New-York tribune., 1913-11-14
Contractors Named by Hen
messy as Forced Contributors
to Tammany Must Appear
in John Doe Hearing.
STEWART STORM CENTRE
His Story Likely To Be Most
Startling Tale of Political
Graft Ever Heard in State
Whitman Asks S10,-
900 for Probe.

Three hundred contractors who were
I "sandbagged" for political assessments
will be subppnaed to appear in the
John Doe inquiry, according to the re-
ports Of District Attorney Whitman's
| the combined statements Of John a.
Hennessy, former Judge Charles \.
Bulger. of Oswego, and Henry p. Bur
gard, of Buffalo.
This announcement from the District
Attorneys office yesterday threw new
light on the entire inquiry, and dis
closed for the first time that the Hen
messy list of enforced campaign con-
tributions which was made public and
which contained forty-three names was
not even one-third Of the graft problem
that confronts Mr. Whitman.
Judge Bulger's statements TO AS
sistant District Attorney Clark, in
Oswego. on Wednesday, intimated that
Hennessy's disclosures, both as TO the
number of contractors concerned and
the amounts Of their individual CON
tributions," were too small and yester-
day Hennessy issued a statement in
which he said he had announced in his
campaign speeches that he was not dis
closing one-half of the graft, because if
he told the whole story the people
would not believe il.
Stewart as Storm Centre.
From the District Attorneys investi-
cations of the Bulger and Burgard
statements yesterday it developed that
James Stewart, the contractor named
by Hennessy as $4,000 contributor"
to the 1910 campaign fund. is likely TO
be the storm centre Of the whole in
vestigation.
Information brought TO Whitman yes
terday concerning Stewards con
tributions" in 1911 and 1912 led the
District Attorney to engage three high
priced expert investigators and ac-
countants. who were sent TO an upstate
county. For that and other develop
ments which pointed to tremendous
increase in the amount of work 70 be
done Mr. Whitman will ask the Board
Of Estimate for "A special additional APP
preparation of $4,000.
Stewart will be witness in the John
Doe hearings before Chief Magistrate
McAdoo after George II. Mcclure, tile
Syracuse bonding agent, has been
finally excused from the stand. George
Gordon Battle, Stewarts counsel. has
promised Whitman that Stewart will
be produced whenever he is wanted.
Stewards story, it is said, will be the
most startling revelation Of political
graft ever barred in the state. 1t IS
said to involve several Of the most
widely known and prominent members
Of Tammany Hall, a high federal Off
cial who is closely connected with
Tammanys activities and several up
state Democrats Of prominence, who
arc now or have been previously close
ly linked with Tammany in the popu-
lar mind.
Hennessy has testified that Stcwort
was "sandbagged" for $4,000 in 1910,
$1,000 in 1911 and $1,000 I'm 1872.
Judge Bulger Burgard and Hennessy,
in supplemental statements, it is un-
derstood, as well as other sources Of
information not yet publicly mentioned
in the inquiry. have brought Whitman
story to the effect that Stewart was
forced to give $4,000 in 1872, and
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