The New York herald., 1921-10-18
BOUGHT HIS OWN HOME
Boister0us Crowd Cheers
Red Mike Repartee-
Motor Car Clue Reveals
Bridal Gift to Wife.
HYLAN MEDDLING SHOWN
Meyer Quiz Fails to Account
for $374,0OO Police Games
Item-Republicans Wrote
Letters for Cops to Woods.

Letters for Cops to Woods.
Private bank accounts of Richard
F. Enright. Police Commissioner, and
his intimate friend, Edward P.
Hughes, who resigned as police in.
spector to start his private detective
agency, were examined in detail yes
terday by the Meyer committee at its
last session until after the city cleo.
ton.
Commissioner Enright testified that
when he took Office he was. worth
about $4,000, of which $4,000 was
represented by farm in Steuben
county which his father had owned.
His salary is $500 a year. Tabulation
OF his bank accounts showed his de.
posits for the years he has been In
office are as follows: 1918, $35,99S;
1919, $32,423; 1920, $20,051, and 1921,
to September 2, $11,94S. The total is
$i00,421.
Hughess accounts were in three
banks. One was in his own name.
another for his detective agency and
third in the name of himself and
Mrs. Mary Hughes, his wife. The
total Of deposits since Mayor Hylan
took Office was $1.O69,152. The
smount for the e. P. Hughes personal
account was $145,394, and for the
joint account with his wife $39,22l.
oRcrs TO show Deposit box.
After Commissioner Enright had
given detailed statement covering
every item in his bank account and
explaining the numerous transactions
covered by the sums making up the
100000 Elon r. Brown. counsel,
asked:
did you have any other bank ac-
count than those covering the $780,
000) during this period" The Com
missioner said he did not. He said.
answering another query, that he did
have a safe deposit box in the Empire
Trust Company, and invited Mr..
Brown and the committee to 60 with
him at once and inspect it. Mr..
Brown continued:
Does your wife have bank ac-
count?"
Il believe she has, the Commits
sioner answered
did she have it when you were
married."
Yes, SIR"
Has had it ever since?"
Yes. sir
I'm what bank?"
II don't know" Mr.. Enright said
And you don't know whether she
had more than one?"
she has only one. I believe. I
really cannot tell YOU"
DO you know whether she has a
safe deposit box?" Mr.. Brown asked.
II know she has none"
nouBnt " Ayans
Miss Margaret Gavin, bookkeepeY
for the Parkington Motor Sales Com.
pany, agents for the Stutz automobile
testified TO the purchase of a s2,75o
car by Allan A. Ryan on April 16
1918. for delivery to Commissioner En-
right. Leonard wallstein, associate
counsel, noted ON the record that Mr.
Ryan was appointed a Special Deputy
Police Commissioner on April Is. 1918.
Mr. Enright said the Stutz was
bought by Ryan and others as a wed.
ding gift for Mrs. Enright and ex-
planned that the wedding date was
postponed. The books of the automo-
bile company offered In evidence
showing that Enright had made the
purchase were entirely in error, he
told the committee.
Little information was obtained by
the committee when it tried to find
out about the proceeds of tickets for
the police field games in 1918. 1919
and 1920 The records for 1919 are
almost entirely missing and no ac-
counting can be made for $374.000
Mr.. Brown made this statement:
Tho records for 1918 are entirely
missing. A good many discrepancies
have appeared. AS one instance, a
credit is given to the American Sugar
Refining Company for $500, and the
company states 1t gave $1,000
Commissioner Enright said so many
grand jurics and committees had gone
over the police game records that II
was no wonder they could not be un-
derstood. Frederick A. Wallis, for
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