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...Inquisitor Seabury: Well, I don't think you need have any more diffidence about the discussion of it than you would have in making the recommendation that he be nominated...
Many a good son owes his job to the influence of a potent father and little is said about it. But last week Inquisitor Samuel Seabury of the legislative committee investigating New York's municipal government had a good deal to say because rotund old John H. (for "Success") McCooey, Brooklyn's Democratic boss, had tried to get a good job for his rotund young John Jr. Inquisitor Seabury was interested deeply because the job was a seat on the New York Supreme Court...
...were nominated; 2) the Republicans endorsed the Democratic nominees and the Democrats approved the Republican choices; 3) one nominee was Meier Steinbrink, who was Republican leader of Brooklyn when the bill was passed; 4) another nominee was 32-year- old John H. McCooey Jr. Newspapers immediately denounced a "deal." Inquisitor Seabury said he would discover how it came about...
Burly Sheriff Farley, openly called "grafter" by Inquisitor Seabury, admitted he had spent $14,000 bailing out 30 prisoners arrested in a raid on his political club, but denied knowing any of them, denied that "Baldy" Froelich or any of the other professional gamblers arrested there were actually gambling. He said they were busy packing 30,000 baseballs & bats, 5,000 skipping ropes and some May poles for the club's outing. His $360,660 bank deposits, he said, were made from "money I had saved." Most of it was kept in a tin box in a big safe...
Register McQuade said he had got his money from friends, spent it taking care of "34 McQuades," all dependent on him. Clerk Perry explained that some of his deposits represented "loans" from a subordinate, Edward P. Sherry. Inquisitor Seabury said he had evidence that the '"loans" were in payment for political favors. Clerk Cruise said $15,000 of his deposits were given him by the treasurer of his club for charity. He could not recall where the rest came from. "BigHearted Joe" Flaherty said his brother owned a "restaurant." The others were vague...