New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-30
FRAME-UP,' SAYS
FRED WENCK OF
BRIDE CHARGES
Shades of Becker Case In
yoked at Hearing of Box
ing Commissioner
Rv w. o. McGEEHAN


uar,s counsel. at the Capitol to-day.
Not since the Becker case has there
been so much testimony as 10 IAN y
ups and so much talk OF osrteIins or
snv trihunal been so thick with ap-
narent perjury. As an impartial cru
Zen Of Albany. who dropped IN LOT d
Moment 10 listen and departed III
slight remarked. "The room was just
oozing with larceny. eo- .bo
Rv the time of adjournment Tor the
afternoon Commissioner Lore hau
haard Harry Pollok testify that WeneK
had demanded $1,000 from HIM 1or
boxing license for the Madison SQUARE
Garden National Show Company, com
nosed of Pat Powers, johnnie Mnite'
Rilly White, Tom Davis ana Ioi.oh S
Pollok also testified tnat NenGS nc 90
demanded money from MN preVio oho ~
,h;s ord that he had given him cneek
for 500, which ne suoSe9U'"'''
stopped. Losoholl
magnate and sporting promoter, tesSi-
ed tbat Wenck had demanded the
q ooo hribe and that he had repeated
~ demand in his Office. Several yer,
's;ors Of thc brawl between Wenck ana
pollok in the Grand Central Station
80 given. Then Wenck TOOK the
stand. denying firmly all the allegs-
lions and swearing that ooth ro .l n
md Powers had threatened MN WIN, a
frame-up IL he did not grant them 'ne
boxing license.
Cross-Examines Pollok
The skeleton of the Becker case was
~at+led whom Attorney Austen u. FOX
scting for Fred Wenck, began TO cross
examine Pollok De-
"Yon were friend of Jack Rose,
were YOU not ?" demanded attorney
Fox SYou sheltered him at the time s,
of the Rosenthal murder, did you not
IL had him in my home repiieu
Pollok. 40. ho was
there?"
81 don't remember.
answer yes or no."
81 toId Lieutenant Becker" was the
final reply. .. .ha
Grand Central Station did you mention
Jack Rose or Governor Whitman
81 did not" NJ
"Did YOU not say in substance 10 Mr..
Venck: Governor Whitman THINKS
that he convicted Becker. Well, ne
didn't. did it.'?'
81 did not" flushed Pollok.
"nid Won not also say: Now, Fred
want tn warn you that the bunch be-
hind this is like lot of raving mani
acs. and they will stop at nothing 10
frame your"
al did not" replied Pollok.
"Why did you bit Wenck in the
Grand Central StationT
ale called me THIEF, repneo poi-
lok. ale said we were all tnieves.
"Of course, he was wrong!" observed
Attorney Fox suavely, with quizzical
rising infection.
Unpleasant for Witness
Attorney Fox continued to make the
afternoon unpleasant for Pollok. you
have been frequently in brawis, have
you not? o.,
"You were thrown out of Jacks =
continued Mr.. Fox, sweetiy. some,
thing about a S100 bill, was 1t not!
bill that YOU tried to get from some
body else?"
Pollok declared that he was not ex-
actly thrown out. He was asked TO give
the Mace the benefit of his absence for
the time. or something like that.
"If a man can't get into Jacks" OBJ
served Attorney Fox. "Oh, we'll"
Attorney Fox tried TO draw from Pol
lok an admission that he owed Wenck
money for press work, and that the 500
which Pollok testified he gave Wenck at
the Biltmore after the Moran-Dillon
fight. which Pollok helped to promote
was part payment of this Indebtedness
Pollok denied that he owed Wenck any
money.
IL was friendly TO Wenck ali the
time, declared Pollok, "but | finally
got sick of the system Of extortion that
was pfactised upon me in New York
This declaration was made while ne
was being cross-auestioned as to his
feeling toward Wenck just prior to the
kick in the Grand Central Station.
Pollok insisted that when he first
spoke to Wenck the Boxing Commits
sioner said that he wanted $1,000 fol
the Garden license.
"Why don't you let Rickard get the
iicense?" Wenck asked. according to
Pollok.
an see that your fighters. Freddie
Welsh and Charlie Weinert. get the
first two fights"
SAYS wenck Wanted $1,000
later" so Pollok declared. "Wencl
called him on the telephone and de-
clartd that he had been offered $1,000
not TO give him license. He still in
sisted that he must have the $1,000 be-
fore he would grant the license OF
Pollok and company.
"Wenck told me TO call up White
right away to get him the $1,000 and
said that everything would be all right
He wanted to know about IT right
away" continued Pollok. 81 did not
call up White, but ! called up Wencl
n little later and told him that
thought his proposition was very un'
fair. He got sore and rang off"
inner cross. examination Pollok ad
mitted that check which he had giver
10 Hattie Leaker, of Los Angeles, haS
been returned marked, "No funds"
but settled that account later
insisted Pollok.
Pollok was en- the stand for tive
hours and twenty minutes. He drew 4
shrek of laughter when Attorney
Fuchs asked him if he knew thai
Wenck had been admitted to the bar.
(Which bar" asked Pollok, absently
Pat Powers, who described himself
as a sporting promoter and sort OF
Jack of all trades" was called by the
prosecuting attorney, Emil Fuchs, to
corroborate Pollok's testimony as 70
Wenck having solicited $1,000 bride.
~ talked with Wenck in my office.
Powers testified. 81 said Fred, Harry
has informed me of your demand for
$1,000. We are in the right in this
matter. We have filed our bond and
everything is legal. ] cannot believe
that you are serious"
81 am serious" Wenck is said 70
have replied. 81 am getting even with
somebody. Anyhow, there are whole