The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-24
WILCOX AND WILLIAMS
JOIN ATTACK ON THOMPSON
frendergast Writes Letter Direct to Senator, Reiterat
ing Charge That Investigation Distorts Facts
-Shonts to Be Witness Again To-day.

talking abou, meetings nat Mr.. Shonts
had with Mayor 0aynor in the months
OF March and April. 1910, when. as
everybody who knows anything about
h subject docs know. these meetings
have absolutely no bearing upon the
contracts. the basis Of which was worked
out In the year 1911 and the early part
Of. 1912. and In the making Of which
basis Mayor Gaynor had little or no
part.
Now. I insist tina you be taken At
your word that you summon Mr.. WILL
cox, Mr.. McAneny and me to appear
before our committee. and I want you
to kno that II you will ever give n
of us the opportunity to appear you
will find how willing We are TO come
out into the OPEN ne We have been
all along. Hut YOU. by your under
handed and ~disreputable tactics. have
prevented our having the opportunity
TO come into the open before your
committee.
Il now want 10 call our attention
to what seems TO me to be as ignorant
and impcrt,nent "a statement. az I have
ever read. You say that. according to
your information tlast mighty YOU be-
lieve I have mentioned six men as
possible sharers Ia n corrupt fund. and
you want 10 ask me how I ann to the
conclusion that the committee had this
Information. You further shy that moth
ing has been said about IL nor has II
been animated that I shared in any fund
whatsoever.
Quotes Senator'S Own story.
NJ information regarding the story
that six men participated I'm a corrupt
funu Is based uIcn a statement you arc
said to have made to the EpeniN0 jour.
mel. and which rs printed in that paper
In its issue Of February %. 1916. The
paper quotes you as making that state.
ment. and you will find that quotation
given IN full In my letter to District
Attorney Swami. You are the man who
said that six men participated in the
division Of a fund. You have msde thi,
statement. but YOU have failed to max,
IL good.
The theory OF the Investigation a,
you have been conducting II for the
last Two months has been plainly pal
pable TO all men who are familiar with
the subway question. Running through
every action you have taken, readinf
through almost every question thai ha
been asked. II is evident tina you ar,
simply acting as the tool OF a certai,
newspaper which is now strivinJ
Noui " ICNCIkc IL
self upon those who differed with /
! upon the subway question. and which 4
also anxious to inture men who refuset
TO DO It's bidding.
has nominated you In IL
editoria! colunnS as It's candidate 70
Governor. Are We 10 attribute TO thi
TACT your craven willingness TO do IL
contemplate work.
:, Other Features ~ The nay.
While these statements were beln,
circulated Perley Morse. the committee
accountant. and Frank Moss. the com
nit'ees counsel we're engaged yesterda,
preparing newly found letters and rec
ords with which to jolt the memory o
Theodore Shonts. president OF the Inter
borough. when he resumes the witnss
stand this morning.
In addition TO the Gaynor letters from
the city Hall cellar. Mr.. Morse. with III
assistance OF Richard V. Lindabur,
counse 10 j. i. Morgan & Co. examine,
the letter files OF the firm and selecte
,some which he thought might tn.eres
: the investigators. Subprnss were is
sued. too. for the accounts OF i've broker
age films with which Mr.. Shonts IL sai
to have dealt.
!, Thu committee may also have pre-
: sen'ed e. II In connection with the ex
aMlNatlon OF me ShontS brOkeraR
. transactions stock transactions NJ n,
I Shonts's associates. August Belmon
Cornelius Wanda rbil,. the late Edw!
Hawley and Andrew Freedman. Inter
: borough di'ectors Who figured in IN
! negotiations for the dual contract Wit
: the company. and Walter G. Oakna,
$ who was a director o! the New Yor
: Municipal Railway Corporation. the
! L. r. and the Transit Development Con-
. pany. Tn. latter and the New Yor
! Municipal Railway Corporation are I
= T. 7. subsidiaries
. ITS a funny thing commented Fran
I Moss when he read the Comptroller
7 letter TO Senator Thompson. no
quickly men jump in to make explars
tons from whom expla nations are due,
; Former Chairman Wilcox said h
! could not understand how Senate
: Thompson co,ld make such a s,atsme,
y as was attributed TO him in Alban
v about himself and Mr., ~Prenderga,
coming ont in the open" in view Of II
fact that he talked with both the Sci
J ator and MI. Moss on Monday. when N
Wilcox was informed that IL WAS
II mistake that he had been asked to CON
Q TO the hearing. Mr.. Wilcox said
' offered to go over matters with NJ
Z Moss !. Senator Thompson was too bus,
lie has boon not only willing hut An!
ious, he insisted. to help the conmittt
regarding the early subway negotiation
e There has been no tine during IN
winter" he added, when YOU ha'
asked me to cone before your commit
I toe or minated In any way that yc
e were ready TO have me testify. In vie
3 OF the statement attributed 10 you,