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Show SANDBAGGED BY TAMMANY HALL JHennessy's Story of Graft Is Corroborated by Up-State Contractors. Necv York. Nov. 13. After resting for more than 24 hours after his col-i col-i lapse on the witness stand at the ! lohn Doe inquiry into the charges that Tammany politicians had squeezed huge sums out of contractors contrac-tors doing road and canal work for the state, George H McGulre. the Syracuse bonding agent, was recalled to the stand for today s session. Other Important evidence, It was I expected, would bo developed through ex-Judge Charles N. Bulger of Os-I Os-I wego, for years a Democratic leader ; In Oswego countv in a conference with one of Mr Whitman's assistants assist-ants Judge Bulger Is said to have declared that he was prepared not only to support tho Hennessy charges but to show that the list of alleged victimized contractors was much larger than given by Hennessy and the pum contained far Is excess of Heunessy's estimates. Hennessy, speaking for ihe cause of fusion party par-ty during the municipal campaign, placed the sum at $200,000 ror a year and gave a list of 43 contrac tors. New York N Y , No . 15. New sources of Information were opened up to District Attorney Whitman yesterday yes-terday in his investigation Into the charges that roads and large canal contractors In many counties w ere "sandbagged" by Tammany Hall into making contributions to state campaign cam-paign funds In recent years. A fresh development caused the prosecutor to send an assistant, John Klrkland Clark, to Oswego. N Y to confer with former Judge Charles N. Bui ger, a lawyer, who has acted as at torney for upstate contractors Mr Clark had not returned last night but It was staled on authority that Bui ger through a friend sent word se eral days ago to Mr hitman that he could corroborate or disclose sour ces of corroboration of the charges of John A. Hennessy. who was for mer Governor Sulzer's graft investigator. investi-gator. It is understood that Mr. Bulger told the prosecutor that Hcnneey statements were wrong onl in thai the amounts mentioned were smaller than those really paid and that Hen nes8y's list of "sandbagged" contractors contract-ors was not complete Mr Whitman hopes to obtain as I further corroboration of Henncssy'c story the testimony of James Sten art, who has barge canal contracts near Rochester (Jeorge Gordon Bat tie, Stewart's counsel, informed Mr Whitman last night that his llent was ready to testify. Hennessy swore that William J Connors told him that Stewart gave 125,000 in 1910 and that McGuira told him Stewart gave 600(J In 1911 and the same amount in 1912 |