Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-11-06
YOUTHFUL TRIOS COLD FLOODED RECITAL
Staying AGED EMbDEN STATION AGENT
WARRANTS OUT
FOR ) IN "bUn DING
TRUST" SCANDAL


law scored Ehs1r arsr ppin1 Iodav IN
the dght against rhs alleged Build
ing Trust when bench warrants
were issned toy arrest OF Ihres per
sons indicted by The additional grand
jury Investigating the scandal
Officers immediately searched the
CITY -pl- he initial arrests winch ara
looked ior soon-
George Backer millionaire builder
anu alleged go between" n the
trust" on contractors and laoUre-z
WIS DIRECTED n ne present a. coufT
/ tomorrow morning with bail n 81,
enn. Ee had appeared az Criminal
courts building with ms counsel. Il
perjury mad bean sought against rim
Rober- p BrndeAl. president Of the
Building Trades Council who was re-
fe--ed II IN testimony Of CONTRACTORS
as king" N the alleged trust. also
went II the Criminal courts building
with his counsel after Il became
known bench WARRANTS had been -
sued
Ee asked II he had beer indicted
ana t1e clerk Of cpur- refa-Ted him
70 Messrs- Richter ann tombstone
Then his counsel conferred with
Assistant District Attorney John
Stone and LEFT the building with his
client
While the grand jury launched IFS
offensive against the alleged INST
the joint legislative COMMITTEES dr-i
lei deeper into -he well II Tnfu--na-
15nn held by members Of the Build
ing Trades Council ana participants
IN the code OF Practices evidence
which continued 70 be, a-nRsssa was
expected u play a parr n suhse-
dDsn1 indictments.
Possibility that EXPOSES revealing q
ooun1rv-E3 combination IN control
IF the building innust-v ware n the
Citing IL the dramatic scene before
he 5oini Legislative committees IN
auiry. also sewed I'D strong
One witness testified thaz the lime
slune business trade Of The United
States w2s Zga- IN me GRIP M the
National Association IF Stone Cut
ta,~
shorty after -tls United States
Senator Calder VINO possesses ia
1un-w,de subpoena powers as chair
Dan NJ the Senate committee IN
housing, was called infe the inquiry
lie was informed that John T. Eet
trick guiding hand n ne ~cods o1
PRACTICES system sald 70 regulate
competition N New York aad 8ed
rom the cit--
Walking delegates Of ne 't,-Tsr'
also have deserted their usual aAen-
1a-s and men armed with s4ipp6Enas
have 1alied 70 ind them SAID Samuel
Cu1a-mye-. counsel fnr the invesf1-
eating committee
One witness testified Es--1ck call
I'd him On the telephone last night
but said he aid moi know Eett11Ck' s
Whereabouts.
Another witness testified delegate
of the king Of the admittedly all
powerful Building Trades Council
warned him 70 watch his step" and
sit tight while osang auiEzad- He
YVES threatened with business s-er-
ninaz1on n the Metropolis II ne jailed
ID do 80.
This witness. Waiter Melton. aP-
oeR-ed "a The stand - reverse ms
testimony Of yesterday when he de-
MED having pald Robert ?. S-caGen.
head of the Binding Trades Council
$500 IN connection with 4 w-esklnE
contract Melton claimed he WIS in
.iured 10 rer-acs- his first story by ms
brother and other friends.
The city of New York which zasi
weak -esCinded millions n contracts
fur new court holse- showed signs
Of fearing the cry had been 5escad
N other construction lnh- Borough
presidents and department hsads
were instructed 10 begin sc-ut1niEEng
eve,w contract Ter during r1e aasz
S-monf,1s and the board Of ess1-
mate ami appor1unmsur postponed
for a weeks consideration Of new
contracts. for removal Of snow THIS
winter
The crtv campr-oiler told his cai-
leaE-Ies IN the board Of estimate that
millions Of dollars were invols7ed N
many large municipal contracts n
which he was now STRIVING 20 learn
whether any fraudulent practices
lurked. Among the biggest contracts
he named the one for the building Of
new piers On Staten Island
Robert P Bindell was pictured as
a iomIneer1ns king by his asse-
oates N tne building trades council
IN Iest5fv1ng before the contracts
he told of his. fBsisHen1 demands fer
large srms af money before he
would give them OF a con1-acr 10
wreck or erec- a building. 0r allow
the work 10 proceed without strikes.
Ee wanted S.5.{ssa for building
10 be built ON Broadway skysc-zp-
per saying ne figured on Receiving
x74 ae8 a aour one witness declared.
Tests rnonv revealed the turning over
Of thousands of dollars 10 Br1ndell
accumulated today On TOP of similar
statements by previous witnesses
Br-ndell has been r1dinE IN q
hsgn horse and brow-bezring- cnn-
tractors and house wreckerS. said Al
bert A. Toik. head Of a large 1emoli-
uon drzn thar pain tribute 10 the
king
II could moi ger work because I
/ had haxi trouble with Br4ndeIl~ tes-
titled Waiter Melton. house wreck
err
Ese t0ld of bslng e5etas-d fran ane
sop for which he had paid S11-..sD
for salvage all of winch was Lost
when GenrEe Rackcr. the hulider, re-
strained him from -;zsr-ins the