New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-12
Declares District Attorn.,
Is a Creature of Boa.
Murphy
Called Rubber STAMP
Blames Him and His A.,;,.
ants for Escape of Ruth en-
gers Murderer to Italy

magistrate joseph r. Corrin,
opened his independent canvas, q.
District Attorney in Cooper U,;,,
last night with a bitter attach a.
District Attorney Swami and n,
stat, blaming them for failing "a A.,
rest Cocchi. the murderer Of Ruth G.,
ger. before he fed TO Italy.
"The District Attorneys ole. 1,
this great county" he began. Sad.
grace TO the people Of New Yor,
burning shame-my shame and yov,
shame. We have at its head. no.
man. strong. capable and honest: y,
have a spineless creature, a n.ru
invertebrste, q rubber stamp for ii.
boss who wines and dimes a, Delno,.
ico's. In word, we have Swami.
at is no secret that our Diuhs
Attorney-they call him old La,
Swann'-sits nightly at Boss Muruby,
feet to take mis- orders. II an indie.
ment is pending. Murphy. pleasur
must be learned regarding il. Nr
indictment. is TO be quashed, Murs,
must give the word. The nominal D,.
trict Attorney is Swami; III. sc,u,l
head of that high and important on,
is Charles Murphy. Old Mother sr,,,
would not so much Gs dare 70 sppsi,,
a new Office boy or change q snus
rapher without the boss's o <.
All Murphy's Appointments
"Swann has a staff Of s.sisas.
Where did he get them? who an
they? Who handed them 10 hin,
Why. Murphy. Of course. The men an
the personal selection Of Murky
chosen with a view TO services M.
dered or TO be rendered to the bcu
and his machine. This is so v,l
known in Tammany Hall that tier
would laugh at you il you were .
suggest that the appointments VEN
made by Swami"
He referred to eight OF Jutr
Swann's assistants By name, paying Is
respects TO each in turn but wsx!l
particularly vitriolic regarding Geo1
+. Roesch and John T. DOoling.
"Roesch comes from Sullivan's sg
district. the 3d." he said. "and vii
such a record that the people turs
him down by an overwhelming ven
when he ran FOR Municipal Corr
Judge. Blu. he had been serviceabls y
Murphy, the boss was not ungra,.tu.
he is paying Roesch with your monr
Roesch was too strong dose for u,
voters, but he is good enough !.
Swami"
Dooling is the wors: OF the LOT, L
the magistrates estimation. He r.
ferred 10 him as "the little black ma
of the District Attorneys Office" TnI
other six mentioned were William HN
mon Black. James d. McClelland. LEI
lie J. Tompkins. Alfred J. Taley, Lori
Wendell and John Fitzpatrick
On the subject Of the Cruger esx b
said:
81 charge that the failure % run
down and apprehend the murderer ..
Ruth Cruger lies not AZ the door 81
the police force but at the door Of he
District Attorneys Office. And chsrg.
further that the dIsgracetul Dooirs
treated the bereaved sister OF that poor
girl with such unparalleled brutality,
when she called az his office, that shs
felt she could never go down the's
again unless in the presence OF Der
counsel.
VIII Clean Out Office
81 tell you that IL | go in there. By
the afternoon Of January / that once
will look as IL cyclone struck H.
will have a staff OF men in there VIE
are not interested in getting coayi.
lions or in getting acquittals. bu! vs'
are interested in doing honest wort
They will owe nothing 10 any boss
They will be appointed because thr
are the best men | can get for ~
money that the county puts at my ct
posal. and every one of them will Know
that the first time his foot slips he VII
get out of that Office, and il his foH
slips SO far that he breaks the law
slipping he won't have far 20 20 VIE
he leaves the Office; he will just eros
the street and go into the Tomos.
81 will be the District Attorney !.
the people Of this county. and noeoe,
else. or | will be City Magistrate sna
stay City Magistrate as long as ! T'r'
20. There will be no frame-ups we.
| get in there. There will be no homes
men convicted TO fatten my oa'hs
average. There will be no men runn.as
around New York with their poems.
sewed up for fear somebody viii pas.
a gun or a watch on them. There VII .
no boss saying, or able 20 say, 'eotn.
gan is the most grateful man ! s'''
put in Office"
The magistrate announced that y
had compelled Edward F. Boyle, re.
dent Of the Board OF Elections. 70 a..,
the soldier ballots which had on,Iu,.
his (Corrigan's) name, reprinted 70 -
c,ude It. The last part OF n.s spe'tT'
he devoted 10 an attack on WILLIAM
Ransom, the Republican and fu'"'