The New York herald., 1921-10-22

Alfred to come in or participate in the
thing.
when Honest john got nailed in that
he declared for the public record, 4
never saw him; never represented him
/ never heard of him.
"It might be a little puzzlng perhaps
in the first place to figure out where the
wrong was, and unless you happen TO
know that Goslin made an affidavit in
which he said that when Hyian was
running for Municipal Court Judge IN
1906 and the election in that year was
on November Z. that when that old pal.
Turner. that dear old college chum of
Hylan's, mad come to him and said
Hylan did not have any money to
run his municipal campaign, he would
like a contribution. Goslin said IL you
assign certain Judgments think 1t was
against this same Black Diamond Com
pany-after / get them, after l get hold
of those judgments. in substance, | will
pay you, Turner. $1,000 for you to use
in Hylans campaign and / will lend
Hylan $1,000 for campaign purposes.
Now, il the thing stood Goslin's affidavit
and Hylan's simple denial-there was
nothing else-I would never take the
word of that crook against anybody.
would say Hylan was thoroughly
eXonerated.
Exhibits Goslin's Check.
But 1t is no doubt a coincidence that
Miss Irene Maher, Goslin's stenosrapher,
on the 9th OF October, 1905, gave Hylan
a check for $500. which he cashed.
That on October z. 1905, Irene Maher
gave Hylan a check for $3.50. that is.
$3.50. On November 8, 1905. the man
that he did not know, the man he had
never acted for the man he had never
seen. gave John +. Hylan that check
Exhibits check) drawn on Wells, Fargo
& Co. 1t reads New York, November B.
1905. Wells, Fargo & Company Bank
Pay to the order of John Il. Hylan One
hundred dollars. 500. Alfred r. Goslin.
"And indorsed by John F. Hylan. And
on the sixth day of November, 1905, the
day before election. find check New
York. November 6, 1905. Wells Fargo &
Co. pay to the order of John F. Hylan
one hundred dollars ($l00). Alfred r.
Goslin. and indorsed by John f. Hylan.
Will you tell me il John f. Hylan did
not know Alfred r. Goslin, the swindler
the thief. the former convict. the bunco
steerer. IL he did not know him and
had never seen him. how strange it is
that $3.50 of a promised $1,000 should
fit in so exactly? What an extraordi-
nary coincidence. But If it was not
given for campaign purposes. could a
man stand up before the people of the
city of New York and say that he did
not know Goslin, that he had never seen
Goslin and never represented him when
checks were outstanding from Goslin to
him with Hylan's name indorsed on
them?
''Well. let us look at this in an en-
tirely reasonable way. Can 1t be true.
what Mr.. Hylan said. that he did not
L. Ia, fs,ot Il ,At
know give you checks for $1,000? VIII
you indorse those checks IL you have
never seen them or represented them
This is not a check made out to some
body else, given to Hylan and then in
dorsed. You or | or anybody might
get q check that way. But it is a check
made payable to Hylan and signed by
Goslin and indorsed and collected by
Hylan.
This question now to be asked is not
a trick question; 1t Is q fair question:
Mr.. Hylan, why did YOU deny knowing
Gosin when youf' name was on the
back of his checks? Was there any
sinister or wrong reason that YOU
should lie to the electors of this city:
And do you still in the face OF that say
that you do not know him; had no deal
ngs with him? But even further. when
the police raided that charming office
of Mr.. Alfred r. Goslin they found this
little note in Mr.. Hylan's handwriting:
Enclosed find note The note has never
appeared. What note, Mr.. Hylan, were
you writing about? Was it your note?
The Eagle Savings Case.
The next public record that / can
find of his business career was where
he got entangled in-this according to
the prospectus--an institution primarily
for the plain people. Oh, it had plain
people written all over it. And give
them 300 or 400 per cent. If they got ii
back. but that was to come later. but
it never came. The banking depart
ment got them. But the next step in
the prominent business career. the ex-
perience which would fit him to be the
chief executive of the largest corpora
ton in the world, was the Eagle Saw
ings and Loan Company. He was elected
director November. 1910, and served
for some time. until 1914. Just before
his election the Banking Department
reorganized It, and the Judge. his Honor,