New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-11
Special Jury May Report
Two Involving Murphy's
Friend Gaffney.
pPOBERS CONSIDER
"BOATLOAD OF STONE
Giro mstartiai Evidence POINTS 10
Politicians Who Got Cash
w. a. Larncy Acc SEQ.

II was reported Yesterday that th' spe-
cial sup-cme Court grand jury NFe.'-
eating s-aft is about ready 20 vote in'lc'-
rerts in two matters wing a. the door OF
lanes f. Ga0ney. nearest friend 10
Charles e. Murphy. leader 81 Iamma'y
Hal
The transactions include first ine ~
vision Of 81 30. known "a the "Dcaii'
of stone" that Patterson & Co. pits
burgh contractors. sent on 20 New or"
with instructions 10 hand the money 20
Gaffney as payment Tor the "bll fll
contract on the aqueduct and second. the
complaint Of the executors of the estate
Of the late Joseph -. Carroll. the horse
deaie- and Tsmmany man. that Gafney
failed TO settle with Carroll on comm,s-
sions paid 10 Gsfney carroll ard John
NJ Murphy mo relation TO G.. r Murphy
for "scoria' paving materials which tney
sold 10 the state by agreement with {.
Gordon Rec. Highway Commissioner. ior
the Warren Brothers. paving manufact-
urers Of Boston.
+ The grand jurors put in two hours yes
terday I'm connection with these two mat
tiers. studying the bank accounts OF
Charles F. Murphy. Gafney, also Gaf-
news partner in the contracting firm OF
Bradley, GaTney. Steers g. Co. and the
accounts OF John A. Bensel, State En-
gineer.
John NJ. Murphy is the Bronx con-
tractor said 10 have received 10 per cent
Of the "boatload OF stone for being the
'go-between" for Patterson e. Co. and
Gaffney James G. Shaw. quarryman
who was getting state contracts from
Gaffney was supposed TO hand the M 30
over TO Gaffney. He has failed thus faf,
however to testify for the grand jury
that he completed his obligation.
Circumstantial evidence. II is said. Is
slowly but surely weaving a net about the
politicians who shared the money. IL is
said that the biggest Tammany man got
$4,000. a Tammany officeholder got $1,000
and a business associate OF Gafney's got
S,OOo. while Gaffney. II IS alleged, re-
ceived the same.
/ Patterson & Co. were not the lowest
bidders for the Bull Hill' contract 1t
is believed that District Attorney Whit
man is now trying to show that while
.
Gaffney was not in itself crime. Gaffney
mot being a public official. it may have
been equal TO charge OF obtaining
money under false pretences.
Charles y. Chadwick, the only present
member OF the Board OF Water Supply
who was on the board in 1879, when the
! contract was awarded was unable 10 ex-
press anything but establishment and
anger when he was acquainted with the
alleged bartering OF the contract. The
other commissioners with Mr. Chadwick
were John A. Bensel. now State Engineer,
and Charles A. Shaw.
The witnesses in connection with the
two Gaffney matters yesterday included
John NJ. Murphy, Samuel F.. Darling, OF
the Corn Exchange Bank, and George j.
5. Taylor. of the Fifth National Bank
William A. Larney. former secretary TO
the Fire Department and business agent
for former city Chamberlain Charles H.
HYDE. was indicted yesterday by the graft
grand Jury on a charge OF grand larceny
growing out Of the indictment of Samuel
X. Kelock. another associate OF Hyde's.
last week, Kellock being accused OF steal
ing two state checks aggregating $500
which were due William ~ Henderson, a
contractor at No. 507 Fifth avenue. for
work done on the Central Isiip Oong
Island) State Insane Hospital
The Witnesses were Menko Stein and
Ernest Adler Larney's landlords; Clement
Walker. a telephone official; John G. Nc
Hugh recording clerk in the County
Clerk office, and Francis J. Kuerzi, Lar
.ney's lawyer. who testified that Larney
had two suits pending 10 show that ne
was Hendersons associate in the con-
tracing business Larney said yesterday
that that would be his defence.