New Britain herald., 1916-07-28
'RIEST DENIES HE
 PAIDPOTTER'SB BILL
RyS He Did Not Give Him $50 to Elude Police

Farrell, one of the two priests
 larged with conspiracy and libel in 8 Wiretapping hearing before Justica
 feenoaum' took the stand in the
 ilnlnal branch of the supreme court stefday and denied under oath that
 mad ever offered pr. Daniel c Pot
 $oo With which to leave the ju-
 olction and thus avoid subpoena
 NIce ln the charities investigation
 Il ne admitted that most of the
 hef pnonograms which the police
 lretappers produced against him
 ere true, the priest emphatical1y re-
 oo1ated the particular conversation
 which he was alleged to have made
 pe money offer to Potter.
 never had such a conversation
 ith Dr. Potter declared Father
 arrell. "I never at any time asked
 m to leave the Jurisdiction or offered
 gave him money for that purpose" & AS recorded by the police this con-
 ersation took place on March "A.
 he phOnogram record of 1t reads as
 blows:
 Farren-HeI1o! Is the old gent
 here?
 Potter-Yes, hold the wire, Helloi
 FarreIl-Higgtns didn't get that
 st night but he will have 1t today and # II send it to you.
 # Potter-Theyghave adjourned until
 fonday, when Kingsbury goes back
 the stand; is that right?
 Farre1l-Yes, Doherty and the tn-
 pectors go on then.
 # Potter-So that IS the way,
 Fapre1l-Yes; you know they're Rohng for one man, you know. x Potter-Oh, yes.
 fl FarTeII-p1l send you $50 and VOL #tp away this afternoon. I'll send 1t Ever with Mike and I'll send the ad-
 Press of my sister and you will write
 bere and she will bring the letters
 Eyer tosne.
 Potter-say. I guess it's kind of
 Angerous to stay here.
 # Farreil-Yes, you take a trip to At : ntic city or some other place and I'll
 ok out for you.
 Potter-But would like to get that
 om Higgins. Y Farrell-Well, I'll get that from him
 End send it over with. Mike. Now, you 1
 et ready and I'll send everything 1 Ever with Mike.
 & Potter-All right. Goodbye. M Positively Denies Bribe. # Father Farrell said he had made Every effort to recall some converse %on of which this phonogram might
 least have been a distortion. But so IT as he could recall he never made $ny mention of money to Potter on the #Iephone until April 6, when he called @m up and asked him to obtain a &bpy of the testimony in the Strong #vestigation, for which he promised aY~ e.. VI e receipted bill for this. 8 He denied that he had ever men, Soned Atlantic city to Potter at any 8fne, although one phonogram records jim as mentioning the Strand hotel @ Atlantic city as a suitable stopping Mace. He never heard of the Strand l Notel, he testified, until 1t was men #oned in the course of the wiretap- Fling hearing. On March 24 he said Ne had no telephone conversation &hatever with Potter, having spent ] Practically the whole day in a family Difference at the home of his mother NJ 329 Park place, Brooklyn \ Another phonoGram which Father Farrell could not remember as hav- hg ever taken place was one in which Ee was quoted as saying to Potter that l z ze did not think it advisable to give | Rle New York Times any further in- Brmation, because whenever he did | ao he would have to sign his name to {. Certain phonOgrams in which Dr. Potter referred to him as "boss' the | |riest was inclined to question because ze was in the habit of resenting any Iuch form of address.
 In the course of his testimony Fath- Rr Farrell revealed the manner in khich he first heard that his wires Eere being tapped. He said the in- |ormation that the police were caves I dropping on his wires was brought to i'm by woman parishioner who earned it from a relative employed | ln the central office bureau at police | headquarters.
 At the beginning of the session As | 6istant District Attorney Embree was ! Enformed by Peter J. Brady, secretary ! Eff the Allied Printing Trades Coun- i Ail, that he would sign a formal com i blaint against Police Commissioner { Woods charging him with unlawfully l Tapping the telephone wires of labor | organizations. According to Brady, | ahis tapping was done for he special benefit of employers of labor, and he i will ask that another John Doe pro- I Ieedings be held to ascertain whether i Inc police commissioner had been | guilty of a misdcmearor. s EG-Commissioner of Charities ! Robert w. Hebberd was recalled for Eross- examination and insisted, in l z,nswer to Martin Iittleton's questions | That he could not remember many of i Khe conversations which the phono- ! Bgrams recorded as having taken place l between him and other defendants. ! Father Dineen Determined Witness. Mr. Hebberd was followed on the Btand by the Rev. Joseph P. Dineen, 1 young priest and secretary to Bishop : Hayes, who appears as one of the i speakers in several of the phono- Erams. MT. Littleton found him E. difficult witness under cross | Examination. Father Dineen being l