The sun., 1919-07-18
HIRSHFIELD CUTS
DAY HEARING SHORT
Discord in Mayor Hylan's Of
fetal Family Further
Emphasized.
QUESTIONS PROTESTED
Days Counsel Says Unfair
Methods Are Used in In
vestigation.

NcSlSdClOh.
The discord in Mayor Hylan's official
family which has developed from the
investigation into the charges against
Or. Jonathan c. Day, Commissioner OF
Markets. by David Hirshneld. Commits
sioner Of Accounts, was further empha-
sised yesterday. Mayer Goldman. DR..
Days counsel, protested that Commits
sioner Hirshheld was conducting the
hearing unfairly and 6 exception to
many questions put to client Az
length, when DR. Day sought to simplify
his answers regarding the organization
OF the Plaza Club Community Corpora
ton and the Mutual Finance and Ex-
change Market Commissioner Hirsh-
field adjourned the hearing abruptly. 1t
will be resumed at 10 o'clock to-day.
Mr.. Goldman yesterday produced four
promissory notes asgregating {is'sA.
drawn on the Irving National Bank and
discounted by Dr. Day, and two drafts
on the Memphis Storage Company,
amounting to tio.oss. Or. Day ex-
planned that the notes had been dis
counted after his appointment as special
agent to buy. sell and store food. as his
appropriations were delayed and there
was no money TO take care Of the bills
He told the hank, he testified, that he
had no authority to borrow money and
that they had lent II to him on his per-
sonal assurance that 1t would be paid
Before doing anything in the matter, he
said, he had consulted the Mayor. the
City Chamberlain and the Comptroller
DIR. Day said he stood personally respon-
sible for the money from April to July,
1918.
Drafts Were for Egg Purchases.
The drafts on the Memphis company
were for eggs ordered from that city,
he testified, and both the drafts and the
notes had been paid.
William NJ. Bennett. former State
Senator. who as counsel for the West
Side Taxpayers Association IL appear
ing as DR.. Days chief inquisitor. wanted
TO know II the city had been obligated
by the transactions. DR.. Day insisted
that the notes spoke for themseives'
and that he. and not tho city. was obli-
gated. They were paid from city funds,
he said, after funds had become avail
able.
Mrs. Edith NJ. McKeon, secretary and
treasurer OF the De Julio Coal Company.
which received $4,000 from the city,
| for which coal was to be delivered, said
after the money had been paid over.
| After that, she testified, II had bought
| machinery for improving It's plant Mr..
Goldman attempted to have the De
Julio books ruled out Of evidence. but
Commissioner Hirshncld denied his mo-
ton and they are to be produced.
Blank receipts for shares OF stock In
| the Plaza Club Community Corporation,
which Julius Goodstein. an accountant
L. hA
found at the Greensboro Bridge market.
| were produced together with prospec-
| fuses. much to Mr. Goldmans disap-
prevail.
"It's a scandal" he said. turning to
Commissioner Hirshfeld. that you are
both prosecutor and witness in this
| case. Ali this has nothing to do with
the charges made by Bennett. There
| II no proof In the records as to who
| sponsored the prospectus. All OF this
| testimony lie simply to sustain the re-
port you made to the Mayor
''who sent you to the greensboro
Bridge Market. anyway" Mr.. Goldman
| asked the witness.
| Goodstein said he couldn't remember
| whether Commissioner Hirshfeld had
| sent him or whether he had gone of
| his own accord In the regular routine.
ITS part OF your Job to make the
| charges stick. isn't it?" asked Goldman.
| You don't care whether Mr.. Hirsh-
| field made misstatements In his report
| TO the Mayor OF not. do your"
Denies Personal Interest.
The witness denied any personal in
terest IN the matter.
Samuel Cassell OF East Fourteenth
| street testified that he had bought s62
worth of stock In tho Plaza Community
Club Corporation because DR.. Days
name had been attached to the pros
pectuG Attorney Goldman objected
vainly 10 photographs Of notes made
out to tho Plaza Club and to the Mu-
tuai Finance and Exchange Market
which Mr.. Hirshheld put ir evidence.
| DR.. Day read the prospectus of the
club to show that It had the backing OF
reputable men," II he had been given
private inquiry conducted by Mr.. Hirsh-
ne!d, he said. he would have presented
the prospectus and there would have
been no need of searching the Queens
boro Bridge Market DR.. Day asserted
that Mr.. Hirshfield had never asked him
| about the Plaza Club or the Mutual
Finance and Exchange Market He said
he had made an AFFIDAVIT concerning his
connection with both Of them and sent
| II to the Mayor and that ne had hearo
nothing more OF the matter until he had
read the charges made by the West Side
Taxpayers Association in the newspa
pers.
II had no contract or agreement o.
any kind with either concern" said he
IT never sold any OF tho stock or author
ICED the use OF MISREPRESENTATION con
corning their use OF public markets"
Then followed tho tin with Commits
sioner Hlrshneld which led to the sud
den adjournment OF the hearing.