Evening star., 1932-08-26

May 23, ana June ana 4, 1882, ABOUT
the time Mayor Walker was witness
before the Hofstadter Committee, were
then shown to Miss Day.
There are the letters Mr. Sher-
woods sister brought to me-" she said
The letters were offered in evidence.
Did you ever see these?" Curtin
asked Seabury.
Il have not" Seabury replied.
The letters were typewriter and
signed Russ"
Il don't recognize the signature as
Mr.. Sherwoods," Miss Day said.
Since you last saw Sherwood" Sea-
bury asked, have you received any
checks belonging to Sherwood"
Yes" she replied. There were some
dividend checks.
@. (By Seabury) What dividends.
A Well, there we're some dividend
checks on American Brake Shoe stocks
Kennecott Copper, Mohawk g. Hudson
Power and a check from his country
club bonds.
Deposited on Her Account.
G. Did you get any dividend checks
on Century Circuit?
A. Yes.
O. What did you do with them?
A. Put them in my own account.
O. Did you report to any member of
the firm you had received dividend
checks from Century Circuit?
A. No.
@. Did you tell the mayer?
A. No.
O. Did any one ever suggest to you
that YOU deposit this money in your
own account.
A. No
G. You never had any power Of at
torney from Sherwood?
Q. How much did these checks ag-
gregate. ,
A. Roughly, I should say couple ct
thousand dollars.
O. Did you read in the papers about
fine having been imposed on Sher-
wood?
A. I heard about it afterwards
O. Did the sheriff ever ask you for
any of this money of Sherwood's?
A. No, sir.
Shown Check Stubs.
Seabury handed Miss Day a check
book.
This is one of Mayor Walkers check
books he said please examine it care
fully and tell me if you see any writing
on the stubs other than that Of Russell
T. Sherwood"
Let me see that" the mayor demand
ed Il never saw it before"
mo, there is no other writing here
except Mr.. Sherwood's" Miss Day said.
Seabury read off list of names from
the check stubs, among them the name
of Senator John Hastings
Mayor Walker stepped forward and
said:
"I insist that the judge should not
be permitted to make that statement
for newspaper publicity unless he can
submit proof"
Seabury had referred TO check stub
showing Hastings had sent the mayor
$500.
That money was for tickets" Walker
said. Hastings went down to Madison
Square Garden and bought tickets for
fight, advancing the money, for lot
of people who wanted those tickets.
They paid Senator Hastings and he
paid me- That sort of thing happens
right along. I'm always getting tickets
for fights. foot ball games, and so on"
The mayor never writes his own
checks" Miss Day said. II draw them
for him now"
Urged Him to Rest.
when Sherwood last visited the
Office" Seabury asked did he say any
thing about going away?"
A. I urged him to take a vacation
because he Looked so miserable. He said
he might.
@. That was when?
A. About August T. 1881.
AS the afternoon session opened Sena-
tor Samuel H. HofStadter, chairman of
the committee that bears his name,
was called to the stand by Curtin.
Curtin asked Hofstadter whether
records Of the private hearing Of the
committes had been made available to
him.
II have never seen the minutes of
the private hearings" he said.
Some of the private hearings, he
said, were held with no member OF
the committee present.
But in most cases the witnesses at
the private hearings were sworn in
by the chairman"
No Charges Filed.
Has the committee filed any charges
against the mayor?" Curtin asked.
The committee has filed no charges
Hofstadter answered.
Did Judge Seabury ask" Curtin
began.
wait a minute Wait a minute"
Gov Roosevelt interrupted. What Is
the relevancy of that?"
He directed Curtin to withdraw the
question. ma
Senator" Gov Roosevelt said. ito
whom does the committee report?"
ITO the legislature, was Hofstadters
reply.
Curtin started to ask Hofstadter about
the finances of the committee. but
again Gov. Roosevelt forced him to
withdraw the question.
I'm other words" the Governor said,
you're trying to establish that the
committee hasn't performed the func-
ton for which it was created.
I'm trying to find out what 1t ac-
complished with the nearly $75O,OOO 1t
has spent" Curtin replied.
The hearing, after droning along in
a hot and sticky chamber, heavy with
red velvet curtains, has developed bit
of mystery and bit OF drama.
The mystery came while jacob Gould
Schurman, jr., an assistant 10 inVestl-
gator Samuel Seabury, was in the wit
ness chair.
He told Of a private hearing given
Paul Block in Seabury's ONCE and cor
roborated Blocks testimony that that
hearing the publisher asked:
Are you investigating Mayor Walk
er's public life or his private life?"
What was it," Curtain asked Schur-
man last night, that prompted Mr..
Block to ask that question:"
II don't remember very WELL" Schur-
man replied. In justice to Mayor
Walker, I would rather not say"
Don't spare me-" the mayor called
out.
unknown Person" Involved.
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