The sun., 1910-05-24
$4,000 IN PLUMBERS CRAFT
ENiWINERS THAT THE MAYOR
FIRED ARE ACCUSED.


william , O'COnhell. a master plumber
declare before Justice Murray in the
Third pstrict Municipal Court yesterday
thAt N the last three years he had de-
hversi i5 mo in graft 70 members Of the
examining board for master plumbers
hcensss The MEMOIRS Of that board
John Moore. Bartholomew p. Donohus
and John }. Dunn. were turned out Of
aH-s ast February by Mayor Gaynor
Moore and Donohue with O'Connell
ere defendants in an action brought
~ Henry J. Mehlkop. a plumber living
A. Tu Richardson avenue. Wakefield
20 recover $500 Mshlkop testified that he
hai contributed this amount with the
rierstandinE that he was TO receive a
master plumbers license and didn't
at Il The first two defendants were
surpr,sei when they learned that O'Con-
nell vas TO testify for the plaintiff.
Examined nv lawyer Quigley Of Gar.
diner a Qugley O'Counell admitted the
receip, of the tsOO from Mehlkop and
declared thar he hal turned over s2OO 10
Moore. who, he added. gave SiO 20
Donohue
III feels good was III = remark Moore
mAfe on receiving the money. O'Connell
said
O'Connell told Justice Murray that he
vas willing n pay back his share 70
Mehlkop Il Donohue and Moore did the
same. Thstw latter on the stand denied
ever having received the money Moore
admitted having me, Mehlkop last August
and talksi with him about MehlkOps
examination and license.
Mehlkop testified that he gave O'Con-
tell the money on July .. IsO7. He took
the examination the following January
but never received his license.
-Mehlkop told me he had given o O'COnnell
the t3ao for the license Moore said on
the stand. but l told him he was . fool
and must have bsen a millionaire % he
able 10 give away 20 much money
Moore ksd been . member % the e1-
aiming board since the beginning uf
1901. He is iOurneyman plumber living
a. l79S Park avenue Donohue. who 10 a
master plumber ai il00 Park avenue. was
appointed 70 the hoard in December Of
that year. He belongs 10 the Tammany
organization Of the Twenty-seveuth A.
sembly district. u which Thomas R,lsh
. the leader. Moore comes from Percy
Nagie's diHirio; and h heat OF an as-o.
cation bearing his name.
OConnell who gives iI09 Third avenue
81. his address. alsg was prominent An
NAgle's district Son- years ago he was
.rresJed fOF asalultinE Polce Captain
cornelius learv wh-1 the latter wa a
pain clothes man. aud he was .sn'sured
o. three years IN prisnn. Since his rclea--
he has Deen very active iH afairs relating
70 plumbers uniOns
For two years O'Cornsil wac teacher
of plumbing in the National Trade School
~ Tenth avenue and Twenty fourth street
Here b. met any numbsr uf candidates.
h. said. who were wiling 90 put up
10 get a license 70 do plumbing
-Mehlkop Wns a studen, ~ the school.
O'Connell testified 4 took the t3uJ
from him 10 get him a certincats Of COM
pstency and permit him 10 pFacti~- plumb |
ifR met Moore and DonOhue and told !
them of the man . qualifications and they !
,nid they would put him over for s20
10" other siO0 went 20 me
UCOnnsll declares that he has any /
amount Of evidence % graf He says |
r. has a book with the names of candi. /
oates FOR hcenses tisir addresses the |
dal0s o. their payments and the dates |
OF ,llr0.zsive paymsnts when they could /
i- sgu-ey-d for more money I've cent
ir no names In three years and collected |
or '.~ty-s"ven.' he said
H 1nrel then read OF a hst of names
4 ma. who he said had paid FOR licenf -
's'a 1f .r'm. OCOnnsll declared. psid /
ir.r 'yn '1 SlJD.
'\one o' rhess fellows knew the first
O.. zahout plumbing aaid hs although
ON" Az @ys an applicant for a lcsnse
must nave served I've years NJ plumbers
helper and two years a. q iOurneyman
% qualify There are i.OOO plumbers
b. 'his city and 500 of them are journey
men Now IN the lsst ten years since
master plumbers have been licensed there
rtre heen son licenses issued. That will
g'- "ou an idea Of the graft thsse evan
Ia@rs nave been getting I've been the
outside man the unoficial member Of the
board FOR eight years and 7 ought 10
sr5u
Jl1nneI produced q letter which he
s'.d vas written 70 Moore by Percy Nagls
T. Tas On Aldermanic stationery and read
f'IrNn JoHN A ! explained 70 you
81" srr tnEious - see Michael Lsich Est
snss lhia should b done VIA you
I."sse .nntul, me other msmbera 0i the
r'l'a am put Il throuEh ro-dsy' Very
tr4'.
'.. % ipoa
Ihe signature was crampsd In q corner Z
An1 vss dificuli 70 Rad. Z
That l-tter vas - fool Dunn said 0
oI0nneII That lstter was 20 make him
TINS y vas a personal request ~ Percy =
Nagss
1unell said tho examinations were
itrrra What is lsad'' was one Of tho !
ofHs. questions. and tho answer required
SO -' declared. a install freely ussd In
r.Inr1g He said that when hs turned
'ar mo money for a candidate he was
A.FAv- furnished with a copy Of the on
.a Questions for the coming eNamina- .
lions f1r tho bsnsfit Of ths candidate b. K
fa' pushing through. Q
y 4 Ent the oflcial answering papsr p
"r H" declared. when tho fellow was
am 10 rsmemheF the questions
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