New-York tribune., 1908-03-27
rILLINGHAST ON STAND
JEROME HE1RING BEGUN.
Tifness Tells Hoe He Took BRIDES
as .JurYmGn.

The ars. hearing in the investigation Oh '"e
CHARGES made by William f King asails' 80
.rjA- Attorney Jerome was held before eA
!udre Andrews of the Court CT Appeals Ees.eroay E
morning the audience room o. the "
Commission. in the Tribune buildihs' ,,,
William H TiIlinghast. who confesses 70 ~ -,
many hrihes from the Metropolitan street i '
-oTnnszlv for acting in its interests On -
.,ries was the chief witness toth I .,.o, &c
.o.nsal for the minority stockholders ool'i'' -,
n. ,fs+-onoltan Street Railway Company anu M
Jerome gave the witness gruelling eNaih''" Nais
Nr Jerome decided to conduct ms o" 80 90 A.
,l-l his secretary. William g isahsuoi' as
is,.a- District Attorneys Smyth ana h'es'
- - -. artcr some preliminary arguments
nc s,s, snecacation of the charges WHICH n
zen flied with the Governor with the '"4.s.a '"4u
10 remove Mr.. Jerome from once ip I,a
sas taken up This has TO do Win 'he
..,prv fixing in behalf OF traction hi'ei A.,
Mr Pierce in his opening address saio '"aa
r~o,,e had .7isapprehended the charges aes
ajm He has set up .he answer siu n e s,f
,e cc,.ld not have convicted because Vi ' o5
scsent evidence The charge Is 'ia' ''0 o,-od
.,,cr,e which at one time would nave
-. ,tst This evidence was put to one S'ue
-. ,l,o- -Tallinci1ast went 20 Justice oeh"-i' "
,-as at once arrested and sent TO lhe ..tra,.
r., ,,.,, was made that the District ~
conducted his investigation so tlat ~ ra,,,or,, :,
against she Metropolitan street r.'i' nav, =, itness
-o,,1d not be founc; that he ouesno'ieo ''. -
- s,,cb d. v-sx rs 10 discredt him as "l.he91' "
other words that MI Jerome 1ousi. nIo
nauv,s battle and not the oattle u IA. -
After Stanley Bagg. an agent Oh 'iie s
had 1,een in the grand jury roon II was pio
-. ,ha ,.o,c,,ars showing payments to jurors hdu
NOT ,een DESTROYED Notwithstanding SATISFACTORY
action was not taken. :;
After some evidence had been taken 10 sio" III
rha; cases Tiflinghast had acted as juioi' 'iI
latter was put On the stand He tesulieo t 'll @ -
mad served as a lieutenant in the oo'n - 20
STATES Colored Infantry, having been apPoIteu UA'
the recommendation OF General O. u ho"aiu he
also admitted that he had been sen'ehoeo ~ W.
years Imprisonment FOR forgery. ana ti1"' nc i.s~
served three years in the pehlteil'"iS -
rersonatins q juror
-riilinrhast said that once while serving as
ilIry7nan he had met a court officer named AleA-
ander Smith. The latter gave him 10 uiioe
he said tha. there would be something in it for
him. Il he would agree TO render a Ferolct WHICH
must go one way" Smith. he SAID gave MN
money when tbe case was finished, and told him
that he woufd go to the metropolitan office and
arrange 10 get more.
Later Tiilinghast said he went to the company
Offices and there met George and Stanley Bags
..C-.o--e Rae-- told me- said he. that it would
he jnadv.sabIe for me continue going there, as
] rnSilt contact with counsel Tor the othei
side He said he had not seen Ambrose j. McCape
there but that he had seen two lawyers, MY. Lit
tie and Mr. Patterson, blt mao not 'aiieu ~
either of them
Ti1nclast testified that he paid for every
case il which a Juror for the Metro
poiitan, and that Nj. Bags generally paid him.
When Nr. Pierce asked the witness whether he
thought attorneys Cor The company were aware of
his being under influence" Mr.. Jerome protested
Vigorously
i have no desire 10 throw any obstacle in the
wav of the witness" exclaimed Mr. Jerome I'm
as far as lis statements alude to myself, but when
It comes to making statements about reputable
gentlemen that another matter Ne should not
make il possible by any msconception to connect
them in anybody mind with wrongdong.'
II was accepted without question by counsel
said Tillinghast. When Id be called to the box
To sea Baeg sitting behind counsel. He'd lean
over a1d say something to counsel when / was
called '..--
Nj jerome again objected, and said it wrong
10 Jet counsel for the company be thus attacked by
innuende Andrews replied that the witness
could state facts
The District Attorney then put the witness
through 3 severe cross-examinstion Tillinsfast
said that he MAS both sorry for and ashamed
of his conduct in accepting brides Mr.. Jerome hal
the witness tell his arrest and imprisonment
for innpersonating Juror
After the District Attorney had finished with the
witness an adjournment taken until o'clock
this morning During the hearing Justice Bowling
told the District Attorney that he would not ad-
journ the special grand jury which Is Investigating
traction affairs for two weeks, the latter re-
ouested him 70 do Mr.. Jerome therefore has to
appear before this jury every afternoon that II is
IN session in the execution his official duties
AS this makes afternoon sessions in this investi-
CATION Impossible. Mr.. Andrews may hold night
sessions hereafter. Tomorrow, the grand jury
IS not in session. he will hold both morning and
afternoon sessions. Mr. Andrews is determined "a
conduct the inquiry as rapidly possible.