The sun., 1917-01-03
Charges That Breckenridge
Was in Pay of Manufacture
ers Association.
HE ASKS COURT INQUIRY
Will Have the % Indicted La
Dor Leaders Before Judge
Mulqueen To-day.

Declaring that although he did not
welcome investigation by the Governor
he. was ready for It and would at the
proper time make specific answer to the
charges against him. District Attorney
Swami returned yesterday to the attack
upon his accusers, James A. Delehanty
and Lucian s. Breckinridge.
At the end of a day, IN the course OF
which he personally asked the Judges Of
General Sessions to make a complete in
vestigation In the interest of the public
and Of his own reputation. and promised
to have the twenty-seven defendants in
the labor cases" before Judge Mulqueen
of that court this morning. Mr.. Swami
gave out a statement which. with Mr..
Breckirridge's reply. establishes an
acute and serious issue of veracity be-
tween the two men.
Mr.. Breckenridge as an Assistant Dis
trict Attorney was retained by Mr..
Swami to prosecute the union leaders
accused OF assault robbery, rioting and
other crimes, but resigned in March last
after telling his chief that the proposed
freeing of the defendants without bail
was a travesty on Justice. Mr.. Breckin-
ridge is now Mr. Delehanty's chief sup
porter in the Delehanty charges against
Mr.. Swami. who has accused both Dele
hanty and Breckenridge with engineer
ing political conspiracy against him.
"Retained by Manufacturers."
The District Attorneys new thrust at
Mr.. Breckenridge is an assertion that
his eagerness to put the labor men In
Jail was not wholly that OF a public SER
want. lie charges that Mr.. Breckenridge
was also privately in the employ OF
manufacturers associations. He says It
was zeal for these clients rather than
for the public welfare that made Mr..
Breckinridge reluctant to have the in
dictments dismissed. This Is Mr.. Swanns
statement:
~ have just discovered to-day that
while Mr.. Breckenridge was specially
retained by me to devote all his time
to the labor cases he was actually repre-
senting some OF the manufacturers asso.
Citations who were enemies Of the labor
| unions. some OF whose members were
under indictment. This fact he did not
disclose to me.
II have obtained the names and ad
| dresses OF these manufacturers asso.
Citations that were paying him TO pound
the labor unions. and he was using the
position to which I appointed him fol
advancing the cause of his private
| clients
"Mr. Breckenridge stll holds n briet
for the manufacturers in their fight witt
the labor unions, and his activities II
these charges are in part az attorne,
for the manufacturers against the unions
VIII Mr.. Breckenridge deny that h,
was attorney for these manufacturer 8
/ a DSSnpiatinng = while hn M
trict Attorney under Perkins and worked
up the case against tie labor unions -
Breckinridse Vigorously Denies.
To this Mr. Swami added informally
'Breckinridgc wanted the blood of these
labor leaders. He couldn't let the in.
dictments be dismissed. for he woult
| have lost his job with the manuractur.
efs"
When Mr.. Breckenridge heard Of thi.
attack he countered instantly
Il certainly will deny it," he said
! deny 1t emphatically. 7 do not car,
to enter into any controversy now witt
! Mr.. Swami. Mudslinging between Ii,
/ will have no effect on the charge.
against MIN which are now before III,
/ Governor.
/ Il never. appeared for any of IN,
Attorneys Office. l never had any O,
! them as clients while l was in the Office
] have from time to time had some OF
them since l left. AS a matter of fact
! the manufacturers never rendered II.
any assistance in these labor cases
/ never received any assistance from then
officially while was in the office. The,
hindered the prosecution all they coulc
! instead of helping It.
! "Mr. Swann's charge is false in IL.
entirety. You may go as strong as yot
| like on that"
| The District Attorney also jabbed a
| Mr.. Delehanty. saying
Mr. Delehanty admits that while h,
was Assistant District Attorney a
$500 a year and Acting District At
torney of New York county this wa!
when Whitman was District ATTORNEY
| he received a retainer of $4,000 a YEA
! from syndicate that had claims
against the city or had work done II
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