Evening star., 1932-08-19

public square across the broad capitol
park from the Hall of Governors,
where the Walker hearing is being held.
The crowd melted away. when the
Walker case was set aside.
G. o. p. Leaders Called.
In the meantime process servers set
out with subpoenas for Republican
State Chairman w. Kingsland Macy
and the following to appear at the
Governors hearing:
Samuel Koenig. New York City lead
er; Senator Samuel H. Hofstadter,
chairman Of TIE Legislative Investigat-
ing Committee that investigated
Walker; Federal Judge John Knight,
former Republican leader in the State
Senate; William L. Ward, Westchester
County Republican leader; Walker W.
Westall and Seabury C. Mastick, West
chester Republican Senators. who voted
first against and later for the bill Gre
ating the committee. and Fred Brad
ley, former Erie County Republican
leaoer
Curtin indicated his defense would
be based on the contention OF the
mayors friends that the investigation
was Republican fishing party
Also included in the list are Police
Commissioner Edward P. Mulrooney:
L. r. Loree. president of the Delaware
& Hudson Railroad; Maurice Hotchner.
chairman of Mayor Walkers Board OF
Taxicab Control; Aaron Sapiro, New
York attorney: William C. Harty;
Samuel Ungerleider, head Of the firm,
Samuel Ungerleider & Co.; Hector Full
Ter, who as a member of the Mayors
Officlal Welcoming Committee, accom-
panied him to Europe in 1927; James
all, ri
w. Mixter, Daniel l.. Reardon, Philip
H. McSweeney.
John ]. Glynn, one of Curtin's as
sistants, said Curtain has subpoena
for the worksheets and records of the
Hofstadter Committee
You were denied subpoena for the
Worksheets. weren't you?" he was asked.
We've got 1t now" he replied.
The list also included request for
q subpoena for the accounts in the
Chase and Central Hanover Banks of
the law firm OF Blauvelt & Warren,
with which Mayor Walker formerly
was associated.
Block Is Present.
Mayor Walker arrived in the execu-
tive chamber shortly before II am.
Paul Block, newspaper publisher, was
present as the Governor arrived and
the hearing convened.
Block established the joint brokerage
account from which the mayor has tes-
titled he received S246,000 profit.
Resuming his argument for dismissal
of the Is Seabury conclusions, which
extended throughout yesterdays ses-
sions, Curtin took up number 10, in
volying the mayors business relations
with the missing accountant, Russell T.
Sherwood.
seabury has charged that Sherwood
as Walkers fiscal agent, handled stock
transactions totaling nearly 81 1.oo0, 900.
Curtin's argument for dismissing the
Sherwood conclusion was based on a
contention that Mayor Walkers deal
ings with Sherwood had nothing to do
with his official life.
Holds Evidence Lacking.
There Is no evidence whatever, "
Curtin said, that the money deposited
in Sherwood's various accounts did in
fact belong to the mayor"
Curtin agreed yesterday afternoon to
limit his argument today to an hour
and q half.
HAS it been brought to your at
tention," Curtin asked the Governor,
when the Sherwood special account in
the Central Hanover Bank opened?
That Is the only Sherwood account
with which there is evidence Walker
had any connection"
From the Central Hanover account
were drawn checks which the mayor
has testified he authorized Sherwood to
send to his sister. Mrs. Nan Walker
Burke: to Mrs Walker and In payment
of bills in connection with yacht Mrs.
Walker rented.
Curtin produced a transcript of the
Central Hanover account showing it
was opened in October, 1924, nearly
two years before Walker became mayor.
Others in Account.
AT that time" Curtin said, Walker
was neither elected nor nominated
mayor OF New York.
There has been kind of effort here
to make Mr. Sherwood out as small
time fellow. But when you look at his
accounts in the year 1924 you get a
different impression. In the year 1926
the deposits in that account totaled over
s54 600.
We have in the record two other
people who had money in that account
/ refer to Mr. Herrick's client and to
Fra Mcintyre"
Park Commissioner Walter R. Herrick
said Monday that an unnamed woman
client. whom he had represented in a
divorce action, gave him 900, which
he passed on to Sherwood to invest for
her.
Still discussing the Central Hanover
account" Curtin said. Il direct your
attention to a deposit on December IA
1927, of $43,4l2.50. That transaction
was handled by a man named Harty
for o man named Harry Freeze.
s'There is another deposit OF S5l $50
May Is, 1880. That's one Of the de-
pcsits that are supposed to go to make
up the $l,000,000 accredited to Mayor
Walker There is no evidence that
that money belonged to Mayor Walker.
The S5l 800 was then identified as
the money Sherwood received for the
securities Sherwood sold back .tC
Samuel Ungerleider d. Co. under re-
purchase agreement whereby he re-
ceiyed about $4,000 more than theil
market value.
In that account also" said Curtin
ARE dividends on Brooklyn Ma nhat
tain Transit Co. stock held by Mr.
Sherwood for the two unnamed per
sons We have mentioned here. From
this account there was drawn from
time TO time money traced to j. =
Bacre, in a brokerage account carried
by MI Sherwood under his own name
From this account from time to tim'
money also went to Hornblower
Weeks account Mr. Sherwood had ii
his own name From this account II
1881 there was transferred TO Mr.. Sher
wood In Mexico City Sl,02l."
Does the evidence show that?" Con
boy asked
Il am not sure" Curtin replied.
Curtin listed number OF small de
posits and Withdrawals from the Cen
tral Hanover account and challenge
anybody to prove they had anything t
do with the mayor.
When you are asked TO draw con
clusion." Curtin said that because Ger
tain checks were paid out of that &C