New-York tribune., 1911-04-22
and through my friendship with MT

and through my frienoSnlp WIN 'i
Hyde"
He. Of course. insisted that his per-
sonal magnetism and his friendship
though ne had known Hyde only snort
time. were entirely responsible for the
81. O0O. 900 of city deposits which the car
regie Trust Company held last summer
With regard TO the letter OF recon-
mendation from Jordan ]. Rollins coun-
sci for the State Banking Department he
has already been quoted as saying that
Hvde asked him to get 1t from Rollins'
AS for the loans made by sixteen OF
seventeen banks and trust companies III
this city to the Cummins syndicate the
witness doubtless explained them by Sd! :
ing they we're good business risks, packeo
by collateral in his companies anu 'iia'
ne never named Hyde or PROMISED Guy
deposits in seeking the loans oeNei"'
bankers. IL will be remembered nave 'es-
tilted just the opposite.
In accordance with the command VI
their subp9nas Cumnins and heicn-
mann arrived at the Criminal 0our''
Ru,ldinc al o'clock yesterday AFTER
noon. Mr.. Baldwin accompanied 'hem
as far as the grand jury room. where a
full attendance of grand jurors hau as
,embled for business. with District Az
tcrney whitman and Assistant Dls'ric'
. Attorney Clark.
Mr. Reichmann was called in first ana
told by the District Attorney-so nucii
of tho proceedings was heard later at
the hearing before Justice Davis-tha'
the proceeding in which he was 10 'es-
tlfv vas not against him but against
Charles II. Hyde. Reichmann refused
10 answer any Of the forty questions on
rho constitutional ground that II might
,end 70 jncriminate or degrade him. his
counsel in the mean time, told group
of reporters who gathered about MN III
the corridor that he had ADVISED MS
clients ts keep mum, FOR the reasons
very beautifully expressed by all the
great Judges from John Marshall doWh'
THAT q man who is perfectly innocent IN
te.tifyins TO an innocent thing may sup
plv link that may lead 10 indictments
II became necessary to take Relch-
mann before Justice Davis. who was
presiding over the Field trial, down.
stairs. so grand jurors, witness ana pros
oc,,tors repaired below in body. Inc
District Attorney mounted the oehch
and held a whispered consultation WIN
= The court. who then said he would near
the communica ton from the grand jury
at o'clock. when every one would oe
excluded from the courtroom save Inc
grand Jury and the witness.
Baldwin protested at his exclusion
however. and then the justice and MI
Whitman agreed that since the matter
was Of such great importance. the near
ing should be an open one, and that the
witness might have counsel present.
The grand jury then went back TO It's
room and went through the same per-
formance with Cummins. Pending th'
hearing before Justice Davis. at O'Clock
both Cummins and Reichmann were
taken 10 the District Attorneys private
office. and in the interim the grand jury
heard from Stirling birmingham, former
lean clerk of the Windsor Trust Com
pany. and from Robin.
Birmingham is supposed to have tolc
the grand Jury what he has said outside
that during his incumbency the Windsor
Trust Company was examined twice by
the state Banking Department and IN
both instances received word the day be-
fore Of the Impending test. Robin cor
rected some minor details Of his former
testimony.
At o'clock the questions asked OF
Cummins and Reichmann before the
grand jury were read in an undertone to
Justice Davis by the court stenographer.
After considering them carefully the JUS
tice decided that all were proper and
ordered both witnesses 70 answer them,
warning them that II they continued in
their refusal they would be adjudged in
contempt of court.
Now. go back 10 the jury room and
answer the questions" said Baldwin to
his clients as they and the jurors re-
turned 20 the scene Of battle.