Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-14
10 PROBE ICE TRUST
Attorney General Appoints James
 w. Osborne to Run Suit.
JACKSON SEES GRAND JURY.
New Appointee Will Have Chance to Prove His Campaign Charges Against District Attorney Jerome-Latter Sur renders Papers of Former Inquiry.

District Attorney Jerome--Latter Sur renders Papers of Former Inquiry.
 New York, Feb. 14.-As his first step in a raking investigation of the ice trust, Attorney General Jackson ap-
 pointed former Assistant District At torney James W. Osborne q special
 deputy attorney general to take charge
 of the probing into the affairs of the
 trust. The two men had long con-
 ference at 299 Broadway at midday,
 going over the entire situation, and Mir.
 Osborne became enthusiastic at the prospect of the inquiry. When Mr.
 Jackson found him more than willing to take up the probe, he made the ap- pointment. at once.
 The former assistant district attor- ney will take the oath as special depu- ty today before the secretary of state and will immediately enter upon his new work.
 A Chance to Make Good.
 The feeling among people who pro- fess to know is that Osborne's chance has come He was District Attorney Jerome's opponent when the latter was last elected to office and during that campaign said many things about the present district attorney which he now will have chance to prove. He will exert every effort to obtain indict- ments against the ice people, hoping in that way to show that he instead of Jerome should have been elected the peoples county prosecutor.
 Assisting Mir Osborne in the prose- cution before the grand jury will be Deputy Attorney General De Ford and another deputy not yet selected
 MT. Jackson said that he and MT. Osborne would give up every hour of their time from now on in the direction of proceeding against the ice trust and that they would push the matter through to the limit
 There was report in circulation that Governor Hughes had intimated that if the attorney general tried to use the investigation to further his own po- litical ends his official head would come off. When this rumor was brought to Mir. Jackson's attention, he said:
 Will Dig as Deep as Is NeedfuI.
 'I have an official order from the governor of this state to investigate the ice business and if necessary to proceed against the people of the ice trust by obtaining indictments. I am going to do my exact duty in the mat ter. I will dig as deep as is necessary and serve the people who elected me with my best efforts to protect their interests"
 Deputy Attorney General Boehm, Attorney General Jack son, called at the district attorneys office to secure the documentary evil dence submitted by the attorney gen aral to the district attorney last fall in the investigation of the ice trust. Dis trict Attorney Jerome turned over to the representative of the attorney gen. eral not only all the evidence in his but the minutes of the grand jury which heard the complaints against the ice trust last fall. He in- formed Mir. Boehm that he would ar 'ange to clear away the business now the attention of the special grand jury so that the attorney gen. ,ral might have the grand jury next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to lispose of the ice trust matters.
 Jackson Before Grand Jury.
 Subsequently Attorney General Jack 'on appeared before the special grand ury for the purpose of notifying that 'ody of his designation by the gov rnor to present ice trust matters and O outline to the grand jurors his plans or conducting the inquiry into the . methods of the trust. It was the pur- , 'ose of the attorney general to have , n understanding with the members of . he grand jury as to when it would be , uitable for them to have him proceed. The attorney general had requested Q be notified when the special grand |, lry was about to adjourn for the day, nd the notice was sent to him by the istrict attorneys office. He hurried yer from his office and lost no time in ntering the special grand jury room.