The New York herald., 1921-09-29

about 1t. He was counsel for Mrs. AL
lers and the separation trial was held
in April, 1920. The lawyer said he was
connected with the police reserves under
Inspector Dwyer and was president Of
the court-martial of the reserves.
He had employed Shaw on the
recommendation Of Sutter to do police
work in the Alters case. Sutter came
TO his office quite often. the witness
said carrying papers relating to police
reserve cases. The policeman never
was employed for the private detective
work, he said
Il think know where you got your
information" Mr.. Leslie said. 1T is
| without foundation, Is vicious and l
think was related to you by a man who
has a private lawsuit against me for an
alleged partnership in which he is claim
ing fee of $4,000 for work he did in
the Alters case
The man. the witness said later. was
Winters They were old friends. Two
| years ago Leslie said Winters came to
him saying his law business was not
prospering and he formed an .ostensi-
Bile partnership to help out Winters.
Winters later demanded half OF the
partnership profits. and they broke.
with the result that there is bad feeling
and suit.
Paid to Trail DIR. Alters.
Shaw was employed to trail Dr. Alters.
the witness said and was paid literally
| for his work.
| Sutter testified he is doing clerical
work for Inspector Dwyer. The police
man admitted having suggested the
| name OF his brother -in-law to do detec-
| tive work. but declared he personally
did nothing whatever I'm the Alters case.
He received no compensation in any
| form from the Leslie law firm, the Wit
ness said, and HIS only business dealings
with the lawyer was carrying police re-
serve papers to the lawyer for the ids
spector.
| Mary Schacht was private secretary
! for Warren Leslie for fifteen years. She
| received papers from Sutter and paid
Shaw. mostly in cash, but could not re-
member what the sums were.
Hugh c. Murray, real estate manager
showed Inspector Dwyer through the
115th street apartment house several
times at the request OF Mr.. Leslie. He
had his desk in Mr.. Leslie's Office It
| Ia six story elevator apartment with
four families on a floor
IT assumed Inspector Dwyer had SONS
interest In the property Murray testi-
! fed. II never knew who the stockhold-
ers of the corporation were. Mr.. Leslie
| told me the inspectors son was going
to look after the property and that Mr..
Dwyer wanted 20 put him in there and
that my services were required TO
| longer"
Annoyance by Police Charged.
| Tenants I'm the apartment house al
| 403 West 115th street alleged in an
action before Justice Martin in the sp.-
cial term OF the Supreme Court on Sep
| tember last that they were being Sub
J jected to Annoyance and persecution
because they objected TO an increase In
rent. Miss Ethel Schwinger. interior
decorator, and several nurses made af.
fidavits asking for an injunction. After
the Park Court Realty Company took
over the property effort was made to
4 advance rents and when the tenants
I protested. they swore, they were told
| the cops would clean up the place
The case Is pending.
! With the opening Of the session Mr..
Hughes asked permission to read a
statement I'm which he repudiated In
great de<ail all the statements made by
Auditorc, the stevedore.
/ commissioner TnTl&nt mas not now,
and never had, directly or indirectly,
any interest in my business" Hughes
said. 1t was absolutely untrue that he
had resigned from the Police Depart
mcnt on the promise Of getting Audi
torres business. 1t was an outrage, he
added, for the committee to accept such
loose statements as evidence.
The Allan A. Ryan brokerage account
was presented and showed that prior to
February. 1918, when he retired from,
the Police Department, Hughes's Wall
s,tseet account amounted to only s2,325
Fin 1918 the account jumped to $1,000
and In 1919 tn $105,000.
did you purchase a residence at
Suffern. ". Y, from Mr.. Ryan," Mr..
Brown asked. The witness said that he
bought the property from the Thomas F.
Ryan estate and that Commissioner En-.
fright had been a visitor there on few
occasions.
When you left the Police Depart.
| r1cnt you were not man of prop.
crty, were your" Mr. Brown asked.
well. that depends. In what respect
and to what extent?" Mr.. Hughes said.
You were a man Of very moderate