New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-24
Thompson Refuses To Be
Denied in Search for
S2,50O,000 Transfers.
"BLACKGUARD." SAYS
OUIGG TO THOMPSON
awyers Got Hundreds of Thou
sands from marlborough
Realty Suits Raked.

senator Thompson. who had hrmly
believed that George ". Young was IN
New York. did not learn of the miss
ing mans whereabouts until he read M
The Tribune yesterday telling OF
telegram being sent to Young by Balm
bridge Colby. care Of the train con-
ductor on a Seaboard Air Line train.
Last night Senator Thompson sent
telegram to the former luteroorough
director 20 return SO that he couId ne
examined Saturday. Young repn,e@
last night he would appear Monda!'
Tn a letter 20 Senator thompson laSl
NIGHT. which was provoked by re-
.,,ert roa4o during the day that il was
matters similar 20 the Glllesple che'"
of s.. 500 20 Lemuel Ely Quigg that ac-
mated the Gillespies IN refusing 20
surrender their records Of transfers OF
large sums of money from their Ne"
York Office TO their Pittsburgh branch,
Mr. Quigg said:
There has been no moment OF time
since your accountant ran across MI
GUlespie's check 20 me and his letters
10 his brother in Pittsburgh when YOU
might not have ascertained preclseiy
what the business was that TINS cnecA
related 10 by even so slight an effort
as calling me on the telephone at my
office.
in causing Mr.. Gil'espie's letter 20
he printed on February 10, in causing
mat check TO be photographed and eN-
hibited in the newspapers on that date,
and. two weeks later, in making the
remark you made 10 young Mr.. Oil
lesDie this afternoon, without ever ASK
ing me about the check, your conduct
is the conduct Of conscious BLACK
When the above was read TO Senator
THOMPSON last night he vii. not re
ceive the letter until this morning ne
said:
Il have no desire 10 enter INTO any
personal controversy with Mr.. Quigg.
We have been sitting here day by day
for some time since the publication o.
the matters that reused his ire. ~
IDENTIFY something has penetrated. II u
has penetrated sufficiently he viii come
before US and take the oath and tell US
what that check was for. Il he doesn
The books Of Gillespie & Co. viii tell.
"Our proceedings are public and every
person whose name mas been connected
with the matters we are investigating
Us welcome 90 come and state under
oath anything DE cares. And what !
would like Mr. Quigg 10 do IS 20 state
tomorrow. under oath, what TINS cnecS
represents. ! have a pretty good idea
why that check was given him. ana
have had for some time
Mr Colby on the stand before the
Thompson committee said he dld not
know anything about the letter sup
posed 90 have been written to Theodore
p. Shonts, president OF the INTERIOR
ouCh. by J. p. Morgan protesting
against the SteTens contract except
what Young had told him.
Gillespie on Stand.
The committee yesterday again took
up the trail of the S2,OOO.OOO slush
fund. and I'm the course Of its work II
called r. II. Gillespie. ce-presldent
of the I a. Gillespie Company, which
has the contract for third-tracking the
IL" lines. This company, its books
show. transferred 100000 from ITS
New York Office 20 its Pittsburgh Office
shortly after il had been awarded the
contract
This contract was awarded on ! 8 per
cent commission basis, and Mr.. Shonls
recently testified the work would actu-
ally cost $4,000. 600. This would give
the Gillespies a profit OF Sl,5oo'OoV' IL
is mart Of the contract Mr.. Shonts tried
to Give 10 his friend. John II. Stevens.
BEFORE Mr.. Gillespie left the stand.
after a yelled refusal TO produce the
hooks and papers Of the company show
inc tho transfer of the 100000 and
81 600 600 more in the last two years,
Frank Moss. counsel TO the committee,
implied that if the books and papers
sought were not produced District At
torncy Swami would be asked TO act.
The trail Of the slush fund was
abandoned temporarily toward the end
of the day 20 take up the matter of the
friendly suit brought by the Admiral
Realty Company 20 test the validity Of
the dual subway contracts During
this task De Lancey Nicoll took the
stand and for few minutes he and the
chairman kept all present on edge with
some lively Tits.
List of Fees Paid Lawyers.
The record kept by the lnterborough
of moneys paid 20 outside counsel, n
toto. was marked IN evidence yesterday
This record. showing the payment Of
hundreds OF thousands of dollars 10
counsel by the lntcrborouch since 1906,
has been printed from time TO time,
except for the small sums paid 10 law
ycrs little known for the most part
Among the items was one that reused
amusement 10 recorded the payment
OF $40 10 William Harmon Black. the
Assistpant District Attorney. who was
first assigned TO investigate the Th0mp-
son committees Bltmore Hotel bill
This payment the smallest on the list
was made January 2s 1905. Mr.
Black also charged So for q stcnogra-
phcr.
James l. Quackcnbush. counsel 20 tho
marlborough. explained that this was a
fee for retcrccship that some Judge
had given Black. and was listed in the
record through bookkccpcr's error
The Admiral Realty suit inquiry took
un an the afternoon. Lawyers OF the
Public Service Commission. Of the Cor
poration Counscls Office and those who
represented the Peterborough. either
indirectly or as counsel for the Admiral
company. were called 10 prove. for pur-
poses OF the record. that the suit was n
friendly one. This was admitted by
DE Ianccy Nicoll unGcr oath. as he had
previously admitted IN interviews. lie
assumed all responsibility for instigat-
ing 10.
Ucrshfeld. OF Hays. licrshhcid &
Wolf. 10 have taxpayers sait brought
10 test the preferential clause i'm the
brooklyn contract" said Mr.. NicolL
This contract was similar TO the other
Two"
Did YOU doubt the constitutonality
of the contracts 90 Mr. Moss asked.
"Oh. yes said Mr.. Nicoll. "Why,
in that suit Judge Werner and Judge
cullen agreed IN "a minority decision
chat 10 was unconstitutional
NiColl in Clash.
he said the lntcrborouch never