The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
Ice Sale Up Again.

That short sale Of 2100 Of American Ice
stock by Chairman William J. Corners, Of
the Democratic state committee and his
unidentified friend. Charlie" bobbed up
again to-day in the proceedings. Con-
ners and Charlie" sold the stock at from
So to 70. after they had got a tip that
julius Mayer then attorney general. was
going to begin a suit against the Ice COM
pany. to be carried on by his successor.
William S. Jackson. Charles ". Morse
had control of all the real stock. but Con
ners and friend Charlie" didn't know
that until they tried to cover Then Mr.
Morse obligingiy let them have 2.l00 shares
at par.
Mt. Jerome testified to-day that the ac-
cusation had been made by Mr.. Morse
that one AuerbaCh, connected with the
attorney generals Office. had come around
TO see him. and had said he didn't be-
lieve the prosecution against the ice COM
pany would be violent II those old short
sales were settled Up. There is a Herbert
P. AueTbach employed as a special in
vestgator in Mr., Jackson's Office. His
name was mentioned IN the Nathan Vida
YER charges.
District Attorney Jerome gave in detail
to-day his connection with the plant"
dxed by William r. Montgomery, the in
dicted ex-president Of the Hamilton Bank
for Vidaver. Mr. Jerome said il was true
that he had lunched with Montgomery in
a downtown restaurant after the latter
had been under indictment. Montgomery's
counsel Howard Cans. one of Mr.. Je-
rome's former deputies. also was present
Mr. Jerome denied that he knew Mont
gomeTy was going 10 trap Vidaver.
About Untermyer Contribution.
Mr.. Jerome had something to say at
to-day's hearing about the contribution
OF 5000 by Samuel Untermyer 20 his
second campaign. Mr.. Untermyer, at the
time, was counsel for James Hazen Hyde
Mr.. Jerome said he had made some un-
pleasant remarks about Mr.. Untermyer
in the Hummel case in the spring Of
1906, and 3 little after that Mr.. Inter
myer called him on the telephone and
asked him out to lunch. Mr. Jerome ac-
cepted and took Howard Cans. then his
assistant. with him Louis Marshall one
Of Mr.. Untermyer's law partners. came
with him. In the course of this luncheon,
Jerome said he did not believe he would
be nominated by either of the parties
and he thought it was hopeless to try to
run Independently. It would be impOs-
sible to raise a campaign fund.
There the subject dropped, but it seems
that Mr. Untermyer, in the course of the
meal. remarked TO Cans, with Mr..
Jerome hearing him, that he would be
one of six who would raise $150,000 for
- NNLav, Cans lie
told Mr. Jerome about this, Jerome asked
Mr Cans. and likewise, Mr. Cans asked
Mr.. Jerome:
Now, what on earth do you suppose
Untermyer wants? You don't suppose he
wants to contribute that S25,000 out Of
love for ne (JeTome)?"
The solution suggested by Mr. Cans
was that it was a cheap bluff" that
Mr.. Untermyer felt certain that one Of
the parties would nominate Mr.. Jerome,
and that there would never be any neces-
sity for calling for contributions TO an
independent campaign.
Jerome Announces Candidacy.
on August 5. 1906, Mr.. Jerome put out
his announcement that he would run on
a ticket of his own.
A day or so later. q cablegram came
from Mr.. Untermyer to the effect that he
was ready to make good any time the
money which was wanted. Even then,
Mr.. Cans thought it was a bluff that
Untermyer was still confident one Of the
conventions would name Jerome. Later,
Mr.. Untermyer appeared again and told
Cans he meant every word he had said.
He came around TO see Mr.. Cans again
and Mr.. Cans consulted with Mr.. Jerome,
Mr.. Jerome thereupon remarked that Mr..
Untermyer was a wealthy man, that he
seemed TO be entirely sincere. and that
Mr. Cans should accept $500, but no
more.
This was Mr. Jerome's full account Of
the Untermyer transaction.