The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-06-24
TAMMANy HEAD
IS UNDERF|R
MURPHY INDICTED ON
CONSPIRACY CHARGE
Falsifying Of Income Tax Re-
turns and Intimidation
Are Alleged

NEW YORK. June 23.-Indictment of
Charles NJ. Murphy, leader Of Tammany
Hall. and five others on charges OF con-
spiracy to defraud the United States by
tempted intimidation of Louis~N. Har-
tog. wealthy manufacturer. through
criminal prosecution. was announced
here today. The indictments which was
returned secretly by the extraordinary
grand jury yesterday. came as a great
surprise. Murphy Is now on his way
10 the Democratic national convention
at San Francisco.
Assistant District Attorney James r.
Smith, one of the central figures in the
vice war" between the district attor-
ncys office and the police department;
John \. Mccarthy, former business 81 eS,
Tammany leader: Arthur J. Baldwin,
lawyer: Ernest B. Baldwin. vice-presi-
dent of the Corn Products company. ana
the Corn Products company itself Bal
for each defendant was nXed at $l,uVt.
Charge Intimidation.
Murphy Is charged. among other
things. with trying to intimidate Hartos
into settling a $10.O00.0O0 damage suit
brought against the Tammany leader
after the latter is alleged to have with
drawn promised financial support IN
glucose product iirm in which Hartoi;
was interested. The indictment alleges
that Murphy threatened 10 accuse hsf, ,it,
alleged secret relations with anothe.
woman. send him TO jail for offenses h:
did not commit and ruin his business,
Hartog, the indiStment sets foIHSa,
product from. the British goyernmein
during the war. He found difficulty IN
acquiring the necessary amount or sIu-
cose 10 complete The order. He then en-
whose influences the ;tndictment reeites,
the needed ingredient was obtained
from the Corn Products company.
They ouArrelsd.
Hartog and MURPHY later disagreed
over business matters and Murphy sued
Hartog to recover $4,000 invested IN
the manufacturers company. ihei'
Hartog sued Murphy. the Corn Products
600 900 profit he said he had l9st
through withdrawal of Murphy's pledg;;
cd support, asserting he no louger couio
get glucose from the Corn PRODUCTS
company. ,.
District Attorney Smiths office while
these court actions were pending. Har-
tog alleges Smith summoned MIN "
force him to pay Murphy his $l2o.oOc'
but Smith claims he issued the sum
mons for Hartog solely in the interest
of the prosecution OF sugar prohteers.
Hartog's brother was fined S5,oOO III
federal court for sugar prohteering, but
smith gave Hartog. h!mselg. clean
bill.
The indictment charges that on April
j. 1915 in order that Murphy should
obtain a larger income and quick re-
turn on his Investment, James L. Smith
and others unlawfully and corruptly
combined TO defraud the government OF
moneys due it by filing with the collec-
tor OF internal revenue, misleading ana
false entries as to the record or the
business.
The name of James ]. Hines Demo
cratic leader in the Eleventh assembly
district. New York, was among the Wit
nessts listed on the back Of the indict-
ment. 1t contained 81 closely typewrlt-
ten pages, endorsed with the names OF
Attorney General Charles D. Newton
and District Attorney Swami. June u
was set as the date for pleading.