New-York tribune., 1912-12-10
ACCUSE THE DR|SC0LLS
Got $500 for Slaughter House
Permit. Mayor Is Told.
CASE FOUR YEARS OLD
Commissioners of Accounts
Make Report on Inquiry
Into Graft Charges.

Mayor Gaynor yesterday forwarded the
following letter to Health Commissioner
Lederle:
am inclosine to you the report OF the
commissioners of Accounts concerning the
payment OF $500 for permit obtained
from the Health Department for
chicken slaughter house. The testimony
Is TO the effect that one Clement DriscoI
visited your department many times to
obtain the permit. and that IL was finally
Issued, and that the person 10 whom the
permit was issued paid Eugene Driscoll,
brother of the said Clement Driscoll. -t2,@
therefor. 1t is true that this thing hap
pened before ] appointed you, but YOU
know how / have been several times
anxious that the same thing was happen
ing since, without your knowledge. Please
read the report and the evidence care
fully, and let nothing be left undone 10
prevent any such thing happening In your
department.
Eugene Driscoll and Clement Driscoll.
his brother. who was a Deputy Police
Commissioner at one time. had a falling
out in the last campaign with the regular
Democratic Organization Of the % Assem-
bly, District, OF which ex-Sheriff Foley is
leader. They have started an opposition
club. This may have had something to
do with the fact that on November Is the
Mayor received a tip Of an occurrence al
legged to have happened four years and a
half aso. when Mayor Mcclellan was
Mayor and DR. Darlington was Health
Commissioner
jeremiah T. Mahoney and Harry NJ.
Rice, Commissioners Of Accounts, in their
report to the Mayor declare that they ex-
amined Michael J. Hickey. truckman, OF
No. James Slip. Hickey testified that in
July. 1905. Aaron Radin, of the firm OF
Margolis { Radin. of No. 17s South street
slaughter house He went to Gene
Driscoll Hickey testified. who told him II
would cost him 800 Gene said he
would have the favor done through
Glen" Hickey also testified that he had
handed the money 70 Gene DriscolL
Six weeks later the permit was granted
after Hickey had kept after "Clem' Dris-
coll 10 get the thing through.
Mr. Radin testified that he had given
$500 TO Hickey. who said the amount
was necessary 10 get the desired permit
and that Hickey had later reported he
had paid ~ TO the politician Mr
Rabin said he had never talked 10 Gene
Driscoll about money. but he understood
IL won't 20 him lie went to the Board
OF Health several times with Glen
Driscoll.
Il unders TODD through Hickey that he
had given up all the money TO Gene aud
Glen Driscoll" Alr. Radin is quoted IN
the report
Herman Graef was the Health Depart
ment inspector who passed on the per
NIT OF him the report says
he never met either one OF the DIS
coils. he 80 testified. and ne further stat
ed under cath that there was absolutely
no reason why Margolis & Radin should
have paid s. 500 for the permit IN ques-
ton There was no special reason why
they should not have got the permit IN
the usual course OF business
We can see no reason why any large
sum OF money should have been paid TO
Gene" DTiscou. n he Were an attor-
uey-at-law and was 10 render any pro-
fessloual services In connection with the
appearances before officials OF boards
then there would have been justifca-
ton for the pay yment OF zee for ser.
vices rendered u does not seem that
Gene" DriScoll himself did anything.
but that what was done was done By
Glen" Tho witnesses Hickey and iia-
din seemed 10 bee Of the opinion that
Glen Driscoll pTonted financially from
this transaction, although they them
selves never had any conversation with
Glen DriscOll about money.
At the home Of the Driscolls last night
IL was said they would not be back until
late