Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26
WHITMAN AIDE Il
GOES AFTER CANAL
BOARDS RECORDS
Seek Evidence for Graft Charge
Against Gaffney, Murphy's
Friend.
UNABLE TO GET ANY
JERSEY INFORMATION
Prosecutor Checked in Follow4
ing Bank Accounts in This
State--Locates SIS, 600, 900.

NEW YORK, Jan. 26-Assistans
District-Attorney William D. En-
bree went TO Albany today to obtain
certain records OF the State Canal
Board for use in the grand Jury
investigation into the charges that
James E. Gaffney attempted to exact
political contribution from James
G. Stewart after Stewart had sub
mitted q bid TO the board for the
construction Of part Of the canal.
These records will be presented to
the grand jury tomorrow along with
bank accounts of Gaffney, Charles
+. Murphy and other politicians. The
search for bank deposits OF Murphy
and Gaffney was continued today and
1t Is understood that II viii be ex-
tended outside of New York county.
not only in this State, but in other
States, including Connecticut Massa-
chusetts, Rhode Island and PennsyI-
vania.
Grand jury Resumes Tomorrow.
The grand jury also will resume to-
morrow its investigation into charges
that Gaffney exacted a Contribution
of 81, 900 from James Patterson q
Co, OF Pittsburgh, as the price Of
obtaining for the company a contract
on the Catskill aqueduct Among the
witnesses will be James c. Shaw.
said to have been the go-between in
the alleged transaction. Shaw was
before the grand jury last week but
his memory was poor.
Shaws testimony is said TO be the
connecting link in the case Districts
Attorney Whitman, 1t is understood.
has obtained another witness. who,
he believes, will be able to refresh
Shaw's memory If 1t fails again to-
morrow.
The public John Doe inquiry VIII
not be resumed until Wednesday
Graft hunters were beating tha
political bunshes in many parts
of the State today. James W.
Osborne has gone to Albany to
get the upstate investigation
definitely and determinedly afoot.
and incidentally to read the
riot act'' to Attorney General Car
mody for his seeming leniency to-
ward c. Gordon Reed, John A. Benz
sci and Duncan W Peck, who for
merly composed the highways CONF
mission, and who are accused by thu
New York lawyer of neglect Of or
7 ffcia1 duty. District Attorney Whit
man has started number OF sub
poeTla servers out over the State te
! try TO get possession OF the bank
books OF politicians who have been
mentioned In the ee-cornered in
vestigation which has been under
way for the last few weeks.
(, A number Of grand Juries are in
vestigating the county ends Of the
situation in various quarters New
indictments are expected by the end
of the week. The Supreme Court
grand jury will resume its inquiry
into the aqueduet contracts tomor-
row and Chief Magistrate McAdoo
will continue his John Doe probe on
Wednesday.
Fails TO Get Jersey Deposits.
Mr.. Whitman tried without sue
cess to have four banks IN New Jer-
sey and two in Pennsylvania furnish
accounts OF Murphy's and Gaffney
! deposits, reported to be kept there.
/ The information was refused, and
the prosecutor Is without power to
insist upon having 1t.
Mr.. Whitman is already in possess
sion of the bank accounts of sixteen
politicians who have been named ia
\ the graft testimony so far addnced.
Among these are Charles F. Murphy.
leader of Tammany Hail; James E.
Gaffney. business associate of tho
Tammany chieftain: Norman e.
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