The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-30
PARKS TOOK THE
 MONEYFOR UNION Denies That He Accepted the
 $500 for Himself HE HAS 4 BIG BANK ACCOUNT
Lawyers Tried to Get This Fact on Record Several Times, But Each Time They Were Defeated.
 Parks Is Not Well.

New York, October 29-The trial of Sam Parks walking delegate of the Housesmiths and Bridgemens Union No. 2 on the charge of extortion probably will be concluded tomorrow. Judge New burger before whom Parks has been on trial since Monday, stated this evening that he would endeavor to bring the trial to a conclusion before Saturday.
 Parks was a witness today. remaining on the stand until adjournment. While he admitted that great deal of the testi- mony given by the witnesses for the prosecution was true, he testified that many of the accusations made against him were misrepresentations of fact.
 In an Awkward Place.
 Two or three times Assistant District Attorney Rand, by a severe crossfire of questions apparently had Parks in an awkward place, but MT. Osborne and the other lawyers for the defense were very watchful and their persistent objections to leading questions were invariably sus- tained by the court. Parks made no secret of his having received the $500 from the complaining witnesses but he in- sisted that the money was paid in legal business transaction with the Tiffany studios, the corporation on the complaint of which Parks indictment in this case was secured.
 Parks, while in poor health, seemed to be full of energy throughout the days ordeal Several times the prosecuting law yers attempted to get on record the fact that Parks had bank account of a mag nitude beyond the possibilities of an or dinary mechanic, but each attempt was overruled or cut short through the stren- uous efforts of counsel for the defense.
 Paid Money to the Treasurer.
 The line of defense was uncovered when Parks in angees to MT Osbornes s questions said that he paid the S5O0 to Treasurer Johnston of the union. MT. Osborne dramatically called upon John son to stand up," shouting out the re- quest until the man desired stood forth in plain view.
 MT. Osborne said:
 Stand there where we can see you" and turning to the defendant asked:
 "Is this the man to whom you paid the $5OO?"
 Parks was about to reply when Assist ant District Attorney Rand objected and Parks was not allowed to answer
 Parks denied absolutely that he order ed any strike in the Tiffany case or that he knew anything about it and said that the fine was imposed because the firm was on record as a non-unon firm.
 "The initiation he said. Twas levied by the association and he told Frazer that 1t would place the firm on record as union firm with all contractors in the city,"
 Used the Word "We."
 When questioned by MT. osborne as to his having let some of the men who came from the Tiffany company the accused insisted that he used the word "we," meaning the organization, whenever he spoke of the trouble between his union and the employers. He said that he may have cursed. He denies that he had told Schmitt that the money was for himself Sam Parks. He said words were to the effect that the money came to him first and then went to the organization"
 He admitted the reference to District Attorney Jerome. Parks said he had said to Schmitt that Tiffany people could em- ploy non-union laborers on small iobs as they could do 1t more safely than on jobs where more employees were employed
 Parks admitted telling Mir Thackara that Tiffany studios had been fined s5N) and that Tiffany could come to see him at his home