Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-31
MURPHY ESCAPES
CALL AS WITNESS
IN GRAFT PROBE
Tammany Leader Will Not Tes-
tify in John Doe" Pro-
ceedings Today.
STILWELL ISSUES NEW
DENIAL OF CONFESSION"
lAbsolves All from Secrecy and
Little Black Book" Loses
Its Sting.

/ -NlsNN jim NiCl. Ol.--.NN 1lu many
witnesses. including John A. Hennes-
sy, called today for the John Doe pro-
ceedings before Chief Magistrate Nc
Adoo: and with Stephen j. Stilwell.
convicted senator. absolving from Sc
crecy all who took part in eonversa-
tions with him at Sing Sing, the full
i contents of the little black book"
were likely to become public before
long
Already. however. it has been es-
tablished that the book which Hen
messy has been holding UP as con-
tanning secrets of grayest Importance
! is really harmless affair which holds
no substantial charge against any
one.
The potency of the little black
book lay In it's mystery and the
power OF Mr. Hennessy seems to have
been that of yelled prophet.
Stilwell himself says that he may
tell all about 1t this evening
The managers of the campaign of
Edward ID. Mccall. Democratic candi-
+ date for mayor. gave out a statement
last midnight which had been re-
ceived from Stilwell.
IN this brief written statement
Stifwel calls upon Mr.. Hennessy,
Warden Clancy and others to tell all
they know. The substance of il is
that he has made no confession and
has none to make involving any per
son. that he was informed by friends
OF Governor Sulzer that aid for Sui
zer would mean his pardon and that
the pardon was conditioned upon[his
making affidavits against Charles #.
Murphy. State Senators Wagner and
f'rawley and Assemblymen Smith and
Levy which he could not do.
Murphy win Not Appear.
1t had been expected that Charles
L. Murphy. Tammanyt chief, would
face John A. Hennessy in court this
afternoon at 4 O'Clock at the John
Doe Investigation which Chief Magis-
trate William McAdoo will begin into
alleged Irregular campaign contribu-
tions along, the lines suggested to
District Attorney Whitman by Hen
messy. The hearing will be held pub
liely IN the Criminal Courts building
ana Mr. Hennessy,S who was sub
poenaed last night. will be the first
witness.
1t was said at noon today how
ever that Mr.. Murphy would not be
called as Witness II was also said
on good authority that there was no
reason why he should be called
Mr.. Hennessy has accused Murphy
of being the arch CRATER in the po-
lotical system in this State. Mr.. Muir
ply has called Hennessy an "in-
famous liar" and Hennessy has re-
torted by qualifying Mr.. Murphy as
many variegated kinds of liar.
Many Witnesses Called.
Besides MIR. Murphy the list of wit
nesses includes Treasurer Mclean, of
the Democratic State Committee: J.
Sergeant Cram, former Judge Samuel
Beardsley, Nicholas r. Brady. Nor
man e. Mack, r. S. Kerbaugh, Tom
Foley. William ]. Corners, Morgan J.
O'Brien and many others we'll known
i'm politics.
Enthusiasm for the Fusion munic-
ipal ticket headed by John Purroy
Mitchell reached it's height last night
at q monster mass meeting in Madi-
son Square Garden. An audience
heard the mayoralty candidate him
self, former Mayor Seth Low, who
once led Fusion cause to victory;
Oscar S. Straus, former ambassador
to Turkey, and others attack Tam
many Hall. Edward e. Mccall, its
mayoralty candidate, and Charles #.
Murphy, its leader.
Mr.. Straus aroused the great crowd
to a demonstration when he de-
nounced Tammany Hall for what he
declared was its recently displayed
power to conduct its own recall and
make and unmake a governor. 'I do
not purpose permitting any one man
to frame q recall for me--and, above
ALL not Charles F. Murphy he de-
clared.
Seth Low, as chairman. caught the
crowd when in answering his own
question, "How can Tammany be de-
stroyed?" he replied, by putting 1T
on a hunger strike and not trying to
forcibly feed it,"
Edward e. Mccall addressed a
number of Democratic meetings at
which he departed from his usual
custom and mentioned by name John
A. ,Hennessy, Governor Sulzer's graft
Investigator. who has brought many
charges against Mccall and Murphy
in his nightly speeches for the Fusion
ticket. 1.-THE charges of Hennesy and
Sulzer instead of winning Fusion
victory, will by their perfidiousness
damn the Fusion cause before cleo
ton day" Mccall declared.
Hennessy Continues Attack.
.Hennessy continued his spirited
campaign last night, his principal ad-
dress being delivered at Cooper
Union. He devoted the~ greater part
of his talk to Charles F. Murphy. re-
iterating charges he has made against
the Tammany leader, incidentally
fieaping ridicule upon him for his dec
laration that he returned to Anthony
N, Brady, now dead. the latter's S25,-
000 campaign contribution.
Former Judge Samuel A. Beardsley,
who took the money from Brady TO
Murphy, yesterday affirmed Leader
Murphy's declaration that 1t had been
returned to Mr.. Brady.
Last night said Hennessy in his
Cooper Union speech, II heard that
Judge Samuel Beardsley was to come
out with a statement that the $25,0Oo
went back to Mr.. Brady. ! told the
assistant district attorney to send for
Mr.. Beardsley, but when We went
after him we found he had gone to
Buffalo Mr.. Beardsley knows that
money never went back-that 1t went
into Charlie Murphy's pocket or down
to Wall Street or for some other Tam
many purpose
Statements. denials of charges and
the continued use of ''the little black
book said to contain the record OF
conversations with former Senator
stephen J. StiIwell in Sing Sing prison,
which was turned over to District
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