The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-28
JEROME ASKS FOR WARRANTS .John Doe'' Proceedings
 to Be Instituted PERKINS PROMISES TO APPEAR Cortelyou and Bliss May Be I'm
 plicated in Matter. Chairman and Treasurer of the Nation al Republican Campaign Commit
 tee May be Arraigned for Re-
 ceivsag stolen Goods.
PERKINS PROMISES TO APPEAR

New York, March 27.-District Att torney Jerome today appeared before Magistrate Moss In the Tombs Pollcs Court and applied for warrants to De used in testing the legality of the. con- tribution of Insurance companies fundS to political campaign committees. ne name of no person was mentioned al the time. fl
 After listening to Mir. Jerome, Magis- trate Moss said that before he would issue any warrants in the matter evi- dence would have to be presented that a crime had been committed. To es- tablish this evidence, MT. Jerome asked for the issuance of a number of suo- poenas in blank to be used in John Doe" proceedings before the magis- trate. Later in the day, the sunJoe- mas were issued. It was said at the District Attorneys office that every effort will be made to get the proceed- Ings under way tomorrow.
 Tn taking this action today Mir. Je- rome Is carrying out the policy he an- nounced before Justice O'Sullivan In the court of special sessions last Fri- day. when he defended the opinion he had previously rendered that there had been no crime committed In connec- tion with the campaign contrloutions. Justice O'Sullivan ruled. however that if 1t could be shown that there was an intent to defraud the rightful owners of the property, 1t was for the grand jury to say whether or not the case was one of larceny.
 He so instructed the grand jury. and urged the grand jurors fearlessly 10 investigate the matter and not to seek shelter in the face of an unpleasant 1 duty.
 Perkins and others Implicated.
 
 1 if he would not. sitting as magis- | trate. issue a warrant for the arrest of George W. Perkins, former vice-presi- | dent of the New York Life Insurance | Company In order that writ of habeas | corpus might be obtained and the mat | ter taken at once to higher court. MT Jerome also suggested that If the con | tributions to the campaign committees | by the officers of the insurance compa- nies constituted larceny, the matter in- yolyed Chirman Cortelyou and Treas urer Bliss of the Republican National | Campaign Committee in the matter o1 receiving stolen goods.
 Justice OSullivan declined to act 1T 1 the case, saying there were plenty O magistrate courts before which the mat ter could be placed and the warrants | secured.
 Before Magistrate Moss issued thu | blank SuDpoeHdS IopuSSH " Attorney Jerome today, he examined D. P. Kingsley, Vice-President or th' New York Life Insurance Company. wh' l appeared before him. E.. ID. Randolph | treasurer, and several employees or th' New York Life were examined in tn District Attorneys office this afternoon It was stated tonight that MT. Perkln has agreed to appear at the proceed ings tomorrow.
 It was learned today that the gran' fury has not asked District Attorne! Jerome for any more evidence In th' insurance cases besides what ne hal already furnished the jury several day | ago.