The evening world., 1914-01-23
.JUST|CESCUDDER
GOESONSTANDAS
WlLLETT WITNESS
Judge Who Committed De.
PENDANT for Trial Testifies as
to Good Character.
TELLS OF HIS DENlALS.
Says Wilfett Declared He Got
Money Merely to Show
Convention Bosses.
TELLS OF HIS DENIALS

James w. Osborne Of counsel for
former Congressman william Willett
IT,, on trial charged with bribery IN
obtaining the Democratic nomination
for the supreme Court bench In the
Second District In 1911. called su.
preme Justice Scudder a. a charsr.
ter witness for willstt lsHe this after
noon before Justice Jay 'ebx In Brook.
lyn. There was q stir In the court
room. Chief Justice Roudder. sitting
~ . Magistrate. heard the iirst evi.
dsnos regarding the wilists case and
committed him to await the action Of
the Grand Jury.
Justios scudder said he had known
the accused for fourteen or fifteen
years and that his reputation for In.
tsgrity and verscity In the community
In which he lived was Of the best until
the pending charges were brought
DID you you no. hear X. .v,a.nc.
against him on these charges" asksdl
District Attorney Cropssy, and a. a
result hold him for the action Of the
Grand jury"
JUDGE RGPGATs coNvGRsArIoN
WITH WlllGTT.
The question was ruled out. Jus.
uce ecuddsr was then asked a 10
conversations he had with willett ~.
garding the bribery charges.
On ono occasion. Just after the nom.
inat1ona" raid Jusrics Hcuddsr. ..Mr
Whist came into the court room ana
at on the bsuch with me. consrat.
ulatsd Nm. adding that heard rumors
that Money had been used to bring
shout bic nomination which hoped
were not trua He replied that tho
stories were not true and that he had
spent no money improperly. ] said
was siaA TO hear II.
Toward the end Of the hearings
a. TO these charges before me. Mr..
wiiistt said to me: Judge. you seem
to think that did these things Of
which I On accused I said: 4 am
limited TO the evidence before me-
He replied: I did not do II. Judge:
aid not pay cent for that nomi-
nation. But ! did know the people
was dealing with. knew I could
not gst the nomination unless could
show them that I haA the money.
But after I had shown Il 20 them I
intended to use II In other ways"
Before the opening Of to-day's sss.
sion Of the trial Justice JAyoox called
Cassidy ana walters to the bar and
denied . demurrer to their Joint In.
dictment with Willst. The trial ol
ths two was ct TOR .next Tuesday,
Robert H. Elder OF counsel for Cas-
sidy. rsssrnivs the right 70 enter q
further demurrer At that time.
Franklin H. CROWN. . clerk In the
Jamaica branch OF the Bank OF Ions
1Island. identiAsd the accounts th6rs Of
Ksrnahan and Son. publishers OF thu
lLong Island Farmer. 0eerge H. Xsr.
nshan iAsntinsA Q check 10 had paid
Ito Cassidy - . campaign oontsibu-
ton. He was asked why he paid II
|te Cassidy.
Il "Why," rspllsd the ysvWS man.
mr. Cassidy 10 the Chairman 81
4 ths psmssratls County Commit.
| ~, end tka% ssmmlttss dsslO.
Natss the Nsvspspsrs which ere
eald y publish ths sssslsa lave"
! clRcuLANo CENT TO $4,000 iTAl'
IAN vorgRo.
i Nauries u. 0ssman. once . clerl
In Borough Prssidsat Connolly
once, said hs had . lsavs Of abssnc'
In 1914 70 manage the Wlllset oam
paign and told Of the various oirou
lars sad lithosraphs printed an
mailed 70 every voter In Queens. HI
told OF one ct OF ciroulars In italia,
, which II cost $500 70 distribute u
: $4,000 Italians. He did not ansvs
. Distsact-Attornsy Cropssy's aussaio
. q 20 his rsasoos for not ssadins on
: $4,000 posta,s. eestias . trtss NOR
.Jaek" CassIdy, Q brother Of the for
!, mse Borough Prea6sat, AantiAed a
( poat dips Of various amounts mad
. out by him for his brother. He gwor
. nat ks had never dspoatsd 0S.ooo /
J. Ave 1890 halls for his brother. ia
/: ssph CasAdy identified his own AspoG
aipa, bat could not rensmAar u
SOURCES from which hs got he none,
!. Narinus Wtllstt. . brother q "a
. osfsndant exp.alnsd The bepags Of u
Auto0ohl1e Bulldlng Company inseel
g thGyL elBeetad the dseeAse .ee M
let tat he bad borrowed large e1lE
e money just before sleotjoa b ord
? 70 pufshase IN interest IN the oos
y sEo111n0 Iauals ~. Sshn6 l1onAs0no
= d. - $780,. tsAAl ~ - -
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