The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-11
REID CALLED TO ACCOUNT.
MADE TO TELL IN COURT NOW HE
USED OTHER NEWS MONEY.

gpent the MONEY. sent Him In Trust for =
Public Fund, TO Erect the Greeley stA'"e
ut tho Front Door or ISIS once building.
The suit OF Alexander Doyle, sculptor, with q
studio at 229 East Twentieth street, against
the Hon. Wbitelnw Reid to recover $2,92s, tho
amount said by Doyle to be the balance duo to
him as the designer Of tho statue OF Horace
Greeley in Greeley square, was on trial in Fart
w. Of tho Supreme Court yesterday before
Justice Cohen and n jury. Tho plaintiff was
represented by Lawyers Robert l.. Stanton and
Herbert I. Andrews. The defendants attorneys
werc Henry ID. Hotchkiss and Henry w. SacIett.
The action was begun on Jan. 81, 1898. On
Nov. Q, 1896. 1t camo up for trial, but was post
poned at the urgent request of Mr.. Keids
counsel, who stated that important witnesses
were absent. Although the suit was begun in
1896, it really dates back to January, 1873,
whom sixty-hve citizens Of New York organized
themselves into committee to raise funds for
O statue OF Horace Greeley. Some OF the men,
bers OF this committee were William w. Niles.
Andrew Ii. Green. Gen. John Cochran. Edmund
Clarence Stedman and Whitelaw Reid. Mr..
Niles was made Chairman Of the committee and
Mr.. Green Treasurer. An Executive Commit
tee. consisting OF Mr.. Niles. Gen. Cochran and
Col. Nicholas Smith, q son.in.law OF Horace
Greeley, was appointed by the general commit
tee to do the active work Of raising the funds.
subscriptions came in slowly and mostly in
small amounts. although the announcement
that the statue project was on foot was pub
lished several times in tho Tribune. From the
fact that Mr.. Greeley had conducted tho Tribune
90 long, many of those who were inclined to
subscribe thought the easiest why to make their
subscriptions was to send the money to the
Tribune office. Some Of the subscriptions were
In cash, some in checks. Some Of tho checks
were made payable to the order of Andrew II.
Green, Treasurer of the committee; others were
made payable to tho order of the Tribune, and
still others to the order OF Whitelaw Reid.
Tho checks received by the Tribune or by Mr..
Reid, payable to Mr.. Green's order, were trans
mitted to him. Those made payable to the order
of the Tribune or Mr.. Reid were not sent to Mr..
Green. After q time the enthusiasm of the
committee died out, subscriptions practically
stopped coming in, and the public forgot
all about the Greeley statue and its fund. So
matters rested unit! 1887. On Nov. 0 Of that
bers OF the Committee, Of Sixty-hve was called
Of IL Wall street. Mr.. Niles presided and
The object Of the meeting was to see what could
pc done about uniting with Typographical
which had begun to collect funds on its own &C:
count for q Greeley statue. Tho OF
hands Of Mr., Reid. and the members rs thought 10
that those iqnSd;s SC could ,hs DO Used at last for The
H Pun 5ssse aT WITH Th' fho ' pfint wsro intended by pool
A combination was effected. and. after some
aisepssion, the space sS; between w BroadwHy and
the sH statue. ' The Selection c ss. Of the ~ sculptor UP oi'V was
desis 10 g 'o the Gsrta snd a stsSae In 9 cISveis MnC
was selected; For his pay it was agreed that
ieeiied 90SS! y t the p]ri ra t ana nd all the mhSnG money nes:
which the committee had in its treasury and
es1 W ThleG W 1 Rsia. Ty n sqatlStief H e inG n No. !
had raised IS ,5oo.. Mi Green had $572 in his
hands. and Mr. Reid. 1t was learned. had S2, 1923.
Georss ". cGRiiids Of Phiiadelphia and 81. 900 BY
James Gordon Bennett; Mr.. Childs had in;
60 to the Greeley family, but. finding they did
not need it. he turned it over to Mr.. Reid TO go
The Doyle statue was unveiled in 1894. After
that Mr.. Doyle received oil the money in the
GeEsasnihleso Of ths tyPpE.aP@RhiS en h nn appi fea to- e, Mr. Mr.
Reid for the 1928 which Mr., Reid held, the
sculptor was told that MI; Reid had nc no money Q
Which he had held for the eOmmittss
a had sl. of Sr esSn p ,Sst !. sean Ranyin &C t iSs t an.
Mr. MI: Reid Sad wa was h. really LIZA yf sGy,s sorry nI i but xd Il Mn nn
the Greeley square statue. he must look to some
ono else than Mr.. Reid for The BALANCE due 70
answer and thought that possibly tho men
who gave him the commission had made some
Committee Of sixty:fye, or its representative
and the printers had been correct in their state
n me- e, a NJ. Doyle sued Mr.. Reid to recover
When the case was called yesterday morning
the first witness sworn was william w. Niles
Committee of Sixty-fve. Mr.. Niles gave the his
tory of the committees effort to raise a statue te
create some enthusiasm for the project in 1877;
By publishing articles about the scheme In tn.
public did not respond literally to The call
ARGeI s sSn!'e seoE yS up the fps' scheme hem; MI The st printer aasr
were enthusiastic, and their call for subscrip
tic aM met with al hearty ,Ha yo rfsPonISe Committee" ,.i,
Mr.. Niles. watched the progress OF the printers
efforts for a time and concluded to join hand
with them. We knew that Mr.. Reid had abou
5000 in his possession. and we know that Mr.
Green. our treasurer. had a few hundred dol
for the purpose for which it was subscribed
and SO we went in with the printers"
AMOUNT OF money held By Mr.. Green and BY Nj
Reid. he said he could not remember, as he ha'
meyer "Yo hr SsHs ss sny t Of th sea fnnS 81 Horace Creole.
In front of the Tribune Office. have you not 7
Mr.. Niles was asked,
? your committee authorize its erection =
Would the committee have chosen that pal
dcular place as the site for the statue q
"Icannot say. If / remember Alright. we wer
tify very much discussion of a site. think on
member that the doorway of the Tribune Ofic
WHO was supposed to have paid for tn
statue in front OF the Tribune offlcer T.
II supposed it was paid for either by MI
Reid p rsonally or by the Tribune Association.
At the conclusion CT Mr.. Niles's testimony
court adjourned for luncheon. The first witnes
OF the afternoon session was Albert b. johnson
who was Secretary pro tempore of the committ
Of sixty-ive when It met on Nov. 10. 1887. ii
Identified the minutes of the meeting. Mr.. John
BON testified that AT the meeting OF whic
DO was the Secretary, it was decided to emplo
So0llectOr to gat, er in all outstanding subscriL
lions to the fund and TO make a contract wit
some sculptor for designing a statGe. 1t wa
stipulated, however. that the contract 10 b
made Should contain II clause specifying tina
the committee would not be responsible to tn
sculptor for a larger sum han was on hand a
the time the contract was let.
ID you @ anything being sal,
At the meeting about the intention on the par
81 anybody, to erect n statue in front OF tn
tribune building g. Mr.. johnson was asked.
do not remember that mention Of any sucl
Intention was made. ! think l would rcmembe
1t II 1t had been said that there wds any publ
movement on foot TO erect such a statue. VIVA
object could there be IN erecting two statues G
Greeley by popular subscription !"
When you learned that such a statue ha
hAA sAaNA uL- IA II n