New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-07
Fails to Reach Home After
His Return from
Porto Rico.
CALLS EXTORTION
CHARGE FRAME-UP
Indicted Upstate "Bagman' Says
He Will Surrender Him.
self Tomorrow.

| James X. Mcclure. former Democratic
Mayor of Syracuse. who was indicted on a
charge of extortion while ne was in Porto
Rico. returned TO this city yesterday.
Friends said he went at once to his nome
| in New Rochelle. but at a late hour last
night he had not arrived there.
Mcclure said the indictment against
him was "frame-up' and that he wouio
surrender himself tomorrow morning 10
District Attorney Whitman, giving pail
for his appearance in court. lie did not
surrender yesterday, he said. because the
courts were closed and he would have had
to remain in the Tombs until Monday
The John Doe inquiry before Magistrate
McAdoo will be resumed TUESDAY, anu
Wednesday the grand jury will again tahe
IN its labors. giving especial attention To
the charges made by Madison Aldrlch'
the Poughkeepsie contractor, against
Thomas Hassett, confidential agent Tor
John A. Bensel. Justice Davis VIII decIuc
Thursday the question Of the Jurisuic'io''
of this county's grand jury. This was
raised by Everett Fowler, of Kingston IN
his indictment for extortion.
John A. Hennessy came to town yes'e'
day from Albany. He charged Iammail!
Hall with having seized all his recoruS
exposing highway graft. This ne saiu'
was its most scientific trick OF pur-
glarious enterprise" Nine-tenths OF the
papers seized were fraudulent ROAD anu
canal contracts.
Hennessy said he would hold Governor
Glynn personally responsible for the loss
of the records, which he said discloseu
graft not yet limited at. lie acquit'eu
James W. Osborne, Glynn's proper oil
ANY guilty intent" in the afair.
1.-THE loss Of any vital proofs In those
contracts-and these vital proofs may
easily be stolen-is up to Governor
Glynn." said Hennessy. "A few or MI
Murphys state committeeman were con-
cerned in the proof that was carted away
al night | wonder If that had anything
TO do with the political burglary
Hennessy was caustic in his references
TO Governor Gynn, accusing him OF
political shadow dancing lie asked II
Glynn thought he was making good ms
promise to clean up fraudulent conditions
by frequent conferences with the Tam
many chiefs messenger. Robert +.
Wagner.
The records were taken from iennes-
sy's private room under a subpoena issued
by James w Osborne. Everything In the
room-two truckloads OF stuff-Was carted
away. Referring to the seizure of these
records. Hennessy said:
II want to 30 on record as stating that
il was the most scientific trick OF burg
larious enterprise ever carried out by
Tammany Hall. The highway records
which were taken away were, of course.
the property Of the state. Not more than
10 per cent of them had been examined by
mo or my assistants because we had been
refused money TO do the work by Mr..
Murphy's Legislature. Every one OF the
contracts examined was found 10 be
fraudulent. and IT may be fairly assumed
That the other 20 per cent are.
The examination Of the other con
tracts, however, IS a question wholly up
TO Governor Glynn. The loss Of any vital
proofs in these contracts. and these vital
proofs easily may be stolen, is also up
to the present Governor OF the state. |
should have been glad TO hand over these
records after taking a proper receipt for
them, but the Governors special COM
missioner thought the right way to
achieve his object was to make spec
tacular raid on the double locked room.
"Of course, James W. Osborne will
never attempt successfully to defend this
act by his subordinate. Warner"