The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-11-09

was summoned to the witness chair. is
man OF powerful frame, firm Jaw and
beetling brows, which now and then
scowled menacingly at Counselor Shearn
when the examiners questions did not
please him. He frankly admitted that he
had received his one-third OF the profits
of the bus corporation since 1t began. OPP
erations last April after the Board OF
Estimate had forfeited the franchise OF
the predecessor company because 1t had
defaulted In It's payments due the city.
The witness identified his deposit entries
and also the checks drawn to Cash
by Frankenberg and bearing ONeiis In
dorsements in evidence Of his monthly
receipt Of his share Of the easy money
When 1t came to certain other deposit
entries in his bank book he was more
vague. Mr.. Shearn asked him about one
credit for $1,000 made last March 81.
The Under Sheriff could not think where
that particular money had come from,
though ne asserted he had no other
sources Of income than his salary as
Under Sheriff and his revenues from the
bus venture.
Other credit entries of which he gave
no more satisfactory explanations In
cluded these August IL. 1929. $500; Au-
gust %, 1922. $500, and September 26.
1922, $500. Mr.. Shearn suggested that
these deposits were Of comparatively re-
cent date but the memory Of the witness
remained obdurate.
well, these represent an interest in
something outside the Sheriffs office,
do they not?'' asked Mr.. Shearl.
Maybe" replied the witness.
II see two other deposits here. both
very recent" went on the examiner.
"One is of November for S344, another
Of November for $3.50. Do these
represent salary check or bus business?'
THAT was campaign money" rumbled
the deep voice OF The Bronx district
leader.
Tells of Visit to WhaIen.
When the examination elected the
fact that O'Neil had put no money into
the bus corporation. subscribing to none
Of It's stock. the witness declared "if
necessary, ! was going to put money
into It,"
But as you have not put any money
in or agreed to put any money In what
justified you in taking out one-third
of the profts?"
IT was there in principle" said the
witness with a scowl, land my interest
was there and being taken care Of"
Under pressure OF further interroga-
ton both by Counselor Shearn and
Chairman McAneny, Tom" O'Neil An
ally admitted he had gone to see Com
missioner Whalen several times and had
recommended Frankenberg "as an hon
est and capable man Of experience" In
that way he had made 1t possible for
Frankenberg to win the permit. ONeil
said he never had told Mr.. Whalen that
he and Arthur Murphy were pecuniariiy
interested in the bus corporation. but he
II ateai "a
interested in Frankenberg."
And was IL, then, for that service
you feel that you are entitled to one
third of tho profits of the liner
I'VE had an agreement and Mr..
Frankenberg agreed that I was to get
third OF the profits for helping him
get the permit" the witness replied.
He explained that the agreement was an
oral one only: there had been no writ
ing between them.
"Why was II necessary to bring
Arthur II. Murphy. then the Tanmany
leader Of The Bronx. into this fake cor
pcration in order to get a permit for
bus liner
why. Il wasn't necessary at ALL"
muttered the under Sheriff in his reso-
nsnt bass.
ut would have been much better for
you and Frankenberg, would it not
persisted the examiner. ito have Just
divided this thing evenly between your
selves without bringing any third party
into it?''
''It was a matter OF friendship be-
tween Mr.. Murphy and myself
And. try as he might. that was the
best answer the counselor could get
from the under Sheriff The latter sug-
gested, however, that the company sf-
fairs might so have shaped themselves
as to require "a lot of money" Had
they done so. he intimated. 1t would
have been handy TO have Arthur Muir
ply in the enterprise with him.