The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-16
PARKSANDTWOMOREI INDICTED
GRAND JURY STEPS IN on THE
EXTORTION CASES.
Four Charges Against Parks. Two Against
Mccarthy OF the HOusesmiths' Union and
One Against Caryel, the Derrickmen's
Walking Delegate-Examanatl OFT.

Indictments for extortion were filed
yesterday by the Grand Jury against Walk
ing Delegates Samuel j. Parks and Timothy
Mccarthy of the Housesmiths' ard Bridge
mems Union and Richard Carver Of the
Triggers, Pointers and Derrickmen's Union.
Extortion is felony punishable by not more
than five years in State prison.
The Grand Jury, of which John P Faure
is foreman, took up the labor matter on
Monday, Four indictments were filed
against Parks two against Mccarthy and
one against Carvel. They are to be ar
raigned this morning at II o'clock before
Judge McMahon in Part T. of General SEES
slons. The three defendants were in the
vicinity of the Criminal Courts Building
| yesterday afternoon ready to be arraigned,
| but were not, because no Judges were in the
building, They said they knew they had
been indicted, hut did not explain how
they knew il. The indictments are not
/ supposed to be matter Of public knowledge
| becaus< the defendants have not been
arrested, Big Biir' Devery's Assembly
man, Dick" Butler, was in the Criminal
Courts Building proclaiming that Devery
would be glad to oct as surety for the ac-
the accused was also on hand.
The indictment of Parks, Mccarthy and
Carvel will do away with the proceedings
before Special Sessions Justice Mayer.
A hearing in some Of the cases was set
down for yesterday afternoon but Justice
Mayer was out Of town.
Niels Pousen, president Of the Hecla
Iron Works of Williamsburg, is the com
plainant in one of the indictments against
RI l hn fhnr tf,Nn n %
1000, which MIR Ponsen says Parks got
to call of strike. Parks says that this
payment was for waiting time" for the
strikers. The other indictments accuse
Parks Of extorting $500 from Herman Lobel
OF the Lobel-Andrews Company; of ex-
and 5000 from Joseph Plenty, while Plenty
was doing some work on the Hoboken
piers. Mccarthy Is indicted for COM
plicity with Parks in the Brandt and Lobel
cases
The indictment against Carvel accuses
him Of extorting $500 from Isaac A. Hopper
\ Co. The complainant is Thomas p.
Hopper. son of the Tammany leader. Hop
per Il Co. were putting up many buildings,
among them a German Lutheran church
al Central Park West and Sixty-fifth street
One Manson was a sub-contractor for the
stonework. He informed Hopper q Co.
that his men were about o STRIKE and when
asked for reason referred Hopper h Co.
to Carvel. When Carvel was questioned
he said that Manson had claim for 81 800
against Hopper & Co. for Custom House
work of the year before and that when this
claim was paid Manson's men could return
to work.
The Hoppers laid the case before the
Board of Walking Delegates. In few
days that body returned an ultimatum to
the Hoppers to settle with Carvel or a strike
would be called on all buildings being con-
structed by the Hoppers. Carvel COM
promised for $500.
Two laboring men called on Assistant
District Attorney Rand Yesterday afternoon
and wanted to know why the hearing before
Justice Mayer was not held Yesterday.
They said they had been out of work for
several months, We're hard up and believed
that with Parks eliminated from the troubles
in the building trades they could get a
chance to earn some money. When they
learned that the cases had progressed SO
far that indictments had been found they
went away pleased
"The better class of workinmen are
keeping close watch on these proceedings"
said Mr.. Rand. They are against Parks,
and his kind and apparently looki solely
TO the criminal law to relieve them of an
incubus. Parks has the labor unions ter
rorized and the better class OF workmen
know it and regret it..