The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-11-09
TAMMANY MAN SAYS (
HE GOT BUS MONEY
Under Sheriff O'Neil Also
Confirms Fact of Using
Influence on Whalen.
GOT PERMIT FOR LINE
Memory Not Clear About
Big Bank Deposits Within
Recent Weeks.
DUMMY DIRECTOR TALKS
Broschart Says He Acted Only
for O'Neil and Never Saw
Corporation Books.
DUMMY DIRECTOR TALKS

\ The Transit Commission resumed
y yesterday its investigation into the
affairs of the West Farms Bus Cor
poration, two-thirds of the profits Of
which. through dummy officers and
eirectors and through what Counselor
Narence J. Shearn called "a fake COR
4 poration." found their way into the
Golfers of Tom II. O'Neil. undersheriff
and Tammany district leader of The
Bronx, and into the estate Of the late
Democratic leader, Arthur II. Muir
ply.
Neither O'Neil nor Murphy, accord
ing to teh testimony OF the under
sheriff, had put into the bus enter
prise 81 of capital, nor had they lent
their pecuniary credit to the purchase
of buses by Ferdinand w. Franken-
berg. Yet both O'Neil and the estate
OF Murphy. who died last February,
had realized from the monthly division
of profits more than $4,000 each since
last May.
O'Neil. who was yesterdays most
important witness, admitted he had
used his influence actively with Grover
A. Whalen, Commissioner OF Plant
end Structures. in obtaining the
necessary operating permit in Frank
enberg's name. He was closely qucs-
toned about the reasons for taking
Arthur III. Murphy, potent Bronx
political factor, into the tripartite deal
at the time when the flake corpora
ton" was organized last December.
The only reason the undershcriff could
proffer was that it had been done on
the ground of friendship
ForKcts Source OF Money.
O'Neil's bank book. which he had pro-
duced under a subpoena duces tecun:.
showed that In addition to regular de-
poslts in the Bronx Borough Bank COW
eriug instalnicnts received upon his
GALAXY OF $500 year and also COVERING
lis monthly profits from the bus COM
psny,' he had made several deposits T.,
his credit In other specific sums ruiz
ming as high as $1,000 He testified
under searching questioning. that re
could not remember what these receipts
represented, though he was sure they
lad no connection either with bus oper-
atons or with his work In the Sheriffs
office. He swore also that he was en-
gaged in no other business and had 40
Investments yielding material income
When the witness was asked to pro-
duce his check book, he surrendered
new one which had been In use only
since November 1. He said he made !:
: practice to throw away all his old
check book stubs rs speedily az they
were used up. Under the examiners
pressure he readily aereed to LOOK
around ard see IL he could find any OF
those of earlier dates. Should his search
be fruitful, he promised to produce
whatever old check books he can find
vhen the investigation is resumed this
afternoon. Mr.. Shearn was anxious TO
check UP O'Neil's disbursements as w,.l
as his receipts to determine whethe.
nny OF his share OF the bus profits hal
been split in other directions.
Mr.. Shearn paved the way for o'Nei,'s
evidence by calling as his first witness
Christian Broschart. Bronx deputy
sheriff drawing salary OF $500 year
and living at 1860 Zerega avenue. The
Bronx. Broschart Is the dummy wio
was used TO mask the ONeil interest. as
Louis karsch. who testified last week,
MSS the dummy employed TO conceal tie
Arthur ~. Murphy interest. Franken-
tcrg, the ostensible president, had
sworn that Narsch was the corpora
TONS secretary and Broschsrt its treas
trer and that they three owned all the
stock OF the company and composed its
directorate.
owns Nothing In Company.
Broschart. though evidently a reluc-
tant witness, was forced to admit that
he owned nothing whatever In the COM
psny and had been In II since les in
c'ption merely as tho representative OF
ONcil; that he never had received any
part of its profits, nor handled any
money or checks for the concern OF
which he was supposed TO be the treas
uer lie said he did not even know
Louis Karsch che silk salesman. who
had been his follow dummy. and that
he never had been in tho Office of the
West Farms Bus Corporation
When the examiner confronted the
witness with the record In which Frank
enberg, before the discovery of the tell
tale checks, had testified to the contrary.
Brcschart either asscnted that Frank
enberg's statements had been false" or
suggested that Frankenberg, whom he
knows well. must have been mistaken"
The witness said the only connection
he had with the bus company was that
at the solicitation OF Tom O'Neil he
had AFFIXED his name to its certificate
of incorporation on December %, 1921.
O'Neil had asked the witness ito repre-
sent him. In the deal In which he said
he had ono-third interest, and the
deputy was glad to oblige.
ONeil was Sheriff before he was
Under Sheriff. Broschart resented II
when he was asked If he had consented
20 sign because O'Neil was his chief"
NO" he retorted. "ONeil was my
pssticular friend" Tho witness denied
..--s ss had received any compensation
from O'Neil for permitting the use OF
his name as treasurer, and declared he
never had represented his chief In any
other corporation.
B-a5saart repudiated the entry in the
so-called minute book recording his
presence at meeting and likewise the
stock certificate book. In which thirty.
four chares, unsigned and unstamped.
had been ostensibly credited IN his namc.
lilo said he never before had seen either
volume. AS the witness was excused
Chairman McAncny declared his testi-
nlony. along with that Of some OF his
predecessors. would be sent to District
Attorney Banton In connection with the
probable prosecution OF FrankenberR for
periurv.
7 Under Sheriff Tom. o'Ncil, who next