The Sentinel=record., 1913-11-01
HENNESSY TELLS
 OF ALLEGED GRAFT
MURPHY IS CHARGED WITH GET TING LARGE SUMS OF MONEY
 FROM CONTRACTORS.
Many Prominent New York State Pol iticians Are Charged With Con spiracy to Remove Sulzer From Office.

New York. Oct 31.--John A. Hen messy, former Governor Sulzer's graft investigator. who has been campaign ing against Tammany Hall, on the witness stand today. testified that Wm. J. Connors of Buffalo had told him of having collected s25,OO0 from James Stewart, a state barge canal contractor, at the request of Charles F. Murphy. Hennessy was the first witness in "Jone Doe" proceedings instituted by District Attorney Whitman to investigate charges made by Hennessy against Murphy, Edward E. Mccall, democratic candidate for mayor, and others.
 "Connors told me-" said the wit ness, that Murphy had asked him to get a good contribution of Jim tewart, because Stewart had got a good contract. Murphy didn't know Stewart and Connors did. Connors said he got the $25,O00 from Stewart in Dunkrk, l think it was, in Octob. CT, 1910"
 Hennessy also related conversa- tion with Eugene s. Wood of Al bany on September 7, last, when, he declared Wood Informed him that the Impeachment of Sulzer had been decided upon at conference at tended by Murphy, Mccall and sev- eral others. "Mr. Wood is much in. terested in the political situation in Albany" Hennessg declared, and had sources of information, among them Patrick E. McCabe (clerk of the state senate). I dropped into seq Wood and Wood told me of meet ing at Delmonico's attended by Me. CaIbe, McCooey (the Brooklyn leader), Maority Leader Wagner of the seI. ate. Edward E. Mccall and Charles F. Murphy, where they decided to impeach Governor ulzer.
 ''i told Wood that Mccall had told the governor in my presence that he (McCalD had informed the con ferees that they were going too far. Wood and McCabe had told him that Mccall left the meeting because Me. Cabe called him down for telling them they were going too far.
 Wood told me that thera was a time when Murphy was not so strong for Mccall as he was later"
 The witness told of another meet ing with Wood at which the latter had given him information regarding a conference between Wood and the late Anthony N Brady at the Hoff- man House here, at which Murphy was present Murphy told Brady, Woo dsaid, that he didn't wan Me. Call. Brady indicated his warm frien . ship for Mccall, Wood said, and wanted to see him nominated Mur- phy left without making any prom isa."
 Hennessy at first protested that ilis conversation with Wood were
 NANNA'i'1 diih llldl nS WOuIQ Ike | to refuse to answer"
 Charges of crime have been made by you" said Mr Whitman. and I | ask that the court instruct you to an swer the question"
 Chief Magistrate MoAdoo before ! whom the proceedings were con- | ducted, so instructed.
 Telling of tha contributions Hem messy declared that George Mcclure | Of Syracuse had told him that Stew | art had made two other contrlbn- l tions Of S5000 each in 1911 and 1912. | MctT,iire, Hennessy said, declared | that one of these contributions had ! gone to Norman E. Mack, chairman Of the national democratic commit tee, and the other to J. Sergeant | Cram, a Tammany politician.
 These contributions Hannessv | claimad in recent speeches had not been accounted for.
 iRegarding other contributions, Hennessy declared:
 'McGuire said that if got q list of road contractors I'd hava list Of contributors--that none of them 
 H. Kerbaugh. another contractor. gave up" $1000O in 1911 and s5,100