The evening world., 1908-03-05
JACKSON ASSA|LED
IN CHARGES MADE
AGAINST V|DAVER
Attacks in Press Came From Attorney
General who Ought to Be Shown
Up," Declares Man Who Makes
Extortion Charge.
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came to the office. He said the Attoi-
ney-General's office beieved ne was
four-fushing about that Sl'orLthat
they believed l had given him con
game and were hot about it.. lie sald
he couldn't head them oil II diuh
put UP the money.
Attacks" Recommended.
".You will be sorry vidaver said to
me. If you don't pay this money Per
sonally don't give -. It's up 10
YOU .,,, ..,s-
ence of Grossman and Nidaver not TO
pay. I told Vidaver he ought to deliver
the goods first. Nidaver said he would
not be responsible for anything unless
the money was put up. Two days !ater
the newspaper attacks recommends
Not long after this there appeared IN
the newspapers a letter from Attorney
General Jackson to District-Attorney
Jerome concerning my actions IN lie
utamilton Bank.
ION the morning of March 1, 1905. pur-
euant to an appointment, Moses cross
man called at my mouse, we ta.hed
over the matter and agreed to meet
Nidaver at the Astor House Tor IGhth'
Moe tells me-. said Vidaver. that
you blame me for telling Jackson about
those overdrafts
II told him / had mentioned the
ovsrdrafts TO only two men him Vida
ver) and Mr.. Clifford. Vidaver said he
never told Jackson. but he threatened
that IL ! didn't put up the money he
would peach on me. He said he had
never sued man IN mis- life and tod
about a man named O'Rourke whom
he could have sued.
:. What about this money! Vidaver
asked
81 said 1 would nay Grossman 500
TO reimburse him for what he had paid
sons attitude was toward me. He, re
piled that he had told N. ! would he
sorry il 1 didn't pay.
$500 Ancient History"
You have said hard things about
e. sSn Tha IS aheent Ie hs5cTy S Eo thaR FG
they don't know what is going on at the
.Attorney-Generars office. but they do.
They have heard that You are going to
what you agreed to pay and certain
sum-we will call it reta.ner-and
more In three weeks, jackson Will close
your new bank in a week.
How in hell can Jackson close me
up? l asked. He don't know a
thing about me. f..
''Vidaver said it wasn't the man; II
was the office and the power. / asked
Vidaver why Jackson had thrown down
Clarence Shearn.
HE hasn't exactly thrown shearn
down, said Nidaver. There Is more
In it by putting Joe Ford in as receiver
of the Oriental Bank (Note.-Ford.
Jackson's private secretary, was named
as one of the receivers of the Mechanics
and Traders Bank
"'You know said N:daver. Ford is
a newspaper man. He used TO fix up
those little things they sent out to the
newspapers.
Made the Bargain, He Says.
"Vidaver sought 10 impress upon me
that he was not 'squealer' and would
nor peach on ANYBODY
Il could go to the Metropolitan Opera
House and make $1,000 by telling what
i know about certain contracts con,
nected with Oscar Hammerstein. II |
was 'peacher' l could make a lot OF
money by going to the Metropolitan
Street Hallway and telling, them OF a
suit that is being prepared in the At
torney-Generals Office
"Vidaver said he was in a hurry and
asked again for the money ! handed
him 500 saying, NOW. | want the At
lacks on me in the newspapers to stop.
Nidaver said. That's Il bargain Then
he was placed under arrest
An AFFIDAVIT signed by Mr. Soaring
Montgomery about the meeting in Scar
ing's law Office. Douglas Sauderspn,
house detective of the Astor House, de-
scribed the arrest of ViIaver in another
An atIidavl, by Norman I'tzslmmous,
one Of .IeromCs staff of detectives, was
submitted. Fitzsimmons overheard the
bONNer-h t!On between M'lt SplutlN anu
Moses II Grossman at Montgomery :
house Yesterday morning two telephone
conve rsations and part OF the ronver'
alton between Montgomery and va
aver in the Astor House Yesterday
afternoon
What the Detective Heard.
In describing how Montgomery sum-
noned Grossman to his house while
F'itzsimmons was concealed there and
connected with the telephone, Fitzsim-
mons swears
81 heard Montgomery say over the
telephone Hello, Moe TO which
the reply was Is that you, Bill"
Montgomery inquired, says the affi-