The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-28
BOND AS WALL PAPER.
A Room in Amory's House Plastered With Securities for Which He was Offered $20O,O0O.


 With Securities for Which He was
 Offered s2oOOOO.
 William N. Amory former secretary of the Third Avenue Railrodad Com pany, has sold his house fin East Sixty second street. intending to move to a locality where land by the square foot is less valuable, Along with the house he disposed of wall paper which is probably like no other in this country, which cost a great deal to produce, was originally intended to sell for several million dollars, and for which he says he had an offer of $20O000 few months ago.
 MT. Amory's wonderful wall paper was made up of intrinsically worthless bonds, and the man who wanted to pay $200000 for them was merely trying 1t is alleged, to bribe the owner They are the bonds of the Consolidated Jel- lico Coal and Iron Company of Ken lucky. and they are still to be seen in The s2ond room of the tllree-story brown stone front house at No 127 East Sixty-second street. which was MT. Amory's home for several years. How long they will remain on view is ques- tion. A Leonard street shirt dealer bought the house through Frederick T. Barry, William N. Amory was a prominent figure in the public eye last March and April, when he made public charges of fraud against the Metro politan Street Railway Company and sued H. H. Vreeland for libel.
 About 10 years ago MT. Amory was { Interested in plan for merging several coal and iron properties in the southern part of Kentucky and adjacent terri tory. The properties were paying we'll, and he succeeded in getting pledge of the requisite capital to carry through the deal. The men who went into it { formed the Consolidated Jellico Coal and Iron Company to take over the plants and mines concerned, and agreed to subscribe for several millions of 6 per cent bonds. Mr. Amory had the bonds and stock certificates engraved. The engraving cost several hundred dollars. The capitalist backed out, and MT. Amory decided to get a little use for the hundreds which he had spent for paper with face value of millions. His house was a little 16 foot dwelling, and on the left side of the hall, as one entered. was small study, suited for 9 display of curiosities. He used his bonds to paper this room and made his wall paper border out of the coupons. t'This is my bond room." MT. Amory used to tell his adfniring visitors. q think have about as expensive wall paper here as can be found in New York. It has face value of several millions. though would sell it for less.n
 When the owner of the bond room made public his charges against the Metropolitan Street Railway Company, last March. and the District Attorney took up their investigation it was evil dent to some persons of means that he knew things that would best be kept quiet. Daniel Mason, a former law partner of MT Jerome. called on MT. Amory and obsedved his curious wall paper. He informed his host, according to testimony given that William H. Page, one of the Metropolitan counsel, had authorized him to make proposi- tion. MT. Mason declared that he was prepared to pay Mir. Amony $200000 for the bonds on the wall if the latter could see his way clear to drop his charges against the Metropolitan.
 According to sworn testimony, MT. Arnony offered to throw Mason out of the house. and likewise instructed him to give MT. Page a message more viz orous than complimentary. While the