Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1923-05-22
NEXT MOVE IS
UP To CANNON
Is General Opinion Here and
Elsewhere in State Bridge
Land Probe
HEARING NEXT MONDAY
County Clerks Friends Say
He Acted as Agent and
Can See No Crime
HEARING NEXT MONDAY

whether or not Bernard NJ. Gam
non will appear before the legislative
investigation committee when the
hearing into the purchase of the ap-
proach to the new state bridge is con-
tinued in Trenton next Monday is
one of the questions under discussion
today. Although no announcement
has been made by Attorney General
Thomas f. McCran or members of
the committee as to who the witness
es will be, 1t is the general opinion
that in view of the testimony given
by the officials of the w. j. Donnell
Lumber Company at the hearing in
this city last Wednesday, which in
volyed Cannon in the deal, that the
next move on the part of the COM
mittee will be to question Cannon on
the matter.
Many efforts have been made dur
ing the past few days to get in touch
with Mr.. Cannon without success, At
his home in Metuchen today, it was
said that Mr.. Cannon left last Fri
day for New York state where he
is visiting his sister who is seriously
ill. The special efforts to locate Mr..
Cannon We're made in order trat it
might be learned whether or not he
had received an invitation or sub
poenae from the attorney general
or committee to be present at the
next hearing
There seems to be a general opin-
ion among Mr.. Gannon'S friends that
even if the testimony given by the
officials of the lumber company did
look damaging to Cannon, that
when he appears before the commit
tee he will be able to clear up his
part in the deal so that it will be sat
isfactory to all concerned. Mr.. Gam
mons friends hold that there can be
no crime connected with acting as
agent in the sale of property, and
that if Cannon could sell the prop
erty to better advantage than the
company's own representatives, that
he earned the commission.
Alonzo B. Mcdowell, president of
the Donnell Lumber Company, stat=
ed today that the company has re-
ceived no word from the attorney
general or legislative committee, as
to whether or not they shall appear
at the next hearing, and declared in
fact, that he did not know of the
postponement of the hearing until
he read it in the papers last night.
Although it has been announced
tiAoh AZ NAtolAOAo bdNt OCtIl StUl OuL
to members of the ousted State
Highway Commission to attend the
next hearing and testify if they so
desire, whether or not George L..
Burton has received one OF these in
vitations has not been ascertained
as he could not be located today. At
his law Office in South River it was
said he was out of town and will not
return until tomorrow. However,
Mr.. Burton has already informed
the Evening News, that he will be
at the next hearing and tell all he
knows of the transaction in connec-
ton with the purchase of the bridge
approach by the State Highway
Commission.
July IL, IL and 13, has been set
by Chancellor Walker as the dates
on which he will hear the suit of the
attorney general against the former
commission and Donnell Lumber
Company to the return of the alleged
excess amount paid for the land. The
eyes of the entire state will be CEN
tered on this suit as well as the
hearings before the Legislative in
vestigation commission.