The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-18
WEINSEIMER UNDER FIRE.
QUESTIONS ABOUT $4,000 OF AL
LEGGED SAVINGS RULED OUT.
He Denies Flatiy That He Ever Got Any
Money or Notes From Essig or Struck
johnson for 8,OOO-"Presents' OF
G3, GOO and $500 From Employers.

$4,000 and 64OO From Employer.
Diamond Phil Weinseimer, walking dele
gate and former president Of the Building
Trades Alliance, which he founded, went on
the stand yesterday to explain away the
charge that he had extorted $500 from
George j. Essig, boss plumber.
After he had told Assistant District At
,orney Rand, on cross examination, that
bis income az president OF the Plumbers
Union and secretary Of the Industrial Fed
grafton OF America could not have been
ovor a, 300 a year and that he had had
lepacy of $1,000 from his mother and a
snresent" Of 5000 from the chairman OF a
conference board, representing the en-
Moving plumbers and the union. Mr.. Rand
asked him these four questions:
Since Oct I. 1900. have you had on de-
post in the Dry Dock Savings Bank s27s34?
since Sept. I. 1901. have you had on de-
posit in the Bowery Savings Bank $50. 9o1.7O
Since Nov. 7, 1898. have you had on de
post in the Bank for Savings SIS. 6es32?
Did you. on Aug. IL. 1904. have on deposit
in the Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank
sso'774eoF
These four questions we're objected to
by George Raines, Diamond Phil's chief
counsel, and they were ruled out by Judge
IT.
the court room. Mr.. Rand was asked after
adjournment what had become OF this
money, aggregating $s5,27ss2. and he
said:
lit was all drawn out the day after Vein
seimers arrest"
Frank A. Acer, when asked about Vein
seimers financial affairs, said:
That's all rot WeinSeimer never had
that amount Of money in any bank. Rand
10 going all astray. Weinseimer had
memorandum on him when he was arrested,
but it didn't refer to what money he had
1t was a hard day for weinseimer 1t
was conceded that he made a better wit
ness than Sam Parks, being better edu-
Gated. When Mr.; Rand got him in tight
then brought the hand close to his mouth.
Then his answers were scarcely audible.
His wife sat in the court room and looked
worried But when she had her usual
chat with him at the close OF the day she
smiled and laughed. At the noon recess
curly headed chap with red hat, who
said, Hello. Pop!" and kissed Weinseimer.
In the course of Mr.. Rand's cross ex-
animation, Weinseimer said ne had re,
he had received $500 from plumber named
Tucker in University place, but he was not
allowed to explain what for. There is an in
dictment charging Weinseimer with having
extorted this money. Then he said he got
substantial present" of 5000 from Alex
ander Bryant, who was chairman of the
conference board and represented the en-
ploying plumbers. He testified that Mr.
bryant gave him this money because he
had brought about an agreement between
the boss plumbers and the journeymen.
Am l to understand" asked Mr.. Rand 4,
that you got this money as present
because you persuaded the journeyrnen
plumbers, the men you represented, to sign
an agreement that the master plumbers
wanted?"
Il suppose that's it," said Weinseimer,
with grin.
Mr.. Rand will continue his cross exanina-
ton to-day and there will be night session,
if necessary, to finish the case. Mr., Hand
will have some witnesses in rebuttai.
On his direct examination Weinseimer
said he was elected president Of his union
eighteen months ago and president of the
State organization a little over year ago:
d ns peseefb board of the union and the
employing plumbers. He first heard of
the trouble on the Chatsworth job in the
conference board. He vas i introduced to
Company by E. j. Selley who was interested
in plumbers trade journal. He. was
introduced to johnson as Mr.. Kahn, and
didn't know him by any other name until
the trial began.
that he had heard that there was going to
be trouble on the Chatsworth job. wanted
to say johnson said, that if there is any
trouble on that job it will be due to COM
pettors We're treating the men fair
said he didn't know. / told him we had no
grievance. He said he understood it was
because Kendall wasn't a member Of the
Master Plumbers Association. told him
thing for Kendall was to get into the asso-
citation. He said he'd see Kendall. He
asked me if was interested in the races,
and / said, Not much; at least not now.
He said he could put me in the way OF getting
good things"
At n second interview with johnson,
Weinseimer said, johnson wanted to know
il there wasn't some way to arrange so
that there would be no trouble on the Chats
worth job, adding that il there was no
trouble WeinSeimer would get present
OF $500,
There's nothing, l can do, l told him
said Weinsteimer, but If you want to give
me present of $500 | can't stop you
He never tried to hold up johnson for
5000, he slid, and he never had any other
conversation with johnson. Then he came
to the night that he met Fssig. Essig said
he had contract for the Chatsworth job.
Weinseimer was busy, and said that fssig
would have to see him the next day Essig
talked about waiting time and Vein
seimer said he was not interested; the
walking delegates would have to attend to
that The next time he saw Essg, Vein
seimer said, Essig said he had learned that
tie waiting time" amounted to 81 600
He wanted to know II it couldn't be cut
down. He wanted me to cut it in half
and we'd split it. i said What do you
want me to do sell my men out?'
Essig never paid him any money, he
said, or gave him any notes. Essig came
to him again, he said, and talked of more
trouble at the Chatsworth. Essig kept
chasing him and he couldn't shake him
Of
Mr. Raines tried in every way to get
testimony from Weinseimer that the en-
ployers had conspired against him, but
Judge Newburger excluded all the ques-
tons except one, when the witness was
allowed to say that he heard that the en-
ployers were trying to get him into trou BILE.
Two OF the questions excluded on cross
examination about the Industrial Fedora
ton Of America. of which Weinseimer was
secretary, at 81 o o a year, were:
What has become Of the $50. 900 which was
invested in 81 subscriptions by poor work.
ing people?
Wasn't the money invested in the Treyll
Gas Company OF Newark, Of which You we're
President?
Another excluded question was:
Na.l