New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-25
Produce Notes, Said Murphy.

II never knew anything about any
notes" replied Murphy. III Mr.. Hennes.
sy has such notes, or knows where they
are. It is his duty. l believe. TO produce
them"
"Sulzer and Hennessy defy you to 60
ahead and indict them. What are you
going to do in that line?" was asked
II know of no move to indict Mr. Sui.
ger or Mr.. Hennessy" Murphy replied,
nor have any desire to see the former
Governor indicted"
How about the story published to the
effect that on September 70, on the eve OF
his impeachment, Governor Sulzer came
down to Mr.. McCalrs house. in New York.
and begged him to see you and call OF
the proceedings against him." was the
next question.
mo one ever approached me and asked
me to stop the trial Of Mr.. Sulzer' SAID ,
the chief" IF Mr.. Sulzer asked Mr..
Mccall to aid him received no know
edge of it,
'Sulzer said that you had made $500
600 out OF politics. How about that state
ment?" Mr.. Murphy was asked.
You surely don't expect me to answer
that question. do you? That's perfectly
ridiculous" he replied.
Mr.. Murphy said that he would answer
the Sulzer and Hennessy charges in de-
tail some time before election
Referring to Mr.. Suffers statement that
Murphy threatened his destruction unless
he appointed Jim Gaffney, Murphys
brother-in-law. superintendent of High
WAYS, Mr.. Gaffney replied at length in
a typewriter statement given out yes
terday at Tammany Hall.
"sulzer says in his statement that the
charges of perjury and larceny, tound
by the Court OF Impeachment TO be true
are only nominal charges" said Ganney.
1T wouldn't be profitable to spend mucn
time trying 10 shoot holes in a skin as
tough as that. But liars should have
good memories to get away with It. /
never asked Sulzer TO appoint me super
intendent Of Highways or TO any other
position 1 never asked Mr.. Murphy 10
request this position for me. and no sus-
gestion OF my appointment ever came TO
me from any source whatever, excepting
to me by Sulzer himself"
Gaffney Out with Denial.
Mr.. Gaffney also said that he might
add a word Of contradiction" TO an ar
ticle read In The Tribune OF October e.
saving that Mr.. Hennessy said In one or
his speeches that Mr.. Paine told him ne
had lent $4,000 to Murphy and Carney
to carry the contracting firm through on
the PENNSYLVANIA tunnel operation. MI
Gaffney denied that Mr.. Paine ever TENT
a cent 10 the New York Contracting Com
pany. OF which he is general manager
and which had the Pennsylvania terfninai !
contract. He said that Charles +. MURPHY
never held any interest in the concern anu
never derived any benefit from the COM
pany in any way
]. Sergeant Cram, Public Service COM
missioner, whom Hennessy charged WIN
handling good many "unrepor'eo
campaign contributions for Tammany IN
1910, said that he was chairman OF the
Democratic committee" at that tirne'
and as such 1t was possible tnat sonio
campaign contributions were sent 10 mn,
but that they were trihing In anouh'
and were promptly turned over to the
campaign committee.
Mr. Cram said that he had had no COM
munication with Governor Sulzer """o
the latter was in office. and had mace no
suggestions of any kind to him regaFu-
ing appointments.
Mr. Plunkitt. whom Mr. Henncs'y
cused OF being one OF two ia"iaas
"basmen" who collected Mcoans ea
paign assessment fee when ne wac luis n..
mated for the Supreme Court oenC M. We" ra
outspoken, to say the least, In, in nj, lis, re-
"~ liar" and said that he would
u, . eco few more ''dashes" to ex-
nross his real opinion Of him.