New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-08
MORE TALK FROM CORBETT
Declares That QuaIey Suggested
Buying of Bonds to Mrs. Bull.
TOO SLOW, SAYS SHE SAID
Will Make Effort to Put Mag
nesia Asbestos Company on
Dividend Paying Basis.

Following the exclusive interview gwen
by him to The Tribune for yesterday S
paper. Harvey ". Corbett. who is CODE
PENDANT with John a. Qualey against Mrs.
William T. Bulls charges that S3o,Vo was
taken from her by improper methoos Tor
investment in Qualeys Magnesia-Asbestos
Company. added some further points OF IN
terest to his story last night.
Il would like to add a little" he said,
ito what / told The Tribune last night
about Mrs Bulls investment in the STOCK
Of the Observation-Disclosures Company. Nhen
Mrs Bull first consulted Mr.. Qualey 1t was
about her business affairs in general. She
told him that she was having trouble with
her coexecutor Of her huspands estate,
George w Young, and she wanted Mr..
Qualey's advice or how to invest about
$4,000 she had.
Mr.. QuaIey did not at once seek her
money for the magnesia company. He told
her that the bond market was in good con-
d.tion and advised her to put her money in
bonds Mrs. Bull didn't want to do that
because the returns would not be large
enough or quick enough 1t was only after
that that Mr.. Oualey advised her to invest
In the magnesia company
Did you ever go to Newport yourself tic
Never Been in Newport.
TT SO happens" Mr.. Corbett replied,
that I have never been in Newport in my
life 1 have passed through Rhode Island
and was in Providence once, but have
never been in Newport"
How was it, Mr.. Corbett, that you We're
| in prison so long before being bailed out?
Why weren't your friends a little quicker
about coming TO your aid?"
MY friends came to me at once" he
| said -'They wanted to bail me out just
+! as soon as they knew that | was in prison.
| But I said to them that I could not go free
unless Mr.. Qualey did also. told my wife
! and I told my friends that If Qualey were
| guilty I was. too And I said that If 1
were guilty, # l had been bamboozing peo-
pie out Of their money, I was right where
| I belonged, behind the bars, and 1 wanted
| to stay there
when this affair is over what do you in
| tend to do about the Observation-Disclosures
| Company"
Why" Mr.. Corbett said, II am going
right along with the company. I've got
| to do it. The only way that 1 can prove
that l am right and that this company is
an honest one is to make it a success And
that is what I am going to do
There have been some charges made
that Alan A. Ryan is in a conspiracy with
Mrs. Bull to get control of the company.
What do you think about that?''
4 don't think those charges should have
been made" Mr.. Corbett said. MIR. Ryan
was asked to look into our company by an
attorney, and he made trip over to the
Newark plant. I never understood that he
| Nv R1111 n dO Iha [
he did it for Mrs Bull. After his visit to
the plant he wanted some more information
from Mr. Qualey, and it was just a chance
that Qualey was telephonng to Mr.. Ryan
when he was arrested. But 1 sure Mr.
Ryan had nothing to do with the arrest
and 7 have never thought there was any
| conspiracy.
Mrs. Bull Witness Again To-day.
Mrs. Bull Will again be a witness before
! MAGISTRATE krotel, in the Harlem police
court at 8 o'clock to-day in the hearing OF
| the charges against Qualey and Corbett-
| She is still subject 10 Mr.. Mc1ntyres cross
| examination After her testimony is in 1t
is understood that the prosecution will put
Leo Kresser and several other witnesses on
the stand to show how they were induced
to buy stock in the Observation-Disclosures Com
pany Witnesses will also be brought for
ward, il is understood, to testify as to the
value of the Newark plant
The prosecution feels sure that Qualey
and Corbett will be held for the grand jury.
The District Attorneys office has already
made its plans for the grand jury hearing,
and this is expected to take place this
week Mrs. Bull has had a long conference
with Assistant District Attorneys Rice and
Perkins and several other witnesses have
been examined In the District Attorney S