The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-05

WI ana West streets brfnueH sent TOT
him and said: II recommended you for
this Rector street Job and you have got
to take care OF me-" Cohen said. On
June IL. the witness said. he paid Brin-
de1l another $500 in cash For another
ooutract In Sixty-sixth street Cohen said
~ paid Brlndell $3.50. After he had
started work on the Manhattan Hotel.
Cohen said. Brindell went up on the job
one day and said: Cohen. I expect to
get about $4,000 out of this"
Il told him he didn't want much" the
witness continued. II asked him why
he didn't leave me alone. Finally his
men kept after me until I went to his
office and he said he wanted that 5000
said that was terrible lot of money
and why should 1 have to pay 1t to him
for doing my work. He said. You
know ! control the situation In this
town had 5000 In cash ready and
handed II to him In 500 bills, with $500
bill on top. He wasn't satisfied. That
payment was made In Brindells office"
Cohen produced the checks on which
he said he had obtained the money
which he gave Brindell.
Israel S. Goldstein, house wrecker,
testified that he was unable to COM
plete a contract for the II. H Voght
Contracting Company on the Union In
deinnity Company property at 100 Maiden
lane because Brindell ordered the work.
mon off the job. Subsequently he sold
the contract to Max Minison of the In
terstate Wreching Company for $3.50.
ls~ Ia Il nA
He testified that two OF Brindell's
delegates had demanded a commission
OF $1,000. Walter Melton was damned
In" on him as a partner. the witness
said. Melton testified that under the
arrangements Minison was compelled to
go fifty-fifty.
''Minlson had to pay you half the
profits? Did you think that was
reputable deal?" Mr.. Untermyer asked.
II didn't think it was straight. but
was forced to go into the deal by the
delegates" Melton said.
Minison was recalled to the stand and
testified that he paid $1,000 to two OF
Brindelis delegates for the privilege or
completing work on the Broad street
Hospital without further interruptions.
Albert II. volk of the Volk Wreckins
Contracting Company. one OF the largest
concerns In the business. was an i'm
portant witness. He told how he had
been brought under Brindei's thumb by
the long rule of terror.
"Vhen / went to Brindelrs office he
was very cold and refused to shake
hands with me-" Volk said Il told him
he was misnformed about me and ne
said there was no use talking. Then
we talked for two hours. and at the end
OF that time he had relaxed and became
quito genial He asked me how about
the Forty-second street job we were after.
He said Klonposs was likely to get the
Job, but 1 might have II IL would pay
1000.
At asked him IL he would take check
and he said he'd rather not I told him
would have TO go get 1t and he said
would have to be back by o'clock. !
went for my two partners and we went
to the Gotham National Bank for the
money cashed this check" (productng
the cancelled voucher).
ssThen hurried back to Brindelrs
office and l said had the money" the
witness went on. ale went over and
pulled down a shade and I handed him
the $4,000 in cash. He put II in his
pocket and asked him II he didn't want
TO count It, He did and said 1t was all
right and ne said You have got TO play
straight with us-you have to como
clean
aAfter we had been working about ten
DAYS, Peter Stadmiller. Brindeirs man,
ca!ne to me and said there were a lot OF
his men on our Job who were back In
their payments on initiation fees and 1
would have to pay them"
Prodnce. Five Checks.
yolk produced five checks which he
said were given IN payment for the in
itiation fees Mt the rate Of SO a week
for each man. These checks were April
20. s46S.75: May IT. $3.50; June 5.
500: June Z, $50. and June %, $677.
The first four. were made out TO the
order of Albert Olsen and the Dock and
Pier Carpenters Union. The witness
said Olsen was Brindells agent The
last check for s677 was ipdorsed by
Olsen and Brindell and not by the union.
after l had been paying these dues
for some time I went TO Brindeli's office
to settle II all up" Volk continued. HE
figured out would owe him $3.50 TO
take care of the payments for all the
men on my job who were in the Trades
Council. 1 had paid them $500 for men
who were out. and they deducted that
leaving the balance OF s677
Il met Brindell and George Atwell one
dav. and Brlndell asked me why didn't
u
over the Stock Exchange job I told
him. Atweil and I had been rivals for
some time. Two days later the Under
pinning and Foundation Company asked
me to bid on the Stock Exchange job.
called Brfndell and asked him who was
to get that job. and he said ] was.
asked him how ne did It. and he said. I
pick the men for these jobs. ! have got
the builders licked into shape and they
have to come across TO finish their Jobs
and they have to employ my men, and
they cannot put UP building without
my men,
III went to Mark Eidiitz & Son. who
we've doing the stock Exchange build
inr ana submitted bid and got The
confrart After I had been working
sorne time Brindell came down one day.
Tye. had an argument with his men and
x..,sf finding fault because they had not
paid dues.
Contract Price Ridicuied.
@He said 10 me- What are you getting
for this job?' I said | had agreed not
TO disclose the figure, and he said he
knew. He said. YOU are getting $4,000
ard you are a fool 20 do II for that.
had II fixed the job was 20 go to At
we'll for s6S.00O. l reminded him ne
h,,d told me to go ahead and bid. and
sa.l / didn't know he was double cross
ing. After a little he said We'll. what
about IT.
II told him I didn't see how we can
.,A 10 ,t.rfod off angry