The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-22
A gre ed to Split All
Bonding Deals They
Obtained.
TRIED TO HOLD UP
THREE COMPANIES
Asked Asphalt Concerns for
$4,000 Contributions to State
Democratic Committee in Re
turn for Highway Con-
tracts-Four Contrac-
tors Testify.

New YORK, November 2i.-Georgc IL.
Mcguire. the Syracuse bonding agent
for state highways and barge canal
contractors is partner OF Charles +.
Murphy, u. nephew Of the leader Of
ranmauy lIall. lIe SO testified to-day
at the john poe inquiry into highway
graft !le said he nad au agreement
with Murphy 10 divide all the bondin:;
business they obtained
Further. Mcclure confessed to nav
ing attempted To .'hold NJ" 1T least
three asphalt companies for $1,000 con
tiDutions TO the stat. Democratic
Committee. IN return for State highway
contracts Mcclure was 10 -, !, com
mission or J cent 4 gallon for all the
asphalt the companies sold 10 the state
or to contractors. lio said. ana tho
companies were to cha,ee the contri
buttons against the commission
Two Of The companies. tho Warner
,luinlan Company and the Union oil
Company. OF California. did not con
tribute. he said Whether the third.
the Barber Asphalt Company con
irihuted, Mcclure said he did not
know. but the Barber Company rot
The contract He said IL mad received
sl2.9C0 from Arthur :. Johnson. sales
agent OF the Barber Compan*. hut in
sisted that these We're not commiS-
sions. but money given him as cam
palen contributions 10 Governor SUI
Ztr.
StiII Owes Him Money.
Mcclure said it was possible he also
had sought contributions from The
United States Asphalt Company. under
tho same terms He said that com
PAM paid him :6sl in commissions
on materials sold TO the state High
wa!' Commission. and stil owed hin,
and Paving Company and the Barber
company. Last year he received
commissions also on sales made 10 the
state by the .>lstcn Cement COMPANY
the Dr"den Cement Company. tho Ken
lucky Rock Asphalt Company and the
hhickerbocker Cement Company. he
testified
McGnire again denied that in cam
pany with his brother. James X. Nc
tulrc he had seen Governor Sulz.r aud
John y. Carlisle. Commissioner nr
highways. at CooperStown y ~ Iulv
? ana discussed specifications under
winch the Barber Asphalt Company
would obtain State contracts "a TN,
exclusion of ali other conpanics
McGuiF" admitted having "sucgcstnd''
10 q representative of the concern that
II make $4,000 campaign contribu-
non 10 the Democratic State Commit
tee iii return for getting a state con
tract
Did you know il was crime To
solicit these contributions" asked pis
trict Attorney Whitman
never knew il was crime to
solicit these commissions" replied Nc
Guirc.
Divide BondinG Business.
IN regard 10 his association with
charles +. Murphy, Jr.. in the bond
ing business. McCiure said nc had an
agreement With tho Tammany leaders
nephew embracing division or cX-
renseS and commissions on the bond
ing OF all barge canal. State highway.
subway and aqueduct contracts.
They both represented the United
Fidelity and Guaranty Company. he
said. and last year they had obtained
about - per cent OF state highway
bonding business
Edwin +. Hurgard. Il Euffalo con,rac-
tor and chairman Of the Democratic
General Committee OF Erie County. tes-
tilted to-day that he had Il S2.5n0.u00
State barge canal contract, He had
contributed $l.00" to the Democratic
state Committee in 1917. and in 1912
had turned over $4,000 as contributions
from other contractors.
Three more State contractors tesli-
fed to-day To having made campaign
contributions TO Everett p. Fowler al
legged Tammany "basman." They were
John III. Wcidman. Charles .. McComb
and Guy H. Dickinson, all Of Syracuse.
and enrolled Republicans. They pro-
duced their checks amounting to 5000
each and payable to Norman t. Mack.
MI declared they would not have
given the money If il had not been
for their state contracts.
The inquiry Will he resumed Monday.
Visit Hospital at Naples.
Naples. November FLA number al