Evening star., 1913-10-31
MURPHY SUMMONED
IN CORRUPTION QUIZ
Tammany Hall Leader Called
as Witness in Hen
messy Charges.
HALF HUNDRED NAMES
FURNISHED PROSECUTION
Enthusiasm for Fusion Municipal
Ticket Shown at Madison Square
Garden Mass Meeting.

NEW YORK. October 31.-Charles +.
Murphy. leader OF Tammany Hall. was
among the witnesses cited to appear at
the so-called John Doe proceedings into
the charges of corruption against Tam
many made by John A. Hennessy in re-
cent speeches in behalf of the fusion
ticket In the mayoralty campaign. The
hearing, set for late this afternoon be-
fore Chief Magistrate McAdoo. concerns
mainly the allegations as to campaign
Every person whose name has been
mentioned by Mr.. Hennessy,' said the
district attorney today. lis apt to be
called. Mr.. Hennessy's little black book
will be put in evidence. The investiga-
ton will be thorough"
Hennessy. it Is understood, has given
the district attorney list of about fifty
names. Among them. il was said. were
those of Arthur A Mclean, treasurer of
the democratic state committee, and a
prominent New York hotel keeper. They
will be asked about contributions which
Hennessy says We're made for campaign
purposes but never officially reported.
statement was expected late today
from Stephen ]. Stilwell. the convict
state senator in Sing Sing. excerpts from
whose alleged confession have been
banded about during the campaign. In
statement issued last night he said he
and added that this evening he would
issue a sworn statement as to just what
occurred when he held conferences with
HennesSy and others.
Il have no confession to make involv-
ing any man or men in public Office he
insisted.
Makes Charge Against Sulzer.
Declaring that in his ten years as q
member OF the state assembly he had
never been asked by Murphy or any
other leader, except one. to do anything
that would reflect upon his political
career or personal record. Alfred E
Smith. speaker of the assembly. has
given out statement. through demo
cratic headquarters, attacking William
Sulzer, deposed governor, as the excep'
ton Sulzer, the speaker declared, was
the one man who has asked me to per
form an official act which afterwart
could be brought against me.
Speaker Smith asserts that May
Gov. SL1zer asked him to sign some
bills which the governor said mac
passed the assembly. Smith said that NJ
looked up the bills and found that they
had not passed. and SO reported to the
governor, who, he claims. said: THAI
makes no difference-sign them any
way.
Enthusiasm for Fusion Ticket.
Enthusiasm for the fusion municipal
ticket, headed by John Purroy Mitchell
reached it's height last night at big
mass meeting in Madison Square Gar
den The audience heard the mayor
alty candidate himself, former Mayor
Seth Low, who once led fusion cause
to victory; Oscar s. Straus, former am
bassador to Turkey, and others attaci
Tammany Hall, Edward E. Mccall. 1t.
mayoralty candidate, and Charles r
Murphy. its leader.
Mr.. Straus aroused the crowd to 9
demonstration when he denounced
was it's recently displayed power t
conduct it's own recall, and make and
unmake governor.
Seth Low, as chairman. also caugh
the crowd when in answering his owl
question How can Tammany be de-
hunger strike and not trying to fore
IDLY feed It,"
was the ovation given District Attor
ney Charles S. Whitman. who was re
nominated and is running on almost
all tickets. When he rose to speai
the applause lasted more than tel
minutes Mr.. Whitman deprecated som'
of the personalities which have fig
ured in the campaign The Who'll,
not Murphy. But it is proposition
that Tammany Hall cannot carry OF
it's work and be honest" he said.
Malone Attacks Fitzgerald.
Dudley Field Malone, third assistan,
secretary of state, and son-in-law OF
United States Senator O'Gorman OF
New York, spoke in the interest OF
Mitchell. incidentally, he attacked
Representative Fitzgerald of Brook
lyn, who, in a recent speech in tn,
House. assailed Mitchell as a pro
fessed democrat. and an admins
movement against the New York city
democracy.
Representative Fitzgerald of Brook
lyn says Mitchell is no democrat" Mr.
Malone said This is the same Repre-
sentative Fitzgerald who ran up and
down the center aisle of the Baltimore
convention as the messenger boy for
Charles F. Murphy while the young men
of the party were fighting the fight
against big business and machine
politics.
IF the so-called leader of the demo-
cratic party in New York city has be-
come so intrenched that there is not
enough strength and courage within the
organization confines to destroy him and
his leadership, then 1t is time the citi-
zens OF New York without the party
stood up in their manhood in this allied
army of fusion to lay siege to this
gentlemen who would control the destiny
of the imperial city of New York.
Promises End Of Murphy.
William Sulzer continued his campaign
in the district where he is running for
election to the state assembly on the
progressive ticket. THE real struggle
between Murphy and me- he said, Twill
start the first day after election day
Then I am going into every county in
the state / am going to arouse public
opinion against Murphy all over the
state until there shall be an end OF
Murphy"
Edward E. Mccall addressed several
democratic meetings at which he de-
parted from his usual custom by men.
tioning by name John A. Hennessy, who
has brought many charges against Nc
Call and Murphy.
The charges of Hennessy and Sulzer
instead of winning fusion victory, will
by their perfidiousness damn the fusion
cause before election day Mccall de.
clared.
Mccall denied statement made BY
Call, posing as his friend, tried to get him
to call off the Hennessy investigate
Sulzer had said Mccall admitted tha,
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