New-York tribune., 1922-10-27
Bu1sses Ran ON
Political p Pu1l,
Inquiry Finds
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Lynch bought two busses from the In
fernational Motors Company for SILL
200, paying $500 down, $4,000 on deliv-
cry Of the trucks and giving the conf
pany twelve pronissory notes for $500
each, due each consecutive month. The
contract was dated July %, 1921.
Q.-Why then did You so to see Mr..
Mccarthy and ask him to intercede
with Mr.. Whalen for you? Al never
said that asked Mr.. Mccarthy to in
tercede with Mr. Whalen. told you
last night that Mr.. Arthur Murphy
brought ME to Mr.. Mccarthy for the
simple reason that Mr.. Mccarthy was
periencc in trucks, and he being
friend Of Mr.. Murphy-Arthur Murphy
he would give me the best advice,
knowing what little money l had.
Q.-You just said that you lodged
process servers for two days? Al
don't know what they are.
Q.--But you just said you had good
night sleep after dodging process serv-
ers for two days. How do you know
they were process servers? Al as
sumed they were. They were handing
out money on Eighty-sixth Street to
everybody.
Q. They finally caught you in a
cigar store, did they not, and you
stayed in there for an hour waiting
for them to go away? A.-No.
Used Nephew as Dummy
Lynch said that John F. Fahey, the
dummy owner of his (Lynch's) busses,
was his nephew.
Q.-Why did you go through this
form of having the bus permit issued
in the name of dummy? Alt was
my method of doing it, that's ALL
Al asked you what was your idea
in putting it In Fahey's name and your
answer was "no particular reason" A.
Il didn't want everybody to know that
both busses belonged to me. Then,
have certain amount of regard for
that young man and perhaps ! meant
to turn the bus over to him.
| Q.-Being already committed to the
extent of $11 200, did you invest $4,000
more without knowing whether you
were going to get a permit for the
third bus? A-Yes, sir.
Q.-You had therefore been able.
out Of the proceeds-out Of the opera
tion of those two busses-to pay $500
month and also to have 1920 in addi-
tion, at least, to pay on account Of the
third bus? A.-Yes.
Q.-eNot only were you able to do
that, but, as you have stated, you had
gotten 1920 more available to pay ON
the third bus? A.---Yes. But that 5000
and more to 1t should have gone to de-
probation on those busses.
In addition to caring for his own
three busses Lynch testified that ha
looked out for the Mccarthy three.
Q.--What does Mr.. Mccarthy pay
you for all this time and work you pu,
in on the Mccarthy cars? A.--Mr. Nc
Carthy doesn't pay me anything.
Q.-So you spend all this time and
effort and are UP there day and night
and do it all freely and voluntarily for
Mr.. Mccarthy without any compen-
sation? Ayes.
Enter Murphy's Nephew
The witness said that Billy Murphy,
Charles F. Murphy's nephew, joined
him in the management of the buses
! shortly alter McCarthy's money and
credit put his three busses on the
Eighty Street line.
Mr.. Shcarn wanted to know why
Lynch started his checks with No. 200
and suggested that there must be an
other checkpook.
Q.-What is the explanation Of start
| ing with 20l? Al didn't want to
show, I suppose, that l started with
! No. l.. That's it.
Judge Shearn and Chairman McAne-
ny tried hard to get information about
another checkbook, but Lynch could not
remember that he ever had had an
other one. Lynch said he was sure that
the Tammany district leaders were not
operating busses with dummy owners,
as "the proposition is not big enough"
for them to bother with.
Inspector Henry said he "believed"
which she acquired in 1921 and kept
going a "few months" He said the