The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-18

VIZ n %R.s A%ory Sss tsssinsd ' %.
susr a rHHfATrvR REPORT. rrIcHNAH sAfs.
Have any sonyersa snIS hint E,sh that sy nor
smlhins the books Of the company. I said
es anS IL Sad no dsa my my report
qysn 70 the newspapers or TO the p'''r'c'
xHosY's spIsoovERrEs' NEW TO HIM
me witness was croes-examined a. to
WHISTLER he found out that. as Amory swore.
some roads were built over three or Tour
times, according to figures In the reports
TO the Railroad Commission, and az TO q
number OF other matters to which Amory
tesohed. Teichmann declared that he
found nothing about these matters tn the
doouments he examined. ~
Amory's attorney then said that an
company a bit, since it did not touch on
any one Of Amory's finds, the total OF which
makes, according to the Amory camp.
between S2S. 900 and $50 Ooo
sOh, Of course, this is nothing. said M
Niooll. Il don't wonder you sputter. Tho
finding Of twenty-four Of YOU. stolen mil
lions In fifteen minutes must have struck
you In the solar plexus,
At the close OF Teichmann's testimony
the hearing was adjourned until next
wednesday morning.
yBEELAND ON THE Raid.
President vrecland gave out last night
the following statement:
BNiow and the investisation BY The District Die, iG
.nS.a e s5psI & fhsr
She rspors Of the Metropolitan Street Rail AL
he sI true sn state Of ~ asirs but
seS SShdl he newspapers his sonoaed report
t Sg ne sss ss the besT S in
to-day .impe me TO say to the public. and
STOCK ps hat 4 mory's tesamony and Philbin's
report are both wickedly false. ,
There have been three sta ges Of this attack
ssed our Tssn Esene ana Tsyr eSpoyed
Amory. together with two expert accoun tsnt ts.
b The Of ny
deficit The onclusions Of these accoun tants.
have Ssi eSes
explained In court to-day that thcir. results
na sSsass Us FL Ss sSss
diary companies without crediting US Win
Fl as 10 Sm By
but that the corresponding assets had not
been shown at ali: so that he and his ASSOCIATE
en nee side "a. % t tSs account o t oniy1
The second phase Of the attack mad d;d It's
ss. ASor N t and Gos%.n Draso
these nov abandoned experts reports. TO-
gether with q treat mass OF other matter IN
sgsa nspalsss and compsri
sons, such as he made upon the witness STAND
The other Ss he a5e% Ss thes
charges the District Attorney selected those
that seemed to have any significance and
asked fwe had any objection TO his verifying
SS M. oI Soohs we 81 V rely At
period q four weeks his expert accountant
ndsnt that be viii report to the District A.
toInsy that ali the charges are without fOunda-
PHr1BrN's REPORT nIppLEp
At the mST T f. When sb the % D m.ks
vsiops. and Mr.. Phil6n, in the euise OF an
70, ss pr eas e the me
Hessiss.io % PSilblS. .ssse%ens !: simply
? rehash of the matters into which M Teele
l h.s !. nos Sss.
cocted within the last thirty days
letter e., NJ (. c r.n9 into Nh III. p atssf
SSH"n r. SSI S0% %eaS Ss'H @ and fefsuns
B. " assumed rom The fact that he was not :
steckhosdsf. bat was go sharss 81 Metro,
sSt q the %sskst On the S bay rs.n
record and that he had undertaken his M
ssss csSs s 9S %. s' res setter ss o.
retain us Metropolitan holdings.
NJ q: Sst ys Fl h he sss to
City Ety. be vas furnishins. and Offering to. for
tuaiiy pubiisHed his so-caled report the very
moment he had sent II TO the company IN
for s na" esn 81 sraoe! as ''0'An0'0 A
The stockhoiders, Of the Metropolitan
rom wn9 or sRs
operated system Of mechanical traction that
OF New York may accept without reserve my
sssursnos that their company has IA. an
no 81 it's fund. no
Ing mp OF Ne assets. no conc alment OF us
sSs: no hShe, e aOa
that the progress Of the trial before MaRis-
trats BARLOW will prove that not single
ts n NJ sgt and PhHSn: statement !. justihed
by the facts
ABSOLUTELY uNrouNDEp.' SAID STEPHEN
With this statement Mr.. yreeland gave
out letter sent TO him by Stephen Little,
the expert accountant. This letter is as
.DEAR SIR. I have read the so-called Phil;
panied Mr. Brsker's letter Of A pril IS. 1908.
e rS ndo az " Mr. Hmorys testimony before Mr.
Justice BARLOW at the hearing on Wednesday.
at which l was present. -.
They are also, to large sxtent, a repetition
Of the matters submitted for explanation
by the Honor able District Attorney. TO the In
vestieation OF which. at your request. de.
votad several weeks / am. therefore. In q
position 70 say. with reference TO such OF
these char Rps as have examined that they
are absolu tely unfoundAd, The charges
which I have not examined are OF such a
character that they can. | believe. be as
easily explained as all the others. Yours
very truly. STEPHEN LITTLE
vRKELANp LAuoHs AT AMoRY's BUoABoo.
After giving out his statement and Mr..
Little's letter Mr.. Vreeland was asked
how, during all the Year, that the Officers
Of his company had been stealing the mill
lions, a. charged by Amory. he had been
able to Keep his bookkeePers and account
'0h; II must have been BY a powerful
hypnotic inhusnce.' said Mr., Vreeland,
smiling. But take this question Of LA
bilitisS and Assets, regarding which we are
charged with making false statements.
We lease . number Of independent COM
panies and to them pay a fixed rental
and bonds and other liabilities which these
people have included among our habili-
hes-- But 70 long as these liabilities were
charged 30 US. they ought also TO- have
credited B with the assets Of the leased
companies, II lease my house to you
IL iap' fair NJ