New-York tribune., 1904-10-19
HOW HE HERDED "BOYS."
Lery,s alleged Confession Regard
ing Richard Van Colt.

Tho nlost important parts o. The confession o.
Benjamin Levy, on whose sworn statements war-
rants ISSUED for the arrest OF Richard van
cott ard Bankson A-cAvoy. leaked out in the Grim
iral Courts Building yesterday and created a good
deal of talk The examination of the two men VIII
be held today before Justice Wyatt in the cham
bcrs OF Special Sessions 1t is expected the hearing
VIII he in sccrc,. Part Of the sworn coafesi5n
follows:
! reside a 40 IL East seventy-fourti-sta Bor-
oqsh q Manhattan In January last / applied to
ruary ., 1904, was smpioyed by said Van COT n
civil service list i then went 10 Mr.. Van Cott
i zen '0'T eorie iiti'i DOWN 5y AN ana .l see Kelly
saw ey @ Snd got loe Ss eeTS{0r , qan a. me
and then again asked Van Cott to get me perma-
' Vas o Sent i up 500 20 NE M u McAvoS see al his hos H e
Avoy said: = Dick wants TO know if you can get
We'll" said McAvoy. II tel you what you do
Get fifty boys by tomorrow might and l win meet
You az the corner ot Fourteenth-st and Ninth-aVe-
A. / was leaving Ia, called me back and said:
! his was two weeks ago. McAvoy was az the ap.
nointed place & an right and said Have Lar 3sd E1I s9f
want ABOUT seven or eight put in rooms
lte s5at one maH 20 No g Greenwich-ave. lie
entf-st We walked to sixth-aVe. ard he gave
room at 40 70 Christopher-st. I went 70 No.
Miiean Place with two or three OF the hoys ana nd
paid = ior q room. This money was given 10 me 5y
Mr.. NcAEoy. ! said 70 McAvoy: How about tho
&c said. We'll. boys meet me at the corner Of
Derrys saloon At o'cIock every FRIDAY and l wiil
give Won IN money to pay Tor II ,7 me. 1o,os
him OF - 1q|S ' hds ~ bnt did not want to bo
treated the way McAyoy had treated me. He said:
Il have fifteen furnished rooms
That night had the boys in Washnston PaTl;
and Vsn Cott said ''On your word as a man. Will
these boys go any way you say? You know tho
said Yes straight Republican,
Van Cott then asked: Haze you any idea any
told him no. ana said if ! had would put them
then left the room AMI Van Cott called in
Ralph Jones. Jones was sent over TO Washington
was an awful mob over there Dick then said
i VIII give YOU some money in a little whne.
yat m saL ar ogs ne < s6r sg i1 single bills After
few words Jones, who is clerk in the office Of tho
SHp~rlAt"Iutul ui mails was ASS %Hed il N3i cot
10 go with me and pay whatever expenses were
incurred Van Cott gave me some yellow slips
For Gods SAKE. don't lose them" Van Cott said.
They'll ooTe IN good for next year. and save me
After his / placed number Of men in rooms at
No. 10} East Thirteenth-st.. No ,li3 Fourth-ave.,
Ma, - Fourth ave. NJ. ui Fourth-aye. and some
An subsequent transactions were conducted re-
tEeen Jones and me Jones stating that he was act
''uIsnt.d men i'm ysriolls rooms tbr,,,ehout The
vent majority of the men We're sw1u dressers,
The names of n dozen licu,pnauts OF Van Cott
mentioned in Levy's alleged confession as hay-
ing taken part in the various transactions.
At the end of the cross examination IN the con-
f"ss!on OF LeyE and after Deputy Attorney GEN
eral Collins had finished with hin. Justice Wyatt
asked Few questions. one of these was What
fcT2'
TO colonize for reCistrot ton. was tho answer Of
Levy, Each man w1s to receive in addition 70 hts
voting. he added
Appended TO the Levy confession arc the corroD-
Grating afhdayits Of Raphael Jones and five other
witnesses