New-York tribune., 1902-01-29
A SUMMONS FOR JEROME
DISTRICT ATTORNEY MUST
ANSWER ASSAULT CHARGE.
CORONERs ASK CORPORATION COUNSEL
HOEBER MAY TAKE ACTION.

John Murray. the clerk in the coroners' Office.
who had encounter with District Attorney
Jerome on Monday. went before Magistrate
Brann about noon yesterday and obtained a
summons commanding the District Attorney to
appear in the Centre-st- court at 10 a. m. to-
day to answer charge of assault and battery.
The summons was served Mr.. Jerome early
in the afternoon, and he said: Thank you.
I'll be there on time He asserted later that he
did not know what charge he would be called
on to answer when he appeared before Mag
istrate Brann In jocular way he remarked
that he was ready TO pay any fine that might
be imposed.
Mr.. Jerome made a statement early in the
day. declaring that he did not strike Murray
but had started to arrest him for disorderiy
conduct when the ''mixup' occurred.
The District Attorney yesterday received a
letter from ex-Coroner Hoeher. inquiring to
the truth of reports that Mr.. Jerome. in the
course of the disagreement on Monday. had
marked This is worse than anything in Cor
oner Hoeber's time" Dr. HOeber said he would
like to be satisfied to the authenticity of the
report before he took further action
The District Attorney laughingly said as he
read the letter, Now have two fights on. one
with a coroner and one with an ex-coroner.
The coroners decided to keep District Attorney
Jerome from interfering with them in holding
lnQueSlS IN future, II IndI were pOSSiDlc- IhSS
talked bitterly about the clash which Mr.. Jerome
had with Coroner Goldenkranz Monday. and
said some things intended to make the District
Attorneys ears burn. The coroners held con-
ference about noon and discussed the situation.
In the afternoon they went TO the office of Cor
poration Counsel Rives and asked for his opinion
about Mr.. Jerome's conduct at inqCests- Mr.
Rves would not give opinion offhand. and
would not talk about the case. but Coroner
Goldenkranz said:
We called merely to ask Mr.. Rives to give an
opinion We have not reduced our request to
writing yet, but will do So District Attor-
ney Jerome has been making himself ridiculous
lately, and want to know where we stand
and what right he has to usurp our powers
Coroner Jackson who seemed to be greatly
wrought up about what he called the interfer-
ence of the District Attorney. said:
That man is a paranoiac. a lunatic- 1 am a
member Of the Lunatic Commission and an ex-
pert. and If he comes TO me for medical ad-
vice ne will get it. He's crazy-that's what is
the matter with Jerome He has his smart
young fellows UP there and thinks ne can DO
except his Office. and be the whole thing
himself.
Jerome behaved as bull in china shop.
and 1 hope you will quote me saying so.'
said Coroner Scholer.,
Coroner Jackson declared that he saw Mr.
Jerome strike John Murray. the coroners clerk
McGrath. the laborer who was sent TO the
Tombs Monday by Coroner Goldenkranz, al
though it said he was not employed in the
subway work in Park-ave. and was not near the
scene OF the explosion, was kept in the TOmbS
Yesterday. The coroner said the man would be
examined to-day and possibly released.
r. w. q. Welling, in the Supreme Court, late
in the afternoon obtained a writ of habeaS corpus
directing the warden of the Tombs to produce
McGrath in court at 1890 a. m. to-day The
lawyer also got a writ of Certiorari against
0~61= Of
the case in court and show why he held Nc
Grath