New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-27

ie called upon 70 aCIOuH' iV'
oossd upon Sullivan has been oarrie'
IN .oa late hour last night Assistant
n;,,r;,. Attorney Goldstein had not re-
,.rn.d 70 Brooklyn. Warden McCor-
mick was raid to be present at Pol'u-
al meeting in Yonkers.
LAWYERS rho have interested them
.,,rss in the Sullivan case were OF the
,sIlef Yesterday that the absence OF
"A, former fnsncier from Sing sing
While driving Mccormick motor car
Constituted technical ''jsil escape
.h,eh. under the penal Law. would DC
crime.
Aying visit paid 90 Sing sing
,rison by the. State Superintendent OF
Prisons, John p. Riley, at the request
u Governor Glynn resulted IN McCor-
nieks exonerstion OF the charges made
bg The depositors of the Union Bsnk'
that Sullivan was being permitted un-
Sss iRerty, which he utilized 10 con
eesj stolen assets of the wrecked n
y,itutlon. Riley arrived st the jail st
2 o'clock In the morning and stayed
.hrse hours, returning 20 Albany later
William Church Osborn, chairman o.
ibe state Democratic Committee, inti-
mated that the investigation OF @2g
Sing affairs was d Repuhlica. %s,e'paign
ruse. Secrets Of th c.sand jury room
we're to be alloped to leak out at .
critical ifne, ns said.
Jail Auditor in Cell.
Just how earnest District Attorney
Cropssy Of Kings County is in his ell
iors to investigate the reasons for the
privileges accorded Sullivan was proved
Yesterday 20 the discomfort of John ).
Nsroy. an auditor Of Sing Sing, who
vent to jail because he refused TO an
suer questions before the Kings Coun-
y Grand Jury.
Vincent Stowe. doorkeeper at sing
Sing, who possessed knowledge of sui
lNsn's leaving the penitentisry almost
At will, narrowly escaped Malloy's pre-
dicament. he finally consented 20 an
swer questions upon being threatened
With similar punishment, after recelV-
ing instructions by telephone from a
superior official az Sing Sing.
Mslloy and Stowe were served win
.abponas on Saturday following the
adventures Of Louis GOldstein, tlrsJ
Assistant District Attorney, at the Os-
lining jail Had the men, when seen
a the prison BY GOldstein, answered
bis questions and shown him ,ciyii
Treatment the grand jury proceedings
nlght not have been necessary.
Stoves testimony, when he did con-
ssnt 10 tell what he knew concerning
Sulliysn's 10y rides" established on
ihe records what the Kings County
officials had only known by hearsay
previously, that the Union Bank
wreeker was being allowed unusual
liberty. Last night their information
vas verified by John B. Riley, state
Superintendent Of Prisons. who ad-
'aitted IN an official statement that
Sullivan on several occasions accom-
panied the warden and his family to
heir home in lonkers, acting as chadi-
ieur."
The first knowledge the depoeitors
of the Union Bank and the Kings
County officials had Of automobile
ours being enjoyed by Sullivan was
gathered from The Tribune's exclusive
story. Events followed fast until Sun
cay, when Governor Glynn notified SD
perntendcnt Riley to proceed, at once
2 Sing Sing and investigate the
ggesfges OF leniency shown Sullivan by
Warden Mccormick.
The Union Bank depositors in q
message 10 the Governor declared both
AeCormick and Superintendent Riley
almself guilty Of blocking efforts to
lsee stolen assets of the wrecked in
'utution, but that clause of the mes
aye was ignored.
., Ruey arrived at 0ssining yesterday.
ne went II once to Sing Sing. where
e held conference with Warden Nc
Sormick. He also was introduced 70
sullivan. After the investigation" he
lslurned 10 Albany. Last night ne
Eoeeeoed 70 whitewash the prison Of
aelsls, as was generally anticipated, by
ssuing a lengthy statement in which
As aomitted, however, that Sullivan was
N''ihg as chauffeur for Mccormick.
Auto Trips Admitted.
ms full statement follows:
made inquiry concerning the
.aArge that Warden Mccormick had
sno~n special fsvOrs 10 Convict SuIli-
81, and find that sullivan on several
SeSsions accompanied the warden and
:. family TO their home in YOnkers.
'uns as chauffeur. This is, rs far as
zen learn, the extent of the fsvors
'"osn Sullivan.
appears that Sullivan, who is a
Ss"yer by profes sion, having formerly
'sn'a partner Of Justice Hughes, OF
alini'sd on DaKs &. cVIumH ?