The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-11

and y didn't. furnish mo with any reason why /
should not fulnl a contract i had sirned.
some surprise when, in answer TO q question as
10 MS occupation, he said he was the editor and
in tho soU Twnsps y 81 the ey dssosire; un ase ptho I'm.
preston that Mr.. Reid had very little TO do with
inS di' to sndj o MT. A and ,Sc sS sS Sss right gSs % asss, ned
and by what authority he turned 1t to his own
MIR. Reid said that 81, 900 OF IL came from
James Gordon Bonncit.e ii. 900 from George ".
Guilds, and 1928 from other sources. Asked 10
s %aSo DO pay %SS.f M order hsId t a,S,I sSn nUs. in sh sis Sls Msp
To the order OF the New York Tribune"
drawnl A.-To my own order.
2;I,What became Of the Bennett check A;
hsso ' BEEN essrnsa over %s &c ssi The 7'S aIaH .n@s "u''
Q.-At that time were you and the Tribune
''9onS4eGpS then A.1 wSst eSSs Became of the ohocti
Al don't know. but / imagi 20 1t went the way
Of most Tribune, checks, and was deposited in
.,Q..was tho Tribune the official custodian OF
the funds. Of the Committee of Slxty-ivef A.
Q.-By what right, then, did. the Tribune ap.
propriate to ITS own use a check OF $1,000 given
by James Gordon Bennett to help build q statue
1t was some time before thelspecial Ambsssa.
dor Of the United States tS the o Ss 2 rsS, ySe'lee
1T is customary. l believe. to bank checks,
The lameness Of the answer caused z SUI IN y,
IHo COuTG IODu. lno luNh VI VA hhoha titet. ~
was proper for his cashier. to deposit to the
,Tribune's account money hat IN no way pc,
longed to the newspaper evidently amazed the
!! EQ.-What became of the Childs checki Al
don't remember, but suppose IL was aepositea q
| Andrew ii. Green. 1t went toward the building
Of the statue, as did the Bennett check, Imesn
the statue that now stands In front OF the
SMiG Mr., Xndrews then. read an editorial from the
| file OF tho Tribune Of Jan. z, 1873. This editoriat
| atnted that MS fast aa mOney for the etatu0 was
received by the Tribune 1t would be acknowl.
edged and then sent to Mr.. Green, treasurer of
ODD that editorial state what was true :
All checks that were made payable to Mr..
Q.-How about other moneysi A.-other than
the checks l have mentioned, there were very
few subscriptions. What there were. suppose
The Soa,oa tee o. 9, any one IS sp ss 4 sa FOR 1T II
such moneysi A1."Sot that i, know Of. -,
Mr.. Reid was then taken in hand by his own
counsel. In answer to questions. and after con.
iis7s the Tribune received. besides the Bennett
and Childs checks, 81 ,490 -. He said That ne
COMMITTEES Argus Of sixty ,ay hve had failed to- fulfil
its mission. He then determined that Horace
Greeley should have a statue, anyhow: Within
P Pr 8 s1to Of The Nationai SCULPTURE Society: re:
and 1850 Mr.. Reid said he had had talks
with members OF Lne Sommltteo VI olAty,
to erect. He said that all tho members
of the committee with whom he talked
thought that the statue should be set up near
the scene of Mr.. Greeley's labors. Subsequent
to 1880 he had commissioned Mr., Ward to dc.
asked any of tho committee whether they
thought IL proper for him to use the commit
Mr.. HotchIiss dRiHdf mot press such a question.
Later on. however. when reexamined by Mr.
Andrews. Mr.. Reid was asked:
why did you not turn over TO MI. Green Al
only the checks made payable to Mr.. Green's
orderf" Mr.. Reid answer was:
II asked Gen. Cochran about using the FUND.-
in my hands for the statue / had in mind and he
favored such q use of the money. asked Mr.
Niles about 1t and he said he favored such Q use
of the money in my hands. but he wasn't, &C
clear about the money In Mr.. Green's hands
,t SiwWh 9.r PERFORMANCES sqebi.sdt a shS se sate 5eF YOU
Q.-They wero employed by youi A.-Yes
but all the members Of the committee with
whom l talked favored that site. Tho statue
stands right on tho threshold Of the door through
years of his life.
Odd you pay Mr.. Ward for his work
Al did. He received S13,ooO for the statue
Then the pedestal had to DO purchased; Thu
Mr.. Reid admitted not only that he appro
priated the committees money In his possession
he tried to induce Mr.. Green to turn over to him
what he had. This Mr.. Green refused to do, Mr.
Reid said. a.,
counsel moved to dismiss the complaint on ths
ground that 1t had been ehown by the plaintiff
own testimony that Mr.. Reid used the funds o.
the committee for tho purpose for which theI
the motion, and Justice Cohen reserved his de
cision until this morning.