New-York tribune., 1921-09-27

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dock of the Pan-Americah Company I
Al used to manage 1t and then 1 in
troduced him to the vice president
no, the president. Twas vice president
and the treasurer, and he got friendly
with them and he gave police passes
for them, and had dispute with my
partners and he came down there with
six detectives from Police Headquar-
tiers and tried to put me out Of the
pier-Eddie Hughes.
Q.--Those detectives were In the Po-
lice Department? A.~4Six detectives
from the Police Department.
Oustcd From Pier, lie Says &
Q.~-And Hughes was not in the Police
Department? A.--~And. Hughes was not
in the Police Department
Q.--What happened when they came
down to the pier? A.--Eddic Hughes
tried to keep me out, and We had few
words, and he ordered the policeman to
lock me up, and told him: "You are
not the police inspector here, and you
have nothing to do" but finally | had
to get out of the pier.,
Q.-lYou, had to get out Of the pier
or be locked up? A.7--He wanted to
nave me arrested. ~
Q.--You left the pier and we're not
arrested? Al was not arrested. They
broke into my shanty where / kept my
and carted away--the equipment that
! work on ships with, the gears--and
Eddie Hughes was there all the time
with the six detectives, and he wouldn t
let them go away while was there.
Qr~7Did you&have some gear in "ths
shanty that was used by your men in
working tho ships? A.--Yes. sir.
Q.-~You were refused admittance
A.-Yes, sir, but / got in afterward.
They broke into my shanty and threw
all the gear outside, an carted it away
to some warehouse, which we after
wards p'.WSt.+ ST.: n;.s .,., n:
26, New York Dock Company, Brooklyn.
Q.--Ihe Pan-American Company was
q handling company which had been
handling cargoes Oh dock owned by
the New York Dock Company; is that
correct? Al used to put ships there.
Q.--You did all the stevedoring
there? A.-Not all. asked for it, and
charged little more money for wharf
age if they didn't want. to give me the
stevedoring.
Q.-From whom did you rent? A.
From the New York Doc4. Company, q
private concern.
Q.-Thei New York Dock Company did
not rent this one from the city? A.
No, sir; that is their own property. ,
Police Figure in Trouble
Q...--Did you ever have any kind of
trouble or was there any incident in
which you figured that was followed
boy the arrival Of uniformed policemen !?
A.-Yes, sir. had little trouble with
my partners, ana they tried to prevent
me from going in on Pier 46. This is
another pier.
Q.-who tried to prevent you from
employed Eddie Hughes, after me nut. nut
ting them there and giving them the
business. I used to 60 in there. and
when they seen they couldn't stop me
they got six policemen and q sergeant
an uniform down at the pier.
Q.-Could they stop you? A.-Natur-
ally, they did. ! Withdrew, and in the
mean time / got some watchers, and
tried to get in whether the policemen
were in or not. In the mean time there
was an injunction case prohibiting me
from going into the pier. -.
GA sergeant and six policemen sx-
rived? A.-Yes, that is right. q
sergeant and six policemen arrived. +
Q.-To your disadvantage when thew
got there? A.-That is right.
Q.-There can't be any argument
about that? A.-No.
Q-Ihey were not a reception COM
mittee for you? A.--No.
Assemblyman Bloch: 81 move to strike
out that question about being to his
disadvantage. That is pretty cheap
stuff to get on the record. / am suSi
prised, Mr.. Lord, coming from you"
Mr.. Brown: "Hold on minute. ]
will take the. examination at this
point
9.-Did you hear anybody call uu
Eddie Hughes? A.-Yes, one of his
ex-policemen was a watchman and
called up Eddie Hughes Hon the phone.
On your presence? AIN my
presence, at the pier. e..
Call Sent Out for Help
Q.-Did you hear his conversation :
Ale said he cannot keep me off the
pier, that there would be trouble there
and to get some policemen.
Q.-That you know? A.--That
know.
Q.-And you know that shortly after.
ward the policemen came? Ask po-
licemen and sergeant
Chairman Meyer-~Did you meet En-
right? The witness-I met him at one
of my dinners. I gave dinner ane
he was an invited guest. Every yea,
since have been in business celebrate
the day l went in business, and it wa
customary to invite people that know
or friends Of mine who ask to invit'
somebody. l invited Enright through
Eddie Hughes.
Senator McArdls-So that you didn'
know him personally?
The Witness-Never.
Assemblyman Bloch - Who brough
him?
The Witness--why, he came. UP
Eddie Hughes told me he would Sc
that he would come up.
Assemblyman Bloch--Do you know i
he was actually there2
The Witness--Yes, he was there.
Assemblyman Bloch-Could you de
scribe him?
Identifying of Enright
The Witness--Yes, have his picture
Mr.. Brown-Have you ever been ar
rested?
The Witness-I3een arrested, bu
| never convicted.