him.
Parks walked into the Criminal Courts Build
ing Yesterday forenoon and surrendered TO De-
tective Sergeant Mcknight, OF the District AZ
tornev's office After his surrender Parks salu
that John j. Byrne, ex-Chief Deverys nephe"'
his bondsman to the amount OF S1S.OO' "ouiu
furnish additional bonds on the perjury charge
Since Tuesday when the latest indictment
was found against Parks his whereabouts nave
baer somewhat OF a mystery, and there were
renorts that the walking delegate had neo-
These reports. however. did not seem 10 "oIIy
his bondsman who believed that Parks Woulu
show I'D at the proper time. Detectives "eie'
however detailed to hunt Parks, but no u ac7
of him was found. When Parks was asked as
to his whereabouts, he said;
"r.ve been over in Jersey on some business
connected with the union. II had known mat
I was wanted 1 could have been here before
this"
I,or,s Was kent waiting in Detective Sergeant
McNaught's office for two hours, because Vi
failnrs Of a bondsman TO appear Timothy NC
Carthy walking delegate and inVoiVeo W.
Parks in the labor cases. was with PARKS anu
had baen Informed that a bondsman would soon
-aacb the Criminal Courts Building. t1halIy 1t
was decided TO wait no longer, and PARKS MS
counsel James ". Osborne, and Assistant DlS-
trict Attorney Rand went before Judge roster
in Part I OF General Sessions. Parks pieaueu noI
guilty but with leave to withdraw the pea vi
IN make any motion he wished before next
Thursday
When the question of bail on the latest IT.
dictment to which the prisoner hao JUST
pleaded was raised Mr.. Rand said he thought
that $4,000 was a reasonable amount. Mr.. Os-
borne objected. saying he considered me
amount excessive in view OF the tact tnaI IJ a
client was already under SlS,UVO pan. ne
might find 5000 prohibittve or the hperIy VI
his client 1t finally agreed thaI the oSiI
should be fixed at $1,000, but that II Parhs
found himself incapable Of finding oondsnlah
for that amount Mr.. osborne wouId appear NJ, "
fore Judge Foster and ask for REDUCTION MT
Osborne thought that $1,000 would be sum
Gent amount. Parks was not taken 10 the
Tombs, but to the bond room' 10 await 'iie d.
rival of a bondsIuan.
For nearly three hours Parks waited for
bondsman. The telephone wires were kept pussy
bv Parks's friends, who tried to ind John j.
Fvrne who had furnished the S1SOOO bail that
Parks was under, but he could not De iound;
Tinothv MCCARTHY finally arrived with S2.OOO
ash hail The District Attorney then informed
Parks that on his arrest the S1SOOO had been
vitiated, and that he would have to secure ~
600 bail before he could be released trlends
of Parks then hurried out OF the building ana
IL is said strenuous efforts were made TO md
Byrne. but to no avail.
Finally Parks was taken to Part /. General
Sessions Judge Foster had adjourned for the
dav and accordingly the indicted labor leader
was led over the Bridge of Signs" to the
Tombs.
Before leaving the bond room Parks said to
his friends
''Boys don't you worry, and you can stop
working for me. for 1 guess the best thing 1 can
do is TO go to the jug. It's a ---- shame the way
they've treated me. Here l surrender and try
to meet them half way, and they won't do as
much for me. I'm down and out m sick.
that's what / mean. and they might let up for
a while I'm trying to do the square thing"