The sun., 1910-02-25
TALE OF POLICE COURT CRAFT
CONFESSED GRAFTER'S TESTI.
MONY AGAINST FJ REONG.
Says There were Three In ~ ana the
Magistrate Got Dnc-thIrd--Tells OG
House Bought by FWrIonG 20 ne Put
Up as BAIl for Prisoners VINO Paid.

Magistrate Got Dnc-thIrd-Telhs OS
House Bought by FWrIonG 10 ne Put
Up rs Rail Tor Prisoners VINO Paid.
The second day OF the trial OF Police
Magistrate Henry J. Furlong Of Brooklyn
for bribery was concluded shortly before
Q o'clock last night with Jacob J, Gottheh.
the first witness called, still on the stand.
All day the court room where the trial
Is going on before Supreme Court Justice
Isaac NJ. Kapper and jury was crowded.
Furlong's lawyers. w. Bourke Cochran,
Henry NJ. Goldfogle and Martin T. Manton.
took up the entire afternoon in trying To
shake the testimony OF Gotthelf. a law
clerk in the office OF Rutherford W.
kathan. who is the chief witness for the
prosecution. They succeeded only In
establishing Gotthelf's animosity for
Magistrate Furlong. which caused him
to give to the District Attorneys Office
the information that resulted in an indict-
ment.
Gotthelf said that he became convinced
while ne was in Raymond street jail that
Furlong. who he had thought was his
friend, was a party to a conspiracy TO
have him convicted and sent away for
term of years, during which the doings
in Furlong's Gates avenue court might
be forgotten or covered up. He decided
TO go TO District Attorney Clarke's ONCE
and tell him of the system by which, he
alleged. the magistrate. Kathan, and he
squeezed fees out OF prisoners for bail
bonds. Furiong always receiving a clear
tAird of the revenue.
If you were a great friend Of Magis-
trate Furlong what caused you to make
accusations against him. kept secret for
a timer" Lawyer Cochran asked WAS
it moral Illumination"
My reason. said the witness. was that
thought il was high time for me to trans
fer my friendship from Henry j. Furlong
TO the people OF the State Of New York
Mr.. Cochran brought out that Gott-
helf had been convicted OF larceny and
had been married three times. His first
venture In matrimony was at the age OF
10 years and was quickly undone by an:
from his second wife was not brought out.
He simply gave the name OF his second
wife and said she was living. but no longer
his wife. He is now IS years old and mar
ried third time.
| On the direct examination the story OF
trafficking in bail bonds in the Gates ave.
nue. court, involving Magistrate Furlong.
as alleged by the witness, was told in de-
tail. Assistant District Attorney Elder
drew from him a careful description Of the
relations Gotthelf claims existed between
himself. the lawyer in whose Office he
worked and Fursong.
BY agreement, the testimony ran, two
thirds OF the fees collected were turned
over to the witness and he gave a third 20
the Magistrate. Defendants attorneys
objected strongly to the testimony. but
were not sustained by Justice Kapper.
The bonding business in Furiong's
court went on for five years on q large
scale, Gottheif continued. Slips OF paper
on which were written the names OF the
prisoners to be arraigned were furnished
to him by Furlong He would then visit
the prisoners and advise them 20 be rep
resented by Kathan. The money kathan
received in this way was split mp. o third
finding its way 20 Ftriong. according TO
Gotthelf For the. sake of convenience in
the bonding business . house was bought
at e25 Glenmore avenue by Furiong. wit
ness asserted. % be used In giving bail for
prisoners who could give up the necessary
Zee. -,
This house was placed in the name
Of Florence Arnstein, GoSthsls's sister.
Her death has admittedly weakened the
case for the People. District Attorney
Clarke hopes TO obtain the permission Of
the Court to read into the record the testi-
mony given by Mrs. Arnsteln at the pre-
liminary hear before Justice Crane
but is not confident that he win be allowed
to follow such procedure.
Gotthelf testified that Furlong was the
real owner of the house. He said that in
drawing a check for the purchase price
the Magistrate had written in the corner
For purchase OF 925 Glenmore avenue
At this point District Attorney Clarke
demanded that the defence produce the
check. Cochran replied that Furlong
had no idea as 70 what he had done with IT,
we will concede." Cochran said, that
the check was drawn for $50. but il was
not drawn by the defendant for the pur-
chase OF the Glenmore avenue property
but as a loan to Gotthelf. Furthermore
Gotthelf filed in the context of the check. .
Not content with allowing his prop
erty TO stand in the name OF Mrs Arm
stein, proceeded the witness, Furlong
had the witness draw a blank deed oon-
veying the property from Mrs. Arnstein
to blank" The deed was placed in an
envelope addressed Helen Furlong and
locked up in an inner drawer OF Gott-
helf's safe. Mr.. Elder produced the deed
and read il to the jury.
The redirect examination OF 0otthelf
begins this morning. The next witness
after him will probably be Magistrate
John F. Hylan.