The evening world., 1903-03-11
|VREELAND SAYS
IT'S A STOCK RAID
Interurban's President Denounces Charges
Against Metropolitan Filed with District
Attorney as MaIiciousIy False, and Says
They We're Made to Affect Market.

and to use the District Attorneys office
for s~tock-jobbing purposes, The princi-
pal author OF the so-called charges is
one William A.. Amory, who was Secre-
tary of the Third Avenue Railway Com
pany when It went into bankruptcy, and
who for several years before had been
employed by that company in one capac-
ity or another. Knowing what 1 did OF
Amory and his connection with the no
torious maladministration of the Third
Avenue Company, 1 naturally refused
to continue him in our service after the
Metropolitan Company became the less
eeS Of the Third Avenue system. From
that day to this Amory has devoted
most Of his time to ~instigating malicious
and INSCRIPTIONS attacks upon the Met
ropolitan Company, and has allied him
self from time to time with various per-
sons who for one reason or other were
willing to further his malicious schemes.
Made Basis of n Raid.
I'm his recent attack Amory has been
supplied with a large amount OF money
from sources which are known TO us.
With the aid OF two so-calied experts
he prepared voluminous charges. which,
as have said above, were misrepre-
filed them with the District-Attorney.
Those charges, and the fact that they
were on fle in the District-Attorney's
office, have been skilfully used by
rumors which were deliberately put in
circulation In Vail street about ten days
ago. and which were made the basis OF
a raid not only upon Metropolitan stock
but upon the entire stock market.
about two weeks ago Dissatisfaction
ney Jerome notified the counsel of our
company of the charges which have
been filed. n said that he would, Of
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the company had been given the fullest
opportunity OF explaining them. l there
upon asked Mr.. Stephen Little to ia.
miliartze himself gith the accounts OF
pany in order that the very best pos
sihle evidence might be furnished to the
District Attorney of the falsity of the
charges. After a most careful examina-
ton of the charges set forth in the state
ment furnished by the Dlstrict-Attorney,
Mr.. Little pronounced every one OF them
10 be preposterous and false.
"A full and complete reputation Of the
Amory charges. approved by Mr.. Little.
is being furnished to the Dstrict-At-
torney."
Stephen Little, the special counsel, In
his statement declares that he devoted
several days to a careful examination OF
the documents submitted by the District
Attorney and found that "every one OF
rhe charges was p~reposterous and false;
Never but once in my entire professional
experience have l been called upon TO
deal with statements so ridiculous upon
their face. so preposterous from begin
ming to end n so plainly intended for
an Interior purpose"
Anderson, Pendleton & Anderson. law
yers at No. Is Broad street. and at
torneys for Wormser & CO.. and other
stockholders OF the Metropolitan Street
Railway Company, h are opposing
the Interurban Company lease. ISSUED u
statement to-day disclaiming, in behalf
OF their clients, any connection. with,
directly or indirectly. the charges
against the Metropolitan Street Railway
Company lodged with the District-At-
torrey.
jerome Preparing Statement.
De Lancey Nicoll. one OF the counsel u
the Metropolitan Street Railway Com
pany, had a half hours conference with
Mr.. Jerome to-day. When Mr.. Nicoil
left the District Attorneys office he was
asked IL Mr.. Jerome had taken up the
matter OF the charges against the rail
way company. and he replied:
''He has
Mr.. Jerome was seen a few minutes
later and said that the matter needed
considerable attention before he could
make n statement, and that he expected
to make such a statement this after
noon.
Later in the afternoon Mr.. Jerome de-
clared he was tired out from being up
all night in connection with gambling
house raids, 30 would defer making the
promised statement.