New-York tribune., 1910-08-25
WILL PLEAD NOT GUILTY
Grand Jury Indicts QuaIey and
Corbett for 5000 Larceny.
BOTH TO SURRENDER TO-DAY
Seven Counts Against Men Aris
ing from Sale of Stock to
Mrs. w. r. Bull.

John A. oualey and Harvey Wiley Cor
bett were indicted yesterday by the grand
jury for the larceny of $4,000 from Mrs.
Jersey. where they have been working for
several weeks to get running the plant of
the Magnesia-Asbestos Company. in North
Newark, through representations In regard
to which they got Mrs. Bulls money. But
IL has been arranged that they will appear
before Judge O'SuIlivan in Part I of Cen
eraI Sessions at . o'clock to-day and plead
10 the indictments
They are now out under $4,000 bail each
on hearings that have been in progress be-
fore Magistrate Krotel The hearings in
the magistrates court were continued last
Friday until October s. as II was expected
that the grand jury would act and thus
make unnecessary further proceedings in
the lower court.
The District Attorneys office will prob
ably ask that bail be made higher in the
case of QuaIey. It Is expected that the
court viii be asked TO fix Qualey's bail at
s25. 600, but Corbetts bail will probably re-
main at $4,000.
There are seven counts In the indictment.
the TWO men being jointly named The first
two counts charge them with obtaining
s15,G00 from Mrs Bull in Newport on June
q and 10000 on July on false repre-
sentations that the plant in Newark was
then operating and had been operating for
a considerable time. taking in 5000 a day,
a large part of which was profit.
One of the arguments used to get the
money. according to the indictment. was
the statement that a son of Thomas F.
Ryan had made a personal examination Of
the plant and had decided to invest 81, 600, 600
in the stock Of the Observation-Disclosures Com
pany.
Other counts in the indictment charge
them with receiving stolen money and with
bringing stolen money into this city,
The grand jury is still taking testimony
in the case of Leo kresser. who charges
QuaIey and Corbett with getting $500
from him by the same methods that were
used to get Mrs Bulls money.
Kresser had them arrested last fall and
brought a civil suit against them for the
recovery of his money. Nothing came Of
the arrests at that time. and the civil suits
weer compromised out Of court. When Mrs
Bull made her charges against the pro-
rnoters Kressed again came forward. He
has been a witness both for Mrs. Bull in
the hearings before Magistrate Krotef and
indictments in the kresser case will fol-
low in a few days.
Mrs Bull. who is In Newport, was IN
formed of the indictments shortly after
they were brought in. She said she was
delighted and was sure that the men would
be convicted. John F. Mcintyre. counsel
for QuaIey and CorbetJ. said he was con11-
dent that his clients could not be convicted.
Corbett said last night that he and Qualey
would be on hand to-day to plead.
Mr.. Mcintyre arranged with the District
Attorneys Office last week that If his
clients were indicted he would bring them
into court without requisition papers to
bring them back from New Jersey AS soon
as the indictments were handed up to
Judge O Sullivan yesterday Mr.. Mcintyre
was informed and ne at once telephoned
to Qualey and Corbett TO come over to-day
and plead.
4 plea Of not guilty VIII be entered, with
leave TO withdraw the plea and enter a de-
nIurrer, and Mr.. Mcintyre will make a
hard fight TO see the minutes of the grand
Jury He believes that an examination of
the minutes will disclose some interesting
happenings IN the grand jury room, al
though it is understood that the grand jury
was unanimous for indictment.