New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-19
Sheehan Asserts Governor
Rode to Rally in Sing
Sing Auto.
EXECUTIVE REFUSES
TO DISCUSS SUBJECT
Absolutely Nothing to
Say" Is Warden McCor-
mick's Sole Comment.
BANK WRECKER
ALSO SILENT
No Motoring for Him, Contents
Self with Polishing
Engine Hood.

LnSiHt iIOuu'
Sing Sing Prisons mysterious auto
mobile, reported to belong to Warden
r. J. Mccormick, who has been driving
David A. Sullivan, the wrecker Of the
Union Bank of Brooklyn. around West
chester County in it, yesterday became
more Of mystery than ever.
Sullivan refused to talk about 1t.
Mccormick refused to talk about it.
And Governor Glynn refused TO talk
about II. But the prisoners, keepers,
politicians and tho public generally
couldn't stop talking about it.
Despite the secrecy in official cir
clcs the news filtered through ,ast
evening that the car, believed by con-
victs to have been bought by Sulli-
van and turned over TO the warden,
who often has acted as his chauffeur
was used only the other day to carry
Governor Glynn to one of his Demo
cratic rallies.
One Of tn Democratic committee
men who received the Governor at the
depot to take him to the meeting place
in Ossining, and who ought to know, is
more talkative than his friends and ad-
mitted as much. DR.. L. +. Sheehsn,
Democratic leader OF Ossining, who, II
Is presumed, is one of the very few In
Westehester County who hadn't read
The Tjb.ine's exclusive story unrsTei-
ling the mystery Of the warden's new
car, unbreastcd himself.
The doctor, who is confidential clerk
TO Deputy State Controller Michael j.
Walsh. the Tammany 10 of Westches-
ter. couldn't make the admission too
emphatic.
"You can positively say for me- he
said, Chat the Governor rode with me
in the 'csr from the prison the war
don always rides IN. and Warden Nc
Cormick himself drove IT. Anybody
who says it was any other car lies, and
YOU can say said So"
DR.. Sheehan was setting at rest an
unfounded -umor about somebody else's
car taking the Governor to the rally
when he let the cat out Of the bag.
Governor Glynn asserted in Albany
last evening that the matter concern
ing Warden Mccormick. Sullivan, vino
is supposed to be repcnting behind the
bars. and the mysterious car had not
vet come 10 his attention, and that he
therefore could not discuss it.
Warden Mccormick emulated his e1'
ample Of silence to perfection When
seen by reporters at the prison Office
last evening the warden wouldt talk
and refused TO be coaxed.
az have absolutely nothing to say
he declared. When pressed and asked
if he would not either affirm or deny
the story about Sullivan and his sight
seeing tours, the warden reiterated
Nothing to say"
"But they say the Office OF Superin-
tendent of Prisons Riley, in Albany
claims the department had no money
to buy you an automobile" the warden
was reminded.
"Wen, you'll have TO talk to them
about that" he retorted. Later he said:
"Im not afraid to fight with anybody
my size, but I'm not going to tackle
the newspapers.
When asked if he had read The Trlb-
une's article the warden's eyes flashed
and he came back: T've heard about
it." The warden talked about other
prison matters, and related former
pleasant experiences.
HAS everything run along smooth
ly?" he was asked.
Eyes until this broke" he respond
ed, meaning the revelation about the
bank wrecker's frolic.
Sullivan spent a restless Sunday
about the prison Office and out on the
lawn. But there we're no motor rides.
He had to content himself with polish
ing the engine hood of the car with
feather duster.
He had on a new pair OF dark trous-
ers, the regulation prison kind, having
discarded the fashy light gray suit he
had worn before the motoring priv
ilege was shut off. He wore a new
light shirt and natty tie. But he
seemed mighty uneasy-"all dressed up
and no place to go.