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The Bismarck Tribune
Bismarck, Mandan, Burleigh County, Morton County, North Dakota
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Governor Roosevelt announced a public hearing on August 11 in Albany for New York Mayor James J. Walker to defend himself against corruption allegations from the Hofstadter committee investigation, following demands for his removal.
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WALKER HEARING
New York Mayor to Have Opportunity to Defend Himself Before Public.
Hyde Park, N. Y., August 6.—(P)—Governor Roosevelt announced Saturday he had called a public hearing in the Walker case for Thursday, August 11, in Albany.
Telegrams were sent to Mayor James J. Walker, Samuel Seabury, William J. Schieffelin and James E. Finegan. The hearing will open at 12:30 p. m., Eastern Standard Time.
Roosevelt's announcement that Mayor Walker would be given an opportunity publicly to defend himself came after Finegan, a Brooklyn man, had made public the telegram he had received from the governor.
Walker's removal was demanded after the Hofstadter legislative committee had investigated the mayor's administration. Seabury, as counsel for the committee, did not prefer charges against the mayor but he drew conclusions from the evidence which, he claimed, justified the ousting of Walker. The mayor, Seabury held, had illegally used his office for private gain and had failed to explain huge bank accounts alleged to have been held jointly by himself and Russell Sherwood, missing accountant.
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Albany, N. Y.
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Thursday, August 11
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mayor walker given opportunity to publicly defend himself at the hearing
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Governor Roosevelt announced a public hearing in the Walker case for Thursday, August 11, in Albany, opening at 12:30 p. m., Eastern Standard Time. Telegrams sent to Mayor James J. Walker, Samuel Seabury, William J. Schieffelin, and James E. Finegan. The hearing follows demands for Walker's removal after the Hofstadter legislative committee investigation, where Seabury, as counsel, concluded that Walker had illegally used his office for private gain and failed to explain bank accounts held jointly with Russell Sherwood.