New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-27
TONSILITIS TIES TONGUE.
OSBORNE AGAIN RETIRES.
attack on Jerome by Day-Seclusion
BIZ Night.

was suffering from tonslits.
Mr.. Osborne spoke earlier in the day before the
Commercial Travellers League at No. 5s7 Broad
way. In the of his speech he spoke Of a
fire at the Murray Hill Hotel
Some one interrupted him:
You mean the Park Avenue
He made other charges OF Jerome's not indictng
| the rich persons whom he said responsible
for the Slocum disaster and the like The meet
Ing was frequently interrupted with cheers for
Jerome and Hearst
Earlier in the day he gave out a statement at
lacking Mr. Jerome, to which the District Attorney
replied:
ITO follow the vagaries of gentleman like my
opponent. in his attacks upon my ineff1ciency is
impossible. 1 shall leave it to other hands to be
dealt with"
Among the remarks by Mr.. Osborne before the
commercial Travellers League were the following:
There was the Darlington disaster a case in
which building fell, owing to the neglect Of the
S contractors and the owners. Nineteen We're muir
any killed
Take that home with you great building fell
fP ,s+ and the CONTRACTORS. and punished.
him; that the people trial, and that. if he
is not elected the people guilty II that is
ever had declared guilty.
he gets sent up for tRS days sea- as in the
OF the woman who was taken from her three
he has ever convicted the rich and the powerful.
cont charge Jerome with personal corruption but
There was dynamite explosion, but who was
punished? There was a fire in the Murray Hill
voice cried. mo. the Park Avenue Hotel"
Mr.. Osborne continued:
Thanks for that. It was slip of the tongue It
seems that it is a crime to make a slip of the
Of s s ya av get it. hsy sr fs the
Ia that ana ySu ARE criminal p woman whom knew
was burned up-a woman whose death l cannot
sHBeak Of WITHOUT almost crying lust think
Did Jeeme Do a1yhns the
On s h fSn forget al
fslGnes He may be SO interested in five cent
District attorney n may take up his time in making
and doors. when he Should be devoting his time to
arson, murder and other crimes
MANY MURDERS UNsoLvED.
I charge that the administration of Jerome's
Office is in this respect inefficient. There have been
many secret murders in the last four years. but
what has Jerome ever done about them?
A voice shouted. Where is the evidence? Quick
flash, Mr.. Osborne turned the speaker.
That's the duty of the District Attorney you
fool 1t is just such persons as you that jerome
jerome seems to imply that a gentleman in this
man to ask the question, Where did he get it,?
Office for criminal prosecution in this country and
the best staff of private detectives in this country
was s got honestiY9 If he don't md out then he
is common slanderer.
a fool not to take graft" l say that the
man who begins s criminal action aganft rGn
the right time is liable to suspicion.
but sy he not ne1e ae what he
He said that he would start a procession from from
He has never indicted a single Tammany man He
SAID n kq G 'o Poe anf so bm With
his beautiful personality and in making speeches
no time for his office
Earlier in the day Mr. Osborne asked:
What do you think of Mr. Hammers with
drawal from the in favor of Jerome?" He
said:
siders that he has no opportunity to pc eIecteS'
and it proves that Mr.. Jerome is more of Repuo-
times that he hated a Republican like rattle
snake. Mr.. jerome voted for the delegates at the
to the convention which nominated me for Dis
Ahearn member of the executive committee of the
regular Democratic organization
quested him to do a favor he could not have done
FOR roh him do than he Jee @ q
is the personal and intimate friend of Mr.. Murphy
Tammany Hall and with having voted the Tam !
many ticket at the primary and having voted to
ton. if that time Mr.. Murphy the leader of
the organization.
NO MATTER WHERE HE GOT IT.
Mr.. Jerome seems to charge Mr.. Murphy with |
Where did he get it?" It's none Of Mr.. Jerome,s
y IF he go ef W @ Mr.
get an Indictment and convict Mr. Murphy?
Mr.. Jerome in his speech last night endeavored to
make the people believe that |. James "; Osborne,
be an apos becam ii was f WRo paceay een
yicted Diamond, Bissert and Devery,s W ward
other man, and 1 did it at time when it required |
half 9 DO 2ear In he i %
as to whether any such attempts on his part are
d0n ia this dapgn ali the in
world could not buy James W. Osborne.
us it your idea, Mr.. Osborne" he was asked.
that Mr.. Jerome has made overtures to the Re-
publican party to have Mr. flammer come out Tor
him in this way?'
I do not know what Mr.. Jerome has done. except
that he voted the Tammany ticket at the primaries
iutey y that think MI jerome any other man.
for taking graft If am qoo elefte cd p ,b
part part Of anybody who takes graft ,-...,ou -,+,
being totally inefficient particularly in the follow
ing cases: The Darlington disaster, where build
zen of ShG and others and
sff atofney under
like circumstances convicted Buddensiea
absolutely ineficient the case Of the sloeum dis
aster where 1,16O human beings lost their lives .,
The Peepe VS. Wech: in al \: Y, 266: In that
into s acs
Democratic District Attorney convicted the pilot,
taken TO the Court of Appeals and unanimously
apTga c1f Of the 6ee unsd an s
have noticed in life that wherever thing is
For United States District Attorney
for Jerome to saw that it Burnetts business
was all very well AS a matter OF TACT. the only
spector The rich and powerful corporation which
owned those rotten life preServers and deiectlVe
hose was never put on trial. and none OF its di-
rectors tried. go. .z ,r
Jerome was powerless, under his own statement, to
DO thing uafe Was able to bring
the criminals justice
Mr.. Jerome. at his office In the Criminal courts