New-York tribune., 1910-02-27
FURLONG ON STAND
rHARGES CONSPIRACY
focused Magistrate Testifes IN
His Defence.

Uor eba drst time in the trial OF fohce
Magistrate Henry j. Furlong, In the Criiii-
ma, Branch of the Supreme Court bfooh
lvn. some new features came 10 hsn'
terday The mornings session began wiz
the onening Of the defence. Martin L. "dh
ton. of counsel for the defence tooh lllo
floor i'm place of W. Bourke COCHRAN ny
told the Jury that the defence lntenoeu -
prove to them that great cohspHacS
developed in East New YORK. WIN '"o
avowed object in running the prisohei-
While his political followers
for footbold I'm the packed courtroom,
Magistrate Furlong was called 10 tue
ness stand to be the first TO give testimony
in bis defence. The courtroom gasped
when Mr.. Manton called upon the rhagis-
+ro+s 70 toll the i,,rv about the Mary1Bed-
den scandal which stirred up the borough
about five years ago.
Mary Hedden. Furlong said, was a iaie"
girl who had been brought before him Dy
her relatives. He committed her to the
House of the Good Shepherd, but had re-
leased her later and had placed her IN lie
custody OF Mrs. Ida NJ Tietjen the wotiah
probationary officer OF the Gates avenue
court Some time afterward she was ar
rested for stealing and taken before an
other magistrate. 1t was upon her arraiSh-
ment that she accused Frank GrosSpaf'
friend of Mr.. Furlong, of wrongful reia-
tions with her. Mr.. Furlong was involved
and was compelled to appear BEFORE the
grand jury, but was exonerated.
From this case the lawyer passed TO the
Mary Donin case Furlong said Gotthelf
informed him that Miss Mary Donin in
tended to cause him some trouble Gottheh
said that he knew the woman's father, ana
thought he could reach settlement with
him The magistrate told him TO try 10
do So Gotthelf returned with the propo-
sition that Mr.. Furlong pay 5000. he de-
clared that he did not have 1T to pay. Iheh
the emissary found that he could settle lot
81 600 The magistrate said that even TINS
s,,,n was too much, but that if Gotthelf
could arrange a settlement for 800 to 90 so.
Gotthelf finally returned with proposal
that the magistrate pay $50. To this ne
agreed and Gotthelf got him a release upon
the payment of the money. He said that
he later found by questioning the girls
father that Gotthelf never paid over to the
Donins more than $50 of the money that
he procured for the settlement.
The direct examination occupied the
morning AS soon as court convened IN the
afternoon Assistant District Attorney
Elder took up the cross-examination- He
began with questions regarding Mary
McGovern, who, he suggested. had been
Mr.. Furlong's servant while Mrs. Furiong
was in Europe and he alone on his ranch
in Manitoba The magistrate denied any
relations with her. He admitted that ne
had owed Mr. Donin $500 and still owed
him So.
Regarding the Halsey case. the magis-
trate admitted that Mrs. Haisey had.
brought action against him to collect
100000 damages Mr.. Elder produced reg
lister, which he intimated came from
Plainfield hotel. He showed the signature
of Mr. Gotthelf and wife, These the mag
istrate recognized He denied that he had
signed the register for Mr.. Halsey and
wife Newark" The register was put IN
evidence.
Magistrate Furlong was apparently
wrathful as he left the stand when court
adjourned at O'Clock. AS he greeted some
friends he said referring to Mr.. Elder:
He must have got hold of some de-
ceased Journalists morgue."