New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-26
Market Craft
Barred by Widow
And Merchant

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merchant. was offered yesterday by Leo
]. McDermott, an examiner for the
Meyer committee. McDermott read
into the record statement made to
him by kloblein in which the latter
told what happened when he objected
to the S6,250 handed him by Adolph
Kahn in payment for his fixtures. cS,0D0
having been agreed upon as the price.
According to the testimony, Kahn
told kloblein that he had to spend
$500 ITO have the permit transferred
ADDING That $500 went to 1.-The alder
men, The only alderman whose name
was mentioned in connection with the
events leading up to tho transaction
was Alderman Charles A. McManus.
brother of Thomas j. McManus, an ex
Senator and Tammany leader.
Testimony Silences Spectators
Yesterdays various tales of at
tempted gouging, moro than any of
the others that had preceded, cast a
serious air over the gallery and floor
spectators. who had been accustomed
to outbursts Of applause on every oc-
casion. They could find little humor
in Cohen's tale, told in decidedly
faulty English, although Democratic
Assemblyman Maurice Bloch and a
few of his friends in tho gallery re-
peatedly sneered and snickered at
Cohen's doubtful grammar.
When Assemblyman Bloch at an
other time hecklcd the witness the
latter broke into tears, interrupting
the hearing for fifteen minutes.
Cohen, asked if he could recognize
the commissioner. said, "You bet |
could. l wish I didn't know him, be-
lieve ne. He done me good | wish
him the same luck as | got When
he went to another dealer in the mar
ket who had been instrumental in OBJ
tanning the stand for the man who
eventually got it, to inquire why he
piled, "For money, I got honey
Cohen said when he went to Com
missioner Of Accounts Hirshfcld for
relief, the latter called over a policeman
and ordered him to throw that crook
(ponting to Cohen) out of the build
ing" Mrs. katenkamp summed up the
situation with respect to the plight Of
merchants in the market by saying it
was generally understood that if you
want to stay you have to pay"
Pleas to Hirshfield Fail
1t was revealed that in sheer des-
peration witnesses had gone frequently
to Commissioner Of Accounts Hirsh-
field, and that frequently the Commits
sloner of Accounts would start inves-
legations of his own respecting rumors
of graft by officials of the Department
of Markets. In connection with the
katenkamp case, the names Of Win
ters and Turner had been given to the
Commissioner, put in a report of the
proceedings to the Mayor, it appeared
that neither of these men had been
examined by the Commits oner, and
That the portions of testimony where
Winters's home should have appeared
his name was replaced in the report
by asterisks
missioner IIirshheld to the Mayor
touching on the scandal growing out
of the sale of United States Army food
stutfs by the city, was brought to light
tor the first time Yesterday Accord
ing to this report, read into the record
of the committee, it appeared THAI
about S3S, 600 Of the receipts we're un-
accounted for. The money, it seems
had been disposed of. but that the
Commissioner could not find out from
any source what happened to the cash
or who got it,
1t also showed that Jonathan c. Day.
former Commissioner of Markets, and
the then deputies, O'Mallev Smith,
Cauble and Mulry, had received $40 a
day in addition to their pay from the
city for alleged services in connection
with the sale of these foodstuifs in
1919 and that an expense of more than
100000 had been put in hy Mulry for
services Of hundreds of employees, I'M
Guiding policemen, although it was gem
orally known that almost all work done
in connection with the sale was done
by volunteers.
No Regular Account Kept
Mulry, it showed, never kept any
regular account of his receipts. and
merely turned in a confused mass of
slips many undated and unsigned as
his record of what was taken in and
expended.
The report shows further that net
profit Of 1861 ,575 was realized by the
sales that the Mayor got 100000 for
charitable purposes, and the rest was
expended one way or another, with the
exception Of the 200, which was
noted as not being accounted for.
Cohen, in the course of his story,
explained that he had been in bust
ress with partner up to March 70,
! lJZU, the flrm being known as C0hen
& Jacobs. Shortly befory this he said
that Jacobs had vanished, and that
there was $4,000 to $4,000 missing
leaving him pennilcss. He then went
on to say that he had been summoned
to Commissioner O'Malley's Office by
letter on March II with reference to
obtaining permit for another stand
The testimony on his experiences as
brought out by Leonard NJ Wallstein
associated with Elon r. Brown as the
committees counsel, shows that the
commissioner offered to get him an
other stand in the market, a place that
had been occupied by a saloon, and
now occupied by the Western Poultry
Company headed by a man named Price
with whom the commissioner at first
suggested that Cohen share the stand
but to whom he later had assigned II
alone. Cohen explained that a Max Roth
berg also wanted the saloon site. Both
asked Cohen Tor his stand in view of
the fact that he had been promised
possession of the saloon site in a short
time by the commissioner.
Cohen said he waited weeks ant
nothing was done and that in the mean
time he had to pNy several hundreds
Of dollars rent on his stand, which was
being occupied by Rothberg.
His testimony reads:
Q-What happened? A. Commits
sioncr O'Malley called me up once
on a Saturday, and he said to me
"Barncy Cohen, hear that Mr.. Jacobs
robbed you of a couple thousand dol
lars. ! am willing to do you a favor
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