New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-01
Ousting of Clancy by Gov
ernor's Man Riley, Tiger
Appointee, Paved
Way for Favors
to Sullivan.
BY DENIS +. LYNCH.

ny DENIS 4. III NNus
With the exposure Of how David A.
Sullivan, a Sing Sing convict, was per-
mitted by Thomas J. Mccormick,
warden of Sing Sing, 20 throw off his
prison gsrb. and don suit of fashy
clothes cut by Fifth av. tailor, and
run loose in an automobile around
Westchester County. and even in New
York City, where Sullivan had COM
mitted his crimes, the eyes of the
public were once more focused on the
country's most famous prison.
People wondered why Sullivan,
bank president who had robbed his
deg ositors. and was sentenced TO Sing
Sing Prison at hard labor Of not less
than two years and not more than
four, was accorded these special ia
vorS, favors in violation of law and
clearly at variance with public pol
icy. People asked why a convict sup
posed 10 be doing hard labor in
prison could be found in the cafes and
gilded lobster palaces on New York's
Great White Way when all well be-
haved convicts are snoring in their
stone cells on hard wooden hunks.
They asked how Sullivan could
drink wine, surrounded by pretty
chorus girls whose eyes sparkled and
whose over-polished fnger-nails glls-
tened in the glare of hundreds OF
electrics, when he should have been
behind lock and key, in darkness, and
seeing no light save the dim reflection
of the lone prison tier slectrlc on the
brass buttons of the prison guard as
1 Il. / &c 10 Of ha
The first one 10 answer the ques-
tions after The Tribune exclusively
published the story Of Sullivans Joy
rides in an automobile that Warden
Mccormick, who not long ago was
bankrupt, insists he bought with his
own money, mere matter OF some
81. 900, was John p. Riley, State Super
intendent Of Prisons. Perhaps Mr..
Riley was in a fippsnt mood, but,
whatever his frame of mind, here is
what he said on October q, two days
after The Tribune exposed the un-
usual treatment that Convict Sullivan
was being accorded:
Sullivan is not likely TO be in a po-
sition TO engage in the banking bust
ness on his discharge from prison, but
rs a chauffeur, an occupation he is now
learning, he may be able to secure bet
ter pay than he could in working with
a pick and shovel"
Why People Laughed.
Those who knew Sullivan before he
wen. 10 iail for breaking the Union
Bank and robbing his clients Of their
savings snickered at this, for Sullivan
had four automobiles of his own be-
fore his arrest, conviction and imprls-
onment, and he needed no schooling IN
the running of motor car. And those
who knew Sullivan and that portion OF
his list Of acquaintance who were
numbered among the unfortunate de-
positors of the wrecked Union Bank
did not smoker when superintendent OF
Prisons Riley made this comment on
the demand of the Union Bank deposit
tors that Suiivan's treatment in Sing
Sing be q subject Of official investlga-
ton:
"Such an investigation would be alb
surd. as Sullivan has been treated no
differently than any other prisoner.
suppose the Union Bank deposltors
would like to gee him put into solitary
confinement, but we don't intend to do
ANYTHING to break his health. That
be doing the depositors any
Now, before going any further, it
would be we'll 70 60 back 70 the night
Of September q, when John A. Hen
messy was running for the Democratic
nomination for Governor against Gov
ernor Glynn. IL is well to remember
that at that time the entire wilson ad-
was behind Mr.. Hennessy
in his fight against Governor Glynn and
the others on the Democratic ticket, /
- ~
called Wilson Democrats as "Mr. MUIR
phys hand-picked ticket"
At that time Mayor Mitchell, Dudley
Field Malone, William g. McAdoo,
Stuart G.. Gibboney, and others asso-
ciated with the Wilson administration
were working for the success Of Mr..
Hennessy and the ticket headed by him,
and for the defeat of "Mr. Murphy's
hand-picked ticket"
On that night Mr.. Hennessy, speak
ing before an audience in Arion Hall,
in Brooklyn, made some ugly charges
involving David A. Sullivan and Gov
ernor Glynn, charges which have never
been answered. The source OF Mr..
Hennessy's information, some Of which
was susceptible Of proof, is known 10
few, and whether there is any con
nection between the charges and the
easy life OF country gentleman lHdl
Sullivan the convict was permitted TO
lead the investigation that has Just
started may reveal.
Wanted All the Loot.
Here is what Mr.. Hennessy said on
the night of September 81, as reported
in the New York newspapers of the
following morning:
Like some other banks of this city,
the depositors trusted to the state To
protect them, 10 the State Banking De-
partment. The State Banking Depart
ment first looted or permitted them to
be looted, and then crooked lawyers
got in and took some more of the
money, and now, of course, they are
trying TO get the little that is left, and
Murphy's State Banking Department
steps in to take that away from them.
"Well, the ]. B. Lyon Printing Com
pany, of Albany, is a friend of Martin
n. Glynn-such a friend as this: Mr..
Lyon has a beautiful country place
south of Albany, known generally as
kenwood, and he thought SO much of
the present Governor Of the State OF
New York that he gave him a very
large part of his own ground, next to
his own house, after he ceased to be
Controller of the state, and II | am
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