New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-21
Grand Jury Expected
to Blame City Off
cial and Another.
BURNS ATTACKED
BY THOMPSON
Calls On Swami to Act
Washington Denies IN
terest in Spying"

one high city official and a man IN
ciric life ,ciH probably be indicted
by the Kings County Grand Jury
tomorrow as the result Of the tap
ping Of Father William B. FarrelVs
telephone iCirc.
From Washington came dcniGlS
that the Federal government 'cas
Interested IN the tapping Of the tel
cphouc arires Of Seymour & Sey-
nOur.
Confederation Of this came from
H. SnoCdcu Marshall, United States
Attorney for this district, 1cho said
that the Seymour & Seymour 1cires
were tapped at the instigatiOn Of
!. 2. Morgan & Co. He also SAID
thot the Federal government 1rst
kneio Of the case ,chen the police
came forward trith information that
Interested government officials here.
Senator George F. Thompson, be-
fore learing the city for upstate
yesterday, said that District AttOr-
ney S,oann should indict William J.
Burns for entering Seymour & Sey-
mour's ,lFcc and taking papers
iron. one of the desks.
pouhts Federal Interest
The Senator declared the facts
stoged there 1CGs neither a national
nor International phase to the case,
unless J. p. Morgan & Co. might be
regarded as Of national or inte'na-
fiondl interest.
From reliable sources lt 10as
learned that Seymour & Seymour
and their associates, suspected Of
buying p1uIoined cable messages
and letters from Morgan G. Co.,
could either tomorrow or Tuesday
ask District Attorney Sloann TO
take criminal action against the IN
raiders Of their Offices.
Neither MAYOR Mitchell nor Police
Commissioner Woods, aChO hare all
along iatimated that the tapping Of
Seymour & Seymour's 1Vires 'Ods
done in conjunction q0itk the Fed
eral goUernment, had anything to
say on the subject yesterday.
Two indictments, one against an Off
cial Of the city government, the other
sgainst a private citizen, will probably
be handed up by the Kings County
Grand Jury tomorrow. One familiar
with the investigation set afoot by the
tapping Of Father Farrell's wire made
ihis prediction last night.
1T is not unlikely" this man added,
shat two city officials may find them
selves pleading TO an indictment be-
cause Of the tapping of the Brooklyn f!
priests telephone"
"All this talk about national and in
teruational issues in connection with
this tapping Of Seymour & Seymour's I
wire makes me sick" said Senator /.
Thompson before leaving town yester-
DAY. There's nothing international or
national about IT, II was just done be /.
cause J. P. Morgan & Co. wanted it
done, and for no other reason. There /
was no Federal request to have it done. /
contrary to the idea that Mayor Mitchell I
and Police Commissioner Woods would /
convey.
Tapped Wire for Morgan"
And we need not be blinded by any
false issues The police tapped the !
wire OF Seymour & Seymour because /
j. P. Morgan & Co. wanted it done |
And what Mr.. Burns did in this case he I
old because Morgan Co wanted it
done. And il / were the District At
torney Of this county would have Mr. /
Burns indicted and brought back from
ms retreat in Cleveland"
Senator Thompson, who made no at .
Tempt to conceal his anger at Mayor
Aiiche's statement attacking him. had .
'his TO say in answer TO the Mayor:
Mayor Mitchell was overexcited when /
ne said that I had been warned by a /
Federal official that probing into the /
Wlre-tapping situation would injure the 1
interests Of the government. ] never .
received such a warning, nor did ! re- /
SSeVe any word from any Federal Of /
heial or any one purporting to repre- f.
sent Federal official not to go ahead /
with the inquiry.
"PanninR" Threat for Senator.
Mayor Mitchell alone warned me-to /
use his word. lie told me that IL | per-
hsted IN going ahead with the wire
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