New-York tribune., 1903-05-06
N. S. R. INQUIRY LIKELY.
JEROME is WILLING.
amory Says TeeIe Did Not Touch
on Criminal Charges.

nothing "up his sleeve" now which Wonio "a,
rant further investigation for crime ne ssi0
that he would be willing TO receive Ironi aH'
one evidence which would justify such inVestlsa-
tion Therefore from w n. Amorys aNo"e0
attitude it is certain that the District Atpol"eS
viii be asked to take up the charges Ina' M
Arnorv made in court and in his denance Oh
Mr.. Treeland-
NJ Tero,,a made il clear yesterday that his
accountants investigation and his own hao
heen confined entirely TO the SPECIFIC charses
laid before him" in the Hertle and Ielchisiiiii
,,ano-+s. and through Mr.. Amory's cornInuilica-
,so,S 70 George w SchurInan, Assistant DlS'li|t
Attorney ...
These specific charges had been SHOWN Oaeo
less according to the Metropoltans BOOKS Ahe
,oo,, accounts themselves he said, had not been
verified by the vouchers, because no speclhc
chsrees" covered a supposed fals!fying or tnese
.oco4nts and to check up the vouchers wouio
,,., endless vistas for possible wrongooing not
ba-eed in anv way The Metropohtans DOCKS
he went on. had been opened 10 his accountant
only tn the degree necessary TO investigate li1c
specific charges.
NJ Jerome said that his information was not
.cornprebensive enough to justify him IN nlahlhs
g general investigation TO see Whether uileai iieo
dividends had been paid or securities hao oeeii
,,-zervalued. or excessive amounts paid for con-
,,nerating expenses had been charged to con-
struction account"
WOULD TAKE UP CASE AGAIN
.I have no information before me now winch
,,oula warrant John Doe proceedings con-
- .ha 7,,e+-sct Attorney "and don't know
Of anv additional charges I won't say that my
connection with the case is ended The District
Attorney ex oficio, has visitorial powers
rrs- corporatjons II any one will bring me
evidence which Will Justify me In asking
magistrate for subpenas I'll be very Wiling u
take I'D this case again. If 1t is SHOWN 10 iIe
shat money was used from the construction ac-
count TO pay operating expenses. I'd take IL up
for that would be crime, as construction cash
is a capital account
In General. Mr.. Jerome explained. this ques-
tion could more easily be taken up by the AT
+ornev General and the State Railroad Com
,seioners If they believed that false reports had
teen made This would constitute nisoe-
reanor under Section 611 Of the Penal Code
6 Menken Eugene A. Philbin's partner
WAS cldeeted with the District Attorney Ior an
,,o,,r yesterday While neither would talk re-
.-ardine this conference. it was supposed tha'
the object was to learn the possibility OF crifn-
snaI procedure against the Metropolitan COLI
many. as MI Philbin does not want to begin any
civil action until the criminal inquiry is finished
tornev Jerome that he will investigate further
charges Of criminal rlismanagement, there is the
s~+ain+v that Mr. Amory viii make such
charges in addition. The report made by MT
Philbin. which has not come under MI Jeromes
notice may be considered
AbIoRY's ANALYSIS.
Last evening Mr. Amory gave out an analysis
of Mr. Teele's report TO the District Attorney 10
show how incoInpletly it answered his Charges
of gross naIadministration and criminaIity-
Sucb charges he said, were practically an IN
,,l,,saa ,,nder the five subjects which Mr.. Jerome
stated were not generally investigated lie
continued:
# viii he interesting this juncture TO compare
The geneTSi Sl11e TeTones me- statement Of omissions
whereby viii be observed that eEeTE one 0a 0f e
against the company has been careIuliy aNoiueu "
General charges still pending against the Metro
'GH5ah Frpat ;inearned or unlawful dividends have
been Paid & by the SePpay have been wrongful1y
overvalued to the extent OF millions OF doLars; l.
Third-That false statements have been mace Ell "a
lions Of 6oars have been uniawfully extracted
'rP1n PourThaf, With intent to defraud. the records
FifthEThat deliberate fraud perpetrated
through The Interurhan lease .ooooo,o - .o.,
stolen from the stockhoiders Of The company
Nj I5e s. h ~ his attention to the Hertie and
rreicbIaarn resorts. AS it has been repeatedly
OF these two accountants contained no charges OF
rirlnalsty only served TO call attention to the
20 the railroad CornTnissoners; Il would be u9nee-
essary 10 consloer now MI aeeIe NJ VI -1
3n ne Course n OF his criticism nd IT necessary to
o % ssme pehs Eey a9ne he iq eguary Of the hn
P9s & a0 f f pisfrict Attorneys statements re-
specting Mr. Teeles report VIII now be quoted and
Mr. Teeles report is very clear and fun and
takes uTo each and every finding Of Messrs Hertle
and echrmnans m and eash aad fhe Testato
made has been confined to the charges I
and those made by Mr.. Amory orally to Mr.. schur-
man"
SAYS JEROME Is MISTAKEN.
yr Jerome is mistaken Mr. Teeles report does
not fake up each charge made by Mr.. Amory to
Mr. schurTnan- many OF which are not even re-
1eTeo e2o5e 70 gg has seen fit 70 apologize for portion
OF Mr. Teele's report which reflects upon the COM
.6ne Of II. Teele's findings is as follows: 1Cl
ne to The railroad Commissioners ara not
fun and complete statements OF their financial con-
ssT-his read IN connection with Mr.. Teeles fun
report means that their methods of max making 5nen @
properly the subject OF criticism from the stand,
has clearly shown that ii IS the method that is at
NJ TeeIe's language clearly brings the officers
+ fi-s cornnany within the liabilities OF Section
81 ef The Penal Code. There is no escape from this
conclusion
Mr. Arnory then repeats the charges made In
Nr r7,1slbtn's report TO his clients. and shows
in Detail how Mr.. Teele either ignored them
completely or dismissed them without any ex-
PLANTATION which explains
He goes on:
The District Attorney states that the determina-
.son of the really important questions respecting
The metropolitan eoInIan1y eoI1y RReuid Rze take many
many Thousands OF dollars but venture 19 state