The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-07
Train Takes Up Matter rhAf Had saeo
E>punS Ell Frssn saart Records

/ Tia the craft hunt In Queens borough
! i"pnty Ait"rncv- General Arthur g.. Train
took up yesterday a paragraph taken from
a pr"sen,rnent made 10y one n tn. Grand
Jur,"s that siigatsAi the kissena Park
scandal in the spring Of 1908. which led
~ the resignation Of Joseph Bermol.
then President nf the borough. and the
election a. his successor by the Aldermen
o. thar horough 81 Lawrence dresser.
I the present incumbent
Through ue efforts OF Edward A.
Ma donegal and John " Paris. Who at the
'tnr' ~ III" kl.s"na Park sale composed
w" real "-ta'o firm Of Paris Z Macdongal
and s"rs mentioned an the document,
M" rr"s"n'r'"n, was a few weeks a go
directed sSlunged from The records OF
ia" court by Justice Crane. The para
graph 'ah"n from the expin ged document
which f"rm'sI tho basis of MIR Train =
Investigation yesterday reads:
Va "a, tho urtcntion OF the Court csrr-
"'ntT :" the testimony of tho collection
bE charles lisrmei IN December 1907 al
s'""- IN currency On account ot his brother
'"S"Gh Kernel. the President OF the Dor
"'ch. and hy h'a inst r,l"'on from the s.rT.-
/ iJry nS tho Degnnn Contracting COMPANY
I'd" uayrn -nt oil about o.. nsO Of the funds
!
ir"'' AMI 'ha payment OF this SWIM hv
fr"S' =" pur"has" -toc'; In a realty company
Tor Joseph E"rmcl in the name OF Herman
hIn.". ths SECRETARY Of the Borough of
on-'ns The refusal or said Ringe to testify
20 tt's anal other transact ions before this
iurr On the ground thar II would tend 20
In"r,minat" him the similar refusal OF the
thorough President to answer on similar
Cronnis tn" testimony a. TO the removal
81 Joseph HrrmeI'. hook. NJ account beyond
IN" purvi"w at thus my, and The persistent
EVASION -! -"rvt," ~ srhp'rnss h. IN"
>''r"'ary ~ "a" Dr=ron , nnrrsctIng Corn-
aany
That the recommended ions cont ained
~ this raragrarl, wer" tn" subjects
under investigation b. the Grand Jury
came IA light shortly after thu, noon re-
cess. when MIR Tram. In company with
j Haywood. secretary If The Degnon
company. Appeared befOr" Ju-tic. Gar
rvt-"n IN the Supr"m" Court There Mr.
Tram told IN" o'lrt that Mr.. Haywood
had refused 10 answer certain questions
put 10 him h"for" the Grand Jury concern
ing "A conversation between Charles Her
mol and Joseph R.rm. Mr. Train also
informed 'h" Court that Mr. Haywood
refusal 20 testify was not based on the
ground thar his answers might tend To
ncrmInate and degrade him
JustIc" GarretSon declared a recess IN
hi~ own court. md taking Mr. Train and
Mr. HAYWOOD "euf 10 he Justice = pri-
waite chambers When they reappearsd
II was known 'ha; Mr. Haywood had be"n
instructed 10 answer the ,Iues, ions pun
10 him y" tn. Grand larry. and "a he was
immediately taken back b.for" that body
and nothing further was heard If III.
r"CIrr"ur- in court It was taken for
granted that h" mad complied WITH hI--
'I"' GaTr-'So'l'e INSTRUCTIONS
tn" t"Cn"n COMPANY b,I!l' what u
su"'yn ~ IN" S'aip~ay or BelmOu. rubes
und"- III" E1~t River bet H-sn Forty
~"o"ul -''r'-"' ~ Manhattan aud Fourth
-'r."' III Long Island jItr Officers
no".u 10 h.' connected with several Deg
non ruInpani..- had been served y eth sub
,r,bH- l. -n- Uri"r-'"nd last evening
that ~" Grand .Iury had secured much
81 'h' Information ,la-lr-i III regard tn
~" 1In'-"i So g." trau-a 6 : ion InCn'.. ned
ia "a" TIragrGph .Ilo'''i stp""
trupuL rhr-.. whp testified yesterday
r"r.. I4N .'u'ni--iorer John J Hall"rsn
frrU"' 'r.rrnt"uient of Sewers in
pu".n-. and th.' Re. John Dsi'/. pastor
"t w." i'rs' .'"rrlLn Prssby terrain Church
~ Prospect av"nu". Fast williamsburg
u hero - private sewer was huilt for the
.''tr-"h - b.. EXPENSE ~ he CITY