The sun., 1910-11-23
SO INDICTMENTS FOR GRAFT
% EE>s tRREST> TO no utDE
rms uOR>I>6.
Indictments iiardrd Up Nr>srr,is, Toe
Late To Wake Arrests and Names
Couldn't n~ s.Nrn 0ut Not Ans
Very High % Bne> in the Batch.

III" Su"''flS county Nhf're'N" =. pnT1. Lon ;,
Island City. Yesterday "a a result OF the
graft hunt which wa- renewed nv the
Grand Jury of that county IN October
last under the direction OF Special Dsput =
Attorney General Arrhur {. Train 1hI-
finding has been awaited with anNieIv
throughout all parts of Queens Justice
kappcr charged tn" Oct ober Grand Jury
at the time IN" investigation was begun
and in order 10 reCeiv" their findings
yest eriay went from his court IN Bronk-
lyn He arrived late IN tn. afternoon
Owing To the Iarene-S uf the hour it was
deemed advisable Ia delay maklns ar
rests until tins morning and the names OF
the indicted could not h- gwen II wa
learned that tn" greater number of tn. In-
dictmcnts ar" for grand larceny and ar"
directed against the men VINO collected
pay for n. array OF tin horses and Carte
which did duty on IN. CITY pavrolls during
the primaries and el-C, ion Of last wear
II was further learned that seven former
members of the cabinet of Presidcn'
Gresser who Were indicted IN n. course oi
the graf hunt made bv a previous Grand
Jury had been rendICt.d II was also
hInt-d that the batch cont ainei TWO in
dIc'm. of unusual importance. one
b~9H@ tAt~tlNi dSdiNSl prominent dftnl-
tect Of Queens and soon after he indlct-
inenis We're returned Joseph Is Nelson
former ChI"f Cler& IN ,he Depart m.nt uf
sewers IN Queens. who had charge of 'h,.
collect ION Of a fund for IN. Gres-er cam
paIgn from among Ciy employees put IN
an appearance with William l.. Woodil!
a. his bonisman \rI.on said he under
stood that he had been indicted and
wanted To Civ" bonds I'eputy Tram
tooS hIm before Justice JavCoN. who wa
holding court IN Par and after a cen
sultar!On Nelson and his bondsman werr
told to come around this morning. when
II II expected the -niir" batch named m
IN. indictments will be arra. Anad
Mr Tram and the Grand Jury wsrN
ready when Justice kapper hustled into
Part II OF the Supren" ,ourt At about
o clock In the formality Of handing
up IN" indictments Mr. Train callAd
attention to seven indictments which
~"r" m a bundle by themselves. re-
quest AZ that a note b" made To the effaC,
that they Were received subsequently to
The batch Of ,i'ty-two indictments which
followed. and II - understood that th.
seven mentioned are against individuals
included IN IN" larger batch Justice
happ.r addressing the Grand jury then
SAID
L understand that u j. your wish that
Won may Coniinu" IL IL "a Commendabla /
service that II appreciated 10y the Court .
and hy IN" community
VI" lnefl ~lkAt-Vetl 'flhf InsN continue
until TUESDAY, p.-'cmb.r 4 Foreman
Holcornb aid that m. Grand jury con.
-ider.d that II would take tO December
~ To finish their work and they were
accordingly continued 20 that date
Immediately the thronE IN the court
room began "a hustle to ascertain II j,o@-
-Ihle the Names of thO-.s mentioned IN the
indictments pre-entment which Mr.
rain had drawn was not presented TO
the ourf
Will. Tho MN, h.r ~ ,-1iy,I,.Iz .y,,. .
cred by IN" indictments could not he
learned all sorts of rImorS Wsr. set
i1oai a. Justice kapr"r left the court
hou-e These rImor- took IN the names
OF several prominent officials IN Queens
but upon inquiry the rImors were au-
thoritluvsly denied In -peaking Of the
conditions he had unearthed so far In IN.
matter Of official corruption in Queens.
Mr. Train ~aid
The evidence | have examined thus far
dI-cio-a- that various officials Of the
borough Of Queens have administered
their o'ces rather for the purpose Of re- =
paying political debts and enriching tn. ,
pockets Of favored individuals than IN tbs. .
inter, sts Of the taxpayer- In. public
funds have been wasted and IN some :
cases deliberately stolen. public prop !
erty has been turned over to the tIs4 of
rrvat" individuals, employees of the
city hav" been employed upon privat.
work. and whar" public work has been ,
done by contractors Their. has often been
no Inspection thsrsot by N" CIty what ,
-o@ver Rlll~ presented for such work
have b""n certified without proper eN-
or investigation and tn,
borough has been ulCted ny contractors
and others having personal or ponrIcaI '
nHIenc" =
Dead mon and dead horses or non :
HNI-tent m"h and horses have had PLACES \
upon the "ity payroll and some one. has :
collected IA" money for their INA gInary "A
service IhI- nI- b"-n possible. only
tith N" C"nn'v,n"s ~ certain officials r
Private -"wsr- have. b.-an built bv CITY /,
Employees under orders of city officials =
or churches who-- membership contain. /,
larg.. number of voters
Persons drawing pay - court attend (,
lnt- hav" proven - %" IN fact railroad 4
'nndu"t"rS or employed alSaw here and q
'"c"iv!r- rr0n'" from both the city and
rival" r7rppratl without rendering e
INV -"r.Ic- - the city whttsoavar
Money deposited by prIvit. persons :.
> relm5JT-' the Ctty for the cost ~ in
pecilon Vt rriVtt" work has been handed
IrpVld a. prize money 10 whoever was
0rtuntt" enough To- n. temporarily IN -
tvnr. Forg.ri.- IL piyroll- tune sheets -
reports. false afidavit- and VI
-rtliiCations hav" been frequent "
IL i Vnd"r-topi that Yesterdays batch i
4 indictments - simply preliminary Ia IN. IA
Ndi"tlng II IN" p.-r-On= rn-pon-Ini.. for =,
hI- whole-tl" condition Of corruption
= In-arth"'l hy Mr. Train The serving
4 III" bench warrants was turned over q
- tn" o''1c" Il District Attorney ~. Witt. n
nd II - "Npect"d that the "ntir.. batch >,
( men under Indictment will ne ARA gned :.
"fpr. Ju-tIc" JavcoE this morning u