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Show DISTRICT ATTORNEY I CHARGEDWITH FRAUD Retiring1 New York Judge Makes Complaint Against Edward Swann. NEW YORK, Dec. 30. Charges that District Attorney Edward Swann of New j York county practiced fraud on the court , of genera) sessions in connection with I cases resulting from labor disputes and "whit slave" crusndes during the last three years, were made tonight by Judge , James A. Delhanty of- the court of gen eral sessions. The charges were sent to Governor Whitman by registered mail. "The whole conduct of District Atto- i ney Swann in these cases." declared Judge Delhanty in his communication to the governor, "should be inquired into to determine whether a deliberate fraud has been practiced on the courts Judge Delhanty, whose fCrm of office expires at midnight tomorrow, alleged specifically that several cases, "passed - J upon by a grand Jury and involving the most vital interests of the community," have been dismissed without being sub mitted to a petit Jury. In connection with eleven indictments growing out of labor troubles which Judge Delhanty said were based on an Investigation Investi-gation lie made, it is asserted application was made by the district attorney for the discharge of bail. The ball,, according to Judge Delhanty, was discharged by a judge of the court of general sessions who "no doubt relied implicitly on the good faith of the recommendation recom-mendation presented to him by the district dis-trict attorney June ti, and signed by a deputy assistant district attorney and by John T. Dooling, acting district attorney." District Attorney Swann late tonight issued is-sued a statement in part as follows: "It is well known that Judge Delhanty is a candidate for the Republican nomination nomina-tion for district attorney next year. This is part . of a concerted political drive against the present administration of ' the district attorney's office- I was astonished as-tonished to learn that Judge Delhanty, waiting until the last day of his term and until every member of the district, attorney's staff was known to be- away lor the holidays, had made his request to the govenor. Naturally I cannot make a detailed reply until I have seen a copy of the papers." Referring to the cases mentioned by JudKe Delhanty, the district attorney said: "We had already discovered the necessity neces-sity of indicting some of the main witnesses wit-nesses for murder, and their testimony was discredited, while others had recanted recant-ed their former statements. A conviction seemed Impossible and an attempt to try the cases under those conditions would have caused a tremendous waste of the taxpayers' money and the consequent clogging of ah. already overloaded calendar." |