The evening world., 1921-01-19
Dictated the Assignment of Big
Excavating Contract on
Subway Work.
HE WANTED THE MONEY
Said FraduS Could Have Job
if He Paid to the Labor
Car $500.

Max Aronson, a garment manufac-
turer and builder, was adjourned at
noon until tomorrow to give Samuel
Untermyer, Special Prosecutor, time
to appear at Albany to argue for the
resolution extending the powers of
the Lockwood Committee on Housing.
In order TO show that Aronson
really had something to be afraid Of
IL he refused Brindelrs demands. fur
ther evidence or other transactions
in which the President OF the Build
ing Trades Council was involved was
given by Jacob Fradus, a contractor,
who swOre that Brindell ruined him.
Fradus, his friend, George II. Clark,
subway construction engineer, and
his counsel, Franklin Nevins of Kel-
logg Sc Rose, told how Brindell told
each and every one of them how the
assignment of a contract involving
over R15O,OOO at Sevepth Avenue and
57th Street was to be settled and also
told Clark that unless Fradus paid
$1,000 to Brindell Fradus could never
again do any work in New York
Martin Littleton asked questions
tending to show that Fradus held
spite against Brindell because Brin-
dell had refused to give aid 20 Fradus
in a civil suit, though Fradus had Of
fered the labor leader 5000 for such
help.
Jacob Fradus, contractor for the
Garment Center Realty Company,
who charges that Brindell ruined him
after demanding and falling to get a
brSbe Of $4,000, was recalled to the
stand to-day. Justice McAvoy has
sustained the contention of Samuel
Untermyer that though Brindell is on
trial for extortion of s., 900 from Max
Aronson in another transaction, the
evidence Of F'radus is admissible as
tending to show what might have
happened to Aronson had he resisted
the demands he said were made on
him.
Martin Littleton of Brindelrs
counsel, couldn't find out why Fradus
in testifying before the Lockwood
Committee did not mention $1,000
as the amount, but said he had been
asked for $4,000 Fradus could only
explain that Brindell first asked for
SIS, 900 and then came down to
$4,000.
Mr.. Untermyer's first act to-day
was to withdraw all objections to
Mr.. Litueton's request to be allowed
to find out what Fradus told the
Grand Jury. Justice McAvoy said he
would look the minutes over himself
first before exposing them to Mr.. Lit
Teton.
Justice McAvoy showed his desire
to curtail the duration in days OF the
trial by opening to-day's proceedings
at o'clock instead of at the usual
Supreme Court hour of IL O'clock
Counsel for both sides showed con-
straint in exchanging hostile wit
ticisms following the Courts stern
warning yesterday that he had tabu-
lated these irrelevant and unseemly in-
terruptions from the beginning and
might take action on them at the end
of the trial Mr.. Littleton forebore re-
bferring to Mr.. Untermyer. with a de-
scriptive circular flourish Of the
hands, as 'Whirling Dervish." Mr..
Untermyer never once paused to ex-
plain his grief that he was obliged to
instruct Mr.. Lttleton In the rudi-
mentary principles of law"
Mr.. Fradus told OF trying four diff
ferent times TO get various contracts,
at the Stock Exchange Annex. from
the Fuller Construction Company and
others after Brinden had driven him
away from the Garment Center Com
pany." Mr.. Littleton. continuing the
cross examination, continued to call
attention to variations between the
Lockwood committee testimony and
that which the witness gave yes
terday.
| Q. You have sued Brindell and the
Garment Center Realty Company for
TS45,OOO for putting you out OF bust
ness. Have you served any COM
plant on Brlndell? A. / don't know
what my lawyers have done.
Q. Had you testified before the
Grand Jury when you brought this
suit? A. Yes.
Q. Did you ever talk with Brindell
about getting his help to get dam
ages from the Garment Center Realty
! Company? A l did.
O. Did you tell him you would pay
him $1,000 for his help. A No.
Q. DO you know a man named
McConville? A. Yes
Q. Did you talk with him about get
ting Bnndelrs help in getting dam
ages from the realty company? A.
Yes
O. Did you tell him you would pay
$4,000 Tor Brindells help and ask him
TO help you get Brndell's aid? A. No.
O. Didn't you tell McConviue you
would pay one hah of all you got out
OF the realty company as damages
for breaking your contract to Brin-
DEN for siding with you? A. No.
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