The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-01
GRAFT WITNESS STANDS PAT
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Ia following up 'h- Charge against
President Gr..~-"r 1T Cu..'.n- Borough
Yesterday Commissioner samuel II ORD
wav heard IN the Court Hou>.' in Long
Island CIV the testimony OF l.ollIs 4.
Walters. a foreman IN the Depart ment
II Sewers IL Queens, who swore that h"
was boss of IT," gang ~hu laid AZ the CITY =
expense. a private sewer for the flrst
German Presbyterian church. ia Prospect
av-n,l.. Fast Williamsburg,
Because OF "a shortage OF men and lack
nf materials. Foreman Walters said, At
took som" ten weeks ro law twelve inch
sewer about 2Jn feet long He remem-
b.r-d also having been foreman when
nt the city'S expense a privat" sewer
was laid from stockholm street into
DndrrdOnk avenue 10 connect with "a
Roman catholic Church He said that
he worked under the direction of James
n Johnson chief engineer OF the Sewer
Department
William J. Murray Of 2 Hilldale nv enue
Jamaica. a bookke.par in the Department
Of Highways. admitted on the witness
stand that the testimony he was giving
evidence, he gave a. TO the same matter
few weeks earlier before the Queens
county Grand Jury. who a week ago
returned sIxty-nin. indictments charging
grating against indiv iduals IN that
borough Murray said nothing about
the discrepancy. IN his testimony until
Special Deputy Attorney General Arthur
& Train who has charge II the graft
hunt before rh. Grand Jury and was
present AT yesterdays proceedings.
stepped forward and held a whispered
consultation with commissioner Ordway.
Turning To MurraV the commissioner then
SAID
Il have just been warned by the Deputy
Attorney -G-n-rIl thar IA short time Az"
Won gave very different testimony before
another investigating body. This - seri-
O,Is Now what il the fact? Which testi-
mony l. true. the testimony Won gave
before the Deputy Attorney General ar
he testimony Won are giving nnw,-
The testimony | arm giving now il
the truth" replied the witness.
Murray Testimony went back To a
claim against th.. city presented lev Gus
tav. Newman. who when examined before
COMMISSIONER Drdway -om" time ago
test lii.d that me- hired ont a horse and car
rag. Ia the city AZ SS0 a month. He rem
irr..d bills for Oct ob.r and November and
up 10 December = Later II was rrrnor"d
thar his out lit was Used for can raign
PURPOSES IN October ard 1t was found
that III. hill for eight days in the month
II December for SO had been altered To
read To- December 81 and the amount
raised To SsJ David " Murphy. chief
book keeper IN tn. Borough Han. id-n.
"A 80 b. lob ali
att ions were made a. that of Murray. and
~ was on tn" matter 81 th.-s" alterations
that Murray was icing questioned when
I ummISsiOner OrdwaT called his att"n
ton To the di-cr"parcl"-.
Murray admitted THAI he altered tbs.
Newman hill for n.c.ni,er changing The.
dat. from December to n and the amount
from $40 To Sal HI said he made. he
alterations after he received certified
: ION from Bernard Schvab. ward foreman.
that the. hurS" and carria 90 had b-..n I~~sl
during thu. entire month OF p..c-mb..r
~. laid he was confused at the tim. Of
his examination hv the Grand Jury and
was not CERTAIN "f his facts until he looked
rIp IA. pap.r- aft.rward and found that he
did actually make thr alterations IN the
Newman hill
do YOU want ~ tak.. TN. r..@ponrililty
for having raised rhI- nil from $50 t. So
ami having changed IN" date inquired
Lawyer t'aldw.ll
Yes rrpi,..d the witness.
Won hay" Practically confessed 10
forgery and conspiracy To commit lar
D"nS. -aId commissioner Ordway. ad
dressing the witness and | cannot h-
lev" that "A rn"T.' looSk.eI..r would ral-.'
"a hill without -'Iggi--tipn from the Oui-Id"
The Indications ar" that yOu are shield
ing some. one You had better thtuk u
over Fnokk s-"pp.'r- DO NOV commit
forgery and lar'-uy without suggestion
from some one outside
IN. hearing was JU-' apOii- adJOuTninG
then for the noon r"C--- and tutnmI-
-Iuu.r Drvay instructed the witness 10
think -h- situation over during the noon
hour tur when the hearing WAS resumed
Murray said h. had no desire Ia chang.
his testimony
Henry Harte. who built the Lorraine
Hotel on spray View avenue. Edg.msr..
told about unkuOvirgly contracting with
foreman ~ IN" Highways named BauIa-
min flHn'- 10 put Spray View Avenue.
which WA a prlvat" road. IN repair
gang ~ men WA brought there and the.
road was covered with a -.'aut covering
Of b'I"-'nn- aud lar-r another gang of
men came aud car-s.i 'h.. -ton- away
Hart. testified thar he pad $3.50 TO have
the WORK done aud thoIghr h.. was deal
"a "A -ubTsrna h.. appeared before tom
missioner Of Accounts tO-diCk. when lie
earned Thai ia" WORK had t..n don. bv
regular employees II the Highways force
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