New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-25

had been on the page. Additional evil
dence adduced showed that after the
page was obliterated the $4,000 and
$500 items were transferred to another
page under the heading of withdrawn
from capital" as though the money was
lost to Kahn for good
The other three items were trans
ferred to another page, where new
account under the heading of "i,vest-
ment market stands had been ,ened
Numerous employees of tn Hotel
belieclalre, where Kahn lives, were
questioned on telephone calls Kahn
made from the hotel between May 20
and May "a, the first Of which days
hahn had been summoned to appear be-
fore subcommittee of the Meyer
Committee. 1t was shown that he had
called up the Thomas J. McManus asso-
cation, Tammany Hall organization
OF the 18th District, where he said
he had tried to get in touch with Mr.
McManus, but was unsuccessful. He
also admitted getting in touch with his
brother-in-law and his bookkeeper
Mas, and that he spent the entire Sun
day, the day before he appeared be
tore the committee, with Goldberg. He
admitted summoning two persons to his
{ place of business on the same day for
reasons which were not brought out in
the testimony.
Injustice To Be Fought
AT the opening Of the session Mr.
Brown said:
II was astonished to have presented
to me last night a statement issued
to the press by Commissioner O'Mal-
ley to the effect that he had revoked
ermits of the pc rnittees in the mar
WI boJ IoF
mlttee to extortion practiced upon
them in the administration of the De
partment of Markets. Such state
ment by the Commissioner is really
one in contempt of the committee, be-
cause it's immediate and direct effect
/ is to brighten others who have sui
fered from extorton from giving evil
dence of the facts in relation to it,
1.-The committee has remedy al
hand The alleged revocation is en-
tirely without warrant of law and it
Will be the duty of the committee to
furnish counsel to see that no in
Justice or wrong is done. Such counsel
have been retained.
"The District Attorney will soon ap-
pear here. He will announce that he
will cooperate in nishing complete
immunity to any one who testifies tc
the practice of extortion in this or any
other department. That will be the
policy Of the committee, and it will
also be the policy of the District At
torney.'
District Attorney Swami, who took
seat next to Senator Meyer. chair
man of the committee, then gave out
the following statement:
Ut is of the greatest public concern
that any and every citizen who has
been obliged to pay graft to any public
oft'clal should have the freest oppor-
tunity of appearing before your COM
mittee and testifying to the facts.
II deem it to be of greater import
ance to drive from the public service
any public Official who has been guilty
OF cxacting tribute from citizen, or
receiving compensation for the per
Torrance of an official duty imposed
upon him by law, than to prosecute
with this object in view. and for
the purpose of encouraging and invit-
ing any person whose rights have been
SO trespassed upon by a public officia,
to disclose the facts, !, as District At
torney Of this county, under the au
thorlty vested in me by law, will, upon
the request of your committee, assure
entire immunity from prosecution to
any person who will come before your
eoii,HitIee una Tell tne truth. the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth. CON
corning any act of corruption on the
part of any public official, the witness
being only held accountable for the
truth Of his testimony"
Mr.. Brown here said: 81 desire to
add that in conversation with the Dis
trlct Attorney arrangements have been
made that certificates of immunity
signed by the committee chairman and
the District Attorney will be given to
any such witnesses, and will be given to
the two witnesses. thee, as the case
may be, who testified yesterday"
COMMISSIONER O'Malley's letter to
the District Attorneys Office reads: