Evening star., 1949-03-16
New York Grand jury
Invites 0'Dwyer 10
Tell Of Wiretappinq
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NEW YORK, Mar. 16.-Mayor
william ODwyer will be asked to
appear before the grand jury In
vestigating the alleged overlapping
plot against city officials. q spokes-
man for the district attorney said
today.
The mayor broke the news OF
the wiretapping expose last Sat-
urday and participated in the
questioning Of two men allegedly
involved.
The spokesman said Mayor
ODwyer would be asked to testify
Friday about this questioning.
Clendenin j. Ryan, fusion leader
and multimillionaire foe of the
mayor. who is appearing before
the grand jury in the investiga-
ton, told newsmen 1T looks to me
as though Mayor ODwyer is ir
something of a panic" He woulc
not amplify the remark.
Motion Picture Films Revealed
Secret motion picture films have
given a Hollywood thriller twist
to the wiretapping mystery.
A private investigator told
newsmen yesterday the pictures
will be very favorable" to charges
made by Mr.. Ryan. He said the
pictures were taken with camera
equipped with a telescope lens
from an automobile rowing near
Mayor ODwyer's official residence.
This is documentary evidence"
said Charles Lester Sabisky, 80. OF
Newark, N. j., the investigator.
He would not explain what he
considered documentary evi-
dence." Mr.. Ryan has made gen.
eral charges of corruption against
the ODwyer administration. He
has specifically charged that
Frank Costello, gambling figure,
dominates the city government.
Employed by Broadly.
Mr.. Sabisky said he was en-
ployed as a camera technician"
by John G. Broadly attorney for
Mr.. Ryan.
The investigator, who said he
had a grand jury subpoena in his
pocket, claimed his films showed
three or four males" Asked if
they are friends Of the Mayor,
Mr.. Sabisky said II should think
they would be. in order to get the
Jobs they have"
Mr.. Sabisky said the films were
taken on East River drive some
where between East Sixtieth and
East Eighty-sixth street" The
Mayors official residence, Oracle
Mansion, is on East River drive at
Eighty eighth street.
Ryan Going Before Jury.
Mr.. Ryan was due before
Q special grand jury today for a
third straight day Of questioning
about the alleged overlapping
plot.
Mr.. Ryan. who held key posts
under the late Mayor Fiorello H.
La Guardia. and Mr.. Broadly. have
denied any completely.
Mayor ODwyer accused his
fusion opponents Of "a double
cross and a frameup" in self
serving effort to capture the city
administration. "They are not in
terested in the city, but in power
for themselves" the Mayor told
newsmen. The Mayor previously
had said that Mr.. Ryan. grand
son Of Thomas Fortune Ryan. is
o "crackpot."
Explains Detectives Demotion.
In another development. John
M. Murtagh, city investigation
commissioner, said he had recon-
mended the demotion of Detective
Charles H. Stoffers who resigned
from the police force Monday
night.
Mr.. Stofers, veteran City Hall
aide who had served under five
Mayors including Mayor ODwyer
was quizzed about two calls ne
was seen to make from City Hall
last Friday, Mr.. Murtagh said.
The answers were evasive and
unsatisfactory. the commissioner
added. Mr.. Stoffers thereupon
was ordered denoted from detec-
tive to foot patrolman and SUBJ
mitted his resignation.
The detective. who served 81
years on the force, told newsmen
II have always been loyal to
Mayor ODwyer." Il had nothing
to do" with Mr.. Ryan. he de-
r1orad