The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-03
ARREST GAFFNEY AND MURPHY
PROGRAMME FOR TO-DAY IN
DOCK INQUIRY.
Burke Gives Up Lot OF Faots--His wise's
observation-disclosures EEaN
Their Clerk-AnawanGla Club Press-
dent Cuts Deep Into Dock Board Fat.

after conference with District Attorney
Jerome yesterday morning that the evil
dence of violation OF the law by Alder
man James +. Gaffney and former Council
man John j. Murphy, brother of Charles F.
Murphy, warranted his asking for the arrest
of these men on charges of misdemeanor
in that they violated Section 1888 Of the
Charter by entering into a contract with the
city for the lease of the pier at the foot OF
West Seventy-ninth street while they were
members of the Municipal Assembly
MIR. Clarke got the records Of the Munic-
ipal Assembly for 1901 and speedily es-
tablished that Gaffney and Murphy were
members of the Municipal Assembly at the
time Then he went to the private cham
bers of Justice Mayer Of the Court of Special
Sessions, who has been presiding at the
inquiry, and had a long conference with
him, after which two detectives left the
building. The story was current around
tae building that when the detectives came
back they would have Messers. Gaffney
and Murphy with them Justice Mayer
stayed in his room until after o'clock
and then went away. Warrants for mis-
demeanor are not served after o'clock
In the evening unless there are special
reasons for it,
That Mr.. Gaffney and Mr.. Murphy will
be arraigned in court to-day there is no
doubt The only reason that they didn I
respond to the desire for their presence
Yesterday was because they didn't know
anything about it.
Murphy and Gaffney we're both at the
Ahawanda Club at Twentieth street and
Second avenue early last evening. They
ieft there together, saying that they were
going to Sheepshead Bay for the night.
The charges against Gaffney and Murphy
are based on the following letter
Transfer Agents. Lehioh Valley Railroad.
JOHN f. MURPHY. Treasurer.
New York C.ntractng and Trucking Com
street Yards. 5lS. 5i5, 5i7. $40 East
Seventy-ninth street
Board of Docks and Fcrries, RE- /. i. r.:
,GENTLEMEN; Our company is DESTROYS
OF making Il number Of repairs on our dump
but we do not feel iustihed in doing such. not
having. lease on the pier We therefore
hereby respectfully make application to
the per at the foot of West Seventy ninth
etTeer. Very respectfully yours,
JAMES f. GAFFNEY. President.
The lease for the pier which was sub
signed by all of the Commissic ners, incluil-
Ing Charles F. Murphy. Alderman CAT
ney also personally Signed IT,
Friends of Gaffney and Murphy wer
saying last night that they didn't think
a contract to pay rent for a pier was a con-
tract Of the kind forbidden by the law
What Philip f. DCnohu. gets for $3.50 a
year at the foot Of West l55th street appears
upon inquiry 10 b, good dtrL Tie
Murphy Dock Board put out in succession
two women who had had the bat n and pier
privilege and gave % Donohue a ten
years lease with a privilege of ten year.
renewal Mr.. Donohue not only has tie
pier privilege but also the water fronf
600 feet south Of the pier. In addition
10 bathing pavilion, there is a roof garden
a restaurant and cafe
A conservative estimate Of the value Of
the privilege to the holder is $4,000 a wear
Mr.. Donohue !s the president of the Ana
wanda Club at Twentieth street and Second
avenue, lammany Leader Charles f.
Murphy's own club, and he and Mr. Murlhy
spend much Of their time together. In
the last year Of Murphy's term as It Dock
Commissioner one Of the department tugs
used to take him up to l55th street and tie
North River every, hot night. On the
pier Mr.. Donohue had fitted up a room
for his distinguished patron which Was
known as the Commissioner rocni."
Mr., Murphy spent his nights there, and
in the morning the depSr ment tug would
steam up to the pier again and take him
back TO Pier
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secrs,ar, az H., W,r,'h, cr,. -, r,.,,
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before .Iustic. Maver vest rd,W 7, Tn'
yeIoned Thai Rrks has h.,n nt,l,. s,,,,,
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,r;,,in ,ri,,', 80, ,o,,,. $500,
ans m,Inotrp. hy ~, ,,,,r,,.ly Do.;' Il, arr
pan.,,an h;a ~! ,.iI'lt p ,o'u'
was ~. 80 ,o,,y ;,,.tn.d rr Ii,'I.als'
sh. a,.;r,r t,I,,n v.r ,e,,;ry r,'.r i a'
JAILED in Iso7 u fI,rr tho Cnmr,i.sinnn,s
~ Arcn,iri. and ,,,hrr ;nysst i"'tnr, p,,rl,s
hus never y,hn,.rr,d ,Lr inrormnti,n
tbat NJ, pnrLa tyaa Va. i,5, t'sind na,ty
He Las c,,ntnn,ad J;n,.,ir viii G.n,,iy3e,
fto+ w., y,, y,"t,rli,,v tir trn st',I "a
uPya;re dsvrin,.d mIi.e liz crti,,.n,.
Rmrla's nyl.ncr br,,ight ont some nev
Facts ahnu. losnr,h Fpa,' th, hulGer of tho
hmlLi rsd ,Tiwilagr - tlt. foot Of West
T,yertv.ninth stre,r tn 10 Yesterday il
vas hslieved thnt Fp,.n stood Cor John
Fi@ning nf Brown ( Fleming for Mr.
F,.n,iry bau .dmi,t.d tLft Ic M id IN, rent
for ems bulthead. But EIrk,.'s test-
nnnv Revealed That Egan has been sort of
a nriyote sccretar, and bookkeeper for
hoth Rurlye md Mrs Rlrkp and that at the
timn La leas.d the Twenty-ninth street
bnlkbead from the city he was in Burke's
amnlnv
hlrke's test imonv also revealed that the
bath privilege at The. foot Of West 10th
street, leased 10 one Monahan. il really
r,,, l., =, NJ, L,I,r;nJ.. Rirke A Vrft,t tIpal
of other testimony given by Burke was
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