The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-04-19
Former Examiner Schwager
Confesses His Share Was
$4,000 in IS Months.
TRAIL LEADS HIGHER UP.
Brides Said to Have Ranged
From Price of an Over
coat to $1,000.

Confession oy august e. 0chwaIer,
q former member Of the old Examining
Board OF Plumbers. which board was
put out Of once Dec. II last by Mayor
oaynor. recites that the bureau has
long been a source Of great sraft. The
coefession Is In the hands Of District.
Attorney Whitman and Albert De Roode
OF No. s. Wall street. who was appoint
ID q, special Corporation Counsel by
Mayor oaynor to investigate the board.
u was on MIR. lie Roode's recommended
ton that the Mayor removed the old
board.
Schwager has pleaded guilty to an in
dictment for bribery and 10 on bail.
pending sentence. He 10 aiding Mr.. De
Roode In the examination Of the books
Of the old board and in tracing more
than ~. 900 graft that he says was paid
by master plumbers for licenses. A
score Of arrests, II 10 asserted, win be
made after Schwaser 10 corroborated by
the records. Schwaser has confessed
that during the year and . half he was
a member Of the board he obtained
about 10000.
PRices RANGED PROM 1900 TO
An ovERcoAT.
Z According to Mr.. De Roods. .SchwsSsr
admits the graft went maW ways No
master plumber could obtain q license
jwithout first seeing some Individual
close to . commissioner. In some In.
stances bsibss Of s3.eoo we're given. while
IL ethees the price Of an overcast would
obtain the certificate. A. NO master
plumber could transact business In this
city without . license all were willing
10 pay. Occasionally Q license would BE-
granted without pay when Il was known
that DISTRICT leader. Tammany or Re-
publican. wNs interested In the applicant,
BchwaSsr told Mr.. De Roode that when
he was appointed he found the system
slrsady there and soon became part
q n.
schwaesr was appointed by Mayor
0aynor. Mr.. Defsoods said, at the re-.
quest Of Ernest Harvier. schwaeer con.
Quoted most Of the examinations. AZ
the result Of Mr.. DeRoodSs investiga-
tions the Grand Jury last February ilsd
two indictments against 0chwagsr for
bribery. To one Of these schwaser
entered q plea Of guilty before Judge
O'Sullivan late last night.
In his confession SchwaEsr admits
that the charges are true. Those who
obtained licenses for q consideration
were used 10 drum up other plumbers.
Schwaser admits that because Of his
-
nifty master plumbers are doing busi-
Ysss In this city who are not entitled
70 licenses. Each paid q sum ranging
from $3.50 to $1,000. Mr.. DsRoode DUR.
poses to seek the revocation Of these
l.cssses.
TRAIL OF GRAFT LEADS MUCH
HIGHER UP.
THE further 20 into this nasty mess
the greater the disclosures" Mr.. De
: Roode said to-day. The qualifications
extend In all directions. I am not pre-.
pared to give the names Of those whom
Schwaser has involved. but win say
that when the full story becomes public
some very prominent persons viii have
to do . lot OF explaining.
'6chwager 10 aiding me. and Il was
AZ the request Of Corporation Counsel
watson that Judge O'Suilivan paroled
him on q bail bond Of 5000 to await
sentence. lind that since consolida-
tion. corruption has been in vogue In
that department. There 10 no tsliinG
how much money he been paid for
these unlawful licenses. 1t must have
been a stupendous sum-"
schwager confessed that he wrote out
the answers 10 the Civil Service Quss-
tions in the examination OF applicants
anA cold them to those about to be sx-
amiKsd. In some instances. when the
~pplieAnt could not write. dummies
would take the examinations for them.