New-York tribune., 1919-02-12

After slight hesitation Hacket
consented to carry the affidavit in t(
Enright, who was incommunicado il
his private Office He returned with i
in a minute and handed it back with
out word of comment.
"Did the Commissioners read it?' wa!
asked.
eyes"
"Did he answer it or make any com
mcnt 2"
"He has nothing further to say OF
with an air of tinality.
Following is the affidavit made b,
The Tribune reporter:
State of New York. lss:
County Of New York.
Joseph II. Thurman, being duly
sworn, deposes and says:
| reside at 6 East Thrtieth Street,
in the Borough of Manhattan, City,
County and State of New York, and
am now and since May, 1917, have
been reporter on the staff of the
newspaper New York Tribune,
published at 154 Nassau Street (The
Tribune Building), Borough of Man
haitian, New York City.
On Sunday, February 8, 1919, |
personally interviewed John w. Goff,
jr., formerly Third Deputy Police
Commissioner of the Police Depart
ment of the City of New York, who
has recently resigned his Office as
such Deputy Commissioner. Said in
terview took place at the home of
said Goff, at Lawrence Park, Bronx
vile, New York.
An account of said interview was
I,l 81,
York Tribune, in the issue thereof
the heading or caption, "'CHUTt
SET FOR COSTIGAN, GOFF AS
SERTS." A true copy of said article
is hereto annexed, marked Exhibit
Az and made part hereof.
Deponent personally wrote, for
publication in said newspaper, all of
said interview with Goff except the
headings or captions Of said article.
Deponent further says that said
newspaper article quotes with entire
correctness statements made by said
Gof during said interview. The state
ments which are declared in said
article to have been made by said
Goff were written out in longhand
by deponent personally in the pres
ence of said Goff and after the same
were so written out, as aforesaid, IN
longhand, deponent read the same to
said Goff and said Goff thereupon de-
clared in deponent's presence that
the statements so written out by de
ponent were correct quotations of his
utterances. Thereupon said Gofi
authorized the same to be published
as quotations of statements made by
him during said interview and the
IL
paper NeNw York Tribune, as such.
(Signed) JOSEPH II. FUHRMAN.
Sworn to before be this 1lth day
of February, 1919.
JOHN S. COLLINS.
Notary Public, Kings County.
Certificates filed in New York County
County Clerks No. 20. Registers
No. 1924
1t was O'Clock before the state
ment was issued A short time be
fore Hackett had informed one of tn
newspaper men in the Commissioner
outer office that there would be "som,
thing doing shortly.
This prophecy was fulfilled, in par
when Hackett emerged through tn
swinging door barring the inner offic
with two copies of the statement
his hand Calling the reporters tc
gether and waving the pieces of papt
to emphasize his points, Hacke
stated:
This winds up the Costigan affai
said. No more dope. Any further a
tempts are useless
Appeals for Journalistic Support
Hackett here turned to one of tt
group Of newspaper men known to hi
and appealed for support.
You know me better than the re-
Of these men do, Wallace" he sal
'You bnow that when | say it's IL
end, mean it
'"How about further statements
was asked.
"There will be absolutely nothir
more Hackett answered, evident
nettled. 'lt's dead issue, like ii
funeral of Moses. It's all over"
The secretary then handed out tt
two copies of the statement, which W,
seen to be formal "whitewash."
gave no details of how Commission
Enright had been in communicate,
with GoH, contained no denial
charges made against police admin
stration, and bore no evidence of
authorship.
us this statement issued on your oy
authority. Mr.. Hackett, or do YOU spe
for the Commissioner? the secreta
was asked as lie was about to pa
through the swinging door.
"Who do you think | am ?" he a
swered, with a note of indignation
his voice, at the same time dodpinp
direct reply. "What do you think !
job is %
Cut Off Completely
; Hackett was then asked whetl
Commissioner Enright would see
waiting newspaper men to elaborate
l the statement, in view of the fact Il
he had promised to "say somethir
! when he got in touch with Gof.
~ You can't see him on the Costie
(, affair. That's cut off as complet
as if it was done with a razor" he
+ iterated.
u tcrs ?" D''NN -
r "Not to ?day"
- Hackett, eager to return to the i'm
c sanctum, where his invisible ch
t awaited him, final lly grew angry wi
= one reporter asked:
us it true that Costigan is go
t to return as inspector Of the First
s spection District? Some people
3 saying that's going to happen, beca
+ OF the publication of the figures t
: morning, showing Costigan's good I
ord"
h "Yes," Hackett snapped out. "a
!, I'm going to be made Shah of Pers
d This thing has been ploughed and
e ploughed, over and over again Pre-
o soon. if we kept on, we'd hit
), centre of the earth. The Costigan c
e has been settled"
s The slap Of the door closing