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THE SUN, TUESDAY, ULlOiiEii 2d, I'oio. Realty Men for McCall; NoStilwell "Confession" WHITMAN TAKES UP HENNESSY CHARGES Orders McCalPs Accuser lo Ap jtPHi'iit District Attorney's Office To-day. VOLTAIRE IN MARBLE SNEERS AT BUST OF ONE WILLIAM SULZER IN BRONZE Deposed Governor, in Bronze, Has Place in Illustrious Corn wall ,v at the Corcoran Oaller.v in Washington. Where His Fame Ih Secure. M'CALL TALK STIRS REAL ESTATE MEN Audience Knthiisinstic When Told of Candidate's Plan to Reduce Taxes. IMiAXS riJBMO IKQITIJIY Jf Snler Aid Has Proof. Jn vcstintion Will Begin Next Tlmrsdn.v. nitrift Attorney Charles S. Whitman t "iK a hand .ve.Merday In the politic; I . nid.il stlircd hy .lolin A. llennessy. tie decided thnt It was time to luvcstl u time charges nnd Issued a subpoena I'lctlns Mr. llennessy, to appear this rnlrc Ht his nfllce nml tell nil he I nnws. Mr McCnll was sin prised Inst night u'irn tolil nf the action of the District v ionic . He raid that ho hail not been informed of Mr Wliltmaii'f plans anil that d il not suggcest that such an Inquiry i r made Vsitant District Attorney .lolin Kirk- il Chirk will conduct the examination ' Mi Hennessy. It will he a "fishing reditlnii." Mr Whitman merely wishes In be innvinccd that there Is snlllclent (..und In the llcnncssy charges to war. ' nt fuither pt ocecdings. If Mr Hennessy can convince Mr Clark ti -t lie has proof of his assertions Chief Magistral!- McAiloo will begin a "John hearing next Thursday. At this li'HiinK Dlstllct Attorney Whitman will ! iduct the examination. Mr Whitman at first thought of sum i. -mlng Hennessy before the Grand Jury. Hffore determining upon the Investigation to b.. conducted hy Mr. Clark he saltl. 'If Mr. Mennessy makes anv more Mrges such as he has been making I Hall sulMKrim him as n witness hefote n Grand Jury. It will he my duty and 1 will have to do It. 1 will not do .iti.vthlng. however, until after the elec timi. I know nothing about the charges ixrept as I have seen them repmted In the newspapets, but they seem to be within the province of the Grand Jury." eel rim n llavr Pabllr Inquiry. Later in tlie day the District Attorney t'clded upon a public lnnulry because of fie publicity Riven to .Mr. Ilennessy's charges. The proceedings before a Grand 'tiry arc secret. The hearliiK befoie Chief Maeistiate McAdoo. If Mr. llennessy has enough facts to Justify holilInK It. will be public. Henncssy's charge that Judse McCall paid a large sum of money to secuie his mmlnatlon for tin- Supieme Court bench .d that this money was received by George Washington Tlunkltt cannot be Investigated by the District Attorney. Judge McCall was elected to the bench teven years hro and the statute of llml 'ntlons prevents Inquiry into that matter now. But the "nilgai chy of crime that Is run by Charles F. Murphy," hs Mr. Hennessy describes It, will be probeiL Gov. Sulzer's Investigator declared last Friday night that "the District Attorney c -lent to Ret at these contributions and find til how Charles F. Murphy can afford ti live In such n house as he does." Mr. llennessy will be asked to lend a hand. Mr Ilftinessy will be asked to discuss with Mr, Clark this morning the aliened imfesslona of former State Senator Mllwell, who is now in SlnR Sing. Mr. HeniHssy hail repeatedly referred to these nrfoslons and last night he told some of 'tie things that he knows about them. Flip Talk With Stllnell. It was slated psterday afternoon that ' rsi' confessions had been recorded by me I'dctectaphone." This latrst varla ' "ii of the dictagraiih was Installed In l ie parlor of Warden Clancy of Sing .' "e on July 25 last. At first the ceiling rt'ive was cut through to make a place 'r the stenographer, but It was decided laur to cut through a second celling and Hie reroid was accordingly made In a ""in tun floors above that In which Mr. Hmne-sy and Stllwell sat The first conversation took place on uly .10 and the last on August It - undeiMood that five of these talks were "mlucted hy Mr. Hennessy. Another i Megcd confession was made to Judge 'i-nnld. There Is also the letter which SMIwell wrote to Gov. Sulzer. This has eier been made public. Campaign contributions are likely to ' ciipy much of Mr. Clark's time when ' E'ts llennessy before him. Gov. ilzer charges that Judge Samuel A. 1 ardley offered him $25,000 and that lien be tefused It the money was turned lo Mr. Murphy. This charge has b'fn repeated by Mr. Hennessy. Mi llennessy has also Intimated that i iiiiHintis contributions were made by i ihei centlenien and that they were not i minted for. Ho mentioned among ' i' lurs a $l.".,00n contribution made by Mr, KiMU3h and $5,000 made by James Men ail. Mr llvnncbsy In addition to the charge ' at Mr Muiphy had not accounted for all t if money that came to him, Intimated 1 mi .1 Sergeant Cram had not made a f tli n counting. THIS MR. W0LLMAN NOT THERE. tlliirney .Not at l.uncbrnn Where Mi l nil', t'lniilldncv Was Indorsed. TI" ii.tine of Henry Wollmaji appeared ' ' list of men who attended a lunch- r .it Hie Knickerbocker on Hun ' nlilch Judgo McCiill's candidacy "i dfiitcil anil the Injection of a race ' iin the campaign was held up as i HI" tlun mi the Jews of New York. ' tollman, a lawyer, at 20 llroad !' wro'e yesterday to Till! Hon to liftt be was not the man whose. ' ie was given In the official list of I nho attended. ' ulle I have a very affectionate re E for Judge McCall," ho sold, "and' i' great respect for him personally, ' as I am a Republican and an antl ' n ! any man, I shall vote for Mltchel." CALLS FOE FUSIOtf WATCHERS. '"in en lun .Mnnaurr Sends Out Spe. dill Appeal (or 1,100 lien. ' "il Adamson, manager of the fusion :' sent out a special appeal en i for volunteers who will serve as r s at the polls on Klectlon Day. " i fusion forces, he said, need 1,900 volunteers lo mver that number of poll- s ' in New York from the opening ''' I' polls to the close nf the count, mtierh are askeil to communicate " Me Watchers' Committee, Fusion Vol ui'i'fiN, Fifth Avenue llulldinv, Uroddway and Twenty-third street. WASlliNnTo.v, Oct. 2,. William Sillier may have been ousted from the Governor ship of New York State, but he still occupies his niche In Washington's well known Corcoran gallery of art. The Hul zer bust of bronze has been long a curiosity to visitors at the national capi tal, but never has It attracted so much attention its In the Inst few weeks. Some Inartistic souls cannot understand why the Impeached ilovemor of New York should have a place In this famous gallery along with Geoigc Washington, Charles Sumner, John C. Calhoun and other pa tilols long since dead and gone. liut the bust Is still tnere In Its niche In the Rieat nest room the disturbed hair, the broad, moist smile and the padded Ascot tie all I ( produced In Im perishable iirouze. Furthcrmoie. "the same old Hill" ap parently Is going to lemnln in the niche as long as he pleases. "It Isn't much of a woik of art," said Curator McOulrc to-day, "but It's n mighty line likeness and therefore I see small likelihood or Its being dlstuibed unless theie Is serious objection." The bronze of the retired Governor ha been In the Corcoran gallery for seeial J curs. It reposes on it mahoganv pedes tal upon which Is the Ircend: "William Sulzer, by Klmer llannau. Gift of scv. ' eral friends of the sculptor." I There is no designation as to who "the friends of the sculptor" weic, hut a suspicion prevails that Mr. Sulzer was one of the most liberal contributors of 1 the Rioup. 111 the west room Of the cnlterv tlirt ' Is tome extraordinarily good company for Mr. Sulzer. To the Immediate right of "the same old Bill" Is an oil painting of Charles Sumner, a Senator from Massa WHITMAN SPEAKS FOR FUSION TICKET Asks Republicans to Support It From Top to Bottom. District Attorney Whitman askeil the Republicans to stand by the fusion ticket at a meeting last night at the New Am sterdam Opera House on West Koity fourth street. The District Attorney was chairman of the meeting. He hasn't taken much of a hand in the campaign and his appearance last night wan the signal for a demonstration from his Re publican partisans. After he had Intro duced two or three speakers at the Forty-fourth street meeting Mr. Whit man went up. to The Bronx to address another meeting of fuslonlsts. The first meeting was arranged by George Wanmaker's followers in the Eleventh Assembly district. -Mr. Whit man's speech was aimed straight at the Republicans. "Perhaps no period In the whole his tory of New York." he said, "has been characterized by the beginning of so many Rlg.mtlc undertakings as have the last four jears, and no one will say that fusion has not made good. As citizens of New York you and I are interested to see that these gigantic things are carried forward to completion by the men who inaugurated them. "You members of the Republican oi Runlzatlon have fought the battle of good government oer and over again. We have supported the doctrfhe of unit parllanshlp In municipal affairs and have demonstrated that a party can lise above itself to the heights of non-partisanship." He asked the Republicans to be sure to support the fusion candidates for the Hoard of Aldermen. To do so. he said, would be for the great advantage of the city. He asked them to vote for the Re publican candidates for the Court of Ap peals. Judge Werner and Judge Hlscock. Ho spoke of Marcus M. Marks as the "right man for Horough President of Manhattan." Then he turned to John Purroy Mltchel and said that the Republicans should back him for the Mayoralty. . Comptroller Prendergast said that when the fuslonlsts got the reins of government four years ago they found the city depart ments In a state of great confusion. To correct the Inequalities of work and pay the fusion government started to work tii standardize salaries and occupation so that each employee of the city shall re ceive pay commensurate with' the work done, As for the economy Issue he said the fusion administration had been more economical than the previous Tammany regime. District Attorney Whitman also spoke at The Hronx Casino, Third avenue and 153d street. His appearance at the meeting was unheralded except for a slun outside the door. When he was Intro- I duced the 1,600 men who had packed themselves Into the place stood un and I cheered. The ovation lasted for three minutes. Then some one yelled "Whitman for Governor!" and that set them off again. Just as quiet was restored some one shouted, "Whitman for President!" When Mr. Whitman got a chance he said, "Why stop at that?" He Bpoke for the fusion ticket In The Bronx principally. He said the voters had a fine opportunity to start the Inde pendent career of the county hy electing the fusion ticket from top to bottom. He reviewed the qualifications of the candi dates and said he had no doubt that they would Justify any trust that mlKht be placed In them. TWO SOCIALIST MAYORS TALK. Tell of Iteform Achievements In , t'HrncRlr Hnllt C. K, nnasell Presides f.nwlM .1 lltinpun SlnclnllHt Mi.int. nf ' Butte, Mon. ; Clcorge It. I.unti. Socialist Mayor of Schenectady, and Charles K. Kusnell, Socialist candidate for Governor of New York State, addressed a meetlnv of Socialists last evening In Carnegie Hall under the auspices nf the Interred. Icglatn Socialist Society. Charles K. Russell, who presided, dc. clared that the campaign of the fusion and Democratic parties in this city was one of such vituperation and abuse that he felt proud that he was the candidate for Governor of the Socialist party. He had been trying to find what the Issue between the fusion and Democratic parties Is, but as their leading spirits were, calling each other different U)ds of liars, he had not found out. " George It. Lunn, tho Socialist Major nf Schenectady, said he cut away the sys tem of graft which he said the city was suffering from under the old 'parties and saved on the paving and other contracts. Mayor Duncan's appearance as a speaker waui his (list before a New York audience. He Is lean and wiry with an eager manner and aii eloquent foieflnger, which he wagged frequently to emphasize what he said. He wild that when he took charge of affairs as Chief Kxecutive he found that the city was Insolvent, "We restored It to solvent)," be lali. chusetts, by William A. Hunt. Almost rubbing Sulzer's sliouUlir at the left Is a fine marble effigy of Thomas A. Hen dricks, Orover Cleveland's running mate In his first campaign und Vlce-Piesldent nf the United States. Smiling across at Mr. Sulzer Is a bronze bust of the late Thomas !'. Walsh, the Colorado millionaire, and Jeiome Con nor's heroic bust of Tom Mooie, Rift of the nfflllated Irish societies. At the far end of the big room stalking toward Mr. Sulzer Is Saint tlnudeiis's famous "I'urltan": and In the room are i-everal effigies of the Father of Ills Coitntry, In cluding a replica of ltoudon's statue anil the death mask of George Washington, John C. Calhoun occupies n conspicuous place not far from Uie Bull Moose candi date for Assembly from the sixth New York district. Not many visitors to the gallery Ihc days fnll to notice with n smile thut on the opposite side of the' loom from the Sulzer bust Is a llfn size sealed flguie of Voltaire In marble. Voltaire's head Is turned away from the Oniemor Upon the Hps Is a cynical, sneering smile. Tim eyes are partly cast down. The Voltaire effigy rivets the attention nf any visitor In the west room. It H one of the most remarkable statues In the Corcoran col lection. The hands of the aged philoso pher grip tight on the arms of his huge Itoman sedlle. The coincidence In the arrangement of the figures is all the more amusing be cause Voltaire apparently Is looking at a small bronze animal ilosc at hand. The animal's head Is lifted tnwaid heaven. The Jaws are open, ns though emitting a wild cry of pain. The bronze Is entitled "The Howling Coyote." Hut Curator Melinite Is certain that the Voltaire has been looking fit the same spot since long before the impeachment proceedings began. GARMODY CONTRADICTS SULZER'S PRISON STORY Exposes Falsity of Charge That He Failed to Act in Graft Cases. Ai.bant, Oct. 27. In a statement isued to-night Attorney-Genera! Carmody sup Plenums th Intenlew printed In this morning's Sl'.v contradicting the accusa tions made by William Sulzer that Mr. Carmody declined to prosecute chaijte.i of graft In the construction of Great Meadow prison. .Mr. Carmodj's statement In part Is as follows : "The charges of graft In Great Meadow prison to which Gov. Sulzer refers all lelate to acts done In 1910 nnd early In 1911. The principal cbarKCS are for th presentation and audit of false claims, und ar made against the prison depart ment and the Stnte Architect's office. At that time C. V. Collins was Superintend ent of Prison" and Franklin II. Waic. State Aichltect, both Republican" "It would hac Iven my duty to ln es timate the charges had I been m mdered lv the Ooernor. The Attorney-General has no right or power to take up criminal Investigations of this charnctei except on orders of the Governoi "The order Is never Jntl:i"d except when theDlstrlct Attorney Is Incompetf nt o- Incapable. No charge was made ngalnst the District Attorney of WashlnKUw county ns being either Incompetent m in capable. "Gov. Sulzer ncer submitted to me either directly or Indirectly, orallj or in writing, evldenc" of any crime committed In ,ieference to Great Meadow prison When the matter was llrst mentioned theie was presented to my office and assigned to one of my deputies a ery general and Indefinite charge or Iriegularltle. That was never followed up by any evidence that would Justify the calling of n Grand Jury's attention to the case. Subsequently Mr. Warner was designated hy Gov. Sul zei to work with the Distilct Attorney of Washington county In Investigating the management of Great Meadow prison. As a result several Indictments were found. "It is absurd to discuss the lecless statement that I was called ofT by any body from this" Investigation, when I never had any authority to conduct It. 1 fie quently told Gov. Sulzer and Mr. Hen nessy that I would not permit the otllce of the Attorney-General to be used for the purpose of prosecuting Innocent men, or to make political capital or sensational headlines for news. I did state to them lepealrdly that the office of the Attorney General was ready and open to tal; up any charges against anybody nnywhete when proper authority was given me to act and there were any reasonable grounds upon which to proceed." SCANDAL HINTSTTRS MITCHEL. Wants III Answer Printed on Day of Uapected Charges. John Purroy Mltchel read a political advertisement In several of the news papers yesterday which announced that something would be told to show that Mltrhel's record Is not spotless. Thli causeil Mr. Mltchel to wrltu to the editors of the newspapers asking that his answer be printed in the same Issues which contain the charges. This Is his letter: "I note In an advertisement In at least two newspapers this morning the follow ing: " 'There Is time furthermore to show to New York another fallen Idol com parable even to the pitiable Sulzer. It Is an exposure also which will cause regret, for Mr, Mltchel, like Sulzer, has fooled many people for quite a while. This exposure will show that Mr. Mltchel'e. candidacy Is as great an example of ef frontery, as much of an Insult to the Intelligence an. honor of the people as the Progressive party's nomination of Will lam Suiter Hulxer, now written down as one who filched money from his trust ing friends, who perjured himself con cerning the campaign contribution pub licity which he has so long pretended to advocate and who will put an In effaceable stain of shame upon the great est of commonwealths.' "I have nothing In my private or pub lic life which 1' wish to conceal and I request an opportunity to answer any attack upon me In the same Issue In which you publish the same. 'The last week of the campaign haa begun and It It fair, I submit, that I have this opportunity." Tammany men hinted yeaterday that the story about Mr. Mltchel would b told some time to-day or to-night. Mahoney a Banking Commissioner. Commissioner of Accounts Jeremiah T. Mahoney has been appointed by State Superintendent of Banks Van Tuyl as n member of the State nankin: Commission to succeed Henry Morgenthau, who was recently appointed as Ambassador to Tur key hy President Wilson, As Mnhoncy'a new position Is merely honorary he will not have to resign as Commissioner V Account. IM.OW TO RACE PIIK-MMMCK Jewish Leaders Visit McCall: Tell Him Tricks of His Mneniies Kail. r.dMard I. McCall Marled vesierday's i iiinpaiRidiig with a ginirerv noonday meet ing at lite rooiiK of (he Ileal ltale Auc tioneer. .As-ociallon, Is Veey slieel Ah many real eslale men as could irowd Into the place I old Judge McChII, so vehemently that i hey i mild he heard on llroadnay, that Ihey were for him 'I hey were still i heerinc his declaration, made with n fight ing Mtap of the .law thai carried conviction, thai he ,n and would he no min'i mm when Judge McCnll was hustling noitti ward to meet fifty representative Jrwhv derm men, churchmen and liulne-t mn, who had irnl lieicd al Mr. McChII'a home in tell him t tint the attempt nf hi enemle lo ilr up raie piejudlce had failed Al the ieal elate meeting Mr. McCall ( had a sharp word for "blackguard a.alnt. of i har.icler" anil then turned to iue of i particular Interest to hi audience The teal estate men shouted that he na right in saying that the "valuation placed upon real esfnte for the purpose of taxation" had been sleadllv Increasing, while the lax rale went up proportionately, Tlierp a a still louder iy of "No! No'" when he asked "Is theie n market for real estate in J this l i'y to-day for ready salejr" Canard by Incrrnar nf Drill. I lie icii-on fur this londition. Juries Mi ( all said, was the tremendous increae in Hie city' funded debt, and he added: "Dne of my opponent ha sHid that I don't make allowance for the fact that a Democratic, legislature he used the word Tammany foisted a part of ihl debt upon the nt If that is true it should be told. If lliey have foisted such a debt upon this thy I am just ns much against that Tnm in.liiy legislature a I am against the other IApplaue. nd I want to wiv to the cily ollher who makes that Matemcnt thai if I were Mayor of this city such legislation would lime to i ome to me for nppinval "I want to sav that 1 would hurl back bad legislation into the fare of the legls. lalor " I'flinmany Legislature or ISepublican Legislature, a man who Nan official of thl i lly is not the official of a party he I an offlchi icpresenting the citlen." Judge Mi Call said thut if elected he would try his be-t lo find wa to reduce the city debt In conclusion he i-ald "The newspaper mentor of Mr Milchel ha caused the cry to arise that McCall i homebody's man- that is, Mr. Murphy's man And away he goes up and down the streets of this city Mr. Mltchel piping oiil in parrotlike imitation Die thought and Ihe idea thai originated In the mind of his newspaper mentor lie is calling from Ihe housetops thai nin somebody' man "Will Sfnnd I lion My Ona Fret,' I will stand upon my own feet if I am elect. si Mavor I will lorin my own judg ments. I will draw my own 'inclusions : nml I will make my own decisions, ami I will ask no man or set of men to share the I responsibilities of my aci with me " ! iiinug those who were awaiting Judge Mi ( all al his home were Mark I. Abraham, trustee Congregation Heth Israel, M. Morri son of Morrison Co Isaac lirossuinn. Son of Jiidah I Goldberg, president Con negation lleili liael. Dr M. Newslarier, .Samuel l'nterm er, llev Dr Ihchard stern, llronx Synagogue. Charles Sellgtiinn, Harris Manitelbaiiui, president Snagogne Kelulecli Jcshuriin II. Levy, president Mull-on Avenue Synagogue Samuel Dnrf, Grand Master Independent Order ll'rith MirNliHiii M S Siern, Grand Master Tree Sons of Israel Jacob lllrchninn, Morris .lacohy, trustee Heth Israel llev. Dr M. Kraiiskopf, lte . Dr II. A. Tinnier. Mount Sinai llev Dr. Sol llautii, Heth Israel: llev, Dr J Segal, llev Sig Alleles, Congregation Ahannth Slilome. IScv. . Selemfreund, Congregation (liner l.e .ion A. Winter nitz. president Hoheinian Congregation: A. Kassel, vice-president Congregation Seijejil y-second Street llev. Ld Karlsch maroff, Madison Avenue Synagogue Hev, II, New mark. Temple Israel of Harlem; llev I Trunk and llev M Auerhuch. Judge McCall promised these men a busi ness administration "a business adminis tration that make for character and make for such reputation as the late Itrnjsmiti Allnian made for himself" He promised his callers lo follow the kind of a liberal policy that the late Mayor I Gaynor mapped nut wlili regard lo east sidn ' business lnterets, large and small, i "Willi all these scandal mongeriiig thought I hit ate lllllng the air," he said, I "there Is only one thing for an honorable i man lodo, ami that is lo reach out and catch these inuckrakers and scandal mongers and bring I hem before the proper tribunal dial Ihey lie punished, and I give you my pledged word they will face that tribunal n far as I am concerned, and there will be punishment meted out to lliem, or if that fails, then we will know that there Is some thing lacking In the law that must he speedily put in the la iv, so that order and quiet and peace iiuiv prevail in till community " Judge McCall made a shoit speech last night nt the New York Dinner Club ut the Plaza Hotel. He continued Ills de nunciation of the licentious press and Ills attack on "those Pulitzers," who, he said, had Inherited u great fortune and a great paper, hut had not used their In herited power wisely, He said his feel ing agulnst the Pulitzers was not per sonal malK-e, but thai ho believed news papers should not be permitted to slander people at will. GLASS CHALLENGES STOKES. I Asks Jrrnr) mril tn Hiliinrl Wilson h ViitlnvT for I'leliler. Tiiij.ntoX, N. .1., (M. 27. United Mates Hciiiitor olliii .Inmos ami ltrprcsentntlvr (llass nppi'iileil to a Meinocriitlr iiuillfiicn heie to-nlttlit to support Oov. rieldrr nt tlm polls, so that It might not lie s.ild throuKhout the country that New Jersey hud lepuilluled the policies of 1'ieslUellt Wilson. UpprrsVntutive Cilass riiticised a recent nrtlclu on tin- currency hill written by ex-dov, Mokes nnd predicted tli passage of thu meiuiurc In Its present form. He said that In three minutes he could write, Into tho hill an amendment that would hrliiR to Its support all the great hanking Interests of the country. The only change needed, he said, would be to permit the reserve to be held In the large nankins centres Instead of comnelllnr Us distribution. Mr. Glass offered to finance the cam paign of Mr. Stokes, give him all the salaiy he might receive In Congresa and Uhrow In his two newspaper! f Mr, Mokes wouiu csiaoiiHii me verity or a single paragraph ho had written. He rrmai kod that the purpose of tho bill Is to make country hanks Independent nf central reserve and thnt It would do FIRST PIANOLA RECITAL SEASON igi3-ic3i4 Wed nesday, Oct. 29, at 3 p.m. Admission without charge MANHATTAN LADIES' QUARTETTE, Assisting Irene Cumming, First Soprano Grace Duncan, First Alto Isabel Thorpe, Second Soprano Anna Winkopp, Second Alto Dion W. Kennedy, at the Organ GERARD ChaTFIELD, at the Pianola Prelude G MrNOR Op. 23, No. 5 RfcAfMninejf The Pianola II Lost Chord SnVtun Manhattan Ladies' Quartette Accompanied by the Organ ill Theme and Variations .vi.tM .Aeolian Pipe Organ Aeolian Hall STILWELL TEMPTED TO LIE, SAYS LAWYER Declares Freedom Was Bait to Induce False Accusations Ajrainst Murphy. TKI.I.S OF PARDON OFFKR Ilennessy's Tale of Interviews Denied hy Counsel of Con victed Senator. St-nalor James D. MrClelMnd, a'soolat couii'el nf Stephen .1. Stllwll, Issued .1 stiitement last night after a conference eailler In the day with his client In Sing Sing, attacking John A. Henness.v's version of what was said In an Interview between Mr. Stllwell and Mr. llennessy. Mr. McClelland asserted thnt Instead of having a live hour talk, as Mr. llennessy bald, Ihe fusion orator talked with Stll well for only twenty minutes Ir. the vv anien's office. Mr. McClelland quotes Mllwell as say ing that llennessy and l.ynn Arnold it different times offered htm ft pardon If he would make statements to District At torney Whitman Involving Charles I". Muiphy, Senator Foley and Aaron J, Ievy. Stllivfll says, according to the lavvve1-, that llennessy announced that he wanted lo "get even" with the four men and that Lynn Arnold called him a " Ilai" when Stllwell said he knew nothing ileiogatory to those men Here Is Ml. McClelland's statement: "The appeal In the case of People Hg.lnt Stephen .1. Stllwell. foimetly a State Senator, from the Judgment, Is now pending In the Appellate Division and 1 anticipate being piepared to argue it next week. However, before argu ment 1 thought it was lietter to have a final conference with the appellant, Mr. Stllwell, and accordingly I visited him at prison this morning for the purpose of Interviewing him on that subject and other matteis. "1 had noticed In Tin: Kvenino Sl'.v n statement of n patty by the name -if llennessy, that he contemplated giving the details of an alleged interview and confession with Mr. Stllwell some few months ago when he visited him In prison, that said Interview had lasted live houis. After conferring upon the subject of the argument on appeal 1 culled Mr. Mll well's attention to this statement of Hennessy. "He said that all statements as claimed that he made implicating anybody, of ficially or otherwise, for violations of the law were fictions and untrue: that the Interview too) place in the offlee of the warden, and the Interview did not last longer than twenty or twenty-five minutes. "He stated that Hennessy assured him that he had a pardon already granted by (iov. Sulzer and that If he would do what they wanted him to do and make statements Involving public, officials he could have the benefit of that pardon. Stllwell says that he Informed him that he had no knowledge Implicating or In volving any one. Hennessy then sug gested to him that they would take him right from the prison down to the District Attorney of New York, and that If he would make statements Involving Murphy, Frawley and Levy that they wanted he need not come back to the prison. "llennessy further stated that they wanted to get even with these people and were going to get even anyway. The Interview on that subject was a pointed and emphatic denial of any' Intimation or any suggestion. He further said that he realised fully that he probably could have obtained his freedom If he chose to have done this, but that he positively refused to da It. "This Interview was supplemented by another Interview with a man named Lyon J, Arnold, who visited him and re newed the assurances that Hennessy had made of a pardon, from the Oovernor If he would Involve the enemies of Gov. Milter. .. "Arnold cajne to him and said : 'Now come over with this stuff.' Stllwell says that he knew nothing about anybody PROGRAMME Ballad in F. The The Robin Laughed Hnmi wan Manhattan Ladies' Quartette VI Etude D Flat, No. i i Lm The VII Amarella 1' tnnt . Manhattan Ladies' Quartette Accompanied by the Pianola WEBER PIANOLA USED The AEOLIAN COMPANY 4and Street West except what was common report and this so Incensed Arnold that he turned and called him a liar. "Stllwell leplled: 'I won't talk with you any more. I am in piison and you must talk to the walls. I can not resent It.' "For days I tried to get this Informa tion In the press tn this city and would give it to reporters, and It was laid aside, but finally it came out In one nf the Sunday articles In The New Yonic SrN, In which I stated substantially what oc curred between Stllwell nnd Arnold. "My opinion now Is that It was to t carried so far that first they wanted to get the so-called confession from Stllwell and then were not able to do thai, and they did plan or contemplate the provok ing or Stllwell to violence by this foul flinuthed abuse. "The result of that Interview was an fntervlew by Arnold with the press In which Arnold finally said that there was no confession made. This method of procedure Is In keeping with that which was followed by Gov Sulzer In his In terview in the Kxecutlvv Mansion or the People's House with Judge Whitman, who had stopped over night at his house with him. "Judge Whitman In an Interview given out was at a loss to understand why Gov. Sulzer sent for him. In the con versation they had the night before he evidently did not see any point to the visit and he said he had to leave early In the morning anil then It was that Gov Sulzer said to Judge Whitman, 'Why don't you Indict Murphy"' Judse Whit man said, 'I cannot Indict Murph, I have no evidence." Gov, Sulzer then said. Indict him any way. Indict him on general principles.' "These are the tactics that are being pursued, as commenced by Gov Sulzer In his attempt, as he proclaimed, to make hlmielf the political leader of the Demo. ratlc party of the State. "It was owing to the assignment made by Judge Seabury of myself as counsel that 1 remained In this case. Stephen J. Stllwell Is an innocent man. "In the Interviews with Hennessy and with Arnold the Interviews were brought alKiiit against the wish and positive declaration of Stllwell that he did not wish to see these people. And theie were suggestions of others in see him which he declined " FRIENDS TO DINE McCALL. Democratic Congressmen to shim Support fur Ticket. The McCall managers piomlse ome of the most Important speech h of the cam paign for n dinner to-morrow night at the Hotel Knickerbocker which the Con gressional delegation from New York will give lo Kdward H. McCall. Joseph A. Goulden and Herman A. Metz, Mr. Goulden and Mr. Met are both Representatives In Congress and their associates aim to show that the New York Democrats In Washington are be. hind the McCall ticket. The dinner will begin at fi.HO in order BR0KAWBROTHERS MEN'S & BOYS' CLOTHING.HATS & FURNISHINGS Proof, not claims, is what makes clothing serviceable from every angle. Claims fortified by proof are what we make proved claims based on 57 years' unin terrupted satisfaction to our thousands of patrons. Fall Suits $18 to $50 Fall Overcoats 16 to '35 isSSJSSS - Fourth Avenue ONE BLOCK FROM ROADWAY SUBWAY AT DOOR 0 m.U1ailmi.immii,M IV Op. 38 Pianola Chain 9. ft ? O o R & B S St ev Pianola of Fifth Avenue to give Judge McCall a chance tn meet hie other rpecchinaKing engagements of the evening, MITCHEL NEARLY ARRESTED. Has Itaclnit tn (irt 'I'hrongli Sine Alerting When Police Stop lllru. John Puiroy Mltrhel was ncjil m rested last night. He was going along 115th slieet -In Ills campaigning car .it fifty miles an houi when at Lenox avenue two motorccle policemen who had hefii following for tin blocks caught up to and stopped him. Mr. Mitch"! ordeied his chauffeur tn draw up to the curb and opening the l nf the car he bioke the news that hi was John Puiroy Mltchel The policemen scraped and boned and said, "Pardon, sii , thank .von. sir." and after assurtng Mi Mltchel that they wre going to vote fnl him went away Mr. Mltchel laced all the way from the lower Hast Side to The Hronx last night He spoke tn s.Ofln people ut nine meetings and didn't get through talking until after IS o'clock. Kv c'-ywiicie the candidate spoke lie chii longed Mr. McCall to answer whethci x for Murphy nr against him. Also he warned his audiences lint tn be in, i tldent of the suriess of the finlo i e-iu ' "because the wnvs nf Tammany aie many and devious." The meetings last u.cht were a C-inpe Union, the New Ainsteid.ini ivi.i tlnu-. West Forty-fourth street, Gr.inl Mu Hall, Grand and iiichaid stieet , i-'.nin Hall, Uiitli stieet and Klglltb aVeinp Lexington Hall, llfith stieet and l'.i avenue. Mount Monl Church. Fifth iv line and 12fith street, and MaJ. -! Hi 12.")tli Mieet and Commonwealth H i'I, ;iinii Amsteidam avenue. FALSE REGISTRATION ARREST. .Unit Saltl In Have Informed on Him ell Sharkej numerated. The tlrt arrest following the ! ,i , Jury's action in finding inoie than I"" Indictments for false reglstr.it on came .vesterday when Joseph Ward, I ving a How cry lodging house, w as taken custody at the headquarters of the llm e"t liallot Association In Fort -secon i street, Ward, whose name Is said to .t P.ellly, literally swore himself into prison, for It was he who first complained of Mie icglstratlon that In now declared tn In fraudulent, lie was a witness as to res Istratlous In which his name appear He originally swore It was another ma . of the same name that had legiM.rel ami that he was willing to be ,i w inei, against him, Ward was brought to the D strict At torney's office. There tils pedlgiee was taken. He said lie lived at the llnner address. He was then sent to the Tomb's and to-day will be armlgned m General Sessions for pleading.