The sun., 1908-03-26
10 HEAR JEROME CASE TO-DAY
W. =. KINGS LAWYER FAILS TO
GET GRAND JURY MINUTES.

should Judge Andrews, Who Is 10 Hear
the Case. Desire 10 Know How MIR.
Jerome Has Advised Grand Juries the
Court Would Consider His Application.
The hearing on the charges made by
William F. Kings committee 10 Gov
Hughes against District Attorney Jerome
will begin this morning at 10 O'Clock in the
rooms of the Public Service Commission
In the Tribune Building. Mr.. Jerome de-
clines to say who his counsel will be, but
II is understood that he will take a very
active part In the proceedings himself.
The lawyers who represent the committee
sought yesterday TO get possession Of evi-
denoe that has been presented 10 Grand
Juries by Mr.. Jerome in cases on which
some of the charges against him are based.
In substance three motions made by Lawyer
Franklin Pierce before Judge Foster Of
General Sessions covered the Grand jury
proceedings in the Metropolitan Insurance
and ice Investigations
One Of the motions had 10 do with the
Grand Jury proceedings In the case Of
George W Perkins and the Mutual life
Insurance Company Mr. Jerome assured
Mr.. Pierce that Mr. Perkins had nothing to
do with the Mutual Life and Mr.. Pierce said
that there had been a typographical error
What Mr.. Pierce seemed to be most anxious
to get was what MIR. jerome had said before
the Grand Juries.
MIR. Jerome opposed the motions He
said that the Courkhad limited powers as 10
whom 1t could allow 10 see Grand Jury
minutes. He had no objection, he said. TO
eX-Judge Andrews. the commissioner who
will hear the charges, seeing the minutes in
any case that had any bearing on the
charges. II Judge Andrews believed that
anything that went on before the Grand
Jury should be produced against Mr..
Jerome then Judge Andrews could apply
10 the court for permission 10 make public
the Grand Jury minutes. But Mr.. Jerome
did object TO the committee and It's counsel
getting possession Of the Grand Jury evil
dence, both as a matter Of public policy
and Of official procedure.
Mr.. Pierce said that the lawyers wanted
10 look over all the minutes and present
TO the commissioner what they considered
important. That brought from Mr.. Jerome
q strong objection. He referred 20 the
motives behind the effort TO get the Grand
Jury minutes as being sinister, and added;
1Other interests are at stake here.
am not referrng 10 my own interests,
The counsel and the committee have begun
civil suits connected with the matters IN
question here. | do not want to spread
scandal on this record, especially al this
time. but IL | am pressed I would like to
have time TO file affidavits before any action
is taken by this court
Mr.. Jerome said that Judge Foster could
not do anything about the ice evidence,
as that had been presented TO the special
county Grand Jury, over which supreme
Court Justice Dowling has control, Judge
Foster said he would take the whole thing
under advisement, intimating that II he
released Grand Jury evidence at all II
would be for the inspection ot Commits
sioner Andrews alone. after Judge Andrews
had made application for IT,
"You zee. said Judge Foster TO Lawyer
Pierce you are third party In this pro.
oeedng and cannot see why you should
have Grand Jury minutes, which are sup
posed 10 he secret