Show F F. MURPHY MURPH IS INDICTED l f. f t f o 0 0 I Charles F. F Murphy I 0 0 j i A ft M 4 c 4 TAMMANY'S TAMMA NYS NY'S NYSa a CHIEF MADE MADEa a DEFENDANT Conspiracy to Commit Tax Fraud Is Charge Aga Against New Nevi York Leader a and ld Five Alleged Associates i 3 B By T Ass Associated Press Inu NEW NT EW YORK June 23 Indict Indict Indictment 1 ment nent of Charles F. F Murphy leader of Tammany Hall HaIl and five fi others others' on charges of conspiracy to defraud ud the United States by falsify ing mg income IncOme t tax t returns and attempted d intimidation of Louis N. N Har Harto g a my manufacturer through crim I inal prosecution was announced here today The indictments indictment which were returned secretly by the extraordinary extraordinary grand jury yest yesterday came as a great surprise Murphy is now on his way to the Democratic national convention con at San Francisco Others indicted with Murphy were Assistant District Attorn Attorney James 15 i. Smith one of ot the central figure Vice Ice w war ware r between tile the t tat at- at tor torney's s o fico and th the police department depart depart- ment John A. A McCarthy former forner busi bUIJI- ness partner of or John Murphy brother of or tho the Tammany leader Arthur J. J Bald bald- i win a lawyer Ernest B. B Walden vice Ice I president of ot the Corn Com Products Product corn com pan pany and the Corn Products company compan itself Ball for each defendant was lived ed at 1000 Intimidation Alleged U Murphy is charged with trying to Intimidate Hartog into settling a 10 10 damage suit brought against the Tammany leader after atter the latter atter Is s al alleged al- al to ha have e withdrawn promised fi fi- fi support in a glucose product firm in which Hartos Hartog was interested The indictment alleges that Murphy Murph threatened to accuse Hartog of ot arson arson to expose to his wife wire his alleged secret t relations with lith another woman send him to Jail jaU for offenses he did not corn com mit and ruin his business Hart Hartog OS' OS the indictment sets forth procured a soven seven million dollar order for tor his product from the British government gov SO during Ing the war He found dIfficulty dif tilt in acquiring the necessary amount of ot to complete the tho or order or- or der Ho He then enlisted the aid o of or Murph Murphy Murphy Mur Mur- ph phy through whose Influence the IndIctment In In- In recites the needed Ingredients Ingredient were obtained from the Corn Products Product company Hartog and nd Murphy disagreed r rod od d dover over o business matters and Murphy sued sUt-ll Harto Hartog arto to recover invested In fn the manufacturing company Then n Hartog sued Murphy the Corn Pi- Pi Prod Pid Products Pid- Pid ducts d- d company and Baldwin to recover pro profits he said he had lost through withdrawal of ot Murphy's Murphys I pledged support asserting he no loner longer lon Ion I ger er could get Iet glucose from the Corn J pro Products company Smith r Fire Pire HartoS' HartoS was t summoned to Assistant I District Attorney Smiths Smith's office while these court actions were pending If Hartog liar Har- r- r tog alleges Smith summoned him to force him to pay Murphy his l but Smith claims ho he issued the summons summons summons sum sum- mons for Hartog solely in the Interest of prosecution of ot sugar profiteers H Hr- Hr r- r togs tog's brother was fined in federal court for or sugar profiteering but Smith bilL gave 30 Hartog himself a a. clean The indictment sets forth that the h agreement between Murphy anti and Hartog shows s an Increase from to 1 in the capital stock of ot Hartogs Hartog's firm the North orth Kensington Refining company compan when Murphy and Hartog ItIs it itIs itis is alleged became beme Jointly interested In Inthe Inthe the business in April Apr 1918 profits profit oC of I Continued on Page 5 3 S.- S. I I I I lEADER IS UNDER INDICTMENT IT Continued From Page 1 I the business subject to war ar tax tac were estimated at a year The Indictment charges that on April I 5 1918 InS In order that Murphy should obtain a larger Income and a quick re return return return re- re turn on his investment James C. C Smith and others unlawfully and corruptly combined to defraud tho the go government eminent nt of moneys due it by filing with the collector eel col lector of oC internal revenue re misleading and false falso entries as to the records of the thc business The name of or James J. J limes HInes Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic leader in tho the Eleventh Elo assembly district New York was among the witnesses listed in tb the back of the In in- in June was vas as set as tho the date for Cor pleading The indictment further alleged Baldwin Baldwin Bald Bald- win w In told Hartog that Murphy wanted wan led to withdraw from the business because as leader r of Tammany Hall hail ho he could not be bo connected with profiteering and demanded that Harto Hartog return to Murphy the monc money ho had put in iii tho business plus 23 per cent o of the profIts profits prof pro its since April 1 Threat I In h Alleged d dAn An arrangement had been made mado be between between between be- be tween i and Hartog HartoS for glucose purchased b by iho tho barrel and arid on June 26 Baldwin presented a bill for tor Hartog drew a check for tho the amount which Baldwin refused to accept sayIng saying say say- Ing Inh ho wanted cash Baldwin then threatened Hartog tho the Indictment states declaring that Murphy would cut off oct his glucose supply and that it would be a a. war to the thc finish unless the cash was vas paid The same sam threat was made by Walden on July 1 and b by McCarthy on July 10 10 the thc indictment adds McCarthy is alleged to ha told Harto Hartog Hartog Har Har- to tog that the Tammany chieftain would cause tho the district attorney and the palice police police po po- lice department together with internal Internal inter Inter- nal revenue agents to investigate In him and charge chane him with crime It 18 is charged McCarthy Informed Hartog he ho would have havo to quit business ss and leave New Ness York It appears that Hartog was sub- sub to ann annar ar th the errand mand jury JUr a in a John DO Doe pr proceeding c dini an and dl- dl In Instructed instructed in- in 1 to bring his company's books N Instead of ot going before the tho grand Jury jUr Hartog was as taken talen to Assistant District Attorney Smiths Smith's office and questioned about his troubles with Murphy In August Hines and nd Hartog visited visit visit- ed Smiths Smith's home where It Is alleged Smith told limes Hines that Hartog would be prosecuted for arson and for hoard hoard- in inS r- r sugar The Thc following da day Smith induced tho the two men to lo go with him himI I to McCarthys McCarthy's home where once again McCarthy leC demanded that Hartog compi comply com corn pi ply with Murphys Murphy's terms Hartog re refused refused refused re- re fused and later laler brought ht his troubles to the attention of oC the grand Jury District Attorney Swann s seated sated ted to tonight tonight to- to night that ho lie would not suspend A Assistant As District Attorney Smith Murphy Says Hartog Got the San Francisco June 23 Charles Charles Chares F. F Murphy loader of oC Tammany Hall accompanied accompanied ac ac- ac- ac companied b by Got Gov Alfred Smith of ot New York came to town tonight but the tho spirit of loquaciousness W WAS not upon tilon him and ho had nothing to sa say The New York delegation and tho I Tammany hosts aro arc duo due here tomorrow tomor tomor- row Have been out of ot touch with politics poll poll- tics for several days said Mr Ir Murphy Murphy Mur tur- ph phy and antI cant can't say what the NewYork Now New ow York delegation will do until we havo have a a. caucus As to a plank In tho the platform plat pint form Conn to amend tho 1 act t. t that thatis is Js a a. matter that will wUl have o to be fought out on the convention floor loor- Mr Murphys Murphy's attention was called caned to a stor story of or his Indictment in New NewYork NewYork NewYork York on the ground round of conspiring to coerce Louis Hartog a a. manufacturer to return which the Tammany leader invested with the tho Hartog com corn pan pam pany y ThatA a a. business suit said tho the Tammany chieftain and all fill I will sa say suy I about It is that Hartog got the thc 1 I Governor Smith said the New eon York delegation would hold a caucus Friday I or Saturday to lo determine its position on platform and candidates Wo IVo Ve have man many women women who are arc members of oC our delegation said the New eon York governor Co and several eral of it will bo be a lIttie lit little lIt lIt- them o have not met so tie tle premature to sa say Just what NewYork NewYork New Now lit lit-I York will do tIo in tho the convention con I I should hould think the league ue of or nations would be he tho bl big Issue and tho most important in this convention Governor Go Smith and Leader Loader Murphy conferred wIth ith party leaders during tho the evening e |