The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-11-12
WOOD DISPUTES HENNESSY
Lobbyist Denies He Told Of Cash
Lent to Judge Mccall to
Get .Iudgcship.


Wood was examined. He admitted tina,
he was a law student. but denied every
thing that John A. Hennessy testified IN
last week concerning him.
The session ended Just after Mcclure
had admitted that he wrote and sent the
telegram which John A. Hennessy pro.
duced at the last hearing In support OF
his contention that Mcclure was the man
who furnished HIM with information
about ontractois who had been sand
baRged for campaign contributions that
lever got into tAe campaign fund.
lie was trying to stand by his previous
assertion that notw outstanding the infer
cuces t. I've drawn from the telegram h.
never had told li,nuessy anything. II
was apparent that 1t" was suffering acute
distress. He LOOKED toward former United
States District Attorney Henry A. Wis.
whom re retained as counsel. and Mr..
WIS" mt to his aid
From the moment he took tho stand
1t was clear that Mcclure VAS IN pre-
carious condition. The lines in his face
had doepened ard he was very pale. His
voice could hardly I've heard His long
fingers played across his lips. digging into
the flesh again and again. He took oui
handkerchief. rolled and twisted L in h,s
hands. rUt Il back into lis rocket and
then lid the "a ne thing over asaiu
many times. lie shifted III his chair. hs
nervous movrIn"lts accen,uatns his sp-
pearancr OF d.hi,.;y
kn"w dangers Brs-ttimG Him.
II" knew when he took the stand that
= typewriter cynert had shown to IN.
satisfaction OF the Grand Jury that the
disputed telegram had been written on =
typewriter in McUure's Office. He knew
that the Grand Jury WAS prepared to in
diet him for perjury in tins particular
matter. Also he knew that Henry y
Rurgard. q Buffalo contractor had bc,u
in conference with District Attorney
Whitman. lie had had y long talk with
Mr.. Whitman. during which it was made
clear to him that unless he told the whole
truth he was in imminent danger OF h"ing
indicted.
His hands tremhed as he held IN. t.le-
gram which Mr. Whitman Banded him
II was the original copy Of that received
by Mr. licnnoss! and read
~1fAtl' ~ l'tlhT. y. '''I.
John \ Hennessy, 60 Fusion Campaign
Committee. Lemon Casino. Coru.r llGth
street and Lemon avenue Election here
looks close because OF big Bull Moose
vote Important YOU make in speech to-
night r"fercuce TO William H. Kelly.
When Everett Fowler came here in 1871
and 1912 he made his headquarters in
Eellys office and Kelly helped him hold
up and shake down contractors or stat.
work, Ia the Mclean statements filed
with Sccretar" OF State keii's name AZ
i'"ar-d as putting UP S.. o0p. but I've 1iidn
rnIt up eight cents Uf his own iuoir!. ".
Also nonopoli2"d the road repair work
and has big road contract upon which
several important supplementary agree
meuts hav" been allowed through Peck
ami Reel Local papers Will copy what
You SAY IN SPEECH You will know what
to say for effect in local city election,
should he done immediately NJ
Mr.. Whitman asked him if h, wrote
the telegram.
\dmits WRITING Tri-urnm.
Il have refreshed my memory r,p. ed
Mc';uire. and admit that wrot" it,
Did YOU writ. it on a ;yrcwrit.r IN
your office" "'