Evening star., 1938-08-26
HINES |DENT|F|ER
|SF|RM ON STAND
Riding Master Insists He
Saw Tammany Leader
With Schultz.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
District Attorney Thomas E.
Deweys racket-busting moues,
going on in Nep York for year
or more, finally turned to higher
ups, and Tdmmany District Leader
James J. Hines ,0as placed on trial
on charges he obtained police pro-
lection for Dutch Schultz's mtllion-
dollar lottery racket. Hines is ac-
cused OF firing" judges, and nit
neSses charge he accepted $500 or
more Week from the rdckets.
BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 26.-Dudley
Brothwell, owner OF Fairfield Conn }
riding academy, emerged from rapid
fire cross-examination in the con.
spiracy trial of Tammany District
Leader James J. Hines today still in
sisting he saw Hines accompany the
notorious gang overlord, Dutch
Schultz, on visit to the stables ir
August. 1885.
You saw Mr.. Hines there?" asked
Defense Counsel Lloyd Paul Stryker
Yep the witness nodded. Il did. ;
Amid filters in the courtroom
Brothwell described Schultz as an en-
thusiastic horseman-"one Of thu
best he said-and he told of the mot
leader and his chief lieutenant, Lulu
Rosenkranz, cantering peacefully
through the cool Connecticut country
side.
arthur" and "Dud."
Inadvertently. Mr. Stryker brought
out the contrast between the Con-
necticut riding master and the mob
overload who became on such good
terms that they addressed one another
as Arthur" and "Dud"
And didn't you," asked Mr.. Stryker,
sometimes go to Schultz's hotel and
have a beer with him?"
No, sir!" flashed Brothwell, scorn-
fully. Il don't drink"
The witness added that although
he welcomed "the Dutchman" as a
client, he refused to tolerate "drunks
and such riffraff."
The Dutchman," at that time. was
fugitive from justice, sought by Fed.
eral agents in connection with his in.
come tax.
After Brothwell had finished, George
Weinberg, Sc, former business manager
Of the Schultz policy racket, was re-
called to the stand
He had been interrupted by the dra.
matte introduction of Brothwell as &
surprise witness by the State.
Brothwell was one of the few wit.
nesses who appeared against Hine!
without an admitted taint Of racke
connections.
Called five minutes before adjourn.
ment yesterday, he testified the Dutch
man, free-spending playboy in thu
days when he drew $4,000 a week from
the racket, kept his own horse, Sun.
tan." at Brothwell's Fairfield stable.
in 1885.
One late summer Sunday afternoon
Brothwell recalled, Schultz. two mer
and two women came to the stables
Points to Hines.
II ask you to look around this court.
room now said District Attorney
Dewey yesterday, "and see if you Sc,
anybody here you recognize as eve
having been with Schultz
The lanky, sun-burned riding master
stood up. surveyed the whole tense
crowd, finally picked out one white
haired man in gray suit with a bea.
con-red necktie.
That gentleman right there,
Brothwell said, pointing to Hines.
Some ore later asked Hines, Did you
ever see that fellow before, Jimmy?"
Never" the defendant said emphat.
ically. And stable I was in, look
ing for horses!" he added with ar
Irish sniff
Nevertheless, District Attorney
Dewey was grinning as he left the court
room. really beaming for the first tim,
shce Defense Counsel Stryker begar
ripping into the testimony of tn.
States first star witness, Geprg,
Weinberg, Schultz's payoff man.