The New York herald., 1921-09-27
AUDITORE SAYS ENRIGHT
HAD SHARE IN PIER PROFITS

ana 1, very much. even Dougnt MN
clothes"
What were the circumstances Of buy
ing some OF the clothes?'
Wei. l wanted TO get a spring coat
and l went 10 an uptown store while
he was with me and / was trying on a
coat he said. Jimmie. you ought 20 buy
me coat ! says, All right and i
bought him a coat
Hughes Gets Credit for Him.
did you have the money to do it
with?"
mo. didn't have the money. He
says. I can get you the credit here for
whatever you want
"Were you interested in the Pan
American Terminal and Dock Corpora
tion?'
Il organized that company for rent
ing piers and we put up $4,000 each.
three Of US. and ! was vice-president,
general manager and director. ami We
got the PIERS
did you give the policing of the piers
that you controlled In that way to
Hughes?"
II gave the policing to Hughes"
did he ever make any demand or re-
quest that you give more money!"
"No, no. / remember one time at the
Astor Hotel he introduced me to Sena-
tor Calder and we used to go out to-
gether. and after he got away from Sen
ator Calder he said to me. Jimmie. l
think you ought to give me 800 week
for coming around with you.' So !
looked at him and took II as joke. l
made believe / didn't understand. that I
thought 1t was kid, so ever since then
I never had anything to do with him
any more. I didn't want any bodyguard
to take me around"
MIR. Auditore. just a moment ago you
said that you said something about
Enright having an interest" Mr.. Lord
continued.
Yes, sir. that is what Eddie Hughes
told me- the witness said.
Did he mention the extent of the
interest?'
THAT it was fifty-fifty."
Were those Hughess words?"
That's Hughes's words only
Fifty fifty with whom
With Enright."
did you have pistol permit. Mr..
Auditore?"
Yes"
After YOU had refused the 800 week
to Hughes was any action taken on
your pistol permit?"
II had a pistol permit and had a
police pass which was given TO me
through Eddie Hughes, and after
didn't give any business to Eddie
Hughes it was taken away from me-
Did you ever so down to the dock
OF the Pan-American Company"
II used to manage 1t and then 1 in
troduced him to the president OF the
company and the treasurer, and he got
friendly with them and he give police
passes to them. and ] had dispute
with my partners, and Hughes came
down there with six detectives from
Police Headquarters and tried to put
me out of the pier"
What happened when they came
down to the pier?''
Eddie Hughes tried to keep me out
and we had few words. and he or
dered the policemen TO lock me up. and
] told him.. You are not the police in
spector here. and you have nothing to
do but finally l had to get out of the
pier"
You left the pier and were not ar
rested?"
Il was not arrested They broke into
my shanty where l kept my equipment
| and had 1t thrown outside and carted
away. My equipment that / work on
ships with, the gears, and Eddie Hughes
| was there all the time with the six de-
| tectives. and he wouldn't let them go
away while ! was there
Hughes Gets Uniformed Police.
when you had those business troubles
and six uniformed policemen and a Ser
geant came down, who brought them
down."
Eddie Hughes got them down."
who was there with thern?''
Hughes called up Police Headqunr-
ters."
"To your disadvantage when they got
there?"
THAT is right"
"There can't be any argument about
that?'
mo-
"They were not reception committee
for your"
"No." Ns
Ibid you hear anybody call Zip Eddie
Hughes?"
"Yes one of his ex-policemen was a