New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-28
THE NEW CHARGES AGAINST FELL
LOWS.
coMMENT oN THE ACTION or THE GERMAN RE
FORM UNION COMMITTEE

CONTENT OF TIE ACTION or THE GERMAN RE-
FoRM UNION COMMITTEE.
4 telegram from Albany yesterday said that Gov
ernor Flower had SERVED upon D!str!ct-Aiiorney
Fellons who was In Albany TO respond TO the Good
Government charges against him. "A notice OF the
new set OF charges preferred by the committee oil
the German American Reform Union, and that the
Governor gave the Dsirct-Attorney four days In
which to reply to the German Union charges. The
las-namcd charges acge that the District Attorney
has not duly tried thirty-eght persons indicted ioi
homicide murder and manslaughter thlrty-three
persons Indicted for maintaining dlsordery houses
forty-one persons Indicted for violation OF the laws
against gambling and lotteries eight persons hoid-
ing Office under the laws Of this State and Indicted FOR
bribery and ex,oron three persons holding office I'M
der the laws of this State indicted for extoron three
persons Indicted for backmail. ten persons indicted
for forgery seventy -four persons indicted Tor srahd
larceny nfiy persons indicted for larceny twenty
one persons indicted for burglary nine persons IN
dcted for receiving stolen goods ten persons IN
dcted for robbery and elghty-nine persons Indicted
for assault In various degrees
Theodore Sutro. chairman OF the Executive COM
m,tee OF the German American Reform Union was
seen at his office In No. ll5 Broadway yesterday
and said that that body was responsible for the
charges presented on Monday to Governor fiower
nv a committee OF the union
"Thls action was decided upon" said Mr.. Sutro.
eat a meeting OF the Executive Committee held
last Friday evening. and appointed the commit
tee 10 prepare and present the charges against Coo
mel Fellows In accordance with resolution passed
by the committee that evening The union Is
responslble for this matter. and no one else
I'm reply to a question as TO whether the COM
mlt,ee OF Seventy had been consulted Mr.. Sutro
said that there had been no such consultation w t
did not think It necessary" he added. The COM
mlttee OF Seventy IL composed OF very good men.
| have acted with them myself but there was no
reason for consulting them In affairs upon when
the union was taking Independent action
Mr. sutro said that he would probably appear be-
fore the Governor 10 argue the case against Mr'
Fellows II a public hearing was accorded Inc
charges" he said. speak for themselves. Ihey
are In themselves evidence OF state OF negligence
In the Dstrct-Attorney's Office which Is intoera-
bic II this state OF things Is allowed to 80 on
where will the end be? 1t seems To me that ali the
Governor needs To do 10 enable him 10 act ~ 10
find out whether the records OF the Office are truly
represented In the statement laid before MIN by
the committee" . ,,... .
Joseph I.arocque. chairman of the committee OF
Seventy said yesterday that he had had no ihiofma-
tion rega riding the action OF the committee or ire
German American Reform Union. until he saw IL III
tne paDprs Neither the committee PREFER ng IN.
charges nor any OF the members OF the Union had
consulted him or. far as he knew, win any oil
I the seventy No meeting OF the committee had been
called to consider the action OF the union MT