Evening star., 1932-08-17
ROOSEVELT INSTRUCTS WALKER
TO SHOW SHERWOOD DEPOSITS
Wants Mayor to Identify Checks or Cash
Given by Him to Missing
Accountant.

out any communication of mine. with
out any suggestion of mine. 1t was on
his own
so" commented the Governor, you
just let it ride?"
Your excellency." said the mayor,
may characterize it as you will, but
there were the forces of law behind it,
and there was my desire to have him,
and I would much rather he were hsre
today. Then I wouldn't have to spend
so much time on inference or in
nuendos."
Il wish he were here today" said
the Governor.
so do I wish he we're here" re-
sponded the mayor, "and, if there were
any way for me to find him, he would
be here"
Early in the proceedings. the matter
of S17,152.20 in cash was said by the
Governor to have been found in the
Baylis & Co. account as a payment
made by Sherwood for the purchase Of
300 shares of B. M. T. stock.
THAT stock said the Governor,
was delivered to the person whom we
have talked about minute ago"
The mayor had said he knew the
person, but denied any knowledge Of
| the transaction Then followed long
| tApldlldGlOIl ny MI. 1IOok, d oedDuI
assistant, as the stock after many in
terruptions was marked for evidence.
Finally, the mayor said one certificate
for 200 shares was issued to the order
of person already mentioned.
Let us have the name" said Curtin,
but the Governor objected.
During the brief recess the reporters
spoke to the mayor regarding the
identity Of the woman and the name of
a prominent stage star was mentioned.
The mayor gave an enigmatical answer
Toward the close of the afternoon
session the mayor and the Governor
held a brief conference. At the con-
clusion, the Governor said:
II call attention of the press to a re-
port that has come to me that paper
which has been marked for identifica-
tion and which contained a name
which is not public property. has been
used by a certain newspaper. That is
contrary not only to the rules under
which this hearing is being conducted
but it is contrary to common decency.
There is limit to certain types of pub
licity by the press. And the press is
hereby warned that no information
which is not a part Of the public rec
ord may be used"
person" has no bearing on the hearing
beyond this: If it can be demonstrated
that the unknown person" was wealthy
and had been engaged in personal busi-
ness dealings with Sherwood, the infer
ence might be that part of SherWood's S
big bank deposits were in connection
with this person. The mayors counsel
| constantly has endeavored to show that
| Sherwood was financial agent for sew
eral persons and undoubtedly will con-
tend the unknown person" was en-
| ploying Sherwood on her own account,
with no advice or assistance from the
mayor. The only object Judge Seabury
had in pointing out these transactions
was to link Sherwood, through the busi-
ness he did for the certain person.
with the mayor
Many times during the hearing the
mayor anticipated questions and moved
to the attack. For example when the
two cash sums of S25,000 each from
the Paul Block account, the mayor
said, at the end of the discussion as tu
exhibits marked for identification:
However. If your excellency pleases,
may I testify that l never gave these
two payments of $4,000 to Russell T.
Sherwood for deposit any place."
Il was just going to ask you that
question in another FORM said the
Governor
The whole effort of the day was to
connect Sherwood with the mayor
Walker was questioned concerning the
checks Sherwood sent his sister. Mrs
Nan Walker Burke. He said he had
given Sherwood, for reasons of his
own. cash to send his sister, and Sher-
| wood had rprnitted nv check
He was asked whether these cash
payments showed in SherWoods de-
posits. Curtin insisted some of them
did. Seabury insisted a lot of them
did not The mayor insisted ne
couldn't tell what Sherwood did with
money after it was given him.
There was considerable questioning
concerning the safe deposit box they
had together which the mayor claims
he neither used nor visited. The
Walker position is that Sherwood
merely was a useful person in the office
of the mayors old law firm and per-
formed only ordinary service.
! In regard to .the B. M. T. stock,
bought for the certain person." the
mayor said that, if he had known of
it, that stock never would have been
selected, and pointed to the fact some
B. M T. or l. R. T. stock was bought
for his joint account with Paul Block,
but that, because of his well known
adversely to holding directly or in
directly any public utility or transit
stocks in the City of New York. this
stock was taken from the joint account,
although there was profit of SIS, 900
on it. The stock was then put to the
account of Mrs. Block
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