The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-30
MASON WENT TO PUMP ANGRY.
HIDDEN STENOGRAPHER HEARD
OFFER TO BUY PATENT STOCK.

HIDDEN SIENOdhNIn MN aBAhD
OFFER TO BUY PATENT STOCK.
Mason Knew Amsry Of Osd - Man win
. Scheme to Haras Metropolitan.
and went Expioring-Page Said Ge-
heuna Would he Arctic Before He'd
u Advise Buying Anosy OG-Testimony
All stricken Out-TaNsr Next witness.
The Amory-vreeland libel case was re-
opened yesterday by Magistrate Barlow, sit
ting in the library Of the Criminal Courts
Building, for the special purpose Of permit
ting District Attorney Jerome to find out, IL
he could. II William b. Page. Jr., had hired
Jerome's former law partner, Daniel Mason,
to try to buy OF Amory and all his litigation.
threatened and instituted. against the
Metropolitan company. Mr. jerome failed
to connect Mr.. Page In any improper
way with Nason's visits to Amory and he
failed to show any connection whatever
between Mason and President vreeland
or any other officer Of the Metropolitan
Street Railway Company. The result Of
the District Attorneys butting In was,
therefore. only to delay the conclusion OF
the case which has dragged along for more
than q month. The testimony after 1t had
been taken was stricken from the record.
When the case was called, Mr.. Jerome
was sitting with the Amory contingent.
On the opposite side Of the table sat Mr..
Mason and Mr.. Page, who was attended
by his personal attorney, Albert B. Board
man. The District Attorney called Mr.
Mason, and Mr.. Nicoll objected to the case
being reopened for the purpose, as he said.
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any possible bearing on the question at
issue as to whether or not vreeland had
libelled Amory. The objection was over
ruled, and Mason took the stand. He said
that he Ii q practising lawyer and that
he knew both Mr. Page and Anory. Then
Mr., Jerome asked
SAsoH's VISIT TO AMoBY.
g; We're you at Amory's house on March
=. In the course Of your nysersatioaa
i 7 IA your A My best recollection Is that
O. Was the statement truep A. 1t was
q. II you did not go for Page. what did
account. as have told you privately; l
ssted in Metropolitan stock and I wanted
to And out what Amory was up TO-; manu-
sSss You had come 'e from Psse and that i
you put the thing through. you'd get 90. 600
snd .s Esn very yHH ke fSfad did, set $1,000
.S. P you t KNOW sox e Serious S" h. Nos
,y%s s. put sa S0u ,h at fo
He seemed to he some what excited and /
thought he was using more voice than the
necessities OF psrlor conversation required.
SHOUTING TO THE HIDDEN sTRNooRAPIiER.
hall toll an
that a stenographer concealed behind
the curtains could hear him. Mr.. Jerome
was reading from a translation Of the stem
ographers report of the convers alton;
q. Did Amory say. too: in ssubstapcs. this;
repg Page a0fs afe oo gil e make a
:ssS from look s sSss very likely
pa aT0t Can't f'I ssE ~cn. S1
s ANYBODY on the roof might have heard IL. /
don't remember as to the hgures'
TELL PAGE TO 90 TO -.
were coniins to him and oGerins $4,000 or
S Ssss to sss and sns s S h he ts
to him tAmoryI any such messasef A. In
g. And didn't Aposy,; sssy: You so back ;,.
ne can't 40 business with me'' A. think
1eaay and dIdni you reply: .Ncx, ysi. -. !.
70 tell him YOU prSpo. Ply, S,r, and didn't In,
10 to hell? 4. Very likoly.
q Did you tell Amory you had already re-
see him. 4. i said nothing about 500 as i
now remember the conversation.
WENT TO PUMP AMoRY.
O. Before going, to Amory did :, YOU see
s pSseM Mr. PAGE on efs. q aSqa Clock
! in the afternoon. l told him believed Amory
was about 70 start SlSSEmaiainF su sgsnst
time in March, 1902. ! met Mr.: Page az the
| that j believed Amory was going TO attack
! the Metropolitan company, first. on the ground
| that it was running carr on Lexington avenue
work, that he was going to try to put the
| company in the hands Of arecevier.
RETAINER PROM PAGE WAS ANOTHER MATTER.
| o. What did Page say TO what you told
reply. Page isn't much Of talker.
Q. Did you ever get 2 retainet from hin
paon say 10 ms think Sa March ri. sss
| II was sunday, anyway. He said he wanted
employ s a % so o ana
o. il Mr.. Page permits, will you tell Us
have G no wfJs se tens SoS he
L
| Mr.. Pase-If the Court plesses. I haven'i
! the slightest objection 70 the witness tellnl
| the general business WHICH ] employed hin
| 10 transact, but, since the details concern
| solely client Of mine. dom think he should
| be permitted to go into detaile.
| The District Attorney-The general subject
| will be quite enough. ] have no desire u
| pry into private business.
The " iiness-I was retained in connection
| with a matter relating TO newspaper.
| o. Were YOU ever retained by MIR. Pare II
| any other matter? A. ! was not
| d. And this retainer was given on the da,
before you went to see Amory? A. think
q You and Amory and Page we're interested
in the sale OF the Jerome Park Railway, were
YOU not? A. was interested In the sale
Page in the purchase and Amory acted al
Mas any of the Jerome family interestec
| in the sale OF that road? A. think not
| NV recollection Is that the road belonged I,
the estate OF William r.. Travers. that Pag'
| hon tilt the road and that the money went :,
William A. Duer. az the representative o
"o Did YOU tell Page what you had tolt
Amoryy 4. The substance of It.
WHAT PAGE KNEW ABOUT.
q Then Page knew all the time thnt 70,
| were representing TO Amory that you ver
| acting for him lPagelf A. Well, II he didn't
| he ou ght to have known.
| %. Was the Page retainer for work TO b.
| done in the future or for work already per
| formeds 4. For work 70 be done In tn
| future tRetainers usually are.I
AMoRY HAS 1T IN PoR METROPOLITAN.