New-York tribune., 1903-04-30
IDEA WAS THAT PAGE SENT HIM,

stance. believe that did occur
/ IDEA WAS THAT PAGE SENT HIM.
that M P 5 R3r Ra sen yoa the bug this
from Mr.. Arnory, Of some pneumatic bicycle seat!
| Q.CAnd on this occasion did you mention the
To the best of nv recollection / did not. The
figures were mentioned by Mr. 7: AmOry A5aO1y NV i'm
gFsssen is and my best M eS2e9qb a is fhst d no R
eoe @ there for tba puTpose SEp at a and that
angry insisted ste s,eG on M his no statement cannot
the other ,Sh for this seat and @ thar 5a
you practically asented to that eAtions AMg 1d5 fhe
figures. E'es.0f'i / mentioned no figures at all,
Q.aDiG Mr.. Amory say this at TINS tnIs interVie"
o.-The interview of the 18th. Then did Amory %
ou He to see s e ia nnd fhe paten
att whether 'q Would sell it for $4,000 10000" "
Mr. An1ory-You did. You asked me If had s75 600
100000 worth Of these stocks MI GasonT s tf fpT
s og go 9Th back F. aHs a fRa fe nm T s0p probaby
is correct transcript of what TOOK pace Pus @
think that bH any w Sums which were
o"f VIII let it rest right there. Then. did this
conversation occur on the 18th in substance; MT
Amory-Dann 1T. will throw you out Mr; Mason ;;
All 7 know about the whole matter is what have
seen in the newspapers. Page has never opened
Mr.. Anoty~what Pages prropQ3stien' on ,ba.
tHI MT = a 70 see WHAT Pon Wnd that is What
told you
Mr.. Nason-Do you want to sell this stock or not3
You wanted o5 to kRSw Ws Tha a sa f9s m
That said in substance. but not IN the spirit IN
o.-Did you then go on to say, ,,,u
Mr.. Nason-I went back and told MN so os,<
Mr. Amory-Yon came back to me again. ana ask
me to make-.. -,.,o
Nj Nj Nns2f0f Ao2P W Go what you wap
Mr.. Nason-Page has paid me $S1o-s mn 5 ,,
ought TO get 5000 more
DID that occur in dnS and that 6e ought
to pay me 5000 more; so that was as you have
at is Mr Aory said aid that Pa Page tSs9 oggfs to
pay pPsi5 y9a Ton f1Te bSndred? A.yYes
Ole said He ought to pay you th9usano bS
Yes; that took place. in substance: so far as can
recollect; to the best Of my recollection
Mr. Amoify"1f page wants to make me PROPOSE
some general taik5 You go back and tel your
friend Bill Page get theFf f is m no use OF trying fur-
Mr. Nason-The whole point is here-you have
reeIee9 Gr moryNo r You have you make your
proposInon and i viii decline it; :. a
up here TO see what is doing. then you SAID you
M AopyI nave already declined your propo
stiOn, ito son-Nozv suppose proposition was made
SO that the whole thing could be cleared up Sup
Eg c1s yn9 and sG agree that this thing viii be
bstween uswhat strings are there-!s there re any
Alr. Amory-Not by a d SIGHT! Is that your
myself You viii permit me to say this TO Page
to him: "AfIlory SAID to What is your propo-
sition? Come TO with your propos4ticn can
Mr. Amory-f VIII tell you now. You can go to
BaS5 VIII vii feii you my answer now that
Mr.. Nason-Never mind, don't want 10 know II
Mr. Amory-You would like TO be able 10 go TO
NJ Amorv-You would like to know what my
answer is? aon,+
Nj AmoTy-You can't deal with me
Mr. Nason-NoW, sit down d minute no" hoiu
Mr.. Arnory-You can't deal with me
Mr. Nasor-I am going TO Page tomorrow
Mr. Anory-You going 10 Page Tomorrow
M Mr. Nsgon-I am not going to say anything 10
him except wnat you authorize me- - - .
Mr. Amory-An right, 1 authorize you TO say 10
Mr. Nason-what is your proposition?
air. Amory-My proposition Is that he can go 10
o.Did that take place in substance? At
sounds Ike it. It sounds familiar have no DOUBT
tSt + aS0E You seen Mr. Page before going to
Mr.. Amory the first time? A.-Yes. had, ee.-oa
Odd this take place; Nj AmorynI 2 gu 1 9teFeq f
this stock Mr. Nas9noA hundred 1hogsa9dM Mr.
H9oEV1No: seventy-five or hundred thousand
whatever the price was, would nor accept 9tq 9iq
that in substance. occur? Al believe that dld
oceur, GNov nrtor to vour first interview with Mr.
4dGry aiG on this subject dlo you see ' ras'
9And Nj ;d 0rS yT0 discuss I Tief mef Mr Page to the
best OF my recollection about hall past Io1r f5oea G
on the tWenty-seventh DAY Of February: MI FaSS
telePhoined one 70 aa ny S rhen asked him what
tin1e?' f1et He said about half past four met him
al half past four; and this is the glst OF tne G
but win give it far as | can MI. rage fo Sa@
TO What do you suppose 1dT Is capryns into ef-
feet scheme which spoke to you ao6ut @ cn1Ie n51tE
i,o1 ye4f Which we had at the New-York Athletic
0?. Ciu6?. I said YES Mr. Page said = have fttZ got
-, nal int
an9 said, MI Page, l have got a great deal OF
personal interest in this matter
This conversation. Interrogation by De Lancey
>1;coU brought out was about bitter black
mailing attack Mason believed Amory was go
ing to make on Metropolitan, because OF 'he
.-Igexington-ave- franchise.
In further testimony Mr.. Mason said that
-, had from time to Cime, told Page all the
,..,,,ts Of his interviews with Amory. and eX-
.,atraa ,hort the retainer OF $500 which Mr.
page declared. was in relation 10 newspaper
he Intended 70 buy
o-There was no contingent fee agreement De-
+ursen voi, and Page? Absolutely none.
Or between yoqh yohsaiI11eIy anG yago zone. a.
Q~And did you tell Page that you fToLo Ga1 Paee?
sented yourself to Amory as coming from
o-IYou told Page that? Al will not say that;
Was a. zee paid you obg IN HSafsSar eonnSSoH
with 5his Paa5oT pat orcnaiy from Page 500? did
6-What was the date Of that payment entE,.4d All 4
eof that on the 5th day of March; / 1ePosIlteu II
In NV bank account the 6th day OF MaIcla-
OEWas that personal check from rage! a
II cash.
discrimination by AIT. hicoH resulted oliy
in ? reafirrnaticn that the purpose of Mason in
go;,e 70 see Anory was to gain information
which would enable him 20 protect his own In
terests and that he noL authorized by Page
TO make any proposition to Amory.
DO Won know Mr. vrecAnd?' Mr.. Nicoll asked