New-York tribune., 1905-11-15
CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY.
Hsde Thinks Frick TAINTED to Get
Him Out of Country.

iHHde Thinks Ef1ck " dhteu " Uot
Him Out of Country.
Following close upon his charges resardIhs
r.he method IN which the settlement OF the odeii
claim was obtained, Mr. Hyde launched into his
no less significant declarations about the e1ofe
10 have him appointed Ambassador TO France
,<r.e story of hts visit to the White House about
ishs has already been told, but the fact that the
idea was suggested him by H c. FTick was
-sew The motive for this attempt to ADVANCE
Mr. Hyde's fortuna. the witness fnsinuafeo uh-
1nistakably, was the desire TO get him out OF the
country Mr.. Hyde clearly charged this to Har-
sinaan and Frick Jointly
Following this, Mr.. Hyde paid his compliments
40 the Frick committee declaring 1t attempted
.,o knife me and destroy the value Of the stock.
In connection with this he made his charge
against the committee of conspiracy. Com
.piracy. Clique and cabal to deprive me OF my
rights and keep control of the society were his
words.
The testimony on the ambassador incident fol-
lows;
s;nInS q an uas1 anpontment as ambassador by any
director Of the Eautable? That wac fdst sug py,
6GWhat did he say on the subject A;-Ie sug,
xested it, and never solicited it, naturally would
have been pleased il had gotten It,
Ra fa ay yoa Sshs5 s5od m
think their n dos 5senx ae hh dhis
try became rather obvious since then
ssS 90 y9G would aoaat Themselves Of ther
arisndly stewardship with great profit and pleasure
o,@To whom do you refer2 A-To the person
oEWhe was he7 A-Nr. Friek.
s ea ans0Gdy DSt nave else5 eoked on f NTH M great
sret say that f serouSy 10 say, although 1t seems 10
Q..Did you havee. any talk with Mr- schih about
And 1Shat Sss that? Al simply solicited
but wa1 it distnstly undeTstood d tfss fs
Try to use his friendly Offices.
THE FRICK COMMITTEE.
Mr Hughes then plunged into the story. from
Mr. Hyde's point of view. of the Frlck com
1nittee work The testimony this point fol-
lows:
man alter the apponent @ Of the Frick
IN G the I TsFk @ to qr eavs tnas enough
friend that the report OF tns IA be eoud
10 dissuade selling my stock at the sane
e nine and Sgds ssTog the aue SR the ~
oThose very serious statements Amxes a;ss,s
to- 70 reject @ on them lons sad days 80. ..
n9R 4eecIoa a59 and lhese eeneasons? Y.s sr
QBut do you base them upon any h a sGtqa Ha IN
IMAM? A-Base them on both, both reflection ano
QNcw, what IN the ef actual stat stsssmenss M 1nz
90 base @ o th eers 9a Of thst 10
Q.-In your presence? AmNo, sir p,;o, 81.
xa By the os na HspiGa nR You
yourself. Mr.. Hyde7 Al refer 10 both OF those
The Chairman did not know Mr.. Hartman was
Nj Hughes-I think the witness said Mr.. Harri-
The wtness-I mean both of those gentlemen.
o-Did aIr Hartman S ever make any statement
no, sir. but he made some TO my counsel in The
Q.-And by your counsel you mean whomf A
report Of hs s0F ea Sc
10 you, you mean that he said that 10 you per
sens seens at oa sag s the ooncepo m 10" The
b. Pe4d 81 to shs and
Is hs spponYen s Of The do eonttss nSa
friendly any wrong OF the word; friendly
the facts and merits of the case would permit them
u s s 99y the as aes wsa
o.-And If the result justly reflected upon you:
a-waa there anything said to YOU which led
80 you by the committee? AENo. sir ,.,a >.
snfure You. .'~ Yes. I think So
o.-ls tha. based upon any fact that ever came
made kofs By others Seot k.Both 'i0i-'
is It based7 ABecause do NOT think Their inves-
tgaten nor their report & was M in AUD all etas at s fair
eesdinsg. A-Tss: SIR; and ! think that commit
Word fser eonsiderabie reecfion on the subject
have said it in the board of drectors-and by
clique and by cabal 20 deprive me Of my rights
and keep control Of the society
Q.-What right have you to think. that, in view
of the fact that held the control of the stock
Al think they Were doing evsrythlns they could
Mr. Alexander and his friends and powerful inter
es;s behind him under sham and guise Of mutu-
O~Your statement with regard TO the efforts that
were made to injure are Of very serious import Z
o1Now. do you know of any facts which would
lend support that view that the proceedings OF
the COMMITTEES and It's report were DESIGNED to 2 be
Sated the facts thoroughly
ODD they try TO buy your stock3 A-They
O-Sow what facts have you within your knowl-
edge which show any intention on the part of
II saw I DO not think their investigation fair,
.or 90 ] think X complete
.5s scone of their investigationf A.-And think
they had decided TO seize the control OF the so
o3-I,hrough purchase of your stock? A.-Yes.
after having battered and having done every
thing they could TO destroy The market 'aius OF
osWhat facts have you within your knowledge
that they had any idea of buying your STOCK! A.
BY conversations several nlsInoers OF ehAt coiii'-
tee had with my counsel . ~, T.,
Q.-Any conversation with you2 A-No, sir
c-JYas Counsel you refer is Mr. Guliivcr?
A.-Yes sir.
TRICKS REIGN OF TERROR
Q-Haye you anything besides the faof OF those
conversations reported 10 you with reference TO a
tesirs TO buy your stock which showed any intent
sentatve-sor instance, Mr. Frick-who was chair
5eeame member OF ne execastive eornmittee and
@ndeayored from he beginning of his being on tha.
aAd iIiauz1lrate reign OF terror such / have
s11ept the offer made by Efr, Ryan? NO sir
c.-W'i1 you state what led Eou &C accept Mr.