The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-28
$1,000 CHECK item
IN BILYMORE BILL
Grand Jury Trying to Trace
What Sergeant-at-Arm
Did With II.
HOTALING SEES SWAMI

CHARLES Hotaling. sergcant-at-arnis NJ
the Thompson committee. changed his
mind and did visit District Attorney
Swami yesterday afternoon in reference
to some phase Of the Hotel Biltmore
account.
Hotaling arrived at tho Criminal Courts
Building at . o'clock, accompanied ny
Job T.. Hedges, his counsel. and the two
were admitted at once, remaining for
some time. Judge Swami would not in
dictate the subjects particularly dis
cussed. aftetward saying
"I notified Mr.. liotaling this morning
that me Grand Jury vas IN session and
" he desired he might go before 1t and
make a statement, provided he waived
immunity. I do not care to say what
We talked about when he was here II
was general in its nature. lie did not
avail himself Of the opportunity to go
before the Grand jury indeed. lie ar
rived after that body had adjourned for
the day.
Mr.. Hedges said. II thought IT would
be n good thing for Hotaling to visit
Judge Swami and tell his story. and he
did. There was no question OF ma gong
before the Grand Jury raised during our
visit"
The Grand Jury devoted It's entire
time yesterday TO the Thompson hill. as
IL is called. The subject Was almost fin
ished by adjournment. hut will come up
again this morning. Eugene II Miller.
the hotel auditor. and the hig package
Of vouchers were the only person and
things before them. Mr. Miller explained
the separate Items.
There was absolute secrecy 80 far as
officials were concerned, but from out
side sources II was learned that inter-
esting discoveries were made. one OF
these will have to be cleared up this
morning, aud that is the $1,000 check
incident. II was discovered that dur
ing January. February or March. 1915,
the State sent a check for $1,000 to Ser
geant-at-.Arms Hotaling for a purpose
not disclosed.
II was testified that Hotaling obta ned
two $500 check. for this from the Bit
more. The records IN New York city do
not show this check because properly
that belongs to the state comptroller's
Office al Albany. r. clear the matter
from an accountants standpoint the
Hotel Biltnorc viii bring the two cam
,elled checks before the Grand Jury and
show who caShed them or deposited
them.
Another thing that ira spircd Vas that
tie statement Of Senator Thompson that
the New Years eve timer was entirely
n private afalr # the committee and
paid for by them was correct. The bill
for that dinner amounted To- 81. The
hotel had charged this amount TO the
committee. The mistake was discovered
last Sunday evening. January %. when
Senator Thompson's secretary vent To
the hotel Office and rendered his personal
check for the fun amount
State comptrollcd Travis shove his
interest in the purely financial end 81 the
transacttou Yesterday when he wrote 10
Judge swami asking that Deputy Comp
iruller Warren Lewis he permitted to in
spcct the vouchers and copy them IN
order that the stat" may l." able to- pass
upon tho bills iutelligcntly. The District
Attorney answered promptly that every
thing ia the possession Of the District Al
torney was available to the state Comp
troller.
The Grad Jury is expected to make a
presentment to-day and It ~ believed
that II will take the form o. an mi ct
mcnt.