The Washington times., 1938-09-06
PaidHdineS 4 or 5
Times She Insists
To Jurors
BY JAMES L. KILGALLEN

BY JAMES l.. hALOALLLN
NEW YORK, Sept. 6 G.N.S0.
Mrs. Rose Wendroff, who testified
she delivered a check OF $500 to
Tammany Leader James j. Hines,
was recalled to the witness stand
today for further crosS-eXamlna-
ton.
She said she was instructed to
take the check to Hines by her
brother, ]. Richard Dixie
Davis, former "mouthplece" Tor
the Dutch" Schultz mob Of policy
racketeers. Davis has branded
Hines as the paid 'fixer" for the
Schultz gang, saying he paid the
Tammany district boss sums OF
money many times.
FIRST TANGIBLE LINK
The $500 check is the first docu-
mentary link between Hines ana
Schultz introduced at the trial.
Mrs. Wendroff testified that in
the summer of 1884, while she
was working as secretary and
stenographer in her brothers
sumptuous law office on the thirty
ninth floor of 145O Broadway, he
telephoned her from out OF town
and asked her to get $500 from
Milton Bernard and take it down
to the thirtieth floor to "the old
man" Bernard, described as &C
countant for the Schultz gang,
gave her a check on this occasion.
She said she went to the office
of Attorney Joseph Shalleck, now
q member of Hines defense
counsel, on the thirtieth floor and
gave the check to Hines.
Mrs. Wendroff further stated
that -four or five times" she
brought envelopes containing $500
in cash to Hines.
The check is dated June o.,
1884, drawn on the Continental
Bank and Trust Company of New
York by Harry Albert, payable to
cash. On the reverse side it bears
the signatures of J. R. Davis, j..
Hines and Eddie Holly.
Mrs. Wendroff said that under
power of attorney she signed 81.
H. Davis" for her brother. Dis
trict Attorney Thomas E. Dewey
announced that the signature ~.
Hines" was not written by the de-
fendant Eddie Holly is 4 former
ballplayer, who acted as sort of a
messenger for Hines, and who is
said to have placed racetrack bets
for the Tammany leader.
QUIZZED ABOUT WORK
Defense Attorney Lloyd P. Stry-
ker asked Mrs. Wendroff how
often she took dictation from her
brother, Dixie" Davis. She re
piled Every rarely" She admitted
she had taken dictation from
other lawyers in Davis office. For
several years she was the sole
Stenographer. She married one of
the lawyers, Hyman Wendroff.
Mrs. Wendroff said that al
though she took dictation she
wasn't interested" in the cases
uauQleQ LII CQe Office.
Stryker wanted to know if she
knew the Schultz policy bankers.
She admitted she knew Alexander
Pompez, Marcial Flores, Henry
Miro and Big Joe" Ison. She
denied she knew Wilfred Brunder
Some Of the policy bankers were
''clientS" at the office. She de-
clared she never knew her brother
had an agreement with the bank
ers to defend them in magistrates
courts.
DENIES KNOWING DETAILS
Mrs. Wendroff denied she re-
lieved her brother, Dixie Davis. of
"details" in connection with policy
cases.
She insisted she does not recall
ever having heard Of the address
351 Lenox Ave. This was main
headquarters of the policy ring.
Stryker asked her If she knew
Louie Koch and a man named
Zudnick. She did. They were
DOnQSmen. SCryKer asked was Auu'
nick related to her and she said
he was her sisters husband"
did your brother, Dixie Davis,
put your brother-in-law Zudnick
into the bail bond buSineSs?"
asked Stryker.
IT don't know" replied the
witness. .. =.
Stryker forced her to admit that
her husband, Hyman, might have
served as counsel in a few policy
cases.
She said her husband did moi
talk over those cases with her.
Asked If her brother, Dixie, bel
on horse races, she replied she die
not know. She said she nevel