The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-27
Deposed Governor Again on
Stand in John Doe
Inquiry
LEADER
SAID HE "FIXED IT"
Told Sulzer $4,000 Had Been Turned
Over to Democratic State Cont
mittee-Murphy Probably
Will Be Recalled
WILLIAM suLZER

New York, February 20 Charles
Murphy. leader of Tammany Hall, did
not give back the $4,000 campaign
contribution of the late Anthony n.
Brady in 1919. as Murphy said he dtd,
according to the sworn testimony today
of William sulzer, deposed governor OF
New York
Sulzer, witness today for the sec
ond time at the John Doe inquiry into
political graft. testified Murphy had
told him he turned the $4,000 over
to the democratic state committee. He
added that Murphy also said he had
liked it, so that it would be reported
In the committees list of campaign
| contributions under the name of a
dummy This is the $4,000 which Sui
ger says was nrst offered and witch he
refused to accept.
May Be Recalled
Murphy in recently public state
ment said that he had given the money
back to Brady. He probably will pc
called i'm the near future to tell his
story unde" oath.
Sulzer conceded today that Murphy
had given $4,000 to Brady, but that 1t
was not the same $4,000 The $4,000
was paid to Brady, according to sulzer
to compromise suit for $4,000 which
he said Brady had brought against
Murphy.
Murphy sent ]. Sergeant Cram to
see Brady aud get him to call off the
suit" said Sulzer. BRADY was angry
and would not listen to Cram. He said
Murphy had sworn falsely in his an
swer 10 the suit and that he had bet
ter come across with the money or he
would press the suit and expose him"
Murphy, on the advice of Samuel A.
Beardsley Bradys attorney finally
Went to see Brady himself. Sulzer said
and Brady compromised for $25s0Qo.
Brady made him a present of s15,-
900, pe9od the witncss. 'frhe sum
mons and complaint in ,las suit, ~ ti,ey
are not destroyed. would make inter-
esting reading at this time
The Ryan Contribution
Sulzer also testified concerning the
$4,000 contribution which Allan A.
Ryan son If Thomas T.. Ryan. the
financier, asserted at the witness i'm
peachment trial, he gave to Sulzer and
which was never reported in Suffers
list of contributions. The witness said
he gave it to John II. Delaney. now.
head of the state bureau of efficiency
and economy, and that Delaney told
him he had given it to Murphy THIS
WAS another contribution. which he
SAID Murphy told him would be listed
under the name of a dummy. He de-
elared also that Delaney had kept
for his own campaign expenses
$4,000, which he (Sulzer) had given to
him TO help OUT the democratic state
committee.
You'll find a lot of dummies on that
list put In by the democratic state
committee" continued the witness, "a
lot of men who would not give $1,000
to save the democratic party from go-
ing to the demnition bowwows."
lie named among these alleged dunn.
mics Thomas +. McAvoy Tammany
leader of Harlem, and George WASH
lmgton Plunkitt. another Tammapy
leader
McAvoy, called as the next witness,
denied he had ever given one dollar
TO the democratic party that wasn't my
own money Il gave from $1,000 to
$4,000 every year" he said, in accord +
ance as to how | was fixed and my own
interest in the campaign"
Fails to Respond
PlunlSitt. who was also to have been
called. failed 10 respond to his sub
poena. Another witness was william
j. sullivan. secretary 10 James A. Far
rell president of the United states
Steel corporation. He testified that Ia
l1g12 that at the request of Farrell, he
gave $500 in cash out of his personal
funds to Arthur A, Mclean, treasurer
of the democratic state committee. He
produced a receipt made out to him.
self and signed by Mclean.
How did YOU happen to have the re-
ceipt made out in your name instead OF
Farrells2' the witness was asked
ut was my own Idea" said Sullivan
Il knew that Mr.. Farrell was the only
democrat in the state organization and
| thought that he would prefer not to
have his name appear. He was quite
excited over it and told me that there
was no reason why 1t should not he
/ In his name, but TO let it go as 1t was
limmaterial."
1t was brought out that the eontri-
button was never reported by the dem
nerafir state committep