The evening world., 1914-05-14

Instead or fonoWinG the opening
lead Of Mr.. Meilen 70 the men higher
up counsel Folk could not restrain
his eagerness to 70 after men lower
down. Switching the witness OF
from his desire TO expose the Nor
gans, the Rockefeiiers and captains
OF high finance, Mr.. Folk took . trail
OF graft and corruption In west
chester road. soaking to bring out the
names Of Aldermen, politicians and
political bosses In New York who
shared In the westchcster slush
fund instead Of the miilionairss Of
Wall street.
NAMED INSPECTOR sVRNGs AZ
the oo.seTweeN.
A new nsms wee brought Into the
iirslioht Themss ?. 0yrnss, better
known - Police inspector 0yrnss,
wee NAMED BY M. Mellon % tks 90.
between depending e,,2oo,oooo Of
New Haven msnsy, getting the West.
chester franchise amended In che
Desrd 81 gstlmsts and buying w
stssk In Ire ksNts u pslItisisns.
ovt the identity 81 these srssks ~.
maine concealed. oyrnss 70 DECD, end
Mellon tssk psiWs nsvse 70 know che
Nance u the men vine GET che sash.
When asked 10 Identify the persons
who got the money Msllen leaned far
over the table aud. looking Folk
squarsly In the eye. said;
They were all alike. They would
side into my oa,css and set by my
clerks. Then they would pull an
envelope out Of their pocket. They
would take . paper out and Say: I
have your duo bill here for $4,000 or
some such sum- Then I would look
at II. would SO II was In my own
handwriting. I would ask: DO you
want . chsokr They would say:
Nothing toins. I want caAh.'
"ThsW ! would draw . cheek 70
Charles .. MsiisN Ter the amount,
wsvld ssWd u cut end - h cached.
First ! would eek new thsy wanted
u end they would say In email billie
! would Give them the money, tear
the due billie In email pissss and sss
that they went down the ssxsr.
knew nsns Of them, but from their
Noes ! would always mako vp my
mind thst thsy came from New vsrk's
ssst side"
Mellon wee asissd psiat. blank
whsthsr THE WssWsy wac not vssd for
che pupsss ~ bslbine New York o..
Heials. W bsiIssd q the wsrd bribery
end modified u ~ ssyine that u went
70 "psrssns with Influence.
This u the outline Of the story told
By Mr.. Aeilsa. When Oaaisish
Thorns bought W oontrol Of the
wsstchsstsr road for New Haven he
did not sst II ill the stock. There
rsmainsd . considerable Einority In.
forest ovtstandips.
In June. 1905. the New Haven d.
rootors placed In Mr.. Nelisn's name
5000 shares Of New Haven stock
having market value then OF 1l.3oo.-
900. Mslisn arranged with Inspector
Byrnss TO do two things: Bring In the
outstanding Wsstchsstsr stock. for
which Meilsn would pay one share Of
New Haven for three shares Of west
chester, and also. what was Of moro
importance. Byrnes was to got the
wsstohsstsr franchise amended in .
number OF details. For . large part
Of the stock there was straightout
exchange made. the Westchestsr
holders taking good New Haven
stock three for one. but always care
f,l to have the records and transfsr
made In names Of dummies.
Ralph Polk Buell.. clerk in West
chester road once. was . favorats
dummy. There were other tfansae.
tions. however. whsrs over cautious
dealers wanted nothing to do with
the stock. In those Cases Mellen
worried two plans. He would sell the
New Haven stock. set the money,
draw . check payable 70 himself.
cash II ana hand over the proceeds to
the man who presented the West
chester shares. In . number OF cases
VIXEN stoak W. presented ~ would
give q due bill which stated simply
that the bearer Wa entitled TO . cor.
tain number Of shares Of New Haven
stock and signsd Charles q. Meilsn
These would b paid on presentation
LAST PAYMENT LAST MARch Tc
An UNKNOWN.
The mysterious due bile are SUP
posed 20 have bsen handed about U
rewards for indusncs.
Ar. Nslisa saii he had rtdsssnSd Il
cash about $4,000 Of these due bill
and thsrs are stiu outstanding abou
90. 900 worth which he hopes VIII mo-
turn up before being outlAwsd mex
year. ....t.
| Who holds them ~ A0es not know
and who got the cash he does no
know. because they were paid with
out question to bearer On pssssnta
ton.
The last payment was on March
OF this year whom an unknown mar
called on Mr.. Mellen at the Wander
bilt Hotel and handed out ono OF tn,
due bills calling for payment Of $40.
| ESQ. Here 10 the way Mellen told tn,