New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-30
Mr.. JEROME NAILS A lie
statement That He Uisopprop'ioted
500 ProUes .4nother ROOrb0Ck.

Tanmany Hall last night continued its cam
paign or ''roorbacks" and falsehocds when
through its agents il issued an anonymous
charge that District Attorney Jerome had taken
claim for collection amounting 10 800 from
colonel William l. Brown. many years ago. and
that ne had never made good the proceeds. The
typewriter statement as follows:
sa The nfh 15o Sf2re has last DsTc
dishonored the name OF distinguished father by
becoming the Democratic candidate for the Mayor
inside history concerning The hypocrisy Of this
In 1877 John r Fellows was elected District At
torney Of the city and county Of New-York At
pointed Assistant District Attorney under Fel-
lows Previous 10 this appointment he had been
Evening News and Who AZ ons tirns uss s,sie
Senator and hest known this city as Bill
Brown, placed in the hands Of jerome matter of
collection amounting TO the sum of 500. Jerome
collected this money. but did not paw it over TO
Brown went to Fellows and complained stating
to him thar Jerome his assistant bad misapPTo;
Jerome To his office and taxed him with the mis-
appropriation Of the money Jerome admitted that
cry. but stated that the money. having been col
lected was given To his father who was then dead
and that MS father had misapped the money
that daT - this This 1a ao 61 70 fcnore 6 bs
fathcrs name when he told Colonel Fellows that
been placed in his hands for the purpose of giving
them Colonel Brown
Do YOU believe that he is the man 7ho should
90 about criticisng Mcclellan by stating that he
has dishonored the name Of the famous soldier
When Mr. Jerome had finished his speech in
Carnegie Hall last night the Tammany state
ment was shown him. To a Tribune representa-
tive he said
I ailI he very glad to shoot that bug in the back
The facts are these: In the year, think it was %
SneI G o On fE2m WashiGst2R Nth my fatRST
were together in a drawing room car and they be-
saI 20 IaIk aoouJ a e"spaper man VINO ntd JtSt
made an attack through newspaper on my uncle
My father was a man of quick temper a man
Of powerful physique a man who when he tackled
another man and took him by the throat was likely
had expressed himself somewhat. forcihly the
ssIrsSH fGViSed nm 20 oS nooegate aio ,y1; -
stories about what he said were his personal ex-
Brown said in this drawing room car conversation
tod him that certain newspaper owed him $+',
and there was delay in payment. The newspaPer
neIs story. that he Brown. casn order on the
newspaper for 500. This the newspaper man made
out and signed.
THE ORDER CALLED y g..
colonel Brown said that when the order vas pre-
sented to the paper it said 1t was y G.. and my
father promptly asked the colo4sl to turn that
You give me that order and l vii give it to to
and veil get this newspaper up on supple
| mentary proceedings. and may be we can get that
Colonel Brown indorSed the order over to my
father suit VS. begun IN a district fonnt f o.
S4co or $500 / don't remember tho amount. For
ca me down and said he would Ike to settle this
suit before it trial
the money Was to be paid in so 9StalmePts out
sent his frst PAL nent Of -. minus the IS O.
| Brown. When went home that night and told
my f ther about it h SAID: am the nIalntlf II
this case. and YOU ought to nave turned thdt
money over 10 ne, -
sde or ens1eG eetTceu my faber and Colonel
Bill Brown. The rest Of the payments were
the money over to the plaintiff in ~ action. who
happened to be my father and for whom was
After my fathers death received letter from
he was under such obligations 70 the Jerome fam
ily that the amount, Of The collection naf been
Of formal WaT because it was surprising sort
O. commUicauGn TO me q tnst IL b I' 70 said
| in substance thar If the money were not sent 70
paper r The The Daily News " - '
HIS LETTER TO COLONEL BROWN.
| Now have all this correspondence at M home
| in Lakeve and think can hack UP every word
Of What a VII ,et Try 70 s rooel
urote TO him about like this:
the cyil and the criminal law aPpHfeaGe TO the
beg 70 say TO YOU that there are several remedies
open 10 gu in every IF which you may choose
haif uav am nenber Of the Rar Associa ton
/ -rni induced AXE action such 3
charge YOU have suggested against ne; ana
tleUc are also civil and criminal processes Vpicn
I You MAJ inzuzurate. But If YOU address TO ne
another com11rlnca ton ike the one have before
me- ] = IN prosecute YOU crimiDailv- invite you
I - open on me in Your paper- The Daily News.
because r. do 50. viii prosecute you both civ
/ iIIv and Crimnallv.
There never came any reply from that dav this
to this letter Of mine. But three days aftervard
colonel Fellows Who that time was District At
. rorri-7. 4ud under 7hom I had small SaaTie1
/. uI9ce sent for He wanted 70 know 4 hat the
told him forciblv what thought Of Colonel Brown.
and that was prepared to meet Brown moro than
hsIf uav IN any proceeding that he might suggest
.s rerledv for what he considered grievance
against the dead man. told Colonel FELLOWS also
that colonel Brown thought that he could Sha 6e
down 2 h0V-T was . yoUngster then-aud get ~ aY
with it, after the plaintiff in the action dead.
and thought that would submit 70 the eN-
tortio7ate demands % any blackr1aileT that would
soc Colonel Fellows and BiiI' Brown. both Of
Nov poor old Holm Fellows always wanted 70
find the easiest way. and he tried 70 smooth me
down. ana that really vas the last ever heard
OF trat incident
The other suggestion in chis anonymous and sour
-flotIs r0o-hack the like Of which 7 suppose ~
,,1,,st look for In t1ie last week of the campo
that I Vas appointed deputy assistant district at
torney and first held public ofTCe AZ the request
Of Ricrard Croker ie perfectly true. Thousands
Of reopIe in New-York know This ] have said II
secured nv appointment. he was dscharging an
obligation that he had been under for many years.
and nv ~ personal relations With NJ. Croker At
t1st time ard since have ALWAYS been AMIGA bic
and frieudlr. We differ. ~ our political IDEAS.
ho1e,er
TERO1fE FOR SFTLTBERGER II.