The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-28

1.-The court takes judicial notice of the
fact that every wife gives her husband
| good character"
MIR. Mclntyre--You know the trustees Of
! the Stonccuttcrs' lnion2 A. Yes,
, o; Who are they? A. McGarry, Hogan
! and Nolan.
, fed here to-dav3 A. Yes, indeed i do.
O. You heard him testify. that he had never
been at E%nE n" Hssn her., ls mat s soy No. it
q. Did You ever see your husband give
| any money to the trustees of the union?
! Q; whero? 4, ~ my house and in Tap
avenue, where | followed them
q. Whom did you follow to this saloon?
! 4. My husband and the three trustees, Hogan,
| Mctiarry and Nolan.
| q, Did you hear the conversation that took
Q. Did YOU see your husband give any
! money to these trustees? A. Yes.
o. When. was all this? A. The nearest 7
! can place il was in the summer Of 1901. It
was in August and on Sunday. the day those
trustees, were always coming UP to see my
, husband
o. The trustees came to your house frst9
O. Now tell what happened A. Well.
! they came up laughing, and heard them say
! husband said; What did you come here forP
Are, you ,nftcr, some. ttoo?" They laughed
again again, and Said yes Then they Laughed ali
]
| husband: We'll have this on the bosses.
"a; Well. what happened after this? A.
Well, they went away together and changed
! my dress and followed them to this saloon.
| =. y. DID you see money paid there? A.
| Yes. my husband paid them n bundle of
Q. Can you state the amount? A.. Well.
there must have been 500 anyway. 1t was
big bundle OF s. and $40 bills.
! q. Was there any other time that you snw
| the trustees get money rom your husband ?
! 4. Was there2 ! should say there was!
Why. during May. June and July they were
| there every day.
:. q, How often did they get money! A,
| Every time.
Vow ox km m%St h i'll Y"f ok R ss, Yes Sot
| 900. J saw the money paid. II was IN
| our house and saw my husband count ont
q. Did YOU see a man named Trail get
! Q. What did you think o. all this3 A, 1
When Black got S. 900 asked for IN explann-
ton. and he said that he had to seethe trustees.
Wern az any OF the o,heTs a, Hog n hSMse
and so did Anslow. the walking delegat 2
then: Snellhach. fitHpatrick, the financial
! secretary. Putney and Rowan. They all
! came. and they all came often.
Nolan. Hogan and McGarry we're called
back TO the stand by Mr.. Mott to deny what
Mrs. Murphy had said. While McGarry
was on the stand Murphy. who had been
sobbing during most Of the testimony on
his wife, suddenly jumped up and said to
!; his counsel:
ASK that man, that trustee, If he ever
got $500 from mo In McCiee's saloon at
10th street and Iexingt on avenue.
McCarry looked very uncomfortable but
when tho question was asked by Mr.. Mcin-
tyre denied getting the $500
LIAR" said Murphy. falling back in
his chair. -,
Mrs. Murphy's testimony practically
closed the case. In summing up Mr.. Mcln-
tyre said
This caae Is peculiar one, because it deals
directly with q problem thnt our entire civil
! zation ia now trying to solve. This man is
charged with stealing $1,000 from true
against an honestly ganized labor union.
! and no one can object to the workinemnn' 3
right to organize SO long as he keeps within
unfortunately. however. there drift from
time to time into these organizations lnfiu-
which are t dSs b bG1 no se
power and influence he gives to blackmail
reputable members Of the community. When
tortion they cannot expect to find approba-
tion at the hands of an American jury. There
is nothing in the bylaws OF this organization t9
! authorizing it to go to Brooklyn and demand
$4,000 from the bosses. If you find this mGn
guilty Of the eTmG sh"Ts sst yGW en
Individual acts Do you suppose for an in
| stant, II the demands of these men for $50, 600
| would ever have found its way into the treas
| ury OF the union? Is there any record any
where OF an expenditure Tor the good OF the
! obtained from other employers like the uns
fortunate Rubenstein. In this same wayf
Why, the men who do these things co me
into the labor organi2atio ns, not for the
good OF the organizations. but simply to line
II, l1aVa Vrttl, fhAN ~
tort from prosperous business men in our
community II these men exceeded their
authority and vent 20 Brooklyn as bandits
the union was never the true owner OF this
money. TO say that Murphy 10 guilty is TO
say that these acts OF extortion are Endorsed
As for this 80. 800, there isn't bit Of evidence
to show that Murphy ever got cent OF II.
+, This money was divided as swag by the men
who got together and voted It to themselves
| for services to be performed in the future.
Can you possibly believe that this money was
e was e .Ner meant to figure as assets What
, liz the miserable excuse of these smooth
scoundrels who handled this money? Why.
| escape Patsy kelly's 81 400 judgment against
the union Men who viii confess to that kind
+, of Crookedness will surely be crooked In other
| things.
| Gentlemen Of the jury, this money was
| stolen in the first place. To prevent further
J deprrdations OF this sort to prevent these
,
| prosperity. refusing to work, and living on
! this graft yon must acqnit thus man al me
| bar 1f You do not you give free license 10
every crooked walking delegateto 90 ahead
| and do that which Is unlawful and criminal.
Mr.. Mott said that the District Attorneys
| of this county and Brooklyn would attend
to the extortion end of the case, and said
that how the money Murphy stood accused
of stealing was obtained made no difference
in the case Judge Newburgrr held TO
that view and practically directed verdict
of guilty The jury was out about hall
| an hour Murphy was remanded until
| Friday for sentence.
Alexander Nelson, delegate Of the
Jouln.ymen Stonecutters' Union, said
Yesterday that he would see District Attor-
new Jerome to-day to make arrangements
for bringing a committee of the union to
his office tomorrow 10 explain that the
fines imposed on contractors 10y the union
we're legitimate, They will explain, he
said, that such fines are in accordance with
the rules of the union, and that the en-
plovcrs know it,