Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-02
ITTNER CHARGES
DENIED BY lM'ILHENNY
CONTINUED From First Pagel

Seating Company with respect to
commissions proposed or collected
by him in connection with the erec-
ton of school buildings in Harris
burg.
Mr.. McIlhenny says he never
asked or received commissions from
builders or architects, that he never
profited illegally from his relations
with the school board and that there
is no truth in the assertion that he
sought pay from Ittner in return for
procuring votes for him among the
directors. Ittner had said that Nc
Ilhenny, through a third party, had
demanded one-fifth of his commits
sion in return for influencing school
directors to vote for his selection as
architect to plan the new high
schools.
No "Money i'm Drawer
Mr.. McIlhenny further denies that
any architect ever left money in
a drawer where he could find it," as
charged by Ittner and his friends, or
that he ever in any way paid for his
influence in the board. He takes up
cudgels in defense of his own con-
nections with the school board dur
ing the period he served as a SUBJ
agent for the American Seating Com
pany in Harrisburg and says that
during that time the school board
Dal0 no InOIG lOI SNllOOl supplies
than If another had been agent, and
he asserts that the affairs of the
board were better managed then
than now. He points to the condi-
ton in which the schools were left,
the kind of buildings erected and
the pay the teachers were receiving
at the time he says he ceased to be
a dominating influence in school
board affairs.
Sworn Statements
Mr.. McIlhenny's affidavit is ac-
companied by sworn statements
made by c. w. Strayer and Augustus
Wildman, contractors who built
schools during the so-called NC
Ilhenny regime" and with whom he
was able TO get into contact at this
time, asserting that they had never
been improperly approached with
respect to school work nor had they
ever paid anybody any commissions.
c. Howard Lloyd, who as architect
designed all of the schoolhouses built
during the McIlhenny period and for
some time previous, and whose repu- |
tation suffered by inference, at
least, in the Ittner charge, has is |
sued a statement denying as broadly
as Mr.. McIlhenny any irregularities |
charged. 1t is understood his state |
ment also will be accompanied by
supporting afiidavits.
Mr.. McIlhenny's Affidavit
Mr.. McIlhenny's sworn statement |
IS as follows;
at, George w. McIlhenny. being |
duly sworn, depose and say that the !
charges set forth by Mr.. Petre, that !
is, that l received monies from con- /
tractors and architects who have |
in the past planned and erected |
school buildings, is false in every |
particular. l have never approached |
contractor on the subject of COM
mission, nor has any contractor
made any such reference to me. Mr..
Lloyd at no time has offered or paid
me a commission, nor have 1 asked
him for one, and any reference to
the contrary either as to the archi-
tect or to the contractor is absolutely
false. l further declare that l have
not been interested in financial
way in any of the school buildings
during their construction and that no
contractor ever approached me on
the subject.
Mr.. L. d. Petre has made state
ments to the effect that money was
placed in drawers and that the
architect was obliged to see that the
contractors pay my commission.
These statements are wholly un-
true, and if Mr.. Stewards affidavit
Is read, and l wish to state that
he was present during the entire in
terview, he heard nurnlng mention
ed to that effect No money was
ever placed in any drawer for me
by any architect or contractor and
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