Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-06-24
|MMANY LEADER
MURPHY INDICTED
and Five Others Including
Asst. Dist. Atty. S m i t h
Charged With Falsifying In.
|ome Tax Returns

" York, June 23.-Indictment of
fles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany
and five others on charges of con-
hey to defraud the United States by
flying income tax returns and at
pted intimidation of Louis N. Hartog.
ealthy manufacturer, through criminal
ecution, was announced here to-day.
indictments, which were returned
etly by the extraordinary grand jury
erday came as a great surprise.
ply is now on his way to the Demo-
ic national convention at San Fran
hers indicted with Murphy were AS
INT District Attorney James E. Smith
of the central figures in the vice
between the district attorneys Of
and the police department; John A.
rarthy, former business partner OF
Murphy, brother of the Tammany
er; Arthur j. Baldwin, a lawyer
est B. Walden, vice president of the
Products company, and the Corr
iucts company itself. Bail for each
ndant was fixed at $1,000.
lrphy is charged among other things
trying to intimidate Hartog into
ling a $1o,OOo,OOO damage suit brought
INST the Tammany leader after the
er is alleged to have Withdrawn prom
financial support in glucose product
in which Hartog was Interested
indictmAlt alleges that Murphy
atened to accuse Hartog of arson
Expose to his wife his alleged secret
tions with another woman. send him
Jail for offenses he did not commit
ruin his business.
lrtog, the indictment sets forth. pro-
ed a $7,00O000 order for his product
n the British government during the
He found difficulty in acquiring the
essary amount of glucose to complete
order. He then enlisted the aid OF
Fphy through whose influence. the in
ment recites, the needed ingredients
obtained from the Corn Products
pany.
hrtog and Murphy later disagreed over
fness matters and Murphy sued Har-
to recover $125 900 invested in the
hufacturer's company. Then Hartog
Murphy. the Corn Products company
Baldwin to recover SIC, ,0O0, 900 profit he
he had lost through withdrawal OF
Fphy's pledged support, asserting he
longer could get glucose from the
n Products company.
artog was summoned to Assistant Dis
[ Attorney Smiths Office while these
rt actions were pending. Hartog
ges Smith summoned him to force
to pay Murphy his s1e5,ooO but Smith
ms he issued the summons for Hartog
ly in the interest of prosecution OF
ar profiteers. Hartogs brother was
d 5000 in federal court for sugar
hteering. but Smith gave Hartog him.
a clean bill.
he indictment sets forth that the agree.
BIT between Murphy and Hartog shows
increase from $4,000 to sL0OO,oO0 in
capital stock of Hartogs firm, the
|th Kensngton Refining company
en- Murphy and Hartog. it is alleged
anne jointly interested in the, business
kpril 1918. profits of the business, sub
to war tax, were estimated at $1,000,
a year.
he indictment charges that on April
91S, in order that Murphy should OBJ
larger income and a quick return
his investment, James e. Smith and
ers unlawfully and corruptly combined
Pefraud the government of moneys due
" filing with the collector of internal
enue, misleading and false entries as
he records of the business.
he name of James J. Hines. Democratic
1er in the nth Assembly district, New
X, was among the witnesses listed
the back Of the indictment. 1t con-
bed 80 closely typewriter pages en-
sed with the names of Attorney Gen
Charles D. Newton and District At
ney Swami.