New-York tribune., 1921-11-04
East SideC Cheers
AS Jerome Rips
Up Hylan's Pals
He's Only One Left Says
the Ex-Prosccutor, Giving
Court Records Against Het-
trick, Hirshfield, Solovei
All Intimates of Mayor
Crowds Applaud Exposeof'
Alliance; UntermyerD Dubs
] City Executive John Fake

William Travers Jerome. campaign
ins on behalf OF Henry Curran's candi-
dacy for Mayor, told two audiences last
night that birds Of feather flock to-
setber, and that this is true Of shyster
lawyers.
Mr.. Jerome tol1ed of three Of Mayor
Hylan's intimate associates last night
as Monte Cristo accounted for his en-
emies. He said:
"John T. Hettrick is now In prison.
That's one.
"Dave Hirshfield, indicted for assault
and convicted of abandoning his wife.
That's two.
i"Joseph Solovei, under Federal In
dictment. That's three.
"Hylan is the only one Of the four
left not under indictment or convicted
Of crime. Now, did anybody ever pin
anything like that on Henry Curran?"
Cheers by East Side Audience
Mr.. Jerome and Samuel Untermyer
spoke from the same platform at the
Lenox Assembly Rooms. Avenue c and
Second Street. addressing a typical
East Side audience that received them
with cheers.
Mr.. Jerome's second speech of the
evening was at Cooper Union, packed
with an enthusiastic audience.
when you find a man an associate
OF crooks all during his early man
hood and the associate of crooks while
he is the Mayor of New York City
YOU don't have to know any more about
him," he said.
s"Hylan became member of the bar
in the old days when magistrates did
judges then sat in theft own districts,
and if you happened to get in theirs
and you were not in right you wanted
to get out quick. Now, in the old
days in Brooklyn there was a man by
the name of Hettrick, of whom Mr..
Untermyer knows very we'll and whom
ne helped to put where he belongs.
This fellow Hettrick, back in those
old days, was the stenographer of the
Adams Street police court, where they
had bar of three eminent shyster
lawyers, of which Hylan was one Of
the leaders.
There was Hylan, and there was
Hirshfield, and there was Solovei, all
practicing lawyers.
ITO digress minute, the first step
in the Rake's Progress of Mr.. Hylan
was when he got into business, into
the Black Diamond Automobile Com
pany, which soon went to the wall.
And while he was in that company
he called in a monumental swindler,
Goslin, who had done time in this
country and in France.
"Hylan called in this swindler to
nal ~ ffro hat =
VIXEN he was running for municipal
judge in the Borough of Brooklyn John
F. Hylar borrowed from this crook
Gcslin $3.50, as Goslin said, to finance
his campaign.
when Hylan was taxed with this
connection with this crook he at once
denied i. but h ere are tic Cancelled
checks, made out to John Hylan, that
prove it. He doesn't bother TO deny
this any more. That fellow Goslin was
one of John f. Hylan's associates. Now
let US get on with the Adams Street
Bar Association.
"The second member was Dave
Hirshfield. In the spring Of '91
Hirshfield was indicted for assault upor
his wife, and then along in August Of
the c.. he MACY It Up with his wife
and upon her petition to the Distric
Attorney the indictment was dismissed
IE the spring of '98 he was indicted
for assault upon his wife and he wa.
arrestel for e.Dandoning her. convicted
Of it and sentenced by the court to pa.
her a weekly allowance.
Scans Hirshfieid Bankruptcy
"And when Hylan--Oh, then an anus
ing thing: Hirshfield took the benef
Of the bankruptcy law, and he said tn,
reason he did it was to protect hi
creditors. That is, he did not want t.
see his assets all go to some preferre,
creditor. Now, | had the curiosity t.
dig out his schedule in bankruptcy.
"The schedule shows $1.75 in tn
bank and SIS worth of clothing, which
was exempt.
$50 the assets he took the bank
ruptcy law to protect were S1.25 in th
bank. The moment Hylan gets int
Office he appoints Hirshfeld to one o
the most important Offices in the city
one of the most powerful in way
Comm issioner of Accounts. And to
day he is the pal and mouthpiece O
Hy1an. That's one of them.
"Now, let us follow down the othe
one of this group of shysters, Solove
as Hylan got into Office he appointed
man by the name of Bugher as Polio
Con1missianer. Bugher was an uprigh
gentleman. When he had been there
few days Hylan sent for hIm and 1hl
is the account Bugher gave, under oatl
Of t. e interview between himself an
Soloyei: The Mayor introduced me t
Sotovei and ne said he would make a
excellent Deputy Commissioner an
asked me to appoint him as Deput