New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-01
Delehanty Answers
Charge Made by Swami

Judge Delehanty last night gave out
the following statement from the Hotel
Manhattan:
81 confne my rejoinder TO that part
Of Mr.. swans statement which carries
an attack upon my personal and profess
sional integrity. / refer 20 that part OF
his statement wherein he charges me
with acceptancy OF aizable monthly re
tainers under circumstances which he
appears 10 think marked an alliance be-
tween bondsmen and prosecutor.
'In the fall OF 1918 | was retained by
a number OF men 70 organize a corpo-
ration 10 take over contract amount
ing to about 100000 for the con-
struction Of a section Of tho subway
IN The Bronx from Alexander Avenue
and l3sth Street to Southern Boule-
ward ard 147th Street. This contract
bad originally been awarded TO the
John r. stevens Construction Company,
which hsd become a bankrupt. The
men interested In this nov venture
which was incorporated under the
ZANE the Richard Carvel Company
Inc.-were Richard Carvel a contrae.
tor: Frank j. Farrell. then. owner OF
the local American League baseball
team; Gaetaeno Galardi, a contractor;
one Roman. Thomas +. Devine. real
estate operator and contractor, and a
clerk in the Office of Herman b.
Goodstein, lawyer. who appeared as
the taker OF an allotment of stock
which subsequently, was represented 10
me as belonging to Goodstein and John
J. Dietz, a Tammany leader.
"Owing to delays in arranging the
details OF the assignment OF this con.
tract BY tho trustee in bankruptcy OF
the original contract holders work was
not started by the new company until
December. 1913. In the meantime !
had been assigned 10 try Hans Schmidt,
accused of murder This case 50 oceu-
pied my time that | turned over the
affairs of the Carvel Company TO John
W. Harmon. of ll5 Broadway, who was
nv Office associate After the termins-
ton of the Schmidt case-there were
two trials, the second ending in Feb
ruary, 1914 was assigned 70 the
preparation OF the Becker case for trial
the second time. When that case end
ed, in May. the Carvel Company affairs
had been so arranged that my associate
took care Of them all except the mat
tiers Of bank accommodation. These
attended to.
'My retainer was $4,000 per snnum-
a sum inadequate for the work my as
soclate had to do. Deyine individually
paid none Of IL, and his interest In It
was limited 10 the extent Of his interest
in the corporation which paid me.
"When / became a judge, In January,
1916, my connection with the company
as it's counsel naturally stopped ]
never had any other interest in or con-
nection with its affairs. Because OF
financial distress at the outbreak Of the
world war Frank j. Farrell and Thomas
F. Devine took over the interest OF the
other stockholders in the Carvel Com
pany. Presently q further change be
came necessary in the conduct OF the
company's affairs, and an arrangement
was perfected in March, 1915, whereby
the syndicate of which Abram ]. Elkus,
now Ambassador TO Turkey, was the
legal adviser undertook 10 finance the
company. The law work Of the cor
poration is now done b. John W. Han
non, who rs receiving this annual re-
taiuer or SIS 00O for his services.
Thomas F. Dcvine is business man