The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-17
QUEENS In THE SPOTLIGHT
nm GRAFT TRIALS ON TO- uOR-
ROW ann NEW ONES COMING.
R~asSn Tor GoN erusr's Nctlaa IN the " elS-
dslaser a'ase- statement by DlsirIrt
.orRey he witt AnsN 80 Co Caal-
ulAlnts ~ 10 Hh PrOeee,lIngs

atasef NN9Neealenl 10 ltlalrtrl
N.orReS he WHt-An.Nrr % Csas-
p'Ala's ~ 10 Hh PrOcee,iIags.
NLRANY. April B.-lt was stated to-
dav that a misleading impression had
t-sn created last night by ths ANNOUNCE
ur-nt of the action 20 Gov. Hughes in des-
iguating Attorney General O'Mall.y Ia
-gGer-eiss the District Attorney Of O,IseUs
,u.lnty IA the prosecution 10 indictments
against John Welz and George l.. 0lAser.
winch were found On FebrAhry I. 1875
These cases. Il In stated to-day. have
o." connection with the present inveSti.
CATION being made into graft charges
"a Queens borough. in which application
Was made to the Governor on Tuesday
~ the de-i gnatiOn of n special deputy
Attorney General TO have charge of the
sork before the Grand Jury ia place Of
District Attorney DE Witt.
The Governor has not vet announced
N,S decision On this Application.
In cas- q the designation made by
GOV Hughes yesterday the indictments
Er'N nut e the Investigation % tho pur-
Chas"- of land for kissena Park, and the
Cs-i gnatiun uf the Attorney General 10
Irosecute Welz and Chaser was made
u"y"--ary hecauSe a former designation
OF IN" Attorney General To prosecute
tre hlr-sna PARK matter had expired.
Deputy Attorney General Jacob Frank
vi have charge OF the NelI trial, which
.'orting to present arrangements will
Corns up before Justice Maddox IN the
f'i-hi1g supreme Court Tomorrow mnrn-
ug owing To- the wide publicity given
ms Gaze and the present excitement over
N" graft hunt in Queens u 10 anticipa ted
'Ha' difficulty may he experienced IN oh
a = -
,Irurs will attend at the opening of the
,ur lle~pite the fact that both the
Well and Glaser indictments for some
gss-on have he@n allowed to hang tire
i'r more than two wears residents u
g'.eenr have by no means lost interest
AZ tn Ca-e and the trial j. looked forward
O. with unusual interest should the trial
g. on Queens will have the novel di@tinc-
TN - having the Grand Jury AZ one end
~ the burough investigating graft and of
Justice II the supreme Court IA another
lar' 4 the borough trying an indictment
t.nd Nv graft quest made by former
Grand Jury.
District Attorney FreSlerick q. De Witt
NJ Queens county Yesterday gave out
tvpewritten statement in which he
r'vIcwed his Connaction with the graft
mt from it, inception up To- the present
me TIE says that when in March last
umlssiOner ~ accounts Fr~dick h@-
gan his invest igation into ~ Depart
nsut of sewers OF OtI@ens he Dp Wit
sppriseh Justice Maddox at the openng
- the March term ~ the supreme Court
~ all the facts IN his Possession and a
consultation with Cotnnii-sionsr Fospiick
followed. u was deenesi that a grand
Jury Investigation at that time would
tend to ConplIcate aHair- and hampsr
and delay the work 81 the commissioner
Jusiiue MADDOX was thereupon apprised
OF tho result 81 the conference and he
approved ~ the plan.
While Justice Maddox was sitting IN
opssns county. the statem"n' sav- he
was kept Informed OF the progress made
by the Commissioner ~ Accounts The
March Grand jury were also Informed 81
'h- Investigation that was under Wav
During thar perTOd no one appeared before
The Grand Jury
When the present Grand Jury was
charged at she hos; inning OF the present
month nv Judge R,Irt Humphrey in
The OtisssnS County Court he had hem ap-
urissd ~ the Investigation under way hy
the commissioner ~ Accounts IN ConlunC-
ton with the Distrtct Attorney. and IN
hS charge he told the jury thai import ant
matters might develop later which would
p" '-s'tate ihs'r being r"ca'l-d t"fcr"
ln for an additional charge Mr. IN.
N''s statement goes On.
'n refsrrnce 10 the charges nov on HIa
.H 90" Governor IN ~hlch y - alleged thar
ave refused and obisSied TO having 'he-e
rg''"r- presented go The Grand jury and
~ eNi'h u j. alleged that refused 20 per-
90 -" p"r-on- presenting thO-e charges
~ oil. tnarlez Pope Caldwell. ~ william
hI'f'rH- and y D.. Heating. 20 appear
h"''r' .." ''rand Jury. = j. oniy neC-s-arv
." 'ft. Z never heard Of Mr Caldwell
UG'.' Nr- name apU-aTed IN the public press
n ""nu~'tl"u With tins affair. AMI never
ssN INN until rhe morning 81 Aprii -. when
," APPEARED before Inc Grand Jury IA
o-'dieH'~ 'n -'tbpsrnA issued by me Ne
never PRIOR thereto 10 m know ledge tried
u 90. 49, - appear before the Grand Jury
a. illness ana only came then IN Obedi-
enc 20 q Subpoena
|'r Matthews another ~ this SELF on
H'ed rommi''s~ Of purG~r- claims to
re-" me- no prev iou-lv IN social wav.
have NJ 70 Oilss SION Ut such honor. The
'r.i I'M" rs-sli having --en him Wa- v hen
b" Hlrsal~t a. The tOur' Hou-- April 70.
emf DO neEf appearance va ou NBri -.
zen he appeared isfOip he Grand jury
o. answer - -Hbpurns issued nv
a 30 'IrIs ha- he ever 10 nv know ledge
% eel % pre-~ur 20 me or 10 any Grand
p. 90 has comfy any "ytd~u. . Tor heir
''ra Iteration
heating the hard fueubsr - tbs
committee. has never sought 70 pr---ui
.' o. iden'~ % any Kind 10 anv Grsnd
nor has L- ever Informed ne thai be-
- suv ~ drB'- IN biz pO-----ion lie
o. not - ~ appeared before The Grand
nu' D." I'll 40 - soon on- ~
-.'prHl servers can lO,at- aud serve
H Nth .uDpIus
8r informed thar the 'hargs- fled
rU" Governor Nv these three persons
e. 'H~~d upon hsaT>av and TumOs only
hrE .nH' ne no InstAnce are Ihry asserted
upon 'hs knowledge ~ any one Of
no ."umift-" nor are they sub-tant Ne ed
..r TidAyT. II their infOTmRnt-
w .onclusion the District Attorney
s't."- mat IL would he well ~ hen char yes
lind are made 10 inquire into ths
e. ara Ter and reputation OF those who
'".- 'i..i" themselves champions ~ the
E'"HiI" and learn what the motives Are
60 rumpt a." making oG Wholesale
o. s"- nv Nsy OF explaining this last
~ graph Il - charged IN Queens that
y" % m" charges against DE Witt
~ Trough President dresser - an
"..r' '1 trivs Grez<er out Of once and
w. HrpVgh III" Aldermen % Queens
.r~ ~" election 81 some one more
.'.." - certain political clique
fr" now outside both the payroll
..s graf