The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-02-16
JEROME'S NAME
LINKED TO FRAUD
Corruption, Bribery and Per
jury Charged in Gigantic
Street Railway Deal.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAID
TO BE in CONSPIRACY
New YOrk's Prosecutor Called
Dishonest; Millions in Rot
ten Transaction.


Guiding subornasion of perjury, bribery
Of lawyers. misconverslon OF millions Of
dollars and the enlistment of District
Attorney Jerome in a conspiracy to
whitewash the offenders, were made
against the Metropolitan Street Rail-
way company and its officials at a
hearing before the Assembly Commit
tee on Ways and Means yesterday.
A1nory duplicates Jerome.
William N. Amory of New York
formerly treasurer of the Third Avenue
Surface railway and who has been
fighting the Metropolitan for several
years, made a virulent attack on Dis
trict Attorney Jerome. Amory sub
mitted figures which he said proved
that frauds amounting 10 millions of
dollars had been perpetrated by the Of
fieers Of the Metropolitan system on It's
stockholders and the public.
The company he charged. bribed
Judges, Juries and witnesses. Informa-
tion of this In many cases, and eepe
clally In one case where he himself fur
nished the material, had been sent to
the District Attorney, said Mr.. Amory,
but instead Of acting to convict the Of
tenders, he had entered into a conspi-
racy TO let them escape. Because of
this. Mr.. Amory declared he intended
to ask Gov. Higgins to remove the DIG
trict Attorney.
Resolution Brings Out Charges.
The Foelker resolution asking for =
legislative investigation of the street
railways of New York city, and par
ticularly Of the recent merger of trac-
tion interests in New York. brought
these changes. legislative inves-
ugation, Amory said. would force
Thomas f. Ryan and his associates 10
Irf, r,,tlI
Still, the Metropolitan was so rotten
financially because OF its frauds. that
not even combination with the finan-
cially sound August Belmont road al
most its equal in moral inlqulty could
save the system long
Statements False and Misleading.
Saying that financial statements is
sued by the Metropolitan company and
its representatives and filed with the
various State and city departments
were false and misleading, Amory
went on:
Somebody made 81 500 coo profits In
1903 In discounting $3.50, 900 of the 3 per
cent notes Of the New York City Rail-
way company. owned by the Metropoli-
tan Securities company"
President Guilty of Fraud.
In another instance In 1903, Mr.. Am
ory charges that President Vreeland
obtained Sl1, ,000. 900 from the stockhold-
ers OF the Interurban ito pay for the
Third avenue stock" which had been
paid for years before.
Proof OF this, which he laid before
Jacob II. SChiff he said enabled Mr.
Schin to force restitution of 5000, COO
from Thomas F. Ryan in 1903. or sl2,-
600 900 collected at the same time for
electrifyIng the road. about SS. 600. COO
was spent for that purpose, he said.
Money Used for Political Purposes.
He added. Il think can furnish In
formation tending TO show that on a
certain occasion Thomas f. Ryan put
up $l0.0 600 OF stockholders money as a
part OF political contributions needed
for the nomination of u Supreme court
Judge.
Scores District Attorney.
IF the District Attorney OF New York
were honest and fearless 2S he him
self has so often declared. IL would not
be necessary for me to appear before
this committee. II he were honest
enough to fulfil his campaign pledges
OF 1901. and follow the trails of wrong
doing and corruption into the Office of
the Metropolitan Street Railway COM
pany-if he possessed the courage to
array against himself the most danger
GUS. the most vindictive and the most
powerful influences at work In the com
munity-I quote his own words-the ne
cessity for an investigation by the Leg
islature of the acts OF this band of
heartless criminals would not exist to-
day.
But because the chief criminal pros
ecutor has put a premium on great
crimes, because he has used the power
of his Office to protect rather than pun
ish big criminals. and because the civil
courts are inadequate to supply the
remedy. l appeal to this committee.
Jerome Knows Of Guilt.
IT declare that Jerome is fully ad-
yised OF the guilt of the Metropolitan
managers. / declare that he has in his
possession legal evidence sufficient TO
convict them OF grave crimes.
Il 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. / declare that
Jerome subsequently entered into Il
conspiracy to allow these criminals to
escape,
Il declare that I'm furtherance of this
end he suppressed facts and delioer-
ately issued an official statement. which
lis proved by the records to have been
willfully false
No Action Taken.
No action was taken on the resolu-
tIon Another hearing will be held next
Wednesday. at which William M WINS,
recent Republican candidate for Mayor,
and many other New Workers VIII ar
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