New-York tribune., 1921-02-27
Murphy Said to
Let Mccarthy
Pick Mayors
Assistant District Attorney
and Police DO Anything
Boss Wants Them to.
Accusing Lawyer Ayers
Motion to Quash Argued
Hartog Reported Threat
ened at Smith Home i'm
$l75,OOO Exaortion Plot

CoHSiOsfanie spirited conversation
concerning the potency of Charles r.
Murphy, of Tammany Hall, was read
into the records of the Supreme Court
yesterday, when Justice Wagner, after
long delay, heard argument on an
application to dismiss the Indictment
against Murphy, Assistant District At
terney James E. Smith and Murphy's
associates in the Corn Products Com
pany,
The company itself is defendant, as
ere Arthur j. Baldwin, an attorney;
Ernest B. Walden and John A. Me-
Carthy, who is associated in business
with the Tammany boss's brother, and
was creditedsin the evidence submitted
with being Charles F. Murphy's man
Friday. Mccarthy is alleged to have
been the principal instrument used in
an endeavor to extort $175,0OO from
Louis N. Hartog for Charles F. Muir
phys benefit and to have addressed
Hartog as follows when he hesitated:
"You are acting like a sucker. Don't
you know that he Murphy controls
the District Attorneys Office and the
Police Department and there won't be
public officer in New York that
wouldn't take a kick at you?"
In spite of this and of the assertion
made in the brief that Hartog knew of
the power that Mccarthy welded, he
refused to surrender his property. Nc
Carthy's relation to Murphy is de-
scribed as follows:
Saws Mccarthy Picked Hylan
"When Murphy wanted a Mayor for
the city he would go to Mccarthy;
Mccarthy picked out his man Hylan for
him, or whatever he wanted to do, and
anything he wanted the District At
torney's Office to do Mccarthy could
do it,
William Rand filed with Justice Wag-
ner q voluminous memorandum in oppo-
sition to the motion to dismiss the in
dictments. He argued that there was
sufficient evidence for the finding of
the true bills.
The peoples brief tells of James J.
Hines, 8 Tammany leader and friend
of Mr.. Hartog, introducing the latter
to Mr. Murphy, for the double purpose
of obtaining more capital for his bust
ness and also to have the influence of
Mr.. Murphy in getting larger supply
OF glucose, necessary article in the
manufacture Of "Malto Dextrine," from
the Corn Products Refining Company.
Mention is made of the Tammany boss
investing Sl75,000 in the Hartog busi-
ness, the alleged subsequent efforts to
compel Mr.. Hartog to carry out certain
instructions about the conduct of the
business, his refusal and the putting on
OF the screws with regard to cutting off
the supply of glucose to his concern.
Conference at Smiths Home
Mr.. Rand told about a conference
that took place at the Long Island
home of Mr. Smith, at which were
present the Assistant District Attor
ney; MIR. Hines, who had been called
down from Saratoga by Mr.. Smith; Mr..
Hartog and Mr. Mccarthy, the latter
speaking for Mr.. Murphy The brief
said:
Hines told Smith that he had to let
up on Hartog and Smith said Hartog
ought to straighten it out with Muir
phy. Smith also told Hines that they
had him (Hartog) for arson and that
they had his record for twenty years
and that there was a woman mixed
up in it and that people had better be
very careful"
Mr.. Mccarthy came into the confer
ence later. He is quoted as saving
that MIR. Baldwin, the attorney. had
made fizzle of it," and that he. Nc
Carthy, was authorized to talk for Mr.,
Murphy. His proposition was that Mr..
Hartog return to the Tammany boss
100000 Of the profits as his share of
what had been made UP to date, on
which terms they would deliver glucose
to Hartog the next morning. Hartog's
reply, 1t Is said, was that this was like
standing man in corner, putting q
gun to mis- head and taking a watch out
n 1at .4l.
suggested to Mr.. Mccarthy that he
should order the Corn Products Com
pany to deliver glucose to Mr.. Hartog
and not wreck his business in high
handed manner, to which it is alleged
Mr.. MeCarthy replied that Mr.. Hartop
would not get damn barrel until the
money was returned and the terms
were agreed upon" To the end of that
conference Mr.. Mccarthy maintained
that no glucose would be delivered un-
less Mr.. Hartog yielded. it is alleged.
Quick Returns Promised
On original estimates, the $3.50 900 in
vested and promised by Mr.. Murphy was
TO be quickly restored to MIN from the
profits of the Hartog concern AT a
rate OF return mentioned by Mr.. Bald
Wsn, 1T would take about five years.
Well Arthur" the Tammany boss
%" HuVSod as Saying, 'tnaC is going to
take long time to get back my money" :"
Then, it is alleged, he added: ave will
leave it to you. / guess you can fix it
up all right"
1t is alleged that Mr.. Baldwin pro-
ceeded to ''fix it up" by devising means
whereby the payment of the Federal
war profits tax might be evaded 1t is
alleged that Mr.. Murphy must have
known that this was being done.
Regarding Mr.. Murphy's part in the
alleged conspiracy, Mr.. Rand said in his
memorandum:
sat the center, from first to last ami
mating, insisting, manipulating, direct
ing, using first one agent and then an
other, yet ever striving to hide him
self behind others, stands Charles f.
Murphy.
Murphy it is for whose benefit the
whole conspiracy was hatched. In his
behalf all of the others acted His was
the money invested and sought back
His were to be the profits. His was to
be the $250,000 annual income which
would be reduced to $4,000 if the
United States government should get
its due. For his benefit Baldwin de- |
vised the nefarious tax-dodging scheme
which the evidence proves. 1t was
Charles +. Murphy whom Walden said /
that the Corn Products Company could /
not afford to alienate. 1t was to en- |,
force the demands OF Murphy that the
Corn praduefs Companv a,,o,,oIf.