New-York tribune., 1914-11-13
SULLIVAN MAY FACE
new INDICTMENT
Startling Evidence Being
Unearthed-Convict Col
lapses in Sing Sing.
EXPECT SHAKE-UP
OF PRISON STAFF
Kings Prosecutor Probes Ex'
Bankers Handling Of Marble
Mans Estate.

Bankers Handling OF MdrDie
Mans Estate.
A new indictment for larceny
against David A. Sullivan, who was
sent to Sing Sing for wrechng tne
Union Bank of Brooklyn, Will probaoiy
be handed down by the Kings county
Grand Jury before the inquiry begun
by District Attorney Cropsey ends.
The evidence gathered so lar by the
Brooklyn authorities IA said 10 snow
] conclusively that Sullivan. while en-
/ loving unusual liberties granted by
Warden Mccormick, contrived 10
further defraud the creditors OF the
! failed institution.
New and startling evidence, II Is
said, is being uncovered every day.
( and the prosecuting attorney ls IN no
hurry to conclude the hearings so long
I as there remains a chance OF discios-
/ ing new facts.
/ Resides new Sullivan indictments a
/ shake-up Of the entire prison stan at
/ Sing Sing is threatened before the
/ District Attorney is through. Further
evidence Of Sullivan's juggling OF the
property of other persons to his own
advantage has been uncovered oy
/ Louis Goldstein, assistant 70 Mr. Crop
sew and attorney for the Union BANK
/ depositors.
Sullivan was executor OF the estate
/ Of Edward b. Tompkins, Of New fork'
who had an extensive marble cutting
business in Astoria, Long Island. Al
the time of his death, in 1907, he was
also a ice-president and director OF
no,1l af tphTfh sullivan
4 was president. Sullivan was named as
/ Joint executor with Mrs. Tompkins. but
/ the widow, Goldstein has determined
had little or nothing 10 do with the
MANAGEMENT Of the estate.
Az his death Tompkins's estate was
! reckoned at several hundred thousand
dollars, yet when Sullivan hied an ac,
I counting. Goldstein asserts, he showed
= balance due the heirs Of Sl4 IL.
LAWYERS who were known 10 be lnti-
n,stc with sullivan, it is said, drew
large fees for illegal services from
- Tomnk;ns estate. Several OF the
mortgages that were owned originally
nv the Tompkins estate and later trans
ferred TO Sullivan or TO his wife have
come before the Kings County Grand
Jury.
Witnesses before the grand jury yes
terdav included Miss Louise ID. Burk-
bardt. Sullivan's secretary; William +.
Schneider. County Clerk of New YORK
and friend Of the Burkhardt family;
Joseph Birdsall, keeper at Sing sing;
William ]. Watson, secretary to lhom.
&C ! Mccormick, former warden OF
sing Sing. and Mrs. W. S. Weed, an
aunt of Sullivan's daughters, who lives
in Brooklyn.
Within the last year. II has Deen
learned. Miss Sullivan has placed IN
a hank more than 5000. When she
is recalled as a witness the District Al.
tornev may inquire into the source OF
tho money. Miss Burkhardt, II IS un-
derstood. has not been employed by
anv one since Sullivan went 10 sing
Sing. ..o
dav il was learned that among others
whom Sullivan drove about in the war
den's car when he was McCormicks
chauffeur was Father Cashin, one OF
the chaplains at the prison. ather
Casbin. on one occasion at least, 1t is
sad was driven TO his home IN
Yonkers by Sullivan when there was
no guard or other person IN the car.
After depositing Father Cashin at his
door Sullivan had opportunity 70 com
nunicate by telephone with any one ne
cared TO call up. r.c
Mrs. David A. Sullivan and McCor-
mick, both wanted as witnesses pelore
the grand jury, have not been tcund'
Mccormick. it was determined yes
terdav. left Ossining at IL O'Clock on
the night of October 81. when sub
pnna servers from Brooklyn were on
his trail. Fearing that the railroad
station was being W. ched, McCormlcs
hired a carriage at Ossinlng ana was
driven in the dead of night TO larry,
N. There he called at the house or
John Hughes, an acquaintance, and was
sheltered there two days.
After leaving the Hughes home ne
went to Newark, where he was recog,,
nized on the streets. Both Hughes and
his wife have been subpenaed to aP-
near before the grand jury to-day.
Joseph Birdsall, the Sing Sing
keeper. VINO was a witness yesterday,
is believed to have thrown some light
OF the identity of the person who tele-
phoned from Ossining to Mrs. Sullivan
and Miss Burkhardt warning them TO
leave the state The mysteriouc person
at the Sing Sing end of the phone is
believed to be either a prison ofiiclai
or an employe.
William ]. Watson. McCormick's sec
retary. made his ninth appearance =
fore the grand jury. Against his will
much information has been wrung from
him that will have weight whe.. the
threatened indictments are voted by
tie Kings County jury.
At Sing Sing last night 1t was SAID
by Acting Warden Weed, the Deputy
Superintendent of Prisons, that David
A. Sullivan was a complete nervous
wreck. He spends the entire day in
the hospital building, it was said, al
though he is not confined 10 cot His
nerves. however, which stood the test
with iron strength during the proceed
ings following the failure of the Union
Bank, which resulted in his being sent
TO Sing Sing, are said to have failed
completely.
Those in close touch with the inves-
tigation now under way believe that
Sullivan's apprehension IS due to fear
that something that has not already
been discovered will be brought 70
light and incriminate others against
whom prosecution has not already been
instituted.
POLICE JAILED ON