The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-08
BERMEL UNDER $4,000 BAIL
FORMER ROROIGH PRESIDENTS
BROTHER ARRESTED.
e Complaint Charges That he sw ore Falsely
BEFORE klssena Park Grand Jury I'm
Regard 20 the Receipt % $40. 900 Of
which tnsr Sc u Not Made known.

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Trailing an alleged payment Of 500 900
mentioned for further Investigation by
! the Grand Jury that two years ago probed
| the kissena Park scandal In Queens re-
suited yesterday In the arrest Of Charles
Beruel. a clothing manufactures 81 ,32
Marion street BROOKLYN He was ar
raigned before Justice Kapper in the
Queens County Supreme Court in Lon z
I Island city and was hailed in $40 ON.
The prisoner IL a brother Of Joseph Ber-
mel. who resigned AS President Of oueens
at the time ~ the X i-s-na Park inre-ti-
CATION and went To Europe after having
been subprnaed before new Grand
Jury which had begun a fresh investiga-
ton Deputy Attorney General Arthur {.
Train who has charge Of the present
Grand Jury investigation. appeared As
complaining witness
Justice Kapper issued rho warrant on
Tuesday IL was served nv Detective
Bernard J D~vanny Of Brooklyn head
quarters. who took Bermel into custody
at his home al II O'Clock on Tuesday night
and kept him there under direction Of
Justice Kapper until he was brought 70
court Justice happer announced that hs
Former District Attorney John r Merrill
appeared for Kernel MIR Train had it
entered on the record that he did not
appear as representing the Attorney
General. hut simply as compla inins wit
nes-
Justice Happier said that on Saturday.
December IL. sitting as "A committing
magistrate he would hear the case The
n.r, Ii
fed in 81. noO on tn. bond and Matthias
Hohfer qualified in s.. Ooo
Mr. Trains complaint. on which BarIn"l
arrested. cities the investigation h.'-
for. tn. Grand Jury under IN" direction
Of Nathan Nidav.r. who WAS Designated
a Deputy Attorney G"n.ral for that pur-
pose. and continues that III thsn became
material 10 inquire where the said Charles
B.-rm.l had obtained the sum of si5,07o
deposited by him IN The bank on D,,c-mh-,r
II. 1907. whore he had received ~" sum
~ Is. 600 deposited Ivy him on pec"mhor
- 1909 and then follows a copy Il the
testimony given nv B..rr,.I H..for. the
kissena Park Grand jury. IN which u
appears that Bsrm.i tes,ia"d that his
brother. Jos~rh B.rn.I was going South
on a cunning trip and rad sad that -
MIR Haywood. whose address further
on m RI" testimony was stated ~ BermsI
~ -so " all street. would give N" 81" 0Dl.
81 which | xas 10 nav Mr. Frost sii.Oa2 81
on Friday and on "A Saturday ! wa -
paw Levy IN Pine street $500 In CON
ciuslon IN" complaint says.
In his answers Io the above questions
the said Charles Barrnal. p.lng - ~ orn
as aforesaid. wlllfuliy. KNOWN CIV and
falsely testified that he received th- sums
81 money. ~ stated above
Whether this s2O.nNS TRANSACTION re-
ferred 90 the kiz~-na Park saI- or 70
som. transaction with The Dsgnon COM
pany ~ not known. hut il wa- pointed out
that the warrant waS not sworn oUt nv
Mir. Train until after Justice Garr,-son
had directed Hayw God. secretary
II the D.-gIlOn company IN an-v .r certain
questions tsfor. III" Grand J'ry
Following the arrangement ni B-rrnel.
Sheriff Matthew J. GoIin"r. who Vac
superintendent Of sewers Under Joseph
Cassidy and was indicted Tor grand larc"ry
IN Connecrloa with the ISSUANCE Of per
miSs for building sewers, moved TO -'-t
aside the Indictment on the ground
that IN. Grand jury had exceeded the
instructions of the Court
Lawyer Joseph II. Tuohy. representing
Architect Peter NJ. Coco. who was Iu-
dicied. for having accepted gratuIti.s
from contractors on the building Of the
new Queens county court house. moved
20 set IN" indictments against Mr.. Coco
aside on the ground THAI Harold Gun
nlnRham Who was named - an "rner
gency stenog-aph"r to the Grand Jury.
not "A resident Of Queens county
tn. motions were opposed nv Mr.
Train. and Ju.'lc. kapp"r reserved de-
cisGon alter remlrklng that h" was OPP
pos.st to setting aside indictments OF
technical grounds
While this proceeding was going on
befor. Justlc. Kappar Justice Garr.tson
IN Part I. set Monday next a. the date
for opening rhettrial Of Cornelius } Jordan.
former cashier Of the Water Department.
who is under indictment for petty and
grand larceny.