New-York tribune., 1920-12-01
Sands Charge
Is Vengeance,
Says Boiling g
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$4,000 a year and that his present sal
ary was 10000. He said he spent
three months looking for job with
the government in Washington before
being appointed 70 q position with the
Shipping Board.
Mr.. Iweedale testified that the $40
Voo IN question was paid b. the
Downey Shipbuilding Corporation 10
Sands as vice president of ice Com
merclal National Bank as "a mission
tor establishing credit ct >I-o.OuU
TOR the government 10 enable the com
pany TO obtain contract tor the
Providence Engineering Corporation
for ten tugboats. Mr.. Tweedale pro
duced photostat copy of letter
written by Sands informing the credit
department OF the Shipping Board that
such credit had been established.
Mr.. Sisler testified that he never dis
cussed contracts for the Downey Shio-
building Corporation with Mr.. Sands,
that he had met John Cranor, repre-
sentative for the Downey corporation,
only casually, and that he had never
met Wallace Downey, president of the
corporation, at all. oiscr also assert
ed that Sands had requested him to in
tercede in his behalf in connection
with his Indictment, that he had men
toned this 20 Mr.. Boiling, and tina.
Sands was peeved at him because he
did not so further in carrying out the
request.
Mr.. sisler said tha. his friendship
with Sands was impaired from the
time when he refused to do anything
that might be considered illegitimate
to bring about the dismissal Of the
indlctment. He also said that he never
had seen the photostat copy Of the
affidavit made by Sands, in which he
made the chelges against him and Mr..
Boiling. When shown it by Congress-
man Walsh, chairman Of the commit
tee, he declared emphs stically that the
charges it contained were absolutely
false
$4,000 Was Syndicate Proceeds
He said that the $4,000 which Sands
testified he hsd paid him as his share
of the $4,000 bribe was money due
him as his share of profts in a for
eign exchange syndicate in which he
participated with Sands and = nm
ber Of prominent officials a. che Capt.
tol, among them United States Sena-
tor, whom he would not name. He
said there is still some money coming
to him as a result of this enterprise
Prior to submitting to examination
Mr.. Boiling read statement in which
he narrated in detail his relations with
Sands. He said tAat after banking
with the Commercial National Bank he
had undertaken in 1910 hen he was
in the building cons ,rUction business,
to build q house for Sau0s Mr.. Boiling
said that in controversy in making
settlement for the house h waived his
share Of $500 Of $1,000 incurred III ex-
penses on extras by himself and his
partner in the construction of the
building, but hat Sands did not accept
the waiver and promised TO pay him
that money. A short time after this,
Mr.. Boiling testified Sands informed
him that he would make 81, ,000 as 8
gratuity TO- hclpinr Cranor OF ain the
bending rolls for his company and that
he was going 10 take care" ot him
II told him would accept nothing,"
said Mr.. BolIine Ye then mentioned
the 5000 which h I'll owed me in en-
nection with the anges made in his
house, saying he haI 0ot forgotten it
and would pay II l to him I would
be glad 10 have ann pay what he owed
me, but that it could in no way be con-
nected with fees or comm sions in
volving government work, and this he
clearly understood. Upon my request
he paid me subsequently the $500. as
follows: February 1S, 1918 $500. June
&c, 1918, 5000 and August 8 1913, $lO0
l have 10 bnowiadge of where this
money paid nc b. Mr. Sand camo
from.
Repaid Loan of $3Oo
"Mr. Sands also made me loan of
$500 on May q, 1918, for which | gave
him my note. This was repaid hv ne
to him July Il, 1919, with Antcrest at
which time Mr.. Sands said he vas un-
abfc TO find my note However, / raet
MY cancelled chack henrino his N, ,1ln,.. z. =.