New-York tribune., 1903-06-11
GAVE S1SO.5OO TO AMMON.
SAYS MILLER ON STAND.
Declares La5cyer Who Got 4h Ad-
7ised and 4ided Flight.

,,,.L x,-,1,,,r = Miller again on the stand, the
fun strength. Of the District Attofhe! ~
against Robert A. Amnon came cut Not oiiis
-oS 81 what il had been rumored ii would oe' Il
was even more, for Miller. BESIDES oeCi"i''7
that lust prior TO his flight he had turned oNsi
20 krnu1on s1S0.500 Of the Franklin Syholcate @
s,,,,51e asserted that Amuaon told him So'oVo
was 10 he given TO Jimmie RidgwaE loI ms
fee and TO bribe the jury at Miiler's trial None
f This money. however. Miller said Ammoh to'u
,,i-r, o,,or reached the jury. Milier's testimony
,,,e,, IN show that from the time it became ap-
,,.rent that the fraud exposed Anai1loh a"-
1-ised him what TO do; went 20 Boston Win .'-
10 try 10 satisfy suspicious and clanorii's ~
,fors. told him to fee TO Canada when arrest
WAS imminent, and offered TO nave MIS- ~,
-. +.,,o Mrs Miller and her child away oI
-ba $50 500 Miller said, he had received e'ii'-
,sara;ively little. .,;o,
Miller was on the stand all day f1is eai i''e
..,..,<,,. cave some idea of the gullibility OF
the swallowers of his bait Entries loi 'ie
c-i,v October 20. 1899. showed that the 'otal
,aoeints had been SIS 349. while the total amount
;5 ,,,+ amounted TO S1I.123 On OCTOBER %
500 5s6 was paid out and S123.7 $50 received foi
IT, week ending October 80 S4o'fo was pai1
.,,t and S1603S6 taken in.
Miller then began the recital OF ms oealiii7
with Arnmon his testimony, in ITS most SA'ie-'N
features. being follows .-
On l,eing introduced TO Ammon in the lat'eI
office witness told the lawyer that ne leaieu
+ra,ble paid 500 retainer ana asheN .o
.6,4ce Ammon told him TO get the fralihliii
syndicate incorporated, saying ne was "'''' ny
for the Dean people, and adding;
..,yo,, didn't see any of the Dean people IN jan.
,,,,o mistake the Dean people made was 10 holu
tho stool, themselves instead of allowing 'nei'
customers to do it.
on November % witness put soo'ooo -
.,,o, end went 10 Ammon's office. hnoihg All
mon and Schlessenger there. SchlesseHsei "''
had 2 satchel containing money Anlinon az
,ised witness to run for 1t ahc 80 ~
Witness said he wanted to get the money ou' u
the way, and Ammon said ne Wo"iU
that.
N,,uor boa balance in the Wells, Fargo
-ononanv's bank of $4,000. of which Sioo'VVo
nos the certificate of deposit. $4,000 in bohoS
.,,a the remainder in checks and cash. he gave
,he satehel containing $4,000 to Ammon- Inc"
-bev went to the offices of Wells~Fargo' Wheft'
in the private Office they saw cashler haIeu
Zimmerman II too late to ara" ouC 'it9
funds on the advice of Ammon witness olie0'-
Cd that the funds in the bank be turned over 10
A17,non's account. and Ammon deposited III ms
own name writing out the deposit SHIPS nne ~
the S1O0 600 certificate of deposit. Sfo,VVp Al
1.cT5e S1o e90 in checks and S3O,9OO IN casIl-
Miller said he left Amnon's off1ce ABOUT y, ia: Ll,
with a man who Ammon said, would take ! nun
70 Canada Frederick House was also VII VII
ness's attorney at the time. he understood .la' @
Am1non had paid House $1,000 for his services.
Miller had $500 with him Ammon said tlat
he would keep him supplied with money. am am
mon had declared that he had sent to lawyers y
in Montreal Grenshields & Grenshlelds, s1o,ooo
for Miller and later had admitted that ne hAu
sent only 5000. ,,-, !,
Miller received none of the money Nheh ne
returned under arrest he had. 40 cents AnInon
1old him that he had a man who wouid 1urhlsh
hail hut the bail never forthcoming.
When witness met Ammon the latter sald ne
had lent S11n0O0 Seymour, Johnson d Co Il
brokerage firm and had given $4,000 to Jim
ME" Ridgway TO bribe the jury al the trlal
which took place in April of 1900 Part OF the
$1,000 was TO be Ridgway's fee and the rest
was 10 go 10 fixing the jury. Ammon SAID
that none of the money ever reached the jury, or
witness would not have been conVisted
From the time of his conviction 10 the time
Of his second trial his wife got SO a month
from AInnon When he sent back to Sing
Sing she got $40 month. Ammon had seen
him in prison several times, and had said:
Billy you don't want TO go to shooting your
mouth off too much
District Attorney Jerome had told him if he
would tell the truth in the Ammon trial he
would use his influence with the Governor for
him. The Governor had not promised anything.
Adjournment taken to this morning