New-York tribune., 1921-07-20
E1arig 9 Blank
To All Queries
On Slllsh Fund
{continued from pass one)

process of law You would hardly call
tHat raid, would you?"
Senator Meyer at this point informed
the commissioner that the subpenaed
papers were not turned over to the
committee for several days, to which
Commissioner Enright retorted that it
was a physical impossibility to gather
two or three truckloads of documents
imm ediately on the service of a sub
ponna.
Bloch Calls 1t Raid
Assemblyman Bloch remarked: "a
wholesale service calling for every
thing in the place is raid-nothing
less"
Sergeant Brown testified reaffirming
testimony already given last Monday by
Detective Sergeant James J. Gegan.
Before the hearing began Sidney R.
Lask, of the Detective Endowment AS
sociation, asked that his appearance be
noted on the records. Mr.. Wallstein
made strenuous objection, which was
sustained by Chairman Meyer.
Sergeant Brown, it became known
from the testimony of Commissioner
Enright, has been promoted to first
grade detective rank within the last
few days. He takes the place of re-
Gently denoted detective.
Sergeant Brown said he and Sergeant
Gegan interested themselves in the
Lusk bill at the behest of a committee
of the association made up of Detec-
tives O'Hara, the Mayors hrother-in-
law; Oswald Kenny, Griffiths and Kul-
mudo.
Gegan and Brown went to Albany on
March 81, where they consulted SEN
ator Lusk. The latter, Brown said, told
him he had better gum the Harris bill
and the Smith bill together Several
trips to Albany were testified to, and
on April Z, the witness said, he went
there with William j. Burns, president
of the association, at which time Sen
ator Lusk said: "You did me favor
down there in New York, and | am go
ing to see this bill through"
Senator Meyer last night issued the
following statement:
"The sole interest of the committee
at this time in the alleged slush fund
to push the detective bill is 10 ascer-
tain whether there is any basis for the
innuendo put out by Commissioner
Hirshfield that a member of this COM
mittee was concerned. While Com
missioner Hirshfeld's Investigation is
pending we shall not duplicate it. The
committee would have taken no testi-
mony on this subject at this time if
Commissioner Hirshtield had not pub
lished am incomplete statement in an
attempt to reflect on member of this
committee.
The only witnesses, Sergeants Brown
and Gegan, who were in position to
testify as to the part played by Senator
Lusk in the passage of the bill, were
not called by Commissioner Hirshfield.
Whether or not this committee will
take any further action in this matter
will depend upon the thoroughness of
Commissioner Hirshfeld's investiga-
ton"
Commissioner of Accounts Hirshfield
sent letter to Senator Meyer declin-
ing to sit in with the committee. He
demanded that the Meyer committee
cease it's withdrawing investigation"
The Commissioner in long statement
of the case said that under the cir
cumstances he would decline to examine
Senator Lusk to-day and would post
pone his examination to a future date.
"My investigation" says Mr.. Hirsh-
field in conclusion, will be continued,
and the result, if warrant be found,
will be submitted to the District At
tornies interested"
Captain Patrick Randels, in charge
of detectives in the West Sixty-eighth
Street station, and Detectives Burns
and Conkling, who were before the
committee under subpoena, did not
testify