New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-18
PRISON PLOT Aid
DENIED BY HYDE
EX-ChamberIain NOtCOun-
sci for Sullivan or
Ring" He Testifies.
WALSH GIVES CLEWS
IN MCCORMICK HUNT
EX-Warden Urged TO Return
Westminster Leader Voluntar"
lily Faces Grand Jury.


Carries H. Hyde. former City Cham
berlair and friend OF Mayor Gaynor.
was brought yesterday into the Kings
County Grand jury inquiry which -
to determine whether David A. Sulli-
van. wreckcr Of the Union Bank. OF
Brooklyn. has commi. ted larceny since
he was sentenced to Sing Sing. The
former City Chamberlain went before
;he grand Jury and denied that he ad
vised the Ossining prison ring" to
combat the efforts Of District Attorney
Cropscy.
Monday rumor that Hyde had been
az Sing Sing recently and conferred
with certain prison officials reached Mr..
Cropsey. lie dispatched Louis Gold
stein. his assistant, to Sing Sing. Yes
terday Goldstcln reported. and hyde
was summoned before the grand jury
Upon lenving the grand jury room
Hyde denied cmphatically that he acted
as counsel for any OF NcCormlck'5
friends. either inmates OF Officials, at
Sing sing.
81 have not been at the prison in two
months" he asserted. "Mr. Cummlns
is my personal friend. and | have Wis
tied him at Sing Sing on occasions,
but not within the time / Just speci-
fed. u IS not true tina | was re
tanned as counsel FOR Mccormick, Cum
Minis. Sullivan or any other persons
there
Hyde entered the grand jury room
a ten minutes after 4 ana was inside
twenty minutes.
Another surprise M the grand jury
proceedings yesterday was the reap
pearancc Of Michael J. Walsh, Deputr
State Controller and Tammany DoSs
OF Westchester County. who previously
TESTIFIED. His second visit 20 Brooklyn
was made so that the rumors OF q con
rcrence OF Westchester politicians, a.
which the welfare OF Thomas J. Nc
Cormick. the ousted warden Of sing
Sing. was discussed, might be cleared
W.
No Mystery. Says Walsh
According to Walsh. there was no
mystery about the whole proceeding.
lie ana Thomas j. Curran. fonkers
lawyer. who has acted rs McCornicks
legal adviser. entered n lonkers res
taurant one night, and. according 10
Walsh's statement. quite b. accldenI
met Navor Lennon. eN-Police lteuien-
ant =. ]. Mccarthy and other political
lights. An informal discussion OF Me
Cormick's prcdicamcnt took place.
But" said Walsh. there was moth
no secret about the talk. u TOOK place
in a. public dining room and any one
present could easily have overheard
what wac said
The trail leading to The finding 81
Mccormick grew warmer YESTERDAY.
From Walsh the District Att0rneE
learned some Interesting tacts.
The story told by me Deputy Con
.roller was tha, he YVES approached
n Yoakers by Thomas =. CurrHn' VINO
asked that Walst use Whatever ~
Aucnce hc had with the former waroei.
20 get tim % come ont o. nidlAg anu
20 before the Kings County grand
NcCormick was ir Yooker. Wslsh
asserted Currar told MIN. ana said
that an appointment would oe ar
ranged for a meeting between me
three on November 9. when m"
Eings County detectives we're seafch-
ING FOR the cX-warden. Walsh. turrai
and Mccormick conferred a. STAN
ford. Conn.
After being recognized in Newark.
NcCormic, came back 20 New YORK
and took train 20 the Connactlcu;
town The talk with his attorney ana
the Wcstchestcr County leader lasted
au afternoon. Walsh. according 70
his statement. was all for having Nc
CormicL return 10 New York. where
he would be within Che jurisdiction OF
the Kings County process servers
Curran argued that the deposed warden
was putting himself IN false light
hv .nristiug upon has kceoing out OF
Cropseys reach when he had nothing
to fear.
we left NcCormic, al Stamford ~
> o'clock, and returned 20 fonkerS''
said Walsh when he LETT the jury
room. "and since then have no. heard
from him directly or indrectlg. I do
not know whore he is at the present
moment. nor DO know whether lie
telephoned 10 Curran AZ ~ o'clock that
night. SIS be promised, 10 apprise him
OF his decision 20 70 70 BROOKLYN.
On Trail Of Mccormick.
J. was when Walsh and Curran re-
Turned 20 YonEers that they went 30
thc restaurant where they mes the
Mayor OF Yonkcrs. the City Clerk and
others and talked about McCoImicE.
Waish was not subpcEaed 20 appear
before the grand jury yesterday after
noon. Ho came IN response 70 telc-
phone call from me District Attor-
ncy's Office.
From another witness n yesterdays
session, which did not begin until
O'Clock IN the afternoon, The move
ments o. Mccormick we're traced up 70
Friday. az which time. Z Is believed. he
Was i'm or near New Haven. and not IN
Canada. as had been reported.
The person who gave ;he intorma-
tior concornirr the missing eN-wardea
vas Thomas Murray. close friend Ct
NcCormicH's. He was q witness yes
terGay from 2:15 till $3.50. his exam
uatior taking longer than was antic'-
pateG. he was able 20 throw consie-
cradle ght anon McCormicks move
ncnts from the time he left Ossinin@
urtr late last week
Among the witnesses to-dar viii
Hiss Louise j. Burtharit. former sec
rCtarv 20 Sullivan. and !. J Mccarthy.
"a former police lieutenant Of ionkers.
William i. Watson, McCOrmicks see
rotary. who has been before the grand
jury q dozen times has been recalled,
TO appear to-day.
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