Note 10 — Chapter XXXIII · TAMMANY’S CONTROL UNDER LEADER MURPHY 1906-1909
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In a signed statement in the New York Evening Call, February 27, 1909, Col. Amory declared that when this matter was originally exposed in the hearing before the Public Service Commission, the full facts were not brought out; that one of the ten original owners had recently informed him (Amory) that the price paid by Ryan and Brady was in reality only $25,000.