New Britain herald., 1915-01-14
SULLVAN'S CONDUCT
 ASSA|LED BY VICk
Witness CIamj NnSttT CaSh;d DTaIiS f,l ifs Sa,afy n kdVaaCe.

New Ork, Jan. l4.-Walker W. \ ick, former receiver general of GUS toms slu 5unto Domingo, testified yes terday at the inquiry into the con duet Of the ttiice of James M Sulli- Van, Amer ican minister to the Do- ulni@an Republic, that it was com- mon report on tne streets of SantO Doningu that Frank d. K. Mitchell, preailcnl Of the Bt1ncO NaclOnal laCrr, mad preVlous Knowledge that oU4uVan Was to De appointed to tne post. The BancO ->uclOnaI is the concern which wei. tcst:ned Tues cay had, ne tnoGS-It, procured the appolrt,nt1lL Oi LulAI>an 'lor their own LI.uy ana had uenunueQ that It be d yyu-1tcu ucpvsltary TOT the GUS toms lunCt5.
 Af-er lc11 ' .appo4nLment to the Cu1t~--.S ->C@1, t.2e WltnuSs cOnunued AIltc.leu --4lu ,ouIlI,an nll.>iC lnSlstent GelnanLG that tue uepl SltOly or the CuS,On4I funds be GEstAgeu from a pIiluje u&1t to the BaNco Naclonal, which W.11> regarded as an American Institution friendly to rnv Dominican gOVcrnTnent.
 AC~ C~unl,Riation Cf Incidents.
 Vick's oplnion that Sullivan was uIlh. GOT post Unlued States m4nlster was not entirely duc. .ne I-~1d, to his bentl the, tne m1nister had been 100 closely iaeul1leu With the 13anCo NaciunaI officials, Lut was based upon an accumulation of many incidents. Many complaints re- garding SulliVan's iEcumDency of the office had been received by the state department, he said, and on one Oc- CasiOn Wick was told by Joseph Tumulty, secretary to President Will son: If what we hear is true, Sul- livan ought to be fired. It looks as if Gray put something over on u1;"
 Who is Gray " the witness was asked.
 John G. Gray, also of the Banco Nacional."
 Asked for Retainers.
 In regard to the allegation that Sullivan was connected with con- tracts, the witness said he learned through Henry Ii. Breckenridge, as- sistant secretary of war, that Will liam c. Beer had asked for retainers in certain SantO Domingo contracts which it was understood were to be let during the Sullivan regime.
 The witness continued that d MT. Long or the bureau of Latin Amer ican affairs, had told him that SuIli- van cashed drafts for his salary in advance, contrary to the rules of the state departm He further stated that Sullivan had admitted to him that he had been forced to return S75O to a client, but had termed this ''blackmail." Questioned regarding the particulars Of tnls transactions, the witness said that Bishop Bonaven- ture E. Eroderick, who served as aux Hilary lay bishop of Havana, had re- tained Sullivan as counsel against his brother, but that Sullivan had per formed services after accepting a retainer, and that after Sullivan $ appointment, the bishop cabled Sen ator Ba con. asking for an opportu- nifty to present charges against the minister. Bishop Broderick, who is understood now to be living at Saugs critics, N. Y., will be asked to testify later. Wick also asserted that Sul- livan had repeatedly violated the rule that ministers obtained exoneration cards for goods coming into the islands consigned to them.
 Unpopular in Santo Domingo.
 Sullivan was. unpopular in SantO Domingo, the former receiver general testified, and on one occasion had been assailed with bricks after driV- ing through the town. He said he and Sullivan always had been friend ly, and that he was moved to his present course only by his desire to vindCate himself in the conduct of his office and by his feeling that it was his duty to the president to make known the facts.