New-York tribune., 1921-08-24
O'Nalley, in Statement,
Assa;Is City Probers
Commissioner Says He Has Re-
roked " iincsses's Permits; !;
u Qris To Give Testimony.

Commissioner O'Malley last night
gave out the following statement:
"Ihe Meyer committee, when | con-
cluded my testimony at the morning
session through its counsel, invited me
to be present when it examined wit
ncsses at the afternoon session. This
was done presumably to enable me to
at once meet whateeer was elected
They then heard four witnesses in re-
gard to one alleged graft payment of
$3.50 to one Winters, another alleged
demand of Winters for $1,000, subse-
quently reduced to $500, which he is
alleged finally to nave abandoned alto
gether, and Il third alleged bribe of
Sao0 paid to a mysterious, unknown,
undescribed person on street corner
not connected With the department or
any one in the city administrations
whom the witness says he could not
now identify.
After extending the invitation and
Hpreadlng this muck upon the record
*or newspaper purposes, the committee
fused to hear my testimony forth
with, although | demanded that l be
given an opportunity to do so. ! Of
Tered to submit to immediate search
ing cross examination on my testimony,
which direct testimony could have been
heard in fifteen minutes. Both my re-
quests were denied, although some Of
the members Of the committee sur
ported me in my demand.
"The action OF the committee in re-
fusing to hear me was aracteristical
ly high handed and arbitrary. The COM
mittee's plain design was to give cur
rency to muck without affording simul-
:aneous opportunity to show that the
muck does not attach to me directly or
Indirectly.
Sets of Permits involved
"Threo sets Of permits are involved,
They arc the Haa]ob. Heinemann and
Woolsey permits All the facts have
Woolsey permit counsel suppressed the
fact that negotiations to bring about
this transfer began while and when
my predecessor, Dav, now working for
the Meyer committee, was Commits
sioner He also suppressed the fact
that only portion of it transpred
while | was Commissioner. | having
acted on the matter within a short
time after | was appointed Commits
sloner. the exact facts in regard to all
these permits so far as ! know them,
! Will give upon the witness stand face
to face with those who are so eager to
besmirch me.
"In none of these cases, or in any
case, has money been paid directly or
indirectly to me or any one on my behalf
for the purpose of procuring Official
action or for any other purpose affect
ing the Department of Markets or ne
personally.
because of the Haslob and Heine-
mann stories, although neither are cor
roborated so far as the evidence yet
shows, | have suspended Winters, the
individual accused of having demanded
or received money have directed that
ne be placed on trial forthwith upon
charges, and if found guilty he VIII be
dismissed. | have this day requested
the District Attorney to at once take up
the matter, which the committee has
withheld from him for many weeks, in
order that justice may be done both to
the accuscr and the accused.
O'N.alley RevoISes Permits
"Tn regard to these particular per-
mits that are now held by sef-con-
fesscd bribcrs, if their stories be true,
l have revoked their permits on the
are telling the truth, are unfit
persons to hold permits or concessions
in the city markets.
81 90 not understand why the com
mittee feared to let me state so
much Of the facts as were within m.
personal knowledge or bore upon the ]
permits testified to nor do | understand
why the committee suppressed the in
formation it had in regard to this mat
ter, when, if it honestly desired to aid
the city as it processes to do, it should
have taken the matter UP with the
proper officials and had proper actions
taken and arranged to bring about an
assembling Of the evidence which
would result in the conviction Of such
guilty persons as may be involved"