New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-06
WOOD TO TESTIFY IN
JOHN DOE PROBE TO-DAY
Lobbyist Subpenaed to Appear
in Graft Inquiry Misses
Ship to Europe.
MCGUIRE ALSO TO APPEAR
Man Hennessy Said Told of
Secret Gifts to Wigwam's
War Chest Called, and
Hennessy Will Talk.

II is now as positive as the serving
| of a subpoena can make il that Eugene
| d. Wood will testify to-day before Chief
Magistrate McAdoo in the John Doe In
vestigation into the charges against
Tammany made by John A. Hennessy.
Wood was scheduled TO sail yesterday
for Europe on the Mauritania. but the
steamship departed without him.
Another witness who will be on hand
when the hearings are resumed at 3
o'clock this afternoon is George II. Nc
CURE. of Syracuse, the contractor who
Hennessy says gave him the names OF
the contracting firms which are alleged
TO have contributed secretly to Tam
many's war chest. Mcclure called on
District Attorney Whitman yesterday.
He has already intimated that he will
not substantiate Hennessy's story in
many particulars.
Hennessy will be there himself il is
expected. The Sulzer investigator went
TO Albany yesterday morning on the
Empire State Express and saw the Gov
ernor and the State Superintendent Of
Highways.
renncSSy Names SlNcfes
1t was at a conference in Utica that
Henhessy says he got from George IL.
Mcclure a list Of forty-three state con-
tractors who are said to have con-
tributed TO Tammany campaign funds
various amounts which were not made
public in the sworn statements of re-
ceipts and expenditures filed with the
Secretary of State by Phil Donohue'
the Tammany treasurer. The names OF
these firms nave been read into the John
Doe record, but have never before been
published. Here they are:
A1tna Engineering and Construction
Company, Hcrkimer; Max r. Aldrich'
Dutchess American Pipe and Construc-
ton Company, Philadelphia; Acme En-
cheering and Construction Company.
Herkimer; Barber Asphalt Company
New York; Barrett Manufacturing Com
pany, Boston; Bridgeport Construction
Company, Poughkeepsie: w. }. Burns
| Company, Syracuse; Crewell-Shermah-
Statler, Cleveland e. Clyde, New York;
Casey G. Murray, Rochester; Thomas
| Crimmins Company, New York. DeGrat
g. Uoogeboom, Kingston; Guy Il. Dickin-
son, Syracuse.
W. J. Dryer, Syracuse; Empire En-
gineering Corporation, New York; Fort
Orange Construction Company, Albany
| Edward NJ. Graves. Cleveland: Great
Lakes Construction Company. Buffalo,;
| r. A. Gillespie Company. New York;
Richard Hopkins. Troy; H. S. Kerbaugh,
New York; Kinser Construction Com
pany. Chicago; Lane Bros, Buena Vista,
Va: Lane Construction Company Meri-
den. Conn; l. NJ. Ludington e. Son,
Rochester; Larkin e. Sangster. Seneca
| Falls: Patrick II. Murray, Rochester;
Patrick II. McGovern e. Co. Millard &
Lupton, Philadelphia.
Pittsburgh Eastern Company, Troy; s.
Pearson G. Son, New York; Suffolk Con-
structior Company. Huntington, L. l.;
semper Bros, WATERFOWL; Schunnemunk
Construction Company. Highland Mills.
| N Y: Scott Bros. Rome; Stanley Nor
rissey. James Stewart & Co. New York;
! NJ A. Talbot, Rome; Tarvia, Boston,;
| United Engineering and Construction
! Company, James Walker, New Paltz;
Iohn II. Wedman. Syracuse. and War
ren Bros. Company. Boston.
Whitman Looking for All.
The amounts OF the contributions
which he says these firms made Mr..
Hennessy has been able to specify only
IN q few instances The Barber Asphalt
Company, he said. gave $4,000: w. j.
Burns Company, $3.50; Crowell-Sherman-
Statler. $4,000; Guy b. Dickinson, $3.50;
| w. J. Dryer. $3.50; Patrick II. Murray.
81 900: James Walker. $1,000; John II.
Weidman. $3.50. and Warren Bros. Com
pany. $4,000.
The District Attorney has process
servers out all over the state seeking
10 serve the members Of these firms
| with subpenas commanding them to
testify concerning these alleged contri-
buttons at the john Doe inquiry He
does not intend it is said. TO let up in
his hurt for evidence to corroborate
Honnessy, even II Wood and Mcclure
do not substantially back up the latter's
story lie will not rest in fact. until
: the whole list has been exhausted. as
well as every other avenue of informa-
ton bearing on the case.
In the mean time he rather hores that
tho overwhelming defeat Of Tammany
administered ut the polls will induce
some of the less reluctant ones To call
ON him and volunteer information bear
ing on Tammanys collections This is
his answer to those who would dissuade
him from pressing the Inquiry by point
Ing out that his hunt for corroeoratlon
will be friitaess because none or those