The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-28
JEROME ONCE
MORE fLAYED.
NEW YORK PARTIES WANT DIS.
rRIcr ATTORNEY FIRED,
JEROME JUST SMILES
"They File Those Every Few Days
Against Ne" He says, When Told Of
Charges Sent to Governor-com-
plainants Allege Many Sins.

New York, Feb. 27.-Twenty-two
charges are made in a petition pray
ing for the removal of William T. Je-
rome as district attorney of the coun-
ty Of New York which was sent to
Governor Hughes at Albany today by
a committee Of stockholders Of the
Metropolitan Street Railway company
through their chairman, William F.
King.
The petition alleges that jerome
has failed to properly prosecute
charges of alleged Jury fixing" and
the giving Of false testimony in street
railway cases; that the prosecution of
violations of the criminal laws by the
life insurance companies Of New York
as disclosed by the Armstrong com
mittee had been delayed and that an
alleged criminal conspiracy to divert
the property of the Metropolitan
Street Railway company OF New York
into the hands Of q few mer. was al
lowed by Mr.. Jerome to 60 or.
Mr.. Jerome's statements as to.
judges are alleged to have been not
only improper but scandalous in their
nature and to have tended to destroy
the confidence of people in the integ-
rity Of their courts.
The committee also charges that the
district attorney misconducted HIM
self in failing to indicate and seek to.
convict some OF the officials OF rail-
roads in connection with the collision
In the tunnel when II persons were
killed, and various other cases Of al
legged failure Of the district attorney
to perform his duty are cited in the
complaint.
Campaign Contributions.
The petition also charges that con.
tributions to the campaign fund to.
elect Mr.. Jerome were received by
one. Of MI. Jerome's assistants from
local corporations seeking favors
from the district attorney and that the
amount, which is unknown, is sup
posed to be large. 1t is also alleged
that the assistants who received the
funds has since resigned and entered
the law practice. !, "a.
I'm not worried" was District At
torney Jerome's comment when told, of
the charges and requests for his re-
moval sent to Governor Hughes to-
day.
"This is another one, I suppose, they
file them up there every week or so
against me. The governor has never
asked me- to explain. II he does then
we will take cognizance OF the mat
ter"
Mr.. Jerome added that many Of the
matters contained In the King charges
had already been explained by him In
letter he haid sent to Governor
Higgins and which he said was on
file at Albany. the charges in connec-
ton with the Mutual Life being Gov
cred by the explanation in an elab-
crate report which he had made to
the governor.
Mr.. Jerome said that after an ex-
animation Of the charges against the
American Ice company he came to
the conclusion that no crime had been
AS to the shipbuilding
case he said:
Explains Inaetion.
THERE'S nc doubt in my mind that
the circular issued showed false pre-
lenses. but it would have been neces-
sary in order to prove it to institute
proceedings in i've different states,
and the prosecutor would have been
confronted with the fact that hestould
not take dispositions h>criminal cases
before the grand jury without the cohs