New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-28
STEWART TO FACE
GRAND JURY QUIZ
O'Gorman's Words Nav
Prove That Contractor
Knew Gaffney Well.
SHAW'S MIND STILL
BLANK ABOUT DEALS
"Bagman's" Visits to Stale
holder Bared-Sulzer to Tell
More of Plot.

James &. Stewart, the contractor -.
Is threatened with indictment for ~.
jury because he testified before IN. H.
Doe inquiry that he didn't know lar
r. Ganney friend Of Charles p Ntrns'
Of Tammany Hall. will 10 before -.
special Supreme Court grand jury to-mo,.
row.
ne viii first be asked TO sign way.,
Of immunity. then be asked 70 tell AKA,
his story Of the visit TO his Office In d..
cember. 1912. OF man named James y
Gaffney" who asked him for q S9as
political contribution" 10 help along n
bids for about 81 10000 worth OF work the,
before the Barge Canal Board al Albans
Since Stewart. under oath. declared thar
he couldn't identify the Ganney who
made the demand for the contribution q,
James e. Gaffney. Of Tammany Hail. Dis.
triot Attorney Whitman. through ths
testimony Of Ex-Governor william Sulzer
and information furnished him by Senator
James 4. O'Gorman, Stewards cOunse.
together with two unidentified persons.
has learned beyond doubt that Stewart
and GafIney we're on intimate social
terms
Inasmuch as the evidence Of ALLEGED
"sandbagging on Gaffney's part is n.
clearest I'm the Stewart matter Of all
Others under Investigation the appear
ance OF Stewart before the grand Jury
IS regarded as one Of the most sisniAcan.
events in the whole graft inquiry 10 dat
Ex-Governor Sulzer will PROBABLY g
before the John Doe inquiry on FridsY
to testify TO a mass OF documentary ey-
dence tending TO confirm nis charge that
Charles f. Murphy and several Other
leading Tsmmany hall members con
spired to impesch him because h
wouldn't appoint James r. Carney hsf'
way Commissioner.
Amnesia again afflicted James g. SHAW
the stakeholder" for $tl,2Oo 10 me sac
Of aqueduct contract No. % while shaw
was witness before the special grand
Jury Yesterday afternoon. He could not
remember whether he gave the money y
James T. Gaffney or not
The last time Shaw was before the
grand Jury he testified that he might have
given the money back TO James q. Coreo-
ran. the Pittsburgh contractor. 'no
brought IL i'm zone dollar bills from Pat
,erson & Co. the successful bidders, unde-
his inflow I'm Pullman sleeping car and
handed il to Shaw in the latters once
Va tl5 Broadway. That was on March
is. 1909.
.Iohn NJ Murphy. who assured the rat
tersons. in Pittsburgh. over the long dk-
lance phone that II would be al rsn'
deliver that "boatload Of stone 70 snsN
through Corcoran, has tJld the grand lury
that he cot his sha-e-lO per cent o.
s41e5-from Gafney. still, shaw's NM
remained a blank.
Yesterday Leo +, scully. an expert a.
countant. Of Newark. who was employe9
in = similar capacity by shaw m lsvF
told the grand jury that after MaIcn
Of that year GaffLey was frequen's
s,aw's office. and On several occasions
shaw instructed tho witness TO get MI
Gaffney on the telephone
Denis O'Leary Cohalan, lawyer Gun
neoted with the firm OF stancnheip
Lew, was a witness in the aqueduct y"
az" in which Harry Is. Hanger the KEN
mond Va. contractor. paid $3o'OgV ~
cash TO Gaffney for expert advice
reporter for New York evenns
rewspaper had testified that Cohaian' VIZ
is brother Of Surrogate John T. Cons
Ian and supreme Court Justice Dsnio =
Cohalan. gave him material for s'o'
10 the effect that Hanger was a sS"
driver" and was noted for violating 'aa~
laws. This. he said. was o. the DAY ma
Hanger got the contract lnycstisau'l
showed that after his alleged payment y
Gaffnev Of the 500. 0O0 Hanger was no.
molested By labor union inspectors.
Cohalan denied before the grand Jo''
Yesterday that he ever gave the reports
any such information
Charles NJ. Chadwick, member OF w
Board Of Water supply. who voted
award The no. %" contract TO Patts's'"
Co, the highest bidders, were also W
fore the grand jury.