The New York herald., 1921-10-15

make up a plan for the oil burning
system He figured out that the cos
Of the Installation would be abou
t2s.oo0. Pierce put the price in hi
trst estimate given officials at s47.500
the witness said. This was set forth IL
4 letter written on May 10. 1921.
"2efore this letter was written I wal
ioid that Senator McManus and a mar
wnamed Benny Alexander were interested
In this. and that If any one could bring
thay lob OFF II was McManus and mis- in.
nuence.p the witness said. His partners
Pierce and Cohen. told him that. he said
= and added:
NJ Il was told we had to put in few
thousand more on account of the money
which had to be paid to the ones who
Eerc helping us to get the job"
the letter regarding the contract was
sent to Commissioner Coler. the witness
said. Pierce told him, he continued
that he had been introduced to Coler by
McManus. The witness said that Mr.
Buxton. who was superintendent at the
Singer Building. was brought In to help
~along the contract because Coler had in
Bpected the Singer Building plant and
thought highly OF Buxton. blue print
sent to Coler was gotten through the
Company, and instead of being the one
DR.. New said he had prepared was a
copy of the Singer installation.
~ Ordered to Boost Estimate.
About June 90, the witness said. Mr.
Z .Manus. Cohen. Pierce and Staley, the
Texas oil man. conferred in the Pierce
Office. After that meeting DIR. New said
he was told he would have to boost the
figures in his estimates. He testified:
Ak II wanted to know why, and I was
told that Senator McManus and his
brother Alderman McManus. would have
to be considered with few others, and
we would have to make the price high
enough so that we could all get some
thing out of it."
NJ "I objected to the jump and said it was
not fair and we would get into trouble II
other engineers looked 1t over. Cohen
and McManus were there and SO was
Pierce. Cohen said:
Never mind, don't you worry about
It: you have got to put the higher figure
in So / said. What do we have 10
put in? And Cohen says. 'Sixty-two
thousand dollars While I was put
ting $62 900 down on that paper he says.
Make it $62. 500"
"Cohen said that?"
tS, SIT, tniIik iI Wdb SOnCH.
! asked Mr. Pierce again If couldn't
make that little lower. and that $62.-
800 was too much. and I was afraid of
stt. Pierce had a piece of paper which
had seen in Senator McManus's hands,
and Mr.. Pierce showed me that paper.
ynnd he says, You see. here is a list of
what we have to give on graft"
who said that?''
"Mr. Pierce. and he had the piece OF
xxrtf fa1 + t,a In. fNr ya-
Manus's hands myself"
rs this the paper that I show you
pow that you are referring tor" Wall
stein asked. showing the sheet OF yell
low pad paper. The witness identified
sthe sheet.
IS DR.. New read from the paper and ex-
spIained what he read as follows:
IA Nc, q on 1t, meaning Senator Nc
sManus and his brother, the Alderman
sAIcManus. $4,000 b. I don't know
what that stands for. and did at that
time. and he told me at that time. but
I forget, $1,000. There is IT. s. & E.
Co. $1,000 and II / recollect right Mr..
Pierce told me that Is some OF Charles
F. Murphy's gang"
isn't that the Terminal Supply and
Equipment Company? Is that T. s. &
f. p
TT is one OF the two he told me.
There is X and don't know what
that stands for but the amount there
is $500. I think"
What is the next?'
Murphy and I think this Is the
chief engineer of the Kings County
Hospital, $780,"
"And the nextU
ST and that is Staley. That is the
representative of the Texas Oil Com
peny. supposed to get $500 out of that.
making total OF $4,000 to be paid out
of the $62. 500" XIX
=. Senator McManus scribbIed.
''Did you see those initials or those
etters and those figures written down ?"
II don't recollect whether saw them
2ut down. I saw Senator McManus
take piece Of paper like this and he
did some scribbling. and 1 don't know
whether on this or not. This paper
went around. and Mr.. Pierce gave 1t to
me and told me what 1t stands for, to
satisfy my inquiry. Why do we have
to put 1t so high?"
did you see who wrote those initials
and figures?"
II cannot recollect. Mr.. wallstein."
Were you told what the Nc, 2, $1o.-
ooo stood for?"
''Yes, sir: the two McManuses."
Senator Downing looked at the paper
from which the witness had been testi-
Tying, and remarked: This looks to me
as II ii was nade this morning." DR..
New said IL was passed around the table
at the conference and handed to him
and he kept 1t.
DO you say this was made thenr'
Downing asked. Wallstein said such
was the testimony.
IT think this witness Is a liar" Down.
ing said. Anybody who handles the
paper will agree with me that 1t never
has been in existence since June 27. It
was made up within FIVE minutes"
The witness was asked when he got
possession OF the "divvy sheet" and he
said five weeks ago. He fell out with
Pierce and Cohen. he said. and went to
his lawyer Andrew F. Murray. to see
about starting a suit against them. He
continued:
II told Murray my story and wanted
him to go ahead with my suit. He says,
Well. have you got those papers with
your And ] says, Yes. sir. have them
in my pocket and took this o.t of my
pocket and handed II to him"
"And within a day or two after that
you came to my officer" wallstein asked.
''I think about two days later, because
he asked r-e to produce some more
papers. which did"
And you produced this paper at that
time?''
II think did"
Suggests Handwriting Tests.