The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-29
risho QUE az any nomination that was ever

suggestion 80 lawyer in this community
will ~. found to express his belief in the
charge which mputes this induitv TO me.
am assured by counsel for Mr. Berri
that neither he nor his client, Mr.. Berri
conceives or suggests that have paid or
promised any consideration whatever for
the nom nation in question.
| Joined earnestly IN tn" prosecution Of
. Mr. Ber-i FOR the puhicat ion IN .he Siardu.d
Cr,on of IN. first published n,imation
that vas guilty of this scandal labored
faithfully 10 bring the prosecution to- trial
I learned after the commencement of the
proceedings facts which persuaded me
beyond question that there was strong
ground for the position taken by Mr.
Berri in the Sfdpdnri I r,On article |
earned that he had no facts or suggestions
offactt that justified the unfortunate phrases
OF the article which rhctorl'aliv Included
me in its accusatiu | had in company
with my fellow prosecutors alleged that the
article was untrue with respect to each OF
che Democrat nominees.
When | ienrned that this statement was
improv ideut | realized that the prosecution
was instituted mistakenly. and th.reupon
signed the letter heretofore published COM
tanning a candid statement Of the mistake
which had made and the proTar OF every
Teparation tha' deCaucy required OF me
The only mistake on my part which re-
0onfdence that with respect 20 all OF the
SDemccra,ic judicial nominees the article
contained an unjust accusation.
In begmning the prosecution | did only
that which man Of honor would do. In
consentins to - ii-coutinuanc. did only
sfhat which a mau oi sense must do when con.
1ronted with facts. perhaps essential to the
prosecution. tho Ish Without relation 10 his
personal condrc'.
, Meanwhile Wilett was in conference
with John II Met ctOoey. boss Of the Kings
county Democrats He left before the
statements of his brother candidates were
made public and as he went away he
remarked that he did not think he should
Ieply to the newspaper comment on the
Withdrawal Of the libel suit or 10 the speech
tmade on Friday night by James { Crop
leey. in which the candidate for District
,Attorney said that the JUDICIARY scandal
was also silent then and later regarding
the tangled situation
After reading the statements made by
Surrogate hetcham and Mr.. Callahan
and consult ing with his friends MIR. Nil!ett
gave out the following statement last night
In viev of the cNtraordiauv statements
made by n,v associates on the ticket dee IN
lit justice 10 myself 10 make a plain state
yment of my financial affairs during the
HAST month. which j. now assumed 10 be the
Foundation for the S,dHdord Tn,on attack
have had occasion 10 borrow from GER
'tsin banks the sum of $40. 900 and no more
within about thirty days. Five thousand
dollars OF this sum was used 10 take up a
note of S5.oIo dus October -, 1911. on
September 20. Iali, | bought for sjoou
from Louis r Walters. Jr. slStr-three
shares o. the Automobile Building Company
stock all Of which stock except said sixty
three shares was controlled by Nl,le't x
Frost and tho purchase OF the stock was
therefore highly desirable The purchaes
also included twenty-four shares of the
Cabinet Land Company stock. Mr.. Walters
stated that he was in urgent need OF money
and was more than slad 70 get the stock
at the price paid. mo other $4,000 was
borrowed for the purpose Of spending II.
should that much he needed. during the
campaign. and have nearly all of II Yet
have never in ny ,ife paid one dollar
either directly or indirectly for any nomina-
ton and have never earned a tainted dollar.
was induced by my associates to caus"
the arrest Of Ny. Bsrri. who | a'terward
learned could not he held personally. az
personal knowledge Of the arttcl" could not
be traced 70 him.
Sir. Mct ooey presented TO me for sigma
ture the letter of withdrawal with Mr.
Ketchams signature attached. disap-
proved of its ternt-. but signed il because
the Others did so and because Mr.. Nice ooey
urgently requested i
The S'qurrrd = nion was guilty Of criminal
libel bur there was no' sufficient evidence
TO connect II personally with Mr. Berri.
l shall give the ~irrTpr6 ''Hip1 an cppor-
tunjty to prove its libel in court.
Mr.. Berri said yesterday that he did no,
care To say ANYTHING more az present
concerning any contemplated action III
connection with tne CharS"s that nolnina-
tions were bought. When the libel suit
WAS Withdrawn 10 intimated that the
matter would not be dropped. He said
at that time that "a most extraordinary
defence" had been prepared More than
one hundred subppnaS had been served
and among those who We're 10 I've called
to testify We're Leader McCooey and
Joseph Cassidy, Democratic boss Of
Queens county. II was Cassidy who
offered Will.tt ~ the choic. Of the Queens
county Democrats for place on the
judiciary ticket
The judiciary committee appointed
by the Independence League Judiciary
convention II decide upon candidates
will mee' to-morro" night at the league
headquarters in Brooklyn to decide what
action to take regarding Callahan and
Wiilett. Edward /. OIoughlin, chair
man Of the league county committee
said yesterday tnat there was s'rong
disposition on the part Of h' party -
repudiate the twG candidates and TO
work for the election Of hares II helby
and Russell Benedict, Two of the Republi,
can candidates. MIR. OI.ougnlin said
that it was the prevailing opinion among
the league district leaders in Kings that
men who had "bmndered into accusing d
man of slander and libel" and had then
had to withdraw We're not proper can
didates for judicial othce
Mr. OLoughlin explained that from
the first there had been considerable dis
satisfaction in the party BECAUSE Robert
Stewart the leagues candidate fol-
judicial honors had not received place
on the ticket. We wanted the league
to have a place on the judiciary ticket
he said, but the Republicans wouidn',
take Mr.. stewart
Surrogate Ketcham's chances are no
directly affected by the situation. since
he was not indorsed by the League.
The spit between the Hearst anc
Democrat forces in Kings brought chse
to the h-puDnCan camp and the men al
the RepuDl"an headquarters We're pre-
dieting clean sweep for the Republican
ticket IN Consequence Of the rupture.
william Nille't IS a lawyer with home
and Office IN ! ar Rockaway and another
office in Manhattan. He vas formerly
Congressman from the Fourteenth New
York district and wh'l" serving durnl
1908 he attract-i attention to himself b,
accusing Presid"u' Roosevelt of bens
responsible for ~" financial panic of th'
previous year, Ho Was ruled of tn,