New-York tribune., 1913-11-01


| Laughln laughed at that and declared
that he never made campaign con-
| tributions except through headquar-
ters. and the dispute developed to the
point where they called in a referee.
and as near as / can recall it ii WAS
ex-Warden Fallon of the Tombs. I
won't swear to that. but I'm pretty
sure, and the referee decided in favor
Of Inspector Mclaughlin"
District Attorney Whitman asked
Hennessy whether the amount of the
| contribution or assessment had been
mentioned by Wood, and Hennessy said
that to the best of his recollection 1t
had not.
He. didn't mention it, and this was
all just a friendly conversation, and /
wasn't questioning or examining him"
Hennessy explained.
II saw Wood after McCall's nomi-
nation for Mayor" Hennessy went on.
and / told him then / was going on
the stump for the fusion ticket. | told
him | didn't want it known then, how
ever, for fear it might hurt the Gov
ernor, because there were some Demo-
Gratis in the Senate. Sulzer thought,
who might vote for him who weren't
under machine influence. l didn't have
any such delusions, but respected the
Governors claims.
| Wood told me then that Mclaughlin
was still pretty sore on Mccall. l saw
Wood again in September, after the
Sulzer trial had begun. and l then
asked him If IL was Fallon who had
been the referee, and he said he didn't
exactly recall. / said, I thought you
told me il was Fallon,' and he said
that he didn't remember. That was
about the last week in September. /
saw Mclaughlin last Saturday night"
With Mccall and Plunkitt.
| Hennessy stopped there. and seemed to
hesitate and consider whether to go along
on that line. and Mr.. Whitman put ia
! question:
Did Wood ever state that he was pres
ent with Mccall and any other personT
| "Yes, Wood was present. for short
time with Mccall and Plunkitt At that
meeting in the Hoffman House"
Did Wood say that he had ever talked
| to Mccall about campaign contributions
II wouldn't say that he had"
| Did Wood inform you that he was
present when any money was transferred
! from Mccall to any one else?'
mo, Wood informed me that McLaugh-
| lin told him the story"
Did he say what amount of money
Mclaughlin mentioned to him?"
NO, but the payments went over sew
eral years The dispute was over the last
! 5000. Mclaughlin told Woods, according
to the information Wood conveyed TO me.
that he, Mclaughlin, had given the
money to Mccall in bills, and Mclaughlin
also told him that Plunkitt got some Of it,
Did Wood tell you how Mclaughlin
came to tell him."
NO but | know they were and are
very warm friends
'Did Wood intimate TO you that Brady
had contributed"
mo; he said Brady was a friend OF
Mccall, but that he had declined to con-
tribute on the ground that he had already
contributed TO the local ticket and to the
Albany County organization that year"
rs Mr. Wood the only source OF In
formation that you can quote"
YES" Hennessy answered, II told MI
Adamson, in Mayor Gaynor's office. what
l had learned. Immediately after Mccall
had been selected in Delmonico's."
Did Wood inform you that any OF
these events transpired within the last
five or six years." Whitman asked.
Well 1t took five years or 80 TO com
plete the repayments," was Hennessy
answer. While there was no stralghteh-
ing out of the dates on the record OF the
hearing yesterday it is a fact that this
answer of Hennessy's would bring the
last transaction in regard to the mccall
campaign assessment as judicial candi-
date down TO about 1907
The examination then turned to the
more recent developments with regard to
unrecorded Tammany campaign receipts
in 1910, 1911 and 1912.
Are you acquainted with Arthur a.
McLean?" Whitman asked Hennessy
Mclean Didn't Respond.
I've seen him at the offices of the
Democratic State Committee" the wit
ness answered, "and 1 subpnnaed him
when l was acting as commissioner ap-
pointed by Governor Sulzer under the
Moreland act, but he declined TO come
after taking his railroad fare and eX-
pense allowance under the subpoena, on
the ground that the impeachment OF Gov
ernor Sulzer ended my authority"
do you know George Mcclure. OF
| Syracuse?''
II talked with him in August, and again
| in September. but as personal friend
| and / consider that those talks were OF
1 a confidential nature
Hennessy did not appear TO be unwilling
TO give the material Whitman was after,
| but he did appear to desire simply to
have 1t put upon the record that he was
not volunteering this testimony. He
| turned to Chief Magistrate McAdoo with
the question that he supposed 1t would
be the same ruling as before, In the case
of the Wood conversation.
The chief magistrate indicated that the
same ruling would apply and Whitman
! asked whether these two talks related to
contributions to Tammany Hall. Hen
messy replied in the affirmative, and con-
| tinued:
| We'll Mr.. Mcclure had told me several
times about contributions which had been
| made nv harRe canal and highway con-