Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-07
Mcclure Denies
 Furnishing List
BUT ADMITS RAISING MONEY
 FOR TAMMANY
THE JOHN DOE INQUIRY
Takes Issue With Testimony of Hen
 messy, But. Graft investigator Offers
 to Prove His Story by Others.

New York, Nov. 6.-George H. Nc Guire of Syracuse denied on the wit ness stand today that he had ever fur nished John A. Hennessy, former Gov ernor Sulzer's graft investigator, with a list of construction firms which had been s"sandbagged" into giving cam paign contributions to Tammany Hall as testified by Hennessy last week.
 -McGuire, who is a. brother of James K. Mcclure, former democratic mayor of Syracuse and with him partner in the firm of McGEire and Company engaged in bonding construction con- panies and in liability insurance, ap- peared as 8 witness in the John Doe proceedings instituted by District At torney Whitman to investigate Hen nessy's charges.
 Hennessy Says He Can Prove It.
 No sooner had Mcclure sworn that he had never specified to Hennessy a single instance of any construction company engaged in state highways or barge canal work having given up campaign contributions, than he was withdrawn from the stand and Hen messy, taking his place, reiterated his statement and added that he could prove it by others.
 Hennessy said that he had met Me Guire in the latter's room in a hotel in Utica on September 12. He pro- duced a list of firms which he said Mcclure had named to him as hay ing made contributions. The list was written on the stationery of the hotel and Hennessy said he had taken it down in the presence of McGuire.
 Admitted Giving Hennessy $2,5oo.
 tMcGUire wanted me to defeat Mur- phy," said Hennessy, and said he wanted these revelations made. But he said he didn't want it known that he had told me anything on account of the affiliations of his brother
 District Attorney Whitman elicited from McGuire that his concern had done a large business in bonding the contracts of construction firms en- gagged in the state highway and barge canal work and that Mcclure after having given $500 to Sulzer as a cam paign contribution had at Sulzer's re- quest given $2,50O to Hennessy to en- able the latter to pursue his inVeSt1- gations into the state highway depart ment after the governors special -ap- propriation had been cut off by the assembly. This was in last Septem- Der after thei governors impeachment
 Hennessy in support of his version produced q telegram he received on October 27 last from Syracuse, which he said he believed had been sent to him by Mcclure.
 Mcclure Denies Sending Telegram.
 It was signed "AT" and appealed to Hennessy to make a speech against H. Kelley, democratic leader of Onondaga county in order to gain votes fog the progressive ticket.
 Mcclure denied that he had sent any such telegram to- Hennessy. He said that he had talked with his brother and friends since Hennessy testified and told them that he didn't have any such information as Hennessy testified to.
 ernor $2,500," asked MT. Whitman.
 T hated to see a good business ad- go to smash. There was 3 great governor alone in the eXecu- tive mansion without friends and he was about to be tried by the court of and was sorry for him. He said that he needed the money bad y and that it was case of dire ne- 3essity
 The witness admitted that he had net Hennessy in Utica on Sept 12 at the request of Sulzer.
 Mcclure Collected Contributions.
 "Hennessy said to me that he had been told that such and such com )any had made such and such a con- ribution and asked me about it. He lsl1ed me if Jim Stewart had made a and I told him that I 1idn't know 1 told him that I had 10 specific knowledge of any contrt- 1ution."
 Mcclure admitted that he had him. ,ef collected contributions in 1910 and -911 from several contractors for the democratic state committee, He named | Lane Brothers of West Virginia: 1 Scott Brothers and DuddingtOn and 1 Son of New York as having given $100 | each at his suggestion and the Kin | fer Construction company of Chicago l IS having contributed $500.
 Admitted Lying to Fiennessy,
 ssYeu faIsified to Mr. Hennessy when i 'eu said you knew of no centribu- 1 iens?" asked the district attorney:
 T was not under cath" replied the 1 8itness. file had no right to swear 1 ne and I didn't have to tell him. l wasn't going to get into trouble uR | T Erie county,'
 fsBut you knew ttennessy was the 1 ,evernor's investigator and you had l -iven him $2e500 to help him out" the district attorney.