New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-03
AMORY'S CHALLENGE.
ISSUED TO VREELAND.
Calls on VI. S. r. Head to Arrest
Him for Charges Made.

Instead of being cast down by the decision of
Magistrate Barlow yesterday in failing to hold
President Vreeland of the Metropolitan Street
Railway Company for libel, William N Amory
is inspired. he says, to greater effort in his
fight. Last night he made a statement in when,
after commenting sarcastically on the apparent
advantage which a defendant in a libel suit en-
joyed over the plaintiff he said that he was de-
srous of becoming the defendant, and chal-
Ienged Mr. Vreeland to take up the defiance
He applied TO Mr. Vreeland personally the re-
sponsibility for the condition of affairs which
he and his lawyer have charged in court.
In his statement he said:
have criticism to make max s on J%dge bH 5afH BsflG" 9
pontng out way to further logical proceedings
First-It would appear that citizen w VINO 6 Is
committed by the officials of public corporation
and wh2 darss to lay some ot biecPF ms 6sf to
personal attacks the part OF these charged with
acter and good faith. including the outrageous
even if totally Unwarranted' accusation Oh oaHN-
Second-If he sees fit TO answer such attacks
Giately ra tTansposed from the post complainant
that q defendant and must stu throw his private lie
Thrd@That precedents of the greatest Importance
criminal libel suit to entirely absent himself from
whe s5d Fo6d @ Of h pro-
ceeds; that. most important OF all the - -eStremest
he Of to & prove td his case nG Win tn
these e' things having been established I desire
piainant in criminal libel suit. All ask is fair
0 the Rf0' n the be 4s
! Metropolitan street Railway Company. Herbert H
rina libel he and 10 hale me before city mags-
| trate on the accusation which now publicly make;
| Then followed the charges embracing what
| he had already alleged in court, but made di-
! rectly applicable 10 Mr.. Vreeland
| Mr. Vreeland was out of town yesterday and
| could not be reached. Neither could MI Nlcoh'
| who was Tuxedo.
AS was foresha doyyed in yesterdays Tribune,
! MAGISTRATE Barlow did not hold President Vree-
| land of the Metropolitan for trial. Without go
! ing into details of the testimony brought out
! at the hearing at all touching on the charge
! of a conspiracy to raid Metropolitan stock,
| he gave the following opinion:
| deem il to be no part Of the duty of the com
! mtttng magistrate TO write opinion expressing
the magistrates conclusions IN cases whe[e % iI f
Vide interest aroused by the peculiarites of
this desire to correct an 1m.resToD S t,,sf At
! the words notorious character have been ap-
p[o No such 81 words are to be fo,d in the complaint
| nor in the printed matter which is made a paTI a
6atb e SIDES aG the greatest length and with the
Utmost {b 2scords and nd that there being su
| Gent cause to believe Herbert H. yreeiand gully 5is-
/ charged and the complaint dismissed.
Neither Mr. Amory nor James w OSBORNE
| his LAWYER was in court when Magistrate Bar
! low began to read at 12:10 o'clock MI N4eoI
| and Stephen Little, the accountant were ihele-
Assistant District Attorney Rand represented
Mr. Jerome who is out of town. He refused 10
comment in any way the decision. or to talk
about the report. Mr.. Teele. the accountant. Ads
/ made To the District Attorney.
/ DeTancey Nicoll as he vas leaving lhe 'oul
/ room said the decision was the Only Ole W OO
| ernected after the evidence brought out,
Eugene A PhiIbip. who has also peeh 49,?
| ~s+inp Metropolitan. said that this decisioh
! 11o1,Id NOT affect his action at ALL as the TWO
| were quite distinct Whatever the result III III
| .his criminal suit" he went on, L shouId ma
| Continued nv work. and shall bring CIVIL acuoh
inst the same. ! attended these hearings pe
cause I was personally interested, ia theI ti1
| BECAUSE they had any bearing on my lhFeSIsa-
/ tons . ..L - ,t,a ,oub
| This libel suit was the outgroWth OF the pup-
| ,,oat;o, ~ renorts made by Hertie and Ielch-
mann two accountants. from the repol - Uh oli
| Natronnlitan company 10 the Stdtt nan ~ ~.
| f|oror7nissioners and the Stock EXchahse; ~
| 1919 alleged grave discrepa lcies. the pay :
| ,,oert of money twice for the same stoch' - :.
| mons overcharges for construction anu IL tt
| honsjne of funds from the metropolitan 10 tlIe @
| I,+arTrhan In a statement reply iiis ~ C,o
! aror+s Mr. Vreeland attacked MT 4i1oI ,, y. II
trPp,,ebt slJt for libel. in the hearings Oh t ~
! guit vast quantity OF testlHIoIiy go of those
ont bv Mr. Amorys counseI III IN supP .ha Nero
| cberoes Contrary TO expectation 49, t!S az
! IIi+o, IT, comma nv did not put IN eNldenCe ~
ihalIe or allow Stephen Little, Ihe 49, ~ aT+ a
1o"ns, ,.tf, Instead. the company gaEe ~ "a. q q
! statement in which its acco Ii 1hIa1I'0 . -
| published report OF MT fhiiO "