The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-15
ATTACKS JEROME.
". n. AlnOry Goes Before a
Legislative Committee.
Charges Him With High Grimes
and MisdemeanOrs.
4 PREMIUM ON CRIME
He Alleges Has Been Placed by
the District Attorney.
Says He COnspired to Allow
Criminals to Escape.

New York, Feb. IA special to the
tribune from Albany says:
Charges including subornation Of
perjury, bribery of lawyers, miscon-
version Of millions of dollars and the
enlistment of District Attorney Jerome
IN a conspiracy to whitewash the Of
tenders has been made against the
metropolitan Street Railway company
and its officials at a hearing before the
assembly committee on ways and means.
William n Amory of New York. for
merly treasurer Of the Third Avenue
Surface Railway company and who has
been fighting the Metropolitan for sew
eral years, made a virulent attack on
District Attorney Jerome. Armory sub
mitted figures which he said proved
that frauds amounting to millions OF
dollars had been perpetrated by the
officers of the Metropolitan system on
It's stockholders and the public. The
company, he charges, bribed judges,
1uries and witnesses. Information OF
this IN many cases and especially in one
case where he himself furnished the ma
terial, had been sent to the district at
lorney, said Mr. Amory, but instead Of
acting to convict the offenders he had
entered into a conspiracy to let them
escape. Because Of this, Mr. AmorY
declared he intended to ask Governor
Higgins to remove he district attorney.
Mr. Amory charged that President
Nreeland obtained s11 600 from the
stockholders Of the 1nterurban Ito pay
for the Third avenue sic ek,'' which had
/ been paid for years before Proof Of
this, which he laid before Jacob Schiff,
he said, enabled Mr.. Schih to force
restitution of $4,000, 900 from Thomas F.
Ryan in 1903. OF the So, ,00O, GOO collected
at the same time for electrifying the
road, about SO. 1000. 600 was spent for that
purpose, he said. He added:
L think I can furnish information
tending to show that on a certain occa-
sion Thomas f. Ryan put up $4,000 Of
Metropolitan stockholders money as q
part of the political assessment reQuir-
ed for the nomination of a certain su-
DFeme court Justice.
If the district attorney Of the county
Of New York were honest and fearless
as he himself so often has declared,
it would not be necessary for me to ap-
pear before this committee
But because the chief criminal pros
ecutor has put premium on great
crimes. because he has used the power
of his Office to protect rather than pun
ish such criminals and because the civil
courts are inadequate to supply the
remedy. I appeal to this committee.
I declare that Jerome is fully advis-
ed of the guilt of the Metropolitan man
ayers. I declare that he has in his pos
session legal evidence sufficient to con-
vict them Of grave crimes. I declare
that he told James W. Osborne and me
that he was satisfied as to their guilt,
and that the evidence was sufficient to
convict. I declare that jerome subse-
ouently entered into a conspiracy to al
low these criminals to escape. I declare
that IN furtherance of this end he sup
pressed facts and deliberately issued an
official statement which is proved by
the records to have been wilfully false
No action was taken on the resolution.
Another hearing will be held next We'd
uesdav