New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-20

cracking manner that Mr.. Jerome did MT know
ana never did know whether a list of contribu-
tors existed
Justice Dayton deberated for a few minutes
and then declared that if the list was under the
control OF Mr.. Jerome he must produce it, but if
the list did not exist If Mr.. Jerome could
not control IT'S possession there could be ac-
tIon on II.
In Part VII of the Supreme Court witness
lawyers. reporters and most of the spectators
peeled off their coats, lighted cigarettes and
cigars spread out over chairs and proceeded to
approximate Comfort with a capital @. Mr.
Jerome. who wears waistcoat. unbuttoned it
ard produced his cigarettes Mr.. Shearn, in
negligee shirt. looked as If h We're about 10 go
in for game Of tennis. The legal smoker and
entertainment about 10 begin. AS a starter
Ar Sheam asked:
Q-No~. Nj. JeroHo. viii you produce the list Of
5oIr campaign contributors? Al told you yester-
day, have not got il. I never had it If Mr.
Cans were here / would ask him to rrodUCe It,
II &c ft he could do so.
Citizen you decline TO produce =" Al have
not GOT Il Mr.. Cans. am told. is in Europe.
% IN iselin. Mr. Gans's partner: Is IN own
Mhi you ask him 10 produce it2 Al will ask
NJ 1s-lin - do So ask him now
TIE District Attorney whispered with Mr.. Ise-
lin and then he said: Mr.. Iselin informs me
that he has such list"
Q.-Yor krew before Mr.. Cans departed Cor Eu-
'lstf A never s""e IL any consideration.
when Mr- Cans consulted you what
should Se done EVitA the Surplus OF the fund did
he tel you anything about the fund2 A.-No he
told re :he-e about 5000
Q-it id not seem % You 10 Ne = COOL r'Gug 70
SEED TIA; EGA back TO Mr.. C-nterrver old &?
At cd 3os-no more than It would 10 ynu
Ny s''earn then asked Mr.. Jerome about the
hhGir - President Peabody % the Mutual Life
Mr. Jerome said he convinced q crime had
l'ee: committed. lie said he convinced.
moreover. That the persons controlling the New
York Life election wanted n use the news of an
acton against Peabody and his confreres as
car1paign material in their approaching election.
\ aiillar action had leen thrown out Of court
10y supreme Court t&4stice. he testified and he
aGdod that lie believed the complaints in the
Peabody cifse had not come 10 him until they
wanted T. Use him.
IS TO AAiORYs CHARGES.
Next came the metropolitan street Railway
Company. Mr.. Jerome said he had met Mr.
Amory AT the home Of J. Coleman Drayton one
Sunday afternoon. and that Mr.. Anory had told
him so many things about the company that the
District Attorney thought great crime had
been committed In corruptiug jurors
Q-You said that the expose would be bigger
than that in 81. louis when Folk was on the job?
Al do not remember the exact words. but / think
Il was something like that.
Mr. Jerome vent on To say that he had turned
this matter over 10 Mr.. Schurman who was
then chief Of staff in his office. Mr.. Schurman
informed him, after investigation, that none
Of Mr.. AmoTys charges could be substantiateu
He said that the expert accountants he employed
10 assist Mr.. Schurman reported that they oh
tanned every book or paper they asked for from
the Metropolitan. He added that the experts
told him that 10 make thorough examination OF
all the material in the offices Of the company
would about $4,000. He explained that
he had no legal evidence TO present TO the
Board Of Estimate in asking for such large
appropriation.
Mr.. Jerome testified that he had obtained no
evidence that the Metropolitan Railway Com
panv was paving its dividends out Of anything
except its earnings. although there had been
allegations that the dividends were obtained
from bond issues. Mr. Sheam wanted 10 know
whether. in thezface Of Mr.. Jeromes campaign
promises he had been deferred from pursuit by
The matter Of $4,000. Mr.. Jerome caused quite
q stir when he said calmly:
Not at all. 1 did not believe should be
used for the purpose Of jockeying the stock mar
ket and there was no legal evidence"
Mr. Jerome said that all the documents in the
case were in his office, and that the defendants
In the present case We're at liberty to inspect
them.
Tfllinghast given wide publicity at the time
that he had knowledge of jury bribing by the
Metropolitan in damage suits brought against H.
Stanley Bagg was also mentioned and Mr..
Shearn wanted 70 know what Mr. Jer0naes i'm
preston Of these men was. To this Mr. Jerome
said TO an accompaniment of laughte::
They impressed so that believed Tiing
hast was an old fool and Bagg liar
had no doubt, however, that the Investigators Of
the railway company We're endeavoring 10 use
corrupt means with jurors
Mr.. Shearn wanted 10 know whether Mr.. Jer-
ONE had not said something about the State
Trust Company placing 100000 in the name OF
an employee called Shea
Mr. Jerome said he had made this statement
and that he thought Mr. Whitney was then the
principal factor in the Metropolitan Street Rail-
way Company, and that he believed Mr. Ryan
was merely connected" with Mr.. Whitney. He
added:
Il have from time 10 time made statements
in public which were not true, but on finding /
was in error. have Ietracted or apologized for
them. The fact that ! took action would
prove that in my opinion. there nothing TO
Justify prosecution"
Mr Shearn asked now whether Mr.. Jerome had
said during his campaign that among the friends
Of Mr. Croker. who should be behind the bars
were William Devery. eX-Mayor Van Wyck and
Frank Farrell Mr.. Jerome said he thought he