The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-01-10
IN HYDE'S SAFE
WiiBE HIDE WILL SHOW Ip
1O-Dv, MAYBE M UON'T.
Lawyer Asks the Na>or to Remove Him.
Court Ncfuscs to stop Tits Pay. Mayor
Hasn't Heard OF Ills Resignation AMI
Choice OF lr0pscy Ne Chamberlain.

souft VcfuSPs to stop Ills ray. Mayor
Hasn't Heard OF Ills Resignation ami
Choice Of Cropscy as Chamberlain.
Chamberlain Hyde did not appear at
his Office yesterday. But the guarantee
signed by directors of the Carnegie Trust
company 10y way of insuring the city
, against the loss of any of its deposit was
produced. On Saturday after the closing
OF the company Deputy Chamberlain
Walsh could not find the original of the
guarantee of which Comptroller Prender-
gast had a copy only. John V. Smith
secretary to Mr.. Hyde. was not at the
| Office at the time. lie had the combina-
ton of Mr.. Hyde's private safe, and
yesterday morning he opened the safe
and found the guarantee there.
There was report around the City
Hall yesterday that Mr.. Hyde had either
resigned or that he intended TO resign.
and the rumor committee added that
Police Commissioner Cropsey would bo
appointed to succeed Mr. Hyde and that
Deputy Police Commissioner Flynn would
he named to take Cropsey's place Mayor
Gaynor said last night that he knew
nothing of any intention on the part of
Hyde TO resign and further that if Mr..
Cropsey was to become City Chamberlain
and Mr.. Flynn TO go 10 the head of the
police force the arrangement was all news
to him. He thought he would have To be
consulted
Comptroller Prendergast wrote to the
Mayor yesterday asking him to call
meeting of the Banking Commission at
noon and have the famous guarantee
produced The Comptroller wants to
have the allotment of city funds TO
deposit ry banks kept in the hands Of the
whole commission instead of being left
to the Chamberlain.
The Mayor did not call the meeting
Instead he sent this note back To Mr..
Prendergast:
! came over late to-day after being in
bed Yesterday with an apparent attack OF
the grip. and found your note there
| have TO leave early to-day. ! should not
have come over AT all and am doing only
those things which have To be- done to-day.
hope shall be better tomorrow. and when
come over shall try 10 arrange meeting
OF the Banking Commission ~ YOU request
The last sentence in the Mayors letter
was taken "a meaning that MIR HYDE
might be on hand to-day. and at the City
thamberlaius office il was stated 10y
those who are immediat ely subordinate
to MIR. Hyde that he would surely be back
IN the city to-day or Tomorrow. But
when they were asked II they knew whcr"
MIR. Hyde could be reached last night
they professed to to- unahl" to tell \
meeting of the commission does not
require. his presence
Mayor Gavnor received Yesterday n
petition from Alfred Epstein. lawyer
Of 800 Broadway. asking for the removal
.f II,,.l.. a. md l.nS A.t
on the ground that Hyde had for ex-
tended periods "unreaSonably and with |
out cause absented himself from his !
official desk" and that bv reason of that |
absence "he has allowed th" funds of
the city of New York entrusted to him /
to be placed in jeopardy OF being lost .
10y the closing of the Northern Bank |
OF New York and the Carnegi. Trust |
Company. in which he had deposited |
a. Chamberlain $2n0U0 and $3.50 go
respectively" The communication as
s.rfs also that Mr.. Hyde has not oheyed
the law which provides that court funds ,
shall not be invested in Mortgages in
excess of 90 per cent. of a fair valuation
of the properties in which the money
is invested. Mr.. Epstein alleges that
Mr. Hyde has put ont this money ON
mortgages To an extent which fair
valuation Of the properties did not
warrant.
supreme Court Justic. Gof denied .
Yesterday the application by taxpayer
for an injunction restraining the Comp !
troler from paying City Chamberlain
Hyde his $500 salary for tn" last two
weeks in December on the ground that
the City Chamberlain has unroa-onablv
absented himself from his Office and has
earned no salary. In denying IN" appll-
cation the Court said 1t is unnecessary
TO determine whether such AN action
may be- maintained hrcaus. the grounds
assigned for the application are not alle-
gat ions Of fact but of conclusions 10y the
pleader Their. Is nothing i'll the papers
Jf anv probativ. value. the Court says