The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-28
TAMNANY NAN STOPS GRAFT.
NICK HAYES WOULDN'T STAND
FOR CLERKS ACTS.

Lynch's Resignation Caned For by District
Attorney on Hayes Information
-Bunco in the Special Sessions In
Excise Cases-An0ther Man Implicated
Fire Commissioner Nicholas ]. Hayes,
Tammany leader Of the Thirty third Assem-
| bly, district, went to District Attorney
| Jerome recently with some information
that led to the resignation yesterday OF
| Matthew F. Lynch, who has been a clerk
In the District Attorneys office assigned
to the Court Of Special Sessions. The resig-
nation was demanded by the District At
torney, and Lynch was accused Of grating
by James McEvoy, a saloonkeeper at 2l26
Sixth avenue. who said that Lynch had
got so from him ON an undertaking 70 have
an excise complaint against McEvoy's
bartender dismissed in the Special Sessions.
This man Lynch comes from my dis
trict,' Mr.. Hayes told Mr.. Jerome i feel
that am responsible for him In your office.
I know that If he is accused Of grating a
good many people will believe that his
leader ia sharing in the graft. refuse to
stand for q CRATER coming from my dis
trict. and II you are convinced that he has
been grating you know better than I do
what to do with him.
THAT bears out what have said Often
said Mr.. Jerome yesterday, that some
Of the Tammany leaders are honest men,"
He sent for McEvoy yesterday. 1t APP
peared that Michael Damalio, bartender
employed by McEvoy, had been arrested
on Aug. rs by Detectives Dreyfus, Dixon
and Haggerty of the East lo4th street
station and was held In $500 bail by Magls-
trate Zoller in the Harlem police court. 1t
was when the case got to Special Sessions
that Lynch, q s alleged, called on McEvoy
and said it would cost $50 to have the case
fixed" McEvoy paid the money he said,
and heard moth ing more Of the case
After hearing McEvoy Mr.. jerome sent
duplicating a clerk in Spec ial Sessions,
who is not on the staff Of the Dist riot At
torney. To-day Mr.. Jerome will 60 before
the Specials Session. Justices and ma ke
charges against the clerk named by Lynch.
the Criminal Courts Building that there
was considerable grating in this court
and as result Of the confession by. Lynch
1t was said yesterday afternoon that an
investigation would be made that would
cause a great deal OF trouble for three or
four mon.
ployed by Lynch and his partner was a
simple one. As they had access to the
RECORDS OF tDe court IL WISH QLuCulC
matter to find out when a complaint was
defective and demurrable. Then Lynch
would seek out the defendant, tell him that
the case could be fixed" and II the defend
ant paid the price demanded q lawyer would
be hired who would demur to the complaint
and have 1t dismissed, as it probably would
have been in any case.
Lynch, who is about IS years old and q
former saloonkeeper, was subpoena server
under District Attorney Fellows He was
dropped by District Attorney Olcott and
reinstated by District Attorney Gardiner.
He was protected by the civil servioe law.
In con junction with another clerk he had
the job Of preparing excise cases for the
Court OF Special Sessions calendar.
Mr.. Jerome said be gave Lynch q chance
to resign because there was no law broad
enough TO cover criminal charges
against him. AS to the extent Of this kind
Of graft in this court. he said he didn't
know.
This is the only case ! know Of" Mr..
Jerome said, but it is fair to presume
that there were many others. have no
jurisdiction over the other clerk implicated.
but / win 20 before the Justices to-day
and inform them OF the confession made
by Lynch"
Lynch lives at 2os East 1psth street. His
salary was 81, 200 year.