The evening world., 1911-01-19
TELLS Of MONEY
He SENT ALDERMAN
FOR NEWSSTAND
Dealer Who Paid 5000 in
Marked Bills Is Again
a Witness.
CRUISE ON THE STAND.
Go-Between Gives Testimony
Damaging to the Accused
~ Alderman.
CRUISE ON THE STAND.

Joseph Barisch. newsdealer at Third
avenue and Eighty-fourth street, who
Ia the accuser OF Alderman Michael j..
Nolkman. on trial for extorting $500
hrlbe money from Barisch for approx
Ing his application for n newsstand IL
cense. was on the witness stand before
Judge ~Seabury. In the Criminal Branch
Of the supreme Court, again to-day.
lie was cross-examined by Mirabeau T..
Towns.
In his direct testimony yesterday
Barisch told how volkman had at first
refused to give him any approval for
the application. saying that some Of his
Independence League supporters de-
served the stand. Later he demanded
500. telling Barisch that the newspaper
reports hat Mayor Gaynor had prom
ised to put "a stop TO payments to
Aldermen by newsstand keepers were
fakes. Al length. Barisch said. volk-
man sent Edward j. Cruise. the son of
a police captain, to Barisch to go, 5000.
the sum named by the ncwsdcaier as
the limit Of his ~sourc
Paid with Marked Money.
Cruise took the money. voikman
signed the approval of the application.
Before the money passed Barisch had
communicated with the ONCE of Com
missioner OF Accounts Fpsdick through
the Mayor and the money which passed
had been marked. II was later dis
covered In Cruises possession when
both the Alderman and the go-between
were arrested.
Cruise has turned States evidence
and II 10 expected that he will follow
Barisch on the witness stand.
Mr.. owne's questions In cross-exam.
~ination showed an intention 10 max
Volkman out the victim Of a Tammany
conspiracy. Barisch said thai he had
"A news stand at the Occidental Hotel
before he went uptown.
rs not Senator Timothy d. Sullivan
the owner OF that hotel?" asked Mr..
Towne.
NO. said Barisch.
Knows Nothing Of Politics.
Mr.. Towne brought out that the man
from whom Barisch bought the stand
for N.Soo. inoludins the i,eood WILL"
was one McGovern, a bitter political
opponent Of Workman. But Barisch said
he did not know anything about poiitics.
Batsch testified that a man named
Taylor. who claimed to be a friend OF
Volkmann. called on him soon after he
took the stand and asked how ne go,
his license. Barisch explained that Tay-
Tor told him that there was "A new Alder
man In the district. Volkman.
Barisch said he went to,see volkmsnn.
who told him tina; he had promised 10
help a man named Lynch get the stand.
Lynch agreed with him that $500 was a
prope price to be paid II Lynch re-
linauished his claim.
Barlsch could not explain very well
why he was so eager to negotiate for
the renewal OF his license when Il. still
had many months TO run.
Barisch said lie called repeatedly on
Nolkmann at the club house to get word
about the license. on Nov. is, he said.
Volkmann made for himself the demand
which Lynch had made last May Tor
SAn.
why" asked Mr.. Towne. didn't YOU
: report Lynch for trying to sell out the
license u try to have him sent up
WIN Nolkmann and not Lynch"
"For all I know" answered Barisch
Lunch may have been sent up"
' Cruise Takes the Stand.
Edward Cruise swore that when h,
was sent ny Volkman to deliver the ap
prevail OF the license application an,
collect the $500 he did not know wha'
the whole business meant.
Cruise old Of calling on Barisch earl,
in the day and OF being put on. II,
came back In the afternoon and Matt,
Dobbins OF Commissioner Fosdick's OF
flee was there. Barisch asked II voik
mann would not accept $3.50.
Il said orders was orders" sal,
Cruise. and ] had TO have the $500"
'He handed II TO me and then Dob
bins and W. others jumped on me an,
took II ava front me and l was ar
rested. saw Volkmann later when ",
were both locked up and ne told me
had made a mess OF the whole thins
and II was my fault. ] said ] ooul
have cut Off my right hand before /,
have been mixed up in such a bushes
~ ia known what 1t all meant.
"Well," the Alderman said. 20
didn't know what ] meant TO do wit
that $500 when | got H.. did you?
said no. Then he said. stick to tina
statement II they put you on tn
stand against me-