New-York tribune., 1908-04-25
CONFIDENCE IN QUIGG
NO ACCOUNTING ASKED
Spent Thousands for Metropolitan
That UaY, He Says.

NuC ~ uD' Aht D"3"'
! Iemuel EIv ouigg testified before the special
grand jury which investigated the affairs OF the
Metropolitan Street Railway Company that so I'M
plcit was the confidence that the officials of that
! company and Thomas f. Ryan had in him that he
! was permitted to spend thousands of dollars with
out making any accounting for his expenditures as
/ was also his man Abel" One of the things that
/ the grand jury and District Attorney Jerome did
! not go iato his activities as Metropolitan
'accelerator" although testified before the Pun
! lie Service Commission that he had spent over a
| hundred thousand dollars such.
Quigg's man Abel not called as witness by
! the special grand jury. was Mr.. Quigg asked
! who Abel was or regarding his expenditures Of
| Metropolitan cash. which testimony showed mount
| ed well up into the thousands
The grand jury minutes show that Anthony y.
Brady's testimony in regard to the Wall and Cort-
landt Street Ferries deal exceedingly hazy.
He contradicted himself several times, and finally
said that ne could not understand at the time why
William G. Whitney had sent him check for
1866 900 for that line. when he had sold ii to him
for the Metropolitan less than 100000. This
deal has been partly cleared up by the testimony
of Mr.. Ryan and others. Mr.. Brady's memory was
bad in regard TO other things well.
Mr. WINS counsel for the Public Service Com
! mission during it's investigation of the INTERIOR
ough- Metropolitan company. told the jurors that 1t
had been both his and the commissions Judgment
call either Mr. Ryan Mr.. Vreeland
! witness until every other resource had been ex-
hausted. because OF the immunity given witnesses
under the public service law. He also told of
merous seeming irregularities In Metropolitan
accounts.
When Mr.. Quigg appeared before the grand jury
the District Attorney asked him about a
payment made to Mr. Ryan June 9, 1903. OF
$4,000. Mr. Ryan testified here" said Mr. Je-
rome, that that had connection with
raid on the credit of the Metropolitan Securities
Company in 1902 the early part of 1909, and that
that payment was made to reimburse him for pay
ments heretofore made to you for investigation
of those matters Will you the grand jury
what you know about this?'
MIR. QUIGGs FEE
For a period of months" replied Mr. Qugg.
"and l should say for something than year.
] was conducting investigation into that raid and
into what the parties doing who engaged in
1t. 1 spent. l think, a little than sf4.Oc0-my
impression is about sl6o0O-and 1 got it back as
required it. from Mr. Ryan, and l charged him
$4,000 for my services at that time"
Mr.. Ryan had previously testified that he had
employed Mr.. Ouigg as detective to unearth the
of the raid, and that the latter had traced
it TO Talbot J. Taylor a son-in-law of Mr.. Keene
who at that time was conducting a brokerage
office.
You actually obtained for services and expenses
in connection with your investigation continued
Mr.. Jerome, ''of what for lack Of better
may describe a raid the credit of the
Metropolitan sum Of upward Of $4,000 from Mr.
Ryan,"
Yes" Mr.. Quigg replied "as I get
it was SIC 00N.''
Mr.. Qugg then explained that doing this piece
of detective work he had employed agencies IN
Baltimore. San Francisco. Chicago and other cities.
He said he thought he had vouchers and other
memoranda In regard to his expenditures but did
not know whether he could lay his hands them.
Next the District Attorney turned his attention
to q check drawn to the order Of the Morton Trust
Company April 2. 1904 for 1892 Sc. He told
Mr.. Qugg that previous testimony had shown that
$4,000 of this money had been given to him to de-
liver to the Republican State Committee and SIS 700
OF It had been sent by another messenger to Mr..
Murphy some else connected with the Tam
many organization, and asked him for explana-
ton.
Il only know this" replied Qugg. that. without
attempting fix the year Independent act |
of memory, some years ago and at about that !
period of time Mr. Vreeland asked me 10 deliver
envelope to Governor Odell- took the envelope /
and called up Mr.. Cden the phone and he |
said he would be the Fifth Avenue Hotel, at the
Republican State Headquarters at a certain time |
and I there that time with the envelope. / |
did not then know what II contained l into !
his room and gave him the envelope. and he opened
IT in my presence and counted $1,000 bills |
and handed them to Colonel Reuben Fox, the sec
retary OF the committee. who there In the |
room that time. and told him to give the money
to General McAlpin, who was treasurer of the |
committee"
You simply acted as messenger Mr. Jerome /
inquired.
1eS, Sdld MI QulSg.
Have YOU any knowledge about the s6 7G1 that
went TO Tammany Hall" asked Mr. Jerome.
MR.. QUIGG IGNORANT
Il know nothing about it," replied Quigg.
y juror asked the witness if Mr.. Nreeland
had said anything him about the envelope be-
ing a valuable intnating that contained
money, or had warned him see that il was
safely delivered
No said Mr. Quigg. II think il only fair to say
that Mr.. Vreeland knew that he did not have to
give any instructions that kind. l had no doubt
but that the envelope contained money: that il was
q political contribution"
One of the jurors insisted that Mr. Quigg should
try find vouchers showing how he had dis
bursed the $4,000 spent for the expenses of his de-
tective work. MI 4uigg then told the fury that ne
generally got his money from Mr.. Francis the see
retary Of the Morton Trust Company. 1t was !
given him. he said sometimes in bills and some
times by checks. +
Did you turn in vouchers for your expenses"
he asked.
NO; they were essentially confidential. and | did
not make any explanation of them to anybody Z
was his reply.
They took your word for the expenses alto
yether"''
Yes
Mr.. Qusg subsequently recalled to testify as I
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