Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-28

Democratic campaign last year. Hen
messy will be expected to prove that
these funds did not go into the cam
paign, but were diverted to the pock-
cts Of Charles f. Murphy and other
| Democratic leaders he has named
trom the platform in the last week.
John Doe Proceedings.
So Hennessy will not be under the
handicap of grand jury seer ecy, the
district attorney called on William
McAdoo, chief city magistrate, to
preside in John Doe proceedings.
which will be begun Thursday, if
before John K. Clark today.
The inquiry promises now to be of
more far-reaching Importance than
the present campaign, which will end
this week. Practically it will open up
all of the evils for which Hennessy
has charged Tammany with the re-
sponsibility.
The original letter in which Hem
messy made reply to Mccall was writ
ten on scraps Of paper, and in that
form was given to the evening news.
papers Last evening Hennessy took
one of the copies of the morning
newspaper men had made and signed
his name.
Hennessy did not make his promised
revelations last night from the con
fession" of former State Senator Still
well. He said he would put them
over until tonight so that he might
answer Mccall for the last time"
Charles f. Murphy, leader of Tam
many Hall, broke his characteristic
silence on political topics last night
and issued q long statement from the
Fourteenth street wigwam in reply
to the charges made by former Gov
ernor Sulzer against the chief" His
statement. like that of Edward e.
Mccall, the Tammany candidate for
mayor, was a general denial of the
conversations credited to Murphy at
the conferences between the three
men.
Attacks Suffers Integrity.
Mr. Murphy dwelt upon the fact
that Governor Sulzer was discredited
by his impeachment, which, in Muir
phys opinion, destroyed Suffers in
tegrity.
Coming as they do after Mr.. Sui
ger was convicted for perjury in the
highest court in the State" said Mr..
Murphy, "by the significant vote of
AZ to r12, fair minded men and honest
men will question the truth of these
charges
The Tammany leader denied that
he ever threatened, plotted or
planned to wreck Suffers admins
tration, and was not instrumental
in having him impeached. The only
man responsible for the downfall
and disgrace of William Sulzer," he
said, was Governor Sulzer himself.
Murphy asserted that he returned the
$25, 900 campaign contribution from
the late Anthony N. Brady, and that
he never received a $4,000 contribu-
ton from Allan Ryan, as Mr.. Sulzer
said he did.
suIzer offered senatorsbip.
In his statements last night Hen
messy declared that Sulzer was Of
fered the next United States senator
ship from New York, on behalf of
Tammany Hall. If he would yield to
Tammany while governor. Sulzer
was told, said Hennessy, that Tam
many was willing to agree to this,
although Tammany would not trust
him again as governor"
Mitchell Is Accused.
John Purroy Mitchell took up yes
terday the threat against himself
made in the advertising columns of
two newspapers, and demanded that
whoever had any accusation to bring
against him should come out in the
open and state what it was that he
might reply to it. There was nothing
whatever that he had to conceal in
any part of his public or private life,
he declared.
Mr.. Mitchell was asked yesterday to
define the connection which Mr.. Hen
messy had with the Fusion committee.
"As far as ] know" he said. Mr..
Hennessy has no connection with the