New-York tribune., 1903-07-21
TO GRAND JURY TO-DAY.
WITH DOCK BO4RD CASES.
City Apparently Care Ne5o Bath
house to Nurphy'S Lieutenant.

District Attorney Jerome will to-day, it is
understood, present tc the grand jury the. facts
incident TO the alleged misdemeanor committed
by Alderman James E. Gaffney and ex-Council-
man John J. Murphy, brother Of Charles F.
Murphy. leader Of Tammany Hail
Probably Mr.. Jerome has decided on this step
because the statute of limitations may apply
Tomorrow to the lease Of the West Seventy
ninth-st. pier, now held by the New-York Con-
tracing and Trucking Company of which
Messrs- Gaffney and Murphy are the owners
Inc District Attorney and his assistant Mar
shall 3. Clarke, have tried in vain to get hold
Of the books Of the Murphy-Gaffney company.
The subpoenas issued by the District Attorneys
Office have been without force Moreover there
Is an apparent disposition on the part of the
defendants counsel 10 block the proceeding in
definitely. Mr. Jerome does not propose that
'Ills shal be done. He is jealous of his prerog-
1liNts as public prosecutor, and will move
win quickness 10 prevent the members of the
S-o DOCK Board IRON escaping a thorough prob
ing OF the charges against them. The District
attorney seems 10 think that if he can present
NE subject to the grand jury the company will
oe ordered to produce its books In case of
''s refusal 20 DO so its members can be pros
ecuted for contempt Of court.
Alr Clarke returned 10 his desk bright and
cary yesterday, and is again hot foot after
sfaiters'" whose tracks as usual, seem to
,soo directly TO the Anawanda Club. Charles F.
NurPhy's political headquarters.
was learned last night that Mr. Clarke
VIII oegln an immediate and searching investi-
s@uon Of the remarkable manner in which
lHlp r. Donohue, president Of the Anawanda
Nllo came into the possession of a batbbouse
uulit by the city AT an estimated cost of So 600
- paying only about S1.4OO TO the old Dock
1oara for it. 1t is entirely likely that Mr..
clarke viii have engineers make q reuort on
Tue values put into the bathhouse when if was
1o''' hy the city on a treasurer's order nv Dock
commissioner Murphy
e'1I fauht Tor years had a permit TO
'lllhorse At Observation-Disclosures fifth
II RIVER For this he paid $50 year.
-. 7e'uig rather too old TO look after il
44oIel-.' and he asked the Strong Doc- poar5
On November 8, 1886. to transfer ~. '-
70 MS daughter Mrs Ann Elizabeth srooI. r1.t
was done Mrs Shook held the rarr,i+ -,
-APrA -. 1885 when the Tammanv hoard -
.'Aea the permit and gave it to y C,atbsrt1.
'''--'A' "ao aiterward became G recreation MIR
attendant. 4'''
ms transaction really was for the benefit ,,f
Nl7iIes r. Murphy's political lieutenant rbiiin
Donohue. who 1t that time held % so,, =,
1he po5toftice- The Smith woman held e nrril
-i-teh T. 1873 hen it WAS transferred 70 NJ
.'0-ohas. who got from his friend Murphy q
.E'-yeaf lease ~ $50 a year. with the privilege
q u renewal Of "a further ten years At S262 a
year
Ine Old board got Mrs. Shook cut by forcibiy
'ea'-le Cove her batahouse. She sued to re-
'o.eF damages. Il was case Of poor woman
sung "a ring OF man. The Corporati ton Counsel
vas l'-s'rrl-ted ~ tle Dock Department 70 begin
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