The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-26
Monsignor Dunn Says He
Knew Wire Was Tapped
and Tricked Police.
FATHER FARRELL
ADMITS PAMPHLETS
Says He Never Urged Wit.
ness to Flee City or Of
fered Bribe.


Mitchell with conspiracy 20 obstruct JUS
tce and TO wreck his administration. as
II applied especially to the Charities
Department, entered their case into The
records Of the Thompson committee yes.
isrday. They made general denial of
the Mayors conspiracy allegations and
two OF them charged he lied.
They retorted by charging that his
Charities Commissioner worked with
oher influences in an effort to secular Re
the charitable institutions in general
Catholic. Protestant and Jewish alike.
The only antagonism Oh their part they
ssd. existed against the administration
~ - alleged effort to Interfere with
,Ae religious welfare Of the wards OF
ci1riy The most important features
" ,he day 5 testimony were these:
Il appeared from the testimony OF the
.: e Joseph +. Dineen. secretary to Aux
.o.. Bishop Hayes OF the New York
;..'diocese. tnai one Of the tapped tele-
I'D toUk place between Father Dineeu
',d pr. u. G. Potter actually occurred
lt'veen Father Dineen and Mgr JOHN
J. Dunn chanc.lior OF the archdiocese
10 had been 1e.inia tued BY. tho admi !.
!'tation that only three telephone wires
we're tapped by the Police Commissioner :
order in connection with the charities
!Nestigation-those Of the Rev. William
\ Farrell. DR.. u. c. Potter and his sol,
Dean Potter.
MonsisnOr Vehement Witness.
Mgr. Dunn declared that "thc only
conspiracy thus far developed is the one
IN which he Uhe Mayor figured so
prominently and in whose interest he
'',3ored so untiringly and lawlessly." lie
"alntained that wonderful changes
nave evidently taken place" in the re-
H".ied conversations. lie pounded his
"'' al the table and asserted that II
'H' 'u open secret that a charity trust
'NSis, supported by the Standard OH.
Nockei.lcr interests. the Sage
"1adati"n and others who have only
" aim, the secularization Of all char
.do'e institutions--to take God out OF
~" hearts Of the children" which. he
t',a' IN. Church will not permit.
hsr Dunn admitted mention OF "one
''ldred not dollars, though that was
.Ae .mplication-in a conversation with
l'' Potter lie added that he mentioned
ts an inspiration to seize an op.
I''.uhi'y as bait which they
8 hhed As fish would rise 10 bait"
hn.w they would fall for it and
'sy did,' he said
Father Farrell denied in toto the con.
''''uon in which it appeared thar
- hdd promised to pay $50 to DR.. Pot
Yer I" gc' Potter out Of the jurisdc-
'i ~ the strong commission. He
'"W.''ed the authorship of the alleged
"'h"IlN libellous pamphlets in the
'aNiieS controversy lie said he et
w d ms attack on the Mayor in letters
n"'@h n" wrote on the Mayors promise
protect the charitable institutions
''d dld lot renew II until he found that
he MAYOR lied"
" llu' Time. Father Farrell main
'''"eu' ne was not connected with any
'"dillabie institutions. but was a direc.
'"r oi the Williamsburg Hospital. a nom
TeCdFiah institution. As far az the al
lrsed conspiracy with Mgr. Dunn was
Concerned, he said he did not know
!sr Dunn until March IL last, when
hearing
fhther Farrell testified that when lie
~ met Deputy Charities Commissioners
''"ill j. boherty the latter impressed
MN by his talk about his material
'"'u't!oll, when he slsp promised the
'''syihan any assistance at his COM
W""d The next time they met, said
"e priest, Doher,y displayed what he
- we're atfidavits about conditions in
seminary at Amityville and said he
was going 10 pass them over to Com.
u Ssloner kngsbury and help him do
~ mo institutions" II was then, said
ftther Farrell, that he took up the
de'ence Of the institutions,
says Mayor was Lyins.
The Rev, Dr. James Higgins, super.
'N1r of Catholic charities OF Brooklyn,
whose name also figured in the MAYORS q
thl Of the tapped telephone conyer.
cations, denied the essentials Of the con.
creations attributed 10 him and charged
id' the Mayor was lying to hoodwink
We public by dangling $4,000 children
~ The air to scare us"
I'r y. C. Potter began his side Of the
fIEtlpveysy just before adjournment and
deniel trying to evade service OF a sub.
n'na OF the strong commission. From
'ar"h IS to March 26. he said, he
"'ed for a summons. but none came
- Potter also amused the assemblage
W the hearing room--jammed Just az
-h'y as when the Mayor appeared on
tuesday and Wednesday--by his recital
"i the mystery of the yellow bag" II,
Connection with the charities in
Ns'igation.
IN" Mayor said last night that he was
~! undecided as to when. where and
,"W his charges OF perjury, criminal
nN.' conspiracy to utter the alleged libel
~ conspiracy to Obstruct justice and
a,