The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-11-04

submitted "a draft Ot letter that would
be sotisf,ctory to him fl did not suit
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one grated Ivy MdilhIhE'd h'' sun heTr''
and a third draft vas made kctchlm
signed it, saving, "If this is the hcst YOU
can do. all right" Callahan also signed
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NAT the lettor' ana he slgheu IT, CON-
cluded Mctooey
Surrogate kctCham testified that he and
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the three candidates ana Met "orS mot Ut
the Surrogate o'IioN.
'Willett had mentioned, said Surrogate
KetCham, that at the first adluirn"d
hearing on the llhcl cas-" he had ~e"H ne
president and cashier "f his bank ih"
Bank Of Long Island ia the court room
on suhpTrn w IN" defence WHAT wee
they there 'ui, asked MI Nalllhdn, anu
we demanded an explanation. NllIei,
said, Well, ! borrowed $1,000 ON good
security al this bank ana got the money
IN greenbaCks. ! knew ! was ehgHESd
IN the campaign ana thought q need IT,
IL Would cost about N'ooo l" man Tue
voters.
Then he took Key from hls pocket
continued the surrogate. and sad, All
| can say H. that there is the key 10 my
SAFE ana " any responsive person wants
to he can g thereright now and ma thAt
money. I sad that II was ldmehtapIe
irdscreUon
"hd You nave any suspicion al that tlme
as 10 h's DISPOSAL ot the money ASKED
mr lo nrd
coulin h"ip feel thti j, %'H'd an"'t
ca" iniud ~ any MAJ dr II hii nine.
the surrogate r"pI,sd
Up 10 this time. VI k'l'0tin l"~tihed
three candidates hau nad WIN i""Ii t"uh-
SCI, Mlllliin l'ykeWlt. Nh'it .iu pro-
tested along "lth NiIIih1N "h' h"tcham
MS absolute innocence "i any at' upon
Which th' HidNdd,h u'n' ',l,'fNl might
nave been based ana hhd r"ror men
TONED or hlnted az ms h''ln"Iugs
surrogate h"lvhf' '''i ~ nlS ap'
nolhtlng NC, "oey as h'- MOI V'erk IN
the Surrogate once. nag power
to TX salaries. he sad ana ! put hls
at sa,"9o, after he had accented, not he.
I9re. ne slIarf Ht inc previous !hlei
clerk, bergen, had been s'"N. AFTER
the three new JusuceShips were provided
tor iold Nc' ""ey 10 g ahead without
regard 10 our personal relations ana do
~hat he thouSht the organization ought
~ 90 IN regard l" me nYinihduohs lot
tnese places would not nave appointed
lim had | known OF these new justice
'hips
Mr. hetGhim sild tnat McI Iooev picked
out NalIihan as one ot the nominees
and offered TO nave William Dykeman
nominated for the other Justiceship
coming to hlngs county.
ihen, the surrogate testified, i sad
to McCooey at luncheon one day, Nc
looey, ! m human, I've got feelings.
Where do come IN! ana he sad he was
behind me.
Regarding his signing Of the letter
Withdrawing the libel suit Mr. hetrham
NOT tNF.4z A..NF. ~. .lax
that he couldn analyze them. There
had been the idea that the candidates
would not get chance To open their
mouths in the suit before election day,
preceded as they were 10y MIR. Berrl :
l20 witnesses; that a man who had bad
lawsuit ought To get out Of it, that it was
extremely improbable that they could
prove MIR. Berri. the managing head Of
the Standard Union. responsible for the
editorial.
whether II was bad lawsuit or not,
said MIR. ketcham. i realized that we
were IN wrong with reference 10 the spec
teCular eneCtS OF W llett ; transaction.
His Withdrawal OF the money would be
injurious TO the three of US. 1t would
he hopeless task Tor The party and my
associates to clear up the matter before
eiectlon. wanted 10 add paragraph
To the letter OF withdrawal saying tina
we still protested that the editorial did
IN other WORDS lhterposed Mr.. Df
ford, you preferred To have the public
elect you all. You we're looking for ths
interests of your party and your own can
ddacy. ana we're Wiling that rather thar
give the public the opportunity OF inquir
ing into the whole thlng the charges be
Investigated iater:
was not, SIR SAID Mr hetcham. -
LOOK care OF my own htlgatlon as | saw M
II was no unfairness to the public because
knew that any man could brlng such ar
in,yestigauoh as 'nis present one
Inc surrogate SAID that he had me
Cassioy only once. on the day OF the con
ventioh' ana had met "lilett only at TN
convention ana at lawsuit eighteei
years ago;
mr. Callahan testihed that he had no
Understood mat McCooey suggested tn
ooncihation letter, but that all had though
OF IT,
henry u. heyson. president OF the Banl
OF far hockaway. told OF Willetts visi
70 hlm on September 2s and 20, saying
that he wanted $4,000. as he had an op
Porutnity to make some money He sol'
Willett draft Tor the amount the mex
day. Wllett giving two fifteen day notes
he saw 0Wiiiett subsequently at night ol
the street and Willett asked for renew a
of time on his notes, saying that there wa
a russ made about his nomination. II
did not want To put the loan on record
When Mr. De Ford was examining
bank witnesses IN an evident effort 4
discover what Willett had done with hi
borrowings Valentine w. Smith. vice
president OF the Bank OF Long Island an'