The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-11
SECOND EXTORTION ARREST.
Richard Gsrvel Accused b! Contractor
Hopper More Cases Against Parks.

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and Tammany politician, who has a large
slice of the new Custom House contra ct,
vent to the District Attorneys Office yester-
day with his con. Thomas 7. Hopper, who is
associated with him in business. They had a
talk with District Attorney Jerome. but all
three refused to tell the reporters what it
was all about.
This conversation, however, was followed
last night by the arrest Of Richard Carvel,
business agent of the Derrickmen's, Rig
gers andPonte rs' Union on a charge OF extor-
ton made by Thomas T. Hopper. Carvel
was rested on a warrant which was issued
by Justice Mayer of the Court OF Special
Sessions, and which charges Carvel with
e1torting $500 from the younger Hopper,
who is the secretary of Isaac A. Hopper
l. Son, "by the wrongful Use Of fear"
The date of the extortion is given as Feb.
10 Of this year At that time the elder
Hopper was in Florida. According to
story told last night to a reporter OF THE
Sun. the money was left by young Hopper
in an East Side saloon, and bartender
passed 1t over to Carvel.
According to man who knows all about
the Carvel affair. Carvel first went TO
young Hopper and said
1--WE been talking things over with your
men and we have come to the conclusion
that you will have to pay $500 or there will
be a strike on your hands Tomorrow
Hopper, according to THE Suns in
formant, didn't want the work Of the Arm
to stop while his father was away, and
agreed to pay the $780, Hopper nd Carvel
tGn noytI DIV, in, ooI
in East Fifty-seventh street. Almost the
first thing Carvel said was:
well, we've decided TO raise the ante
on you. Our price is now $780,"
Hopper had only $500, so they waited
two days. Then, says THE SUNS informant,
Carvel raised the ante gain to $500,
and the next time to 5000 Hopper pro-
tested at the raises" but gave in rather
than have trouble
The story also has it that when Hopper
was about to hand the money over to Carve ,
the latter said
"You can't do any business like that
with me. Pay it over to the bartender.
That Hopper says he did, and the bar
tender, he says, gave it to Carvel later.
% The arrest of Carvel who was a derrick
man and professional organizer long
before Winston Churchill wrote his Richard
Carvel" novel, caused a sensation among
labor men last night,
He was one of the committee Of five
which negotiated with the bui lding en-
ployers the other day for an end Of the
lock -oIt and strike troubles n which the
Lumber Dealers Association locked out its
men.
His union was also one OF the sixteen
which seeded from the United Board
Of Building Trades after the arrest OF Dele
rate Sam Parks on Monday on the ground
that the skilled workmen had better let
the unskilled union men fight out their
own salvation. Carvel lives at 4l6 West
Fifteenth street
He was arrested by bet ectives DAILY and
Broun OF the Central Office and was locked
UP at Police Headquarters
It WAS 40 late when news Of the arrest
got out that Mr. Jerome was unable to go
into particulars about the case. with
out the papers before me-" he said
Il might confuse the case with others
before me to-day"
So il looks as II there might be more doing
later.
JaTOH1e AHItOuU'Pl 'IidL VI tItt uoHeIi
or more cases of alleged extorton by Parks
which he has been investigating he has
selected six which will he used in prose-
cutting. More are coming in.
Since the arrest Of Parks and the publi-
cation of his methods Of business, builders
contractors and others who have had deal
ings with Parks and his associates among
the walking delegates have been eager to
tell their experiences. The result has been
the piling up Of lot Of information which
Mr.. Jerome says will he very valuable to
him in the John Doe proceedings which he
expects to begin this week or next.
Mr.. Jerome has secured another check
given to Parks by a contractor This
check is for 5000 and was originally made
out to Parks. But, Gays Mr., Jerome, Parks
didn't want his name used. 80 the con-
tractor drew line through il and made
the check payable to bearer. leaving Parks q
name plainly written on tho face of the
check, however Barney Lynch the Third
avenue saloonkeeper who tried to 90 on
Parks's bond when he was arrested. but
who was refused Endorsed this check, and II
was cashed by Parks at BloominSdale g
store. Third avenue and Fifty-nin,h street
Two interesting stories which Mr.. Jerome
Ia now investigating are that a large num-
Der OF walking delegates are regularly