The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-02-16
ALLEGED
CONSPIRACY
PROSECUTOR JEROME IS
CHARGED WITH CRIME.
New Works Great District Attorney is
Boldly Assailed by William N.
Amory Of New York--Perjury,
Bribery, and Conspiracy.

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 Je-
rome IN a conspiracy to whitewash
the offenders, were made against the
Metropolitan Street Railway Compa.
NY ana its officials at a hearing before
the assembly committee On ways and
means yesterday William n. Amory
of New York, formerly treasurer Of
the Third Avenue Surface Railway
Company and who has been flght/fg
the Metropolitan for several years,
made a virulent attack on District
Attorney Jerome.
Amory submitted figures which he
raid proved that frauds amounting to
millions of dollars had been perpe-
trated by the officers of the Metro
Tolitan system on its stockholders and
public. Tho company, he charged,
lsibod judges, jurlcs and witnesses.
Information OF this in many cases and
especially in one case where he him
self furnished the material, had been
sent to the district attorney, said Mr..
Awory but instead Of acting 10 con.
vic. the offenders he had entered into
n conspiracy TO le. them escape. BE.
cause Of this Mr. hmorv ! clarod he
Intended 10 ask Governor H'~rins TO
remove ,ha district attorney. Mr.. Am.
ory charged that President Vreoland
obtained sl1,o000o) from the stock
hclior5 OF the Intorulban "to pay for
The Third. avenue Stock" which had
been paid fer years before. Proof Of
this, which he laid before Jacob H.
Schif he said, enabled Mr.. SchiR to
force restitution Of $G.0OO,OO0 from
Thomas r. Ryan In 1903. or the s12,-
100000 collected al the same time for
elecr'fyins The road about 100000
was spent for that purpose. he said.
Tie added:
81 think ! can furnish information
tending to show that on a certain oc-
casion Thomas r. Ryan put up $4,000
of Metropolitan stockholders money
as a part Of the political assessment
required for the nomination Of a cer-
tain supreme court Justice.
~ the district attorney ortho coun-
ty Of Eew York were so honest and
SO fearless as he himself so often has
declared, it would not be necessary
for me to appear before this commit.
tee.
But because the chief criminal
prosecutor has put a premium on
great crimes, because he has used
the power Of his Office to protect rath.
er than punish big criminals, and be-
cause the civil courts are inadequate
to supply the remedy, / appeal to
this committee.
81 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. |
declare that he told James w. Os.
borne and me that he was satisfied as
to their guilt and that the evidence
was sufficient to convict. declare
that Jerome subsequently entered in.
TO a conspiracy TO allow these crlmi.
nails to escape, I declare that in furth.
erance of this end he suppressed facts
and deliberately issued an official
statement which Is proved by the
records to have been wilfully false"
No action was taken on the resolu.
tion. Another hearing will be held