New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-20


Julius FREDERICK Company. of Rochester.
proved to be the star witness OF the az
tcrnoon. Fowlers visits appeared TO
strike him as "A sort OF sad Joke. He APP
preclated the humor but he also apprecl-
ated that the Joke was chiefly ION him"
Fowler. he said. came 10 the office OF
his corporation I'm 1911. soon after they
had been awarded a $1,000 road contract.
and. after a few brief Introductory re-
marks. opined that $500 would he about
the right size for contribution"
II referred him to Joe Rippstein. one
~ our directors" said Friedrich. and
Joe told him we'd have 10 have q meet
ing Of tho directors. explaining at the
same time that our concern was a corpo-
ration. Fowler said he wanted the money
from an individual and not from cor
poratlon. and we finally settled upon $3.50.
lie told US to send the check TO Norman
r. Mack
Joe told him not to record IL, and he
said we'd charge II up 20 stone for the
construction work, 10 explain the item in
our books
In 1912. and less than year later his
wi wi iAl'h S'A a. T-''f''' i'thA ''AANih 49,
FREDERICK said. and soon after he heard
that Fowler was at the Powers Hotel in
Rochester.
II knew there was no use trying TO
dodge that man" he continued. so |
went TO the hotel TO see him. and asked
him what he expected this time. lie said
to give what We could, and the next day
our directors held a meeting. Charley
Bostwlck, the Republican member OF our
board. said he thought we shouldn't give
more than $500. but Joe Rippstein said
we'd better add 500 10 that 80 We drew
a check for $50 TO Rosenblum."
who is Rosenblum?' the District At
torney asked.
"Oh. he's a fellow up i'm the neiGhbor-
hood" Friedrich explained. and ! told
him to cash the check and turn the
money over 10 one of three; that is, TO
Fowler, Mclean or Mack"
Isaac o. Coe. who Is secretary of the
Greece Construction Company. another
Rochester corporation. testified that he
received the series OF Letters from n
County Boss" sent out by William Il.
Kelley. Democratic boss OF Syracuse. I'm
1911. inviting contractors to come TO Kel-
ley's office To meet Fowler.
lie did not go to the meeting. and Kelley
sent his second letter. expressing Fowlers
keen sorrow 1T his absence TO the cor
poration. Subsequently Coe went to see
Kelley at his Office In Syracuse, but
Fowler was not there.
81 introduced myself to Kelley said
tractors had contributed"
did YOU tell him you could not con-
tribute because YOU represented cor
poration?" Whitman asked.
yes; told him that was against the
law" Coe replied, but he said that didn't
make any difference; so on November .,
1911. | sent my personal check for $50 to
Norman T.. Mack"
Coe said that before he went into the
contracting business he had been an as
slstant engineer i'm the office Of the divi-
sion engineer OF the Highways Depart
nent. at Rochester. and that in that ca
pacity, although he was a Republican in
politics. no had contributed small
ount-something like f5-to the Demo
cratic State Committee.
Frank II. Falls, president OF Falls Bros.
& Fletcher, also OF Rochester. testified
that James u. Morrissey. the division ell
gineer for the Highways Department In
Rochester. had introduced him to Fowler
October IS, 1912. when he was first called
upon for contribution by the bag
man. His personal check for 500 was one
of the few such contributions reported,
and. apparently by mistake. IT was actu-
ally put down In the campaign fund state
ment as coming from Falls Bros. &
Fletcher"
George w. Chambers. Of the contracting
firm Of Chambers Il Barnes, also OF
Rochester. testified that his firm succeed
ed his father. George Chambers in the
business His father he said. looked after
the office for them, and on October 10,
1912, when he came into the office. his
father introduced him to Fowler. to whom
the elder Chambers had just given a check
for $500, drawn to the order OF Arthur A.
Mclean. That contribution was listed I'm
McLean's report as donation from
George Chambers"
The John Doe hearing will he continued
next Tuesday when more upstate con-
tractors will be called to the witness
stand.