New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-27
WISH CARVEL PUNISHED
TO PROTEST TO JUSTICE.
Employers Sag Tammany Works
an JerOme's Office.

1t was decided by the Building Trades EN-
ployers' Association yesterday to submit strong
petition to Justice Giegerich asking that no
lenlence be shown to Richard Carvel, the in
dicted walking delegate who has pleaded guilty
10 the charge OF extortiOn. Carvel will be
brought before Justice Giegerich for sentence
to-day. This is because of reports that an
agreement had been reached between the Dis
trict Attorneys Office and Carvel's lawyer that
sentence in CarvePs case will be suspended, and
that he will be simply reprimanded.
A committee of the officers of the employers
association called on Justice Giegerich and AS
sistant District Attorney Rand yesterday to
protest against any favors for CarveL Accord
Ing to the committee, their errand fruitless.
A meeting was called, at which it was decided
to send the petition early this morning, signed
by many members of the association as could
arrange to call at the Building Trades Club
The employers say that leading men in Tam
many have seized the opportunity of District
Attorney JerOme's absence to influence his Of
flee so that Carvel may get off lightly. Carvel
they say, is member of the Tammany Hall
General Committee. like many other labor lead
eIs.
About four hundred or five hundred sig
natures were appended to the petition last even
ing. They were headed by those of President
CHARLES l.. Eidlitz, First ce-President Leon
ard h. Prince. Second Vice-President Hugh
Getty and Secretary Treasurer w. X. Fertg
1t was stated that an effort will be made to
have one thousand signatures before the petit
ton is submitted to Justice Giegerch this morn
ing. Last evening First Vice-Presdent Prince
after consultation with President Eidlitz and
other officers. gave out official statement re-
garding Carvers case. In which he said in part
A committee Of the EMPLOYERS association COM
posed or It's officers, on hearing the reports that
agreement TO suspend sentence in CarVels case had
been reached, called on Justice Giegerich to-day.
lie stated that this understanding had been reached
lection would be raised by the employers
association. We filed protest with him
against this, calling his attention to the bad
moral effect of such mistaken lenity, and
dangerous character and a contemplate CRATER"
The judge. however placed the responsibility on
the District Attorneys office. We then saw Mr..
Rand, and strongly protested against such COM
ends of justice. Mr.. Rand said that Carvel was
not the ordinary kind of CRATER" and had done
something which had almost become custom in
unions by threatening a strike to collect money
due employe. We told him that no such cOndt-
ton existed in Carvels case. but visit produced
no result We decided TO send the petition as a
last resort
Mr.. Prince said that 1t seemed to the employ
IT, Mr.. Jerome being away. the Tammany
people had been using their influence to get Car
vel off easily. Carvel ne said was a Tammany
worker one Of the lieutenants Of Daniel F..
Mcmahon. Tammany leader in the XVllth Dis
tTct He said he considered the case Of Carvel
bad. If not worse. the case of sam"
Parks.