Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1923-05-29

the company since 1916 She said
that Donnell was not active in the
affairs of the company. visiting the
office about once a week or once a
month, and that Evans and Nc
Dowall were carrying on the busi-
ness of the concern.
This witness made known that the
land in the vicinity of the state
bridge site had been purchased in
1916. She went on and told of the
visit made by Cannon TO the Donnell
office on the morning of May Il of
this year and after a conference with
Evans and McDowall in a private Of
flee, she said she thought Evans left
the office with the county clerk.
Miss Mcguire also said she believed
Evans had called Cannon on the
telephone on various occasions.
The attorney general is question:
ing this witness in regard to certain
erasures made in the books of the
concern. The witness stated that all
entries in the books made by her,
were dictated by Evans.
Thomas ]. Evans. secretary of the
Donnel company, is in attendance
and may be recalled to the stand be-
lure the emu OIL Ine Gay.
When it was found that Cannon
had not voluntarily come to the
hearing to testify, Attorney General
Thomas F. Mc<Fan, who is conduct
ing the case for the legislative inves-
tigating committee, ordered that
Cannon be subpoenaed at once and
instructed TO attend this morning 8
session of the investigating commit
tee.
The attorney general evidently had
not expected Cannon TO voluntarily
attend the hearing as he informed
the committee that an effort had
been made yesterday to subpoenae
the Middlesex county man, bur Gan
no was out of town and could not
be located by the subpoenae server.
1t is the general consensus of opin-
ion here that Cannon viii be asked
what became of the $4,000 which
Evans said he gave him "as a slight
political gift" There is no record
of such an amount having been re-
ceived by the Middlesex county Dem
ocratic organization and the attor-
ney general apparently viii try and
learn whether this sum was used for
campaign purposes, whether Gan
non was the sole beneficiary or
whether it was sub-divided among
others.
Much significance is being placed
upon Gannon's being subpoenaed to-
day and his testimony should play
an important part in the probe, At
torney General McCran having point
ed out during his questioning OF
Evans yesterday morning that other
bonds, $50, 900 in government secur-
| titles, had been possessed and dis
/ posed of by the Donnell Company
without any record being kept by
that company of the purchase OF
sale of these bonds.
Burton was charged by the at
| torney general with making false
statements in order to have the
other commissioners vote in favor
of the payment OF S230,000 for the
Donnell property, the minutes Of
past meetings being exhibited By
MCCran in proof Of his assertions.
The commissioners who testified
said they were ignorant of an ap-
praisal of $4,000 having been made
on the property by two Perth Am
| boy real estate men upon instruc-
tions from Right of Way Engineer
Meeker, of the highway department
They testified also that they believ-
ed Burton when he told them he
| had secured the two appraisals OF
| s245,O00 and S227000 on the land
| having been told by the ousted
/ chairman that the former figure was
| that OF the Perth Amboy Trusi
Company and the latter was that OF
the Fraser Brothers Company.
The attorney general declared
Burton has misrepresented figures
and facts as the Donnell company
and not himself had secured these
| two appraisals which including go
| ing concern" values The $245,00(
appraisal was made by Fraser
Brothers, and not the Perth Am
| boy Trust Company. McCran told
the witnesses, Burton having given
them false information in quoting
these figures. whereas the Perth
/ Amboy Trust Company's figures
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