The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-14
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iN. matter ~ tho state iIne Telrphune
i%rmtany's application ior a ffanchiar In
Nos Hochrlic and Tho charge 'ha, five Al.
armcn wanted from " ,Un 10 sa.ooD aplecr
if their votes Will be lrgnn ~ oncs either
It No" wes,che-tsr GRAND Jury or the Grand
Jlry " this county.
President Reynolds Of tho telephone COM
r,uy swsar- that the alleged dickering In
rrFnrd to hoodle vent on ~ HE oflce In
lNis city, II this In true, then II may be u
crsc for the authorities ~ this county. Dis.
rrlot Attorney Young Of westchester had
a talk with District Attorney Jerome yes.
'crdny In regard 10 tho matter and II will
lo decided In n day ar two just which Grand
Jury shall take the matter mp. Mr.. Young
SAYS that II he has Jurisdiction he will start
the investigation at White Plains on tuesday.
The five New Rochelle A ldermen. who
visited Mr.. Reynolds Office. and whose
conversations u stenographer swears she
took down, denied yesterday fiatfooted
that they ever had any conversations with
MIR. Reynolds at his office or anywhere
ellie on the subject Of Doodle. They assert
that il any notes report them as talking on
this subject they have been manufactured.
1t is considered unfortunate by many per-
IONS that the ~stenographic notes have been
destroyed, although the girl stenographer
has taken oath that the notes as tran
scribed are correct.
Most of the Aldermen who were seen at
New Rochelle yesterday, admitted hat
they had visited Mr.. Reynolds's Office.
Herman Kallenberg, chairman-of the Com
mittee on Franchises, admits that he went
there many times. But it was always in
regard to legitimate matters concerning
the franchise, he asserts.
If any notes are produced represent
ing me as making any proposition that ]
or any one else should be paid money for
our votes then they are not the report Of
any interview lever had with Mr.. Reynolds
said Kallenberg yesterday. Il did not
see any stenographer, but I did see a low
desk In q corner Of the ROOM. l don be.
lieve any one could be concealed behind
that desk. l was always a friend Of the
franchise, and favored it because / believed
1t was a good thin 6. Mr.. Reynolds asked
me to send him some of the other members
Of the board, but l told him he would
have to ask them to come himself. / deny
absolutely that there was one word said
on the subject of payment for votes"
The other Aldermen with but one excep-
ton said the same thing. Alderman Nor
gan, the livery stable keeper, said hat he
went to see Mr.. Reynolds in regard to the
company's plan for police service. he
said that Mr.. Reynolds asked him to drop
into his Office and see him, and that when
he went there practically all the CONVEX
sation was in regard to that phase OF the
matter.
MIR. Reynolds asked me how certain
members stood-whether they were for or
against the franchise eaid Mr.. Morgan.
Il told him of come who knew favored 1t,
and told him the Mayor was opposed to it.
That was all the conversation that took
place, as true as the wind that blows"
The only Alderman who seemed disinclined
TO FAY anything was Alderman Charles Hill.
dring, the painter. He had nothing to say.
Now that the matter has become public
the people Of New Rochelle are insistent that
the thing shall be probed to the bottom,
especially in view of the denials Of the Alder
men and their attempts to discredit the re-
ported notes Of their interviews with Mr..
Reynolds. District Attorney Young said
yesterday that certain information had
already reached him which might put some
what of a different light on things il 1t were
true. 1t only showed, he's said that a
thorough investigation is needed.
'If Mr.. Reynolds offered brides to the
Aldermen he is equally guilty with Them"
said Mr.. Young. $50 far as the interviews
go, Mr.. Reynolds is as guilty as are the
Aldermen, but there is his statement that
he did it all just to lead them on, as a good
citizen. Whether or not that statement
is true will be for a Grand Jury to determine.
Mr.. Reynolds will be in the same position
as the Aldermen in the investigation and
we do not intend to subpoena him as a wit
ness. All that Is needed is this stenographer
to swear to her notes and to identify the
men,"
Mr.. Young said that 1t would be necessary
for the stenographer to identify the various
men whose conversation she says she took
down. He is not sure whether she will
be able to do this. II she remained hidden
behind the desk it would be hard to see
how she could see them.
There Is one thing that seems very
strange to me-" said Mr.. Young, +apd that
is why Mr.. Reynolds had these ~stenographio
notes destroyed, If he was starting out
with the good intention OF proving these
Aldermen corrupt he must have known
Of the Importance of every scrap of evidence.
The very best evidence is the stenographer's
shorthand notes, and these, he says, were
destroyed Immediately
Mr.. Young said That he had also been in
formed by one person that the notes were
not destroyed for come time. He said that
it was one Of the things he wanted to look
into. Mr.. Young said he had heard that
sometimes interviews with Aldermen and
legislators had been taken down with a very /
different purpose than to show them up to
the public in order to do a public service.
The method said to nave been employed in
certain places by franchise seekers was to
Gnngle some tempting bait before those
who had the giving Of franchises, get them
to appear where their remarks could be
taken down by a stenographer, and then at
a timely moment declare that the whole thing
was of and that the company never in
tended to pay any money for votes.
At the same time IL would be made known