New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
OFFERS A REV ARD
MURPHY'S NEU CRY.
VIII Pay for Production of
Original of Cram Letter.

Charles F. Murphy. leader of Tammany
Hail. who has been more than ANNOYED by
the daily publication Of a number of let
tiers received by him while at Mount
Clemens. intimated yesterday that the one
signed j" and referring to j. Sergeant
Cram as Yankee Doodle" vas a fabrica-
tion,
4 viii give $500 10 any charity that
Mt Hearst may name" declared Mr. Muir
Phy, If he can produce a genuine letter
such as the one in which reference was
made to Mr. Cram as Yankee Doodle"
Mr. Murphy did not deny the authen-
ticity Of any Of the other letters published
recently In connection with his offer ~
gsrding the Yankee Doodle letter. ii
may be interesting TO recall that Mr.. Grams
wrath over the ridiculous light in which
he had been placed led him TO call up Mr.
Murphy on Saturday and declare in en-
phstic language that neither Jim" Gan-
ney nor anysone else could refer TO hir.
Yankee Doodle"
II any man is coming on from Detroit
with the original letters stolen from Mr.
Murphy. the latter is not aware of it. He
said last night he knew nothing about a
story from that city that Democrat there
had succeeded in getting the original let
tsrs back and was bringing them on to the
Tammany boss.
Tammany politicians had another attack
Of nerves yesterday when they learned
that letters received by Judge Gaynor at
s. James had been sbstracted from his
desk there Two or three days after he
had come back TO the city some one en-
tered his house and went through a mass
% papers on his library desk Judg~ Cav
ror says he thinks some Of them were
taken Il. Of course. was morally certain
a. 10 who had done it." said Judge Gaynor
yesterday. Further than that he would not
80 IN speaking OF the robbery.
NEW TITLE FOR GAYNOR
The American printed yesterday an
uther instalment of letters received by
Murphy and others at Mount Clemens
one q them referred to Judge Gaynor as
His Royal Highness" It purports 10
have been written by Dr. William +
DOYLE, a veterinary surgeon. of No. 365
Hancock street, Brooklyn. and refers 10 a
visit made by 2 man name Rhinehart.
probably former Sheriff Clark u. Rhine
hart. 10 st. James
The letter reads:
Nv Dear Mr. Murphy: Your very kind
letter and tickets received this morning.
I was very glad TO hear from YOU and to
know YOU were well and ENJOYING life
The rest viii undoubtedly do YOU good.
i was very kind OF YOU TO think OF me.
Ny family. and il possible myself, will
take advantage Of your kindness to-inor-
row.
Now TO business; Rhinehart was TO see
his Royal HiEhness' St James on
saturday last, and he has lot OF matter
- tel you that is. in my opinion. ex-
trenely important and interesting and ne
wants 70 zee you and unload before you
See the MayOr-elect
IT YOU telephone to me on vOur return
VIII nave him go TO your home immedi-
6-E- everything looks fine I hope you
benefited by your trip. WITH kindesf re
CARDS 70 yourself and family and hoping
10 see you soon, am, very respectfully,
S"rne OF the relations with the city Of the
Williams Engineering and Contracting
Company are shown in some letters pur-
porting to be written by Joseph J. Riley 70
senator James J. Frawley while the latter
vas 81 Mount Clemens. Senator FrawIev
Is said 70 he one Of the chief hackers Of tie
Williams company. which had contracts for
building the foundations Of the Queensboro
and Manhattan bridges
one letter reads as follows:
Dear Senator: I received your letter CON
tanning notes and one check. We have not
re, eiVed BlackwelTs Island money. owing
o. the Controllers Office claiming that they
old not receive supplemental agreement.
which the Bridge Department said they
mad sent them on August 13 last. After a
70 be true, and that on this account the
IaHment was being held, but il Is now in
the hands Of Engineer Frazee- re
c0lVed S2-90 from Tommy Clark secretary
OF Frawley's Miami club. and i'm return
gave him a check. with Mr.. Williams sig
nature which VIII be payable when We Sc
cure money and your signature placed
lron = have not received the plans
from Mr.. Hassett secretary Of the Board
of Water supply. He has sent me along
from day TO day each day promising to
have them ready for me. his last promise
nrTar- nrnr-Fa inc sfaEf~f ~fr~ffr
The examination OF Mr. Williams was
called for before the Controller which I
spoke TO you about in the last letter i'm
reference TO the wells and recesses. which
he SAYS he has passed up until YOU return
Nr. Williams gave Tedeschi the contract
for setting the granite and placing the con-
crete on Piers and al the following
prices: Granite. 50 . a cubic yard: for con-
crete. = . cubic yard. Paid of ManhaL-
Tan Bridge to-day. They are working
pretty steady. Payroll FOR labor and cart
e for two weeks ending Tuesday. No
vember I6. s2s4s ~: BlackweiI's island
chi's payroll this week. $50 Tedeschi says
he viii be finished cutting stone by De
don't like the method John Pierce is
following in pa wing our bills; when the bill
rs made out TO Us and is o. k'd and ready
for payment 1t Is sent 70 the John Pierce
company. II. l. r. Williams. receiver.
who in turn issues a check for the amount
Of the bin 20 Kellogg e Rose, attorneys
men helioES a. rose naorse II 10 the or
Ger Or our creditor, our names not appear
ing iu any way on the check, which would
pace ln the minds OF people whom We 90
business with that in the hands Of
receiver, or could not meet our obiga-
tOns and which viii certainly injure our
credit
Kellogg wants US to let il go through this
time. sayin4 he VIII TX up the matter when
you return. :. but < there are about twenty
checks they alone will create the impress
sion I have stated lnClOsed ind checks.
Please sign and return; also your mail
Mat shall do in the matter OF checks
received from Pierce Company The check
- the order OF Blum is for final payment
on the plum hing a Bushwick avenue. The
steamfitters working there now. Charles
Reed being the contractor for the work.
Mr.. Williams SAYS he j. starting very well.
Sincerely JOSEPH J. RILEY.
Inclosed find 800. two weeks expenses.
ENTER THOMAS HASSETT
Another letter TO Senator Frawley signed
Joseph Riley brings in the name Of
o. Thomas Hassett, secretary of the
Board Of Water supply II follows:
Dear Se-ator: Inciosed md two notes