New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-06
Brings IN |. (. ouiss's Name.

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Brings N /. z. Quiss's Name.
/ The next morning Selikowitz con-
tinued he HIS brother and Rosie Him
! nelgte'r. anothsr witness. went with
strauss 20 a hotel on sixth avenue. near
att street where they met Alderman
/ Becker and his attornev. Te1uel J..
Quigg According 20 SelikoVitz. hr.
Quigg gave rhcm the following instruc-
, tions
'You cant say what Won ncs-d some
/ BODY else tell bat Won can say what YOU
90, with YOU own ewes and what you
hear with YOUR own ears
I Mr QuigF thcr told them that =" would
+ "n1 it' ~ that thev would not have 90
testify. SetkoVite asserted. snd strauss
took a hand in tls proceeding saving
/ ''-Thc-e people are frightened. and vou
might a. VOL ~ down there and tsef
vli b. finished so they Will not have t0
- ans more
The received Instructions from QIiEz
F to ~ downtown and meet Max HimmeI-
stein and q eitr him 90 "a restaurant a.
RroadRar ami Reade street. where No.
would tell them what thef were 10 t"s-
7 tie 10. seilkovltz asserted. They mot
QuigE and Strauss be related and Sell
soVitz asked QuiEg what gusranter
do zsi FOR ms money!
You can't get blood olt ~ stone ~
he promised you. Won VIII x-t o." was
/ tHe answer OF Guigg. a. testified 70 5r
. SeikoVitz
s~Hkovifz went on record az telling
QuigE that no would not be responsible
. = he told everything no knew az the ex
animation and should mention the alder
man name.
Alleged Threat 5y Strauss.
According 20 The testimony. Qligg
turned % strauss telling him this. and
strauss said
- YOU mention an ono else name but
mine your money b. gone
. on a previous occasion. seukovitz said
sfr7uss had told HIN thai h. was getting
fre morer f0r Alderman Becker ard was
ori" acting aa sort of agent for tra
alderman. Strauss ns added instructed
him. in the presence or BITS brother sud
~ Max and Ross fiimmeistain. not FOO
mention 8urhodrs name bur tiat o.
strauss and 20 teli that he hal arvcr me
ronov to Strauss and did no. know any
thing about who else might have got o.
when QuEg heard OF that seikowitz
went on no stepped aside nut Strauss
tried 70 impress them by saying
M Qulgv kno~s these people IN here
The COMMISSIONS and everybody else are
against the Gayror administration They
VIII b. all right You won't have any
more trouble We will protect YOU"
selikovitz testified further that re had
tried 60 SET tho ITO return money. lie
me- Alderman r~ckcr outside the Conn
missioner once he said and asked him
what guarantee he would ger for his
morcy According 90 seiikoVitz. INC al
derman replied
You have got some part OF it. and
viii SOC that YOU get the other tonight.
About tnc balance Z VII. sce that Strauss
fxes you up for y"
Louis seIkovitz and Max and Rosa
Himmestein gave testimony corrooorat-
Ing the statements made by Robert Sell
kowitz.
Aldermen o. Grant Estcrbrook and
Courtlandt Nicol viii Introduce AZ tho
next meeting of thc Board ~ Aldermen
q resolution calhng for d public hearing
on the question n issuing newsstand per
nits Mr Nicou wrote letter on this
subject go MaNor GayuOr. 10 which nc
MAYOR replied Yesterday. as follows:
Dear Alderman Nicoll
7 am Zoo receipt of your letter and your
outline ~ the method which Won have
pursued in the past In the granting ~
licenses 7 think YOUR method is very
admirable YoI will boar witness that
when ! called the attention ~ Oh" Board
or Aldermeu 60 the genera selling OF
these licenses by aldermen. I took care
10 sav that 2 had the utmost confidence
boa some members of the board and Z
need not assure YOU that YOU were one
of those that I had IN mind.
do not see now can expect policemen
20 be honest when they know tnai many
II not most members Of the Board OF Al
derfncn are selling licenses for news
stands and the Ike throughout the city
through yo-betweenz. al prices from $500
down so IS. ! have had 20 put up with
a. but hereafter T think ] shah permit
none Of these licenses 90 be issued by the
Lcens. Bureau without fuli cNamina
ton except IN the case Of aldermen OF
known prObitv like yourself. Sincerely
YOURS. ". J. GAYNOR. Mayor