New-York tribune., 1905-04-10
PERJURY MILL, GIRL SAYS.
CHARGES BY GRUBER.
Stenographer Declares She Vas
Forced to Sign Statement.

Following up the publication Of the letter
"hlch David Rothschild sent to Martin Conlon
IN Sing Sing. Abraham Gruber last evening de-
clared that he had other documents which
showed there had been conspiracy and sub
ornation Of perjury in the attack which had been
made with the aid of a recent Rothschild con-
Tession against Armitage Mathews. He gave
out copies Of aff1davits in his possession, made
by Miss May Trimble OF No. 219 Halsey-st.
Brooklyn, and Miss Kathryn A. Carey. OF No
4S2 Bedford-st.. Brooklyn, who were stenog-
raphers in the Federal Bank. at No 800 Broad
way. under Rothschild. before the bank was
wrecked
Miss Trinlble. who has been employed recently
by the former manager Of the East Side branch
of the Federal Bank, says in her affidavit that
she taken to the Criminal Courts Building
in February last by a county detective, who
served on her a subpoena ordering her to appear
as a witness before the grand jury in the case
of John Smith," and on the way there the county
detective warned her that 1t would go hard with
her if she failed to tell what expected Of her
She says she was treated more a prisoner
than as a witness and was informed she would
be confronted at the Criminal Courts Building
with a former associate in the Federal Bank,
Miss Carey
Instead of being taken before the grand jury
she says, she was taken into an office where
Miss Carey was waiting. and there she was
asked to look at a paper purporting 10 De
stipulation between Armitage Mathews ana
John A Wooten in relation to the Weisel es-
tate, and was asked to say that she had writ
ten the paper while she was employed at the
Federal Bank. She declared that she had not
written the paper and never had seen 1t be-
fore, but she was told, she says: 1T Is all
right for you to say you wrote it; your acknowl-
edgment will not hurt or injure anyone She
saws she replied: II don't care whether 1T hurts
or Injuries any one or not; did not write the
raper and you are not going to make me say
did"
Then, he says, a stenographer was called In,
and to HIM was dictated a statement purport-
ing to have been made by her, acknowledging
having written the Mathews stipulation WhAe
she kept protesting she never had written IT,
Then, she says pen was forced into her mana
and she was frightened into signing her name
and later she was taken into another room and
scared into raising her right hand and admitting
her signature to the paper before man who
called himself notary.
Miss Carey's affidavit is a statement that she
was present with Miss Trimble and witnessed
the alleged bulldozing OF Miss Trimble up to
the time Miss Trimble signed her name under
protest
Mr. Gruber said last night that he had a
subpoena to appear before the grand jury to-
day, but as he engaged in the Supreme
Court in the Belasco case he would send letter
to the foreman Of the grand jury asking to be
excused until tomorrow Wednesday. But
1 am going before the grand jury" Mr.. Gruber
said, even If have to make a fight to get a
hearing; and I'll make 1t clear that had a
right to get the ROthschild and Conlon letters
that the grand jury will throw out any COM
o1of INT, hot I int m ra
Attorney Jerome direct the investigation against
the real wreckers Of the Federal Bank and of
the Weisel estate and call his dogs off from
MatheWs"