New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-10
WH|TMAN'S HANDS
ARE NO! TIED
VIII Begin to Present Evidence
Of Carnegie Trust Methods
on Monday.
DENIES COLLINS STORY
nix Angry Because Letter In
trusted to Adviser was
Handed to District At
torney by Baldwin

= d.
,rob Albany last night where ne had
..r,d uuon Governor Dix and Attorney
u.u.rsI carmody. and announced that on
,,.r6sv he would begin 10 present TO the
- iury the evidence gathered by him
,;s investigation Of the affairs OF the
r,rnecje Trust Company. Three or four
,.dic,ncnts arc practically assured II
is said.
rbo District Attorney went 10 Albany
..,r,od for n fight against what ap-
.red ~ he an effort of the so-called
rhic mon" involved in alleged irregulari-
49, uncovered by hts investigation, to
49,. his hands. He was met by the Chief
ry.c,.iyc Of the state and the Attorney
C.r.,sl with assurances that wrong IN
.arnret9tion had been placed upon the
for,ners communication of Tuesday
-;,b. reoussting the District Attorney to
.oopfer with Attorney General Carmody
-, matters pertaining to the Carnegie
Trust Company"
Although these assurances would make
Z, anpear that the reports that it was
,ronosed 10 supersede the District At
,orney bv the Attorney General in the
carnegie Trust investigation were untrue,
no one has as yet stepped forward to eX-
Main the peculiar manner in which the
letter Of the highest official in the state
was delivered TO the District Attorney.
Anv suggestion that its delivery had
oecial semblance because it was handed
m Charles \. Collin. the Governors con-
sdental adviser. was completely obiit-
Grated bv the fact that it was handed to
nstrict Attorney Whitman by stephen
Baldwin. counsel for Joseph B. Reich
man and William J. Cummins and his
associates.
The letter was unsealed and events
have made it clear that its contents
we're known TO others than Governor
Dx before il reached Mr.. Whitman. 1t
ia fact that Baldwin called upon the
District Attorney alone between IL ana
1880 on Tuesday night at the lroquois
Hotel. where Mr.. Whitman lives, ana
delivered the unsealed letter.
Thouoht Whitman's Activity Over.
lust What happened at that meeting
b.tveeu Nh Whitman and counsel TOT
men deeply involved in the affairs OF the
'rs,i,u,i,r under investigation would
make mighty interesting reading. Bald
win did not mince words in coming TO
he po,nt or trr - disguise his elation
over tho message he conveyed. He made
q clear that he believed the District At
'orrev Of New York County would have
little If ANYTHING further 10 do with the
Carnegie Trust company investigation.
"Nlr. Baldwin called upon me alone
and handed mo tho letter. said Mr.
Whitman "Mr collin was not with him.
7 never saw M Collin in my life.
y was surprised. as had intended to
begin to present tho evidence gathered
70 tho grand jury the next day. The
Governor has made it clear to me that
he never had any intention to supersede
mo in the Investigation. | believe he
V7s miSlcd
Both ho and Attornc% General car
mody have assured me that the Attorney
General is onlv interested in the civil
crd Of The Investigation. which affects
the duties of his Office. He assured me
that he had no desire 10 interfere or in
trrrupt the criminal proceedings. So
after ALL IN. result has only been to
delay tho grand jury inquiry few days
f,rpCpnf1fiOn
Monday"
Nh Whitman denied that he had
talked with four bankers incidental to
the Investigation. who had laughed at
him and intmatcd that his interest in
the matter would soon cease, as said in
dispatches from Albany purporting 10
quote him
Governor Dix came down to the city
last night 90 speak at the dinner of the
North Side Board Of Trade.
He said h.s letter 20 Mr.. Whitman was
bot intended by him 10 tie Mr. Whit
mans hands but simply 20 give him
vi Carmody's assistance as far as the
state funds were concerned. He was ex-
uemely angry over tho way the letter
finally reached Mr.. Whitman's hands.
Nr HYDE returned at ( o'clock last
night and met the reporters with the
same genial smile ne displayed when he
returned from his famous vacation in
Florida His business in Albany. he said.
had been purely private" and he had
not seen single state official there.
throughout the day Professor Char
Collin and stephen &. Baldwin were
engaged in protracted attempt 70 side
step the responsibility for the loose way
IN which Governor Dix's letter TO Dis
rict Attorney Whitman was handled.
Tho Governor Professor Collin, who Is
also member Of the law firm Of Collin
Hughes said gave him a short. un-
sealed letter 10 the District Attorney on
tuesday night II was wOrded thus:
"ill You please confer wi. Attorney
'enera. Carmody in matters pertaining
70 the Carnegie Trust Company" But
sner dispatches had come down from Al
'ony that Governor Dix was "astonished
ana horrihed" u lear that his little note
''a been shown 10 Stephen G. Baldwin.
"h!er for Charles H. Hyde. Mr.. BALD
W.T. and Professor Collin decided that
W'y had somewhat exceeded their
authority vhen they had jointly carried
'he missivc TO Mr.. Whitman.
6ald~in's Attitude Evasive.
4t Baldwin was at first dispos tc
avail himself Of technicalities. He would
mol even admit that he had read the let