New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-22
LAWYERS Plan Actions for
Damages Against Burns
and Du Pont.
OWNERS OF EQUITABLE
WILL BE ACCUSED
Good Name Injured, Ii Is Al
le0ed - Farrell Wire Tapping
indictments Expected day.

SHIFTS for heavy damages against y. :.
u,,cor { Co.. William 7. Burns and
coleman du Point and the other
.,,rors Of tho Equitable Building will
.-ohab,v be started to-day or to-mor-
-or bv members OF the law firm Of
SEYMOUR & Seymour and their assoc
ciatcs.
Tbisuss animated by Frederick Scy-
~oor Yesterday. who said that papers
: ,be actions which he and his asso-
.;.,es intended to bring were already
drawn Up.
The actions will be based on the i'm
,..ior Of the Offices Of Seymour & Sey-
nour in tho Equitable Building 10y
WIi,sp, ! Burns. while he was en-
80 i'm Swing on the Seymour offices
sstbc request Of Martin Eagan. Of j. I.
Morgan 4 GO.
Good Name Injured.
Tho complaint will sllcgc that the
.c.iors OF Morgan. Burns and du FONT
bsye injured the good name OF the Sey-
-rours and their associates, VINO were
,rcused hy Morgan & Co. OF obtaining
irttcrs and cablccrams from the oanH-
inc house containing orders Tor mum
lions from tho Allies.
Those Joining with Freder'ck ana
1ohr ). Seymour in tho complaint are
n r Phillips. former yice-chairman OF
,bc New York State Committee Of the
National Progressive Party; Mortimer
snltzer and William De Witt
The action against the owners OF the
r,vitab'e Building is based on their
siding Burns in entering the Offices
and ordering their employees to and M
Installing detcctaDhoncs. District At
,ornov Swami said yesterday that there
was enough evidence TO irdict burns
for unlawful entry If Frederick Sey-
-~orr would go before the grand jury
and testify that the detective entered
Iis Office without consent OF a member
without proof that Burns entered
with consent OF one Of the Seymours,
said the District Attorney, mo criminal
action lies against Burns. The first
time I saw Frederick Seymour and told
him that Burns had entered his Office /
urred the Indictment of Burns, and al
most lost my temper when he refused
10 20 before the grand jury
Action by the Kings County grand
iury is expected to-day on the com
nlaint Of the Rev. William B. Farrell,
rector Of the Catholic Church Of SITS.
Peter and Paul. Police Commissioner
Woods admitted before the Thompson
committee that he ordered the tele-
phone Of Father Farrell tapped He
has been a witness before the Kings
County grand jury, as has Mayor
Mitchell. Both waived immunity.
One leading member OF the lhomp-
son committee said last night that ne
had received information that one or
more city officials and a private citizen
would probably be indicted to-day as q
result Of the tapping of the Brooklyn
priests wire.
Five Copies Of Priests Talk.
Frank Moss, counsel to the commit
tee. said last nigh. that he had in
formation that there we're five copies
made OF the conversation heard by the
police who listened in on Father Far
rell's wire. One of these, he said. went
10 Commissioner Kingsbury Of the
Charities Department, another to the
Assistant Corporation Counsel who was
investigating the State Board OF Char
tics. and that three went to persons
unknown 10 him.
If my information is correct" said
Mr. Moss. "it would indicate that there
is an abuse Of the tapping of wires OF
private citizens by the police. Why
five copies should have been made OF
tho conversations eavesdTopped OF
Father Farrells wire is something that
calls for an explanation"
Mayor Mitchell. who spent the week
end At the country home OF Robert
Goelct I'M Goshen. said he would like
20 take the stand before the Thompson
committee and tell what was learned
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