New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-28
HYDE'S NEW COUNSEL
Continued from f-s' rrsr.

great many Of those bankers """''
come confirmation % the storN ''iF'
Cumminss promises of CITY depos'''
we're not made blndy. and " WAS
hjnted that come bankers who took IN"
pains TO pr. tho Cummins promises w
10 Hvdo would testify 10 those tacts
within the noyt fow days.
The entrance Of Samuel Tntermyer as
Hyde's counsel just At the tlnctn''
which seemed to bring the entire case
closer 10 tho city Chamberlain than u
had ever been before. was considered
significant. especially when II was llnked
with The rumors which we're circulated
yesterday. Of a break between the Cum
MINIS Reichmann -Stanchheld
forces and Mr. Hyde. Whatever ihe
significance Of that story, it was said
positively last night that Nj baldwin
would not again appear ~ the case Az
counsel 10 Mr.. HYDE.
Banking circles. and particularly tho
national bank officials were greatly
stirred up Yesterday over the "dragner
aspect Of the District Attorney latest
move to get at tho widest ramifcations
% the tanglc that has grown up around
the failure Of tho Carnegie Trust Com
many. Several Of the national banks
whose officials received the District At
torney's list OF questions were incensef
at what they termed the needless drag
ging i'm Of their names into the Carne-
gle Trust muddlc, and consulted their
lawyers as To tho possibility Of forlnular-
ing some kind Of a protest to be sent To
Governor Dix at this action OF Mr.. Whit
man.
Argered at Questions.
Above all. the question concerning the
possibility Of money having been left on
convenient desks when bank examiners
were at work in their institutions an
eered the national bank men. because,
as they pointed out. the state bank cx-
aminers never officially set foot in the
national banks. In spite or their feelnS
in the matter however, they VIII go
quietly before the District Attorney or
the grand jury and answer any ques-
tons put TO them there. for the reason
that none of them cares 10 assume the
initiative in any movement that might
be interpreted as marrying or delaying
the District Attorneys investigation.
Two new explanations Of Hyde's per-
sistent and active friendship for the
Cummins crowd were offered yesterday.
The first, that HYDE had, like, and after
Clark Williams. hefn offered the presi-
dency Of the proposed combination Of the
Carnegie with the Van Norden and
Nineteenth Ward banks. was completely
oversladowed b. the second. which was
intimately concerned with the possible
political ambitions Of Mayor Gaynor.
who has backed HYDE against every
criticism advanced against his favorte
appointee.
This story was TO the effect that Cum
mins's reciprocation for the favor Of city
deposits TO himself and friends was 10
come bv way Of the Presidential cam
paign Of 1912 Cummins. according to
the story, was TO swing the Democratic
delegates from Tennessee, and from sew
oral other Southern states. to Mayor
Gavnor. In the Democratic National Con-
yention in 1912 Along this same line
also came the explanation yesterday OF
the ease with which r. i. ONeill, the
Idaho banker and politician, was able
to borrow money from the Carnegie
Trust Company. in that he was 10 swing
the Democratic delegates Of Idaho and
its neighboring states in the same con-
vcntion.
Grand Jury Hears L. L. Lewis.
Iiston L. Lewis. whose name appeared
on much Of the Cummins syndicate