Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-15

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a $4,000 prize is at stake.
company also had in the Perth Am
boy Trust Company, $4,000. Evans
claimed that the company needed
this money for various investments
and for the purchase of other land.
1t was also brought put by the at
torney general that the company had
/ opened a $50, 900 account at the
First National bank in South River
and Evans explained this by saying
that while talking to Burton he had
said: II want to thank you for what
you have done and any time we can
do a favor we will do it. The wit
ness claimed that Burton replied to
this by saying: THE only thing |
can suggest is hat you deposit some
money received from the state in my
bank at South River"
In reply to a question, Evans
brought out hat he only knew Bur-
ton since the agitation for the pur-
chase of their property was started.
The witness also said that when
mention of dividing up their prop
erty by the state was made. he de-
cided to go to Cannon for a square
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he didn't think he would get a square
deal in the courts if the property was
condemned, and the witness made
mention of the attorneys fee.
The attorney general referred to
the sending by Burton of the COM
pany's deed to Trenton and asked
the witness If his company had a
lawyer. McCran referred Il Somo-
Cyl who drew the recent incorpora-
ton papers of the company and
Evans said that Somogyi does the
legal work Of the company.
Burton was again referred to by
the attorney general when the wit
ness said hat he had called him up
after word was received from the
highway commission al Trenton re-
garding title of the property to be
purchased. 1t was also pointed out
that Evans and other representatives
of the company had gone to South
River to see Burton and other repre-
sentatives of the title of the land.
Evans told the investigators that
he saw Cannon after the first meet
ing of the commission at which the
purchase of the land was taken up.
After the Trenton session, the wit
ness said. he had gained an opinion
that the state would take any part of
the land they wanted and his COM
pany therefore would lose out. The
witness made known that Cannon
never promised anything but always
kept saying, II will see what / can
do The attorney general was un-
able to learn how Cannon was going
10 assure the company a square deal.
Attorney General McCran asked
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Ing the deal, and the witness replied
that he did not. The attorney gen
eral questioned the witness as to
whether Cannon had told him that
the deal had been put across before
the sale was announced and the wit
ness said that he had. two weeks be-
fore. Evans claimed that Cannon
made no mention of the plan to con-
denim the property.
Evans was asked il a certificate of
incorporation was filed after the
deal was put across and the witness
informed the Investigators that this
was done to increase the capital
stock of the company. 1t was made
known that Mrs. Donnell and a sis
ter of the witness had one share of
stock each in the company at this
time. The capital of the company
was increased $100, 900, Evans made
known, and the attorney general de-
/ clared that Burton was o sent for
to put this across, but that Somogyi
was used. The 10000 increase
made the capital of the company
100000, it was pointed out.
The buying of DonnelIs common
stock in the company was discussed,
Donnell still holding on to all of the
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claring of a dividend also was re-
ferred to. A $4,000 item in the
ledger resulted in Evans being ques-
toned for some time by the attor-
ney general and also Senator Rich
ards. This loan was made Novem-
Der 3 and one of the Investigators
tried to have the witness admit that
this was a political contribution.
The attorney general endeavored
to show that this $4,000 also went
to Cannon but the witness connected
it with the furnishing of material
for a building at Madison avenue and
Market street for which they receiv-
ed a note and then made the $4,000
as a loan. The attorney general re-
ferred to the $3.50 paid in stamps to
Burton ard the return of this amount
by check payable to "the bearer" II
was also pointed out by the attor-
ney general that this check was sent
back after Runyon charged that the
company received an unusual sum
for the land sold to the state.
The attorney general then went
over the purchase Of the land by the
lumber company and questioned
Evans about various improvement
made on it. He referred to property
of the National Fireproofing Com
pany in the same section selling al
$4,000 an acre and the witness told
of efforts made by his company to
purchase some of this property but
said no real application ever was
made to the directors for its pur-
tchase. The attorney general also
: went owe the newspaper story given
out by Burton after it was said ar
investigation would be started and
the witness deniedstelling the FORMER