New-York tribune., 1909-05-27
ORAL QUESTIONS.
Dir. Amory Charges That Jerome
Vas Not Truthful.

Mr.. Jerome at this point indicated that he had
finished answering the written questions, and oral
questions called for.
Mr.. Amory (Appause)-Ladies and gentlemen
night to speak | came here TO hear the District
on his conduct in ofhce might be furnished him in
writing three days before this meeting. One week
before this meeting took place I sent him one hun
dred and one questions. all touching upon his
misconduct with regard TO the Metropolitan Street
Railway criminals.
OF these. three ne has answered sixteen he has
referred To and every one of the others he has
Iodged and knew he would dodge them. because
ne did not dare answer them Applause) Now,
let iet us see; Mr. Jerome has not been frank; he has
hot peeh honest; ne mas not been truthful (Hsses)
All All | ask is fair play Mr. Jerome has had his
he has accused me of being poor. Gentlemen. am
poor. because have been fighting him and the
1 propose to devote the of my life. If neces-
sa[y to night him and those other criminals
speech @ that he admits that he made when he said
the Metropolitan Street Railway Company. he
asked me 10 bring him the evidence in 1901. In
those days Mr. Jerome and l were intimate friends
He asked me and two or three members of the
King committee to run that campaign OF his in
intimacy and the regard he had for me in those
days; He knew that I had this evidence. and he
IN, Now then he has referred to Jim K9sne and to
aeeounta3ts report That IS IS true true II But Vent
the report Of those %ss9S9sRs that was PAID fqT
son-in-l law Talbot ]. Taylor the reports of those
accountants were addressed to Mr.. Taylor and re-
ferred to me. and We're put in Mr.. Jeromes hands
& on the 2Sd day Of Novemher. 1892 and when he
he tells you what is not true CApplauseD
JEROME KNEW IT WAS NOT TRUE"
Now. then. let us see what he has done with my
charges. His defence here has been that Hand
Mr.. Hand who investigated him--whitewashed him.
That IS true; he did whitewash him. But he says
Mr.. Hand passed on all the charges. twenty-three
in number, that were laid before him. He knew
that was not true when he made that statement
II was not true. The eighth charge or those
twenty-thTee the charge that he had per
mitted the Metropolitan criminals to escape. Mr.
charges and the Governor backed him up In IT, on
the ground that the fault that he had committed IN
not Furnishing those criminals was committed be
fore the Governor was in office. and through that
narrow, through that small knothole. Jerome
escaped Oaughter) Now, / had nothing to do
You ali know about the Wall and Cortlandt
street ferry dea-or steal, l ought TO call IL, be-
cause II a steal Now. Mr.. Jerome has skill
fully lodged my questions on that point. as he has
almost all those others. He denies that he had
any personal knowledge about 1t. tell you now
that he had personal knowledge of 1t in 1902. be-
cause 1 told him of IL at that time l told him In
big steal including not only the Wall and Cort-
landt street ferry deal, but the Peoples Traction
Company the New York & Westchester Trac-
tion Company
81 100000 that was divided. In this case there was
only less than million. and Jerome knew about it.
knowledge which l tell you he did have. and II he
had been honest, and II he had been the Dlstrict
Attorney that we all hoped ne would turn OUT 10
be, he would have sent Tom Ryan ana the rest OF
these traction criminals to states prison
MURDER" OF WILLIAM c. WHITNEY.
A Voice-Did the pressure brought to bear by the
Metropolitan Traction Company prevent you from