New-York tribune., 1919-02-03
Hylan Assailed
By Bullock i,
Rockaway Deal
Good Government Ie..,.
Director Charges Neal,.
in Not Smashing sRinys
Pledged to Ouss Grew.
No Legal Proceedings Beo,n
So Far and City Is Said !.
Be Losing SIS 900 a Y.,.

Accusing Mayor Hylan of nepIe,. !,
duty as public officer and citing,
Mayors own statement to supuorf a
charge, William Bullock, direcso, :
the Good Government Bureau. vest,
day reviewed the Rockaway nn,
estate case Mr.. Bullock for m..s
months Of the mitchell adminjstrsta,
was head cf Tammany bureau Of
vestigations.
The allegation against the Msv0.
is based on his declarations that Il.
Mitchell administration was neeles
full IN failing TO bring to time e.
alleged Brooklyn Iand ring" MI. Eu.I
locks statement says:
~Since Mayor John F. Hylan took
Office on January /, 1918, the so-callss
Brooklyn land ring which he has 81
often and so bitterly denounced Ia ii,
public, has prohted $4,000 thaougA
possession Of city lands and is cor
tinuing IN receipt Of $1,500 q veek
from the same inega; source More
over, by d public statement made IN
writing by Mr. Hylan when a can
didate for Mayor. he becomes his own
accuser for neglect Of duty as q pub
lie officer in connection with the ease
Promised to Eject Greve
Mayor HyIan, then running for of-
fee, issued the statement referred %
On November 2, 1917, immediatsIy
following the indictment of sev.z
Of those connected with the so-caAsi
Land ring. The document stated n
part:
@Four Of Mayor Mitchel's friends are
under Indictment IN connection witt
Ne Roekaway Park, Dreamland Parl
and South Brooklyn Marginal Railwsg
land deals. Do the people of the eitr
know that one of these indicted iner,
William NJ Greve, is drawing s7t,NN
year in rentals for bungalows on city
land at Rockaway Point?
"One of my first acts as Mayor vii
be to direct the Corporation Counsel
shall appoint to proceed forthwith t
eject Mr. Greve and divert the $750G
year from his pocket into the cit
treasury.
Mayor Mitchell and Lamar Hard5
his Corpor tion Counsel, are guilty d
neglect of duty in Office ih not proeca
ing against Greve."
No Action Taken by Hyian
Mayor Hylan's chief appeal TO th.
voters when he was a candidate for Of
fee, Mr.. Bullock pointed out, was hi'
enmity to the '1and ring" particularly
for its sale of Rockaway Park to thI
city. In connection with this deal and
others four men were indicted. The
are:
Former State Senator William S
Reynolds, Frank Bailey, vice presider'
of the Title Guarantee and Trust Com
pany; William NJ Greve, vice presidsn
of the Neponsit Realty Company, AM
Charles A. O'Malley, former city sE
praiser of real estate.
"The indictments were returned b
the grand jury on October %, 1911
Mr.. Bullock declared in his statement
"a few hours later that same day Nj
Hylan told an audience in Arcadia Hal
Brooklyn: Il tell you that the gran
jury has only scratched the surface
Since becoming Mayor Mr.. Hylan hs
not ceased making public profession .
hostility to the ring and all its works
Continuing, Mr.. Bullock said that a
though Mr.. Hylan has been Mayor 70
thirteen months he has taken no &C
tion against Greve, and as a rcsu
Greve is richer by $75 900. continlln
to hold city land.
Charges Neglect of Duty
Nor does it appear" stated Direets
Bullock. that there is a modifying Ia
to be pleaded in Mayor Hylan's behal
The record written by himself is dire
and unequivocsl. When he made h
charge against Mr.. Mitchell and n
Hardy, Charles A. O'Malley was fre'
under his indictment alleging negle
of duty, charged with having failed
his appraisal of Rockaway Park, takiT
s his figures on land values from GreSe
Mayor Hylan is q public ono
holding public trust. as was 0'Mahe
But with this difference-O' 'Malley VI
appointed to office. whereas Mr. Hyii
was elected by the people"
Mr.. Bullock remarked that the tae
are equally sharp pointed.
"Charging Mayor Mitchell and G.
poration Counsel Hardy with neglt
of duty as public officers holding
public trust" he went on. che pledg
himself in writing to do otherwise th
they by directing the Gorporsti
Counsel appointed by him to Ell
Greve. take the $4,000 a year aw
from Greve and pay it into the C
treasury.
"But although Mr.. Hylan and
=, Corporation Counsel, William P. Bu
are more than year in Office. Gre
still has the city's 235 acres and t
revenue therefrom. Mayor Hylan b
served Greve's financial interest a
sacrificed the peoples interest by dol
nothing, by neglecting- to do Whist.
publicly pledged himself to do