New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-12
Effect Upon Possible Jurors.

'rhe seriousness Of that situation TO my
mind far transCendS the case OF any par .
tlcular individual. We hear constant COM
Wants NJ our cumbersome meihodS 81 Sc
furing a Jury How is II possible ever 70
ortaiii impartial iuries under such condl-
tionsp Ii must be manifest TO every thlnk-
ing man That the so-called facts Whlch
leak out I'm this irregular and improper way
are misleading and likely TO be CARRIED or
rartisaned. Unless we are 10 substitute
trial by newspaper iOl Tldi pI jury Nio
thing must stop.
How and from where do the newspapers
know, and on what do they base the fOl-
lowing confident editorial assertion or one
Of the most trustworthy and conservative
Of them all. which Is reproduced to-day III
another paper as follows:
The point that Mr.. Hyde has curlously
overlooked is that the alleged condolences
were not merely Of date, but Of amount.
The multitude OF deposits being made
might account for nineteen deposits being
ms6e on nineteen DAYS Immediately fOi-
lowing nineteen Cummins loans; but what
was il tnat determined that the amount OF
the alleged deposits should In each case
be the same as the amount of the alleged
]osn?"
our information is land we believe that
our sources of information are quite as re-
liable as those Of the papers in question:
that each and every one or these state
Ynents is untrue and Unfounded IN every
particular.
And yet ] have no doubt that the author
Of the article wrote II In good faith, be
was taken from sources that he ought to
have known were irregular and therefore
uptrustworthy.
The lists Of banks and trust companies
Hs published. and which are charged with
I cling parties TO these "cofncidences' ana
with having corrupUy agreed TO loan money
10 Cur1mins and his associates in consider
alton Of city deposits. include some of the
greatest and most powerful and reputable
Institutions in this country such' for IN
stance as the Central Trust Company. the
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as reputable and conservative. though not
so powerful
less honest in their iii formed beliefs. but
who would not ordinarily condemn cat
upon that sort OF evidence" ever stopped
10 consider that all Of these repositories
except one were city repositories before
Mr. HYDE became Chamberlain?
! instance these few facts not with any
desire 20 try or argue the questions IN
yolved in this investigation, but merely TO
remind The public that we are sanctioning
and establishing dangerous prccedents. In
The interest OF the decent administration
Of justice II should be unlawful to print
anything purporting 10 cmanate from the
grand Jury room. / sincerely hope. there
fcre. that the public will reject all these
iiiicit rumors and VIII keep an open mind.
District Attorney Whitman. on seeing Mr..
T'nterrnyer's statement. remarked that he
had not seen a word Of the testimony given
before the grand jury in public print. that
masses Of material available 20 any in
ouiror lay ready TO the hand If the news
paper man in the different public depart
rnente and that this material had apDar-
entity been used 10 some effect in the case
Of the Carnegie Trust Company. Grand
nry witnesses themselves. IT was pointed
ont. are al perfect liberty so tell outside
what thcy have testified
Yesterday the grand jury listened 10 the
evidence OF Joseph j. Bach. vice-preSiocnt
If the Public Bank. Iathrop 9. Haynes,
,ice-prosident Of fhc Guardian Trust com
panv: william 4. Barber. director and a
member Il the executive committee Of the
Guardian Trust Company. ana /oheth :.
freeman. vice president Of the Liberty Ma
,ioral Bank. with regard 10 the loans 10y
,bo,r institutions 10 Cummius and his
friends and their receipt almost foincident-
Is Of city deposits.
ON October 3 last year The Guardian
Trust COMPANY which nine months before
lad received its only city deposit II $z''oP'
90, $1,000 Of CITY MONIES. ana The next day
,opt Cpnpins 4mUt 1Hi- information Wt-
citaiu.d from me records in the Chamber
lain's office and the public records Of cum
Minis loans. The Liberty National Bank