Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-03-28
JEROME PRESSES SUIT
AGAINST THE LOOTERS
District Attorney Al Last gels In
4 Hurry To Bring The AG.
lion To Trial.
WARRANTS AGAIN ASKED FOR
Another Magistrate Takes the Case
Under Consideration and Demands
the Evidence Before Issuing tile Or,
ders Of Arrest Perkins Willing TO
Appear.
WARRANTS AGAIN ASKED FOR
tny Asaoclnlea rre.s.l

NfN notk March 2l.--DiStri1t
Attorney Jerome today appeared he
fore Magistrate Moss in lie 'rumbs
Police Court ana applied for warrants
Ia be used in testing The legality Of
nv. contribution oi insurance uom-
nanics funds Ia political campaign
committees Tie name Of no persons
was mentioned al the time.
After listening IL Mr.. Jerome, Mag.
iStratc Moss said hcfOrc he wonld IS
SHE any warrants in the matter evi.
dencc would have II he presented
showing that Il crime had been com.
'nitt"'i. To establish This evidence
Mr.. Jerome asked fnr the issuance of
Il number of snbpeonas in blank to
he nse,! in ",Iohn Doe" proceedings he
fore he magistrate Late in the day
these subpoenas were issued.
Jerome Gets in Hurry.
II was said at the district attor-
ncy's office that every effort will lie
made to get the proceedings under
way tomorrow. All the evidence mt
he disposal of The district attorney.
IL was stated. will be presented to
he court then il will remain with
the magistrate as to whether Or not
warrants shall he issued. Is
In taking this action today, Mr.. If.
rome is carrying out the policy he an
nonnced before Justice O'Sullivan in
he court of special sessions last Fri.
day when he defended the opinion he
had previously rendered that there
hal hcen no crime committed in con.
necti"l with The campaign conirihn-
lions.
Cortelyou Among the Accused.
Mr.. Jerome asked Justice OSnllivan
II he would not sitting as magis-
iraic. Issue Il warrant for the arrest
Of George w. Perkins, former vice.
president of tile New Yok Life !nsur,
ancc Company. in order that writ cf
liabeaS corpus might he obtained and
The matter taken at once To lie high.
nsi court Mr.. Jerome also suggest
ed If contributing 10 campaign com
mittccS hy officers of the insurance,
! companies constituted larceny the
matter involved Chairman George H.
Corelyou and Treasurer Cornelius ~
Bliss. of the Republican national cam
naian committee. as receiving stolen
goods.
Justice O'Sullivnn declined To act in
me case.
Perkins Ready For Trial.
Rclorc Magistrate Moss issued the
blank subpocnas requested by Dis
irici Attorney Jerome today. lie en-
amined Darwin T. Kingsley. vice
president of the New York life Inslr
hncc Company. who appeared before
him Edmund D. Randoph treasurer
and other employees of the New York
Life. were examined in the district 1T
torney's office his afternoon II was
stated tonight that AIR. Perkins has
agreed 10 appear al he proceedings
tomorrow.
Magistrate Moss said concerning
q he ease:
MIR. Jerome came TO me and ask.
ed for IA warrant or warrants for sew
eral persons and told him very
frankly that if a crime had been
committed he wOnld have to tell me
about IL. told him in my Judgment
that could he hest done by deposit ion
ana he agreed to submit them 10 me
Fhe names of no person or persons
were mentioned at the time