New-York tribune., 1922-03-11

The aaidsyjt which ssui Bl.cAm. u
~. after the Indictment o. Wii;avi'
) Eennea,ly. former v.ee-c'a.lmau Of
:. BOARD o. Aldermen. acknow edging
-, he was mistaken in naming Ken
...,,y TO tae Granu Jury as the man
r',am he rad paid $4,000 to navc
s.eamhtters strike called off, WAS
.~,-r to after BlicNman had con
'~i,sd Aleernon l. Nova, John H. Nc
~..ar,s attorney, and Supreme Court
r,.,;ee Mitchell May. OF Brooklyn.
eliesman said 50 yesterday in re
zee 70 oeestions ppt by Samuel
iIr..rnyer. counsel 20 thc Lockwood
s.n,n;ttcc who examined sim before
s..ics wasservogel IN tie Cr.mi,a!
sr.ncb o. tic supreme Court. lie
-. hovever. ttat nc did not know
's.. az Nr Nova was attorney for oAe
n",~orrst;c no boss OF Brooklyn except
49,, the wav MIR. Untermyer framed
~" ~ oncstion' and that he had con-
arI+o4 Justice May in the matter
s;,,-l,. ss friend. Justice May cor
irmed this later
Justice Mays Statement
RGckman was called upon to identify
ysrneally during the examination and
..;isS ssi Justice Mays statement con-
Ss-n;nr Bhckman's call follows:
aRlickmsn spoke to me casually
.Aont the matter and told me that an
,aidavit was asked for. told MIN
@,i II he had done any man an in
;ns,ce he owed it as his duty to make
rood the wrong.
RE Regarding the indictment of Ken
,ssllv. Justice May said: ut is tae
most stupid thing ever heard of in
~ life. Blickman was not even asked
n giye description Of the man. |
ave known Saul Blickmen for many
,,srs and have always found him to be
!, the square. would put 100 per
spt stock in him
Bickman told Mr.. Untermyer he had
wer said a word to any one regard
J, the payment OF the money until
s,ee or four months after the settle
sent OF the strike. He said he must
ave mentioned it TO a great many
,eonle. One TO whom he mertioned
/ vas an attorney named Kantrowitz,
rhom he spoke of a a very particular
.riend Of yours, Mr.. Untermyer.'
Told Grand Jury Foreman
hickman in answer TO questions put
to him by Mr.. Untermyer admitted
that he had told Mr.. Stone, member
Of the grand jury, that he had paid
TIE money to William P. kenneally,
and believed this statement to be true
st the time he made it.
a H. 1-n ~
that Kenneally was member of Rob-
.rt Brindell's committee.
In reply to q question by Mr.. Inter
myer Blickman said that he had not
been anxious to mix up in the Lock
rood committee investigation. he at
sibuted this feeling to apathy on his
,art. He admitted that he knew Brin-
dell was the "czar" of the building
trade. but did not know that henneally
vas an under car.
The witness said that Mr. Stone had
told him: We've got the goods so
strong on Kenneally that there isn't a
chance in the world of his getting
sway"
"He also told me-" continued the
witness, chat they had records from
Brindel's Office showing the payment
0. the $4,000 to Kenneally."
Bickman said that on February le,
Il. day after Kenneally was indicted.
4 man named ksntor had shown him
spicture of Kenneally. which was pub
shed in a newspaper and asked him
to make recanting affidavit. Blick-
nan testified that he refused to do this
and told Kantor to get out. kantor,
Blickman said, returned ard again was
ordered out. Then Blickman went to
his attorney, Mr.. Nova. he said. Nova
Blicknan testified, told him to "sit
tight and don't do anything.' After
speaking about the matter to Justice