The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-26

OF with n other gentlemen nave been
engaged In the movement which his
Honor has charged against your"
Denies Any Conspiracy.
I'VE never have. either individually
or collectively. to my knowledge. inter-
fered with the city government or con-
Spired In any a TO inJure IT,"
Mr.. Talley referred Father Farrell ia
q conversation of March "a as related
by the Mayor between Father Farrell
and DR.. Potter in which Father Farrell
Ia alleged to have promised $50 to DR..
Potter. which he would . over by
Mike. with the address Of his sister.
Father Farrell said:
II never promised to pay him $50 and
never before or since paid him any money.
I never said anything about his slipping
away. ! had an appointment with him
on Sunday afternoon following. never
suggested that Or. Potter take a trip
to Atlantic City"
Did YOU ever recommend the Strand
HOTEL"
II did not know that there was a
Strand Hotel in Alta ntic City until this
morning"
Did he ever say II was dangerous 10
stay here"
I'm the minutes before the Grand Jury
ttSy tdlu IL Wd1 NlhGCu Sfs AIN Nv INK
given in which the message was sup
posed to have been sent over the outside
wire was IL :05. At ~ :05 o March -
the date OF the alleged conversation
7 was at my mothers house from II rs
until nearly 4 o'clock. ] have three wit.
neeses TO prove that. There was a GER
tain family AFFAIR which brought US to-
gether. There Is no telephone In that
house. ! can prove positively that l
wasn't talking to Potter. The conversa-
ton doesn'; refer to me"
Mr.. Talley turned TO an alleged con.
~versation OF March % between DR.. Pot
ter and Father Farrell. in which there
was talk OF somebody looking for Potter
planted behind a tree across from Pot
,er's house. Father Farrell denied that
Potter had ever addressed him as boss.
as was alleged in the conversation. He
also maintained that the phone messages
as related by the Mayor seemed to have
been drYerent from the ones submitted
TO the Grand jury in Brooklyn which
indicted Commissioner kingsbury n
William II. Hotchkiss for alleged wire
tapping,
This particular conversation Father
Farrell denied ever taking place. Also
the next one on March 25 in which there
was talk OF Potter going away n OF
Father Farrcll's intention to meet him
AT the hotel in question. Father Far
rell said he had arranged to meet Potter
the next day In New York n lid meet
him.
The next conversation referred to wac
of March Is between Father Farrell
and Robert W Hebherd. in which II ap-
pearcd that Hebberd arranged to use the
name Diamond and Father Farrell the
name Ryan the next time they talked
over the telephone.
Admits 80 81 Catch Names.
~ me, Mr.. Hebberd constantly and no
told me he though; his wire was tapped.
I said I know mine are and he said
suppose when I call you up | use the
word Diamond and you say the word
Ryan. ami we will use those as CATCH
words until I nov whether my wire Ia
tapped and I said An right and I be-
lie>c he used I, on a couple Of occasions -
Father Farrell said ne suspected his
wires were tapped because OF n delay
" getting = number every time he
called. Regarding a conversation OF
March 10 between Father Farrell anil
Potter in which Father Farrell waR
quoted as saying he would send his sec
rotary over. the priest denied that he
lever had a secretary or any one desie-
mated as such. lie denied that ne ever
lad this conversation II referred to the
pamphlets.
You are the man whose name II
signed on the three pamphlets that are
referred 10 here asked Mr.. Moss. "Dc
YOU take full responsibility for everything
tina is said in these pamphlets and arr
, YOU ready TO go before any court and
assume full responsibility"
II take full responsibility for all that
is said in them. 7 appeared before ,he
Strong commission and swore that the!
were my statements
Father Farrell explained that ne 20
out three pamphlets. one of which wal
distributed around a few churches. tn
second circulated TO the newspapers. bu
the third one only had a private circula'
ton. Mgr. Dunn. he said, called hin
up for permission to publish the mattel
in all three Of them and got that per
mission.
Then Father Farrell spoke Of Deput,
Commissioner Doherty. whom he said III
met at a dinner at his house to -four
teen representatives OF the principal hos
p!;als in the city. Father Farrell said
II was interested In the placing Of
certain gentleman as surgeon in th'
Greenpoint Hospital. Mr., Irummon,
promised me that before the first O
the year this incident was in January
1850. When the new men got int,
power ] saw no charcss Of heiilng him
! wen; to the house On sunday night am
met Mr.. Doherty. who got me into
corner Of the room and old me about hi
material Condition--at that time
thought this rather strange that a maj
should seek 10 impress me in this man
ner--ne said he had an income Of $50,
a yea, and $1,000 from another soutcp
and h" said he was q short story write
and got many thousands more, II strucl
me very peculiar. He expressed his warn
friendship for me and said when
wanted anSthing to call on him. Whel
wen; TO my own hospital in Williams
burg the next morning ] found six re
jec,ed cases which the city could no
care for.
says DOherty Got COnadeatial.
~ met this gentleman on Tuesda,
morning. He got more confidential an,
! suppose In the space of a half hour h,
told me he had dlsllked various men VIII,
were engaged In the charitable work |,
our huJch in BROOKLYN and he hope,
our relations would he very pleasant an,
So forth, and in a few minutes he pulle,
open a drawer and GU. of hat he drew
a lar.c bundle OF pagers.
"He said to me these are affidavit
conc :"nius st. Agnes's Sanitarium a
A%m.tyvllle.' These a%ffidavits were il
reference to people that had been com
mitted there and ne wen, on To say I
! me \ nave these afIldavits coverin, con
ditions there He cited the number u
I going to pass these over to Commission
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