New-York tribune., 1901-10-20
CAN PROVEIT, SAYS JEROME
READY TO JUSTIFY HIS REMARKS
ABOUT GRAND JURY LISTS,
HE DECLARES.


HE DECLARES.
Justice Jerome, in p speech before the Order
of Acorns, at Broadway and Leonard-st.. at
noon yesterday, had more TO say about the grand
jury system.
Il am accused of attacking t. grand jury.
he said You will read what John Harsen
Rhoades said and. if it became necessary, II the
people who are always threatening TO do some
thing to had gone ahead, was prepared TO
justify what 1 said. (Great applauseo Under
stand me. I do not mean to attack the whole
grand jury list. There are lots of est;-lable and
reputable gentlemen there, and lots of them from
time to time in the past and in the six years
during which have sat in a court which has
no jury have come to me because they happened
to know me personally had heard of me, and
have asked my advice, although was not their
legal adviser in regard to certain things that
were occurring in the grand jury room
II say 1t and can prove it. that foremen Of
grand juries have come to me and said, Jerome.
If you have a certain class of cases in which
you sit a magistrate Qoremen of grand
1uries am speaking of now) If you have GER
tain particular kinds of cases, don't have tn m
brought before this grand jury. of which 1 am
foreman. because it is full of seepers and they
will knock IT, whatever the evidence may be-
L am a responsible man: l have been here
and am going to stay here; they can take 1t up
whenever they want TO. Great applause
Though 1 may seem to be attacking our institu-
tions all along the line, yet 1 know what L am
saying"
With Justice Jerome the platform was
John P Faure who was foreman of the grand
jury that indicted Devery on the day before
election last year. and Mr.. Faure said:
1t was then that Devery gave his infamous order
70 f1iGynC Yard tho oil
mediately under his orders. 1880 clubs were held
after after n the grand Jury convened this hand odng
up his right handl wrote Devery's indictment Dev,
curse Tammany Hall But the arm ct Of the Und1 law a
him and MAYOR Van Wyck issued the best. order
of his life when he ordered Devery TO wlthdra"
his instructions to the police
Before he mentioned the grand jury in his
speech yesterday Justice Jerome said in part;
was interested in reading Mr.. Shepards speech
at Tammany Hall the other night. hnd among
other things. that he said this: Il now say 10 you
me by the leaders Of Tammany Hall or otherwise
has been a request that If elected Will deal rlsoE
dong oTs WhereVer it may be found Without reference
to the department or place in which IL may De
think that this is % ne sbtbsrs Sf the Gons
10 10 the the Haman
ting down and having talk with Nj Croker and
hint that II elected he ought. without respect
persons, to deal risorously and vigorously with
whatever department 1t requires vivid imagina-
ton but that is what Mr. shepard said
But this mention of a pledge recalls another sug-
gestion that was made, of which you are undoubt-
edly aware: another great man found fault with
the condition OF affairs in this city-Lewis Nixon.
of the Committee Of Five. You Will all remember
that ne had orders from Mr. Croker in about the
same way that apparently Mr. shepard had-that is
spare no one doing wrong Mr. Nixon went forth
No. % Dey-st, and he got Maurice Hoahan there
looking for his wayward son great laughter). and
the bottom cropped out OF the Committse OF EIve
elected the first person he would get up against
would make the bottom drop out OF his admins
NJ Shepard says, = wgl be practically Shief Of
p9S %Gn an IN sa M a OF ha
he viii be practically Chief Of Police in greater
the character that he is and ne stands up and
says: Il good. virtuous man. have lived
among You all the years of my life Gin Brooklynl.
But il Is not what Mr.. Shepard may may not do
we -a'' want To- Know what he is going to do with
that man Devery; and ne has been asked in every
pTisPg ha + tpr ana eS es' THAT @ is nHconsutiona
Now the people are face TO face with the acts OF
answeped ais e and he has not answered it. M Low
has answered it and told what he will do and
believe he will do what he says. and believe you
Will give him the opportunity or doing It. CGreat
applause) r>-..--
There is department except the Department
OF Police that is so important the merchants Of
this the Fire Department. for the mer-
business streets at night and you can find the pri-
vate watchmen much quicker oftentimes than you
can find some patrOlmen their beats. The mer-
chants OF this city can hire watchmen but they
cannot hire Fire Department and If the Fire De-
partment is going to be corrupted and debauched.
then there will he very little protection for the
that they are supposed to hroteCt.
The private employe cannot do what the public
Fire Department dissatisfied right down to the
ground. and they rightly dissatisfied. This sys-
the head of the Fire Department has demoralized
the whole Fire Department