New-York tribune., 1920-11-26

when Judge Watson presided in the
Even Street police court, Brooklyn,
and if didn't practice in his court
answered that | was not lawyer then
and was working on the elevated road
Judge Watson presided in the Even
Street court prior to my admission to
practice law.
"Ie was succeeded, ns I remember it,
by Judge Lennon, and Judge Lennon
was succeeded by Judge O'Reilly. who
was appointed magistrate about 1901
some time after my admission to prac-
tce law Counsel for the Lockwood
committee called Judge O'Reilly as a
witness and he testified that had
appeared in his court on occasions in
the latter part Of 1902 and 1903.
"Then counsel for the Lockwood
committee produces evidence to show
that | was admitted to practice law on
October &c, 1897, endeavoring by this
to mslead the people into believing
that | was not telling the truth when
! said | was on the elevated road If
the counsel for the Lockwood commit
tee had any desire to have the truth
told, he would have subpoenaed Judge
Watson instead Of Judge O'Reilly. and
allowed Judge Watson to testify to the
fact that he presided in the Even
Street Court prior to October &c, 1897
when | was working on the elevated
road | speak of this to show the dcs
picable attempt by Untermyer tc per-
vert the truth and mislead the people.
Denies Excavation Story
"Then, again. Mr.. Untermyer at
site was filled in by an alleged favored
contractor, and then contract let to
again excavatc it. This is false and
Untermyer knows it. The courthouse
site, after the buildings were torn
dawn, was left in a most deplorable le
and dlapidated condition, water in
some parts of it, refuse in others. The
Courthouse Commission, which under
the law then had charge of this site,
granted permission to dump steam
ashes in there to fill it up and give it q
re spectacle appearance, and as re-
svlt the site was used to a great ad-
vantage during the war.
az understand there were in the
reiqhborhood of 800 persons who were
given permission to dump ashes in this
till and not one contractor as Mr.. I'm
tcrmyer would like to have the public
believe.
"This administration opposed the in
crease in carfares on the transit lines
and stopped the traction interests from
securing an additional $60,0000O0 a
year out of the pockets Of the people
Several transit lines closed down and
emergency buses were placed on the
streets to provide transportation for
the people and $1,O0O,000 was appropri-
ated to purchase and operate municipal
buses. Injunctions were obtained by
traction symathizers to stop the oper-
alton of buses and prevent the city
from spending money to purchase
buses. Guggenheimer, Untermyer &
Marshall were the attorneys in one of
these injunction proceedings.
"For the last two or three years there
has been an endeavor by private and
powerful interests, both in New York
and New Jersey. to grab and control the
Port of New York, the result of which
would be the turning over of the Port
of New York practically into private
hands, with the privilege of mortgag-
ing the city to develop Newark Bay and
adjacent Jersey territory in the inter
est Of the railroads. Samuel Inter
myer appeared and spoke in favor of
this port treaty"