New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-08
Member of Inspecting Party Ex-
poets Presentment viii
Come Tomorrow.
BUT PROBE MAY GO ON
Past and Present of the Prison
Will Be inquired Into-Keep-
er's Testimony Next TO
Be Heard.

n the opinion of a man who Inspected
the Tombs when the John Doe grand
iurv made its tour on Friday Is shared
nv the other visitors, II is not at all un-
,il,elv that the grand jury win hand
nm a nresentment tomorrow on the
subiect Of the treatment accorded
Charles II. Hyde This would not mark
the end Of the jury's prison investiga-
tion bv any means, it is said, but would
come as a protest against the continu-
,nce Of special privileges in HYDE s
case.
HYDE Is still living In the "Cummlns
eback" where In his own private room
he may receive his lawyers and other
visitors. and where he may dwell apart
absolutely from the other prisoners.
William J. Wright, Deputy Commits
s,oper Of Correction, has said that
uvde his friend, shall stay there. The
grand Jury, it is expected, VIII accept
bis challenge and seek by a present.
,pent 70 have the former City Cham
berlain transferred 10 an ordinary CELL
ooonaIIing him TO receive his visitors
In the reception room common to all
prisoners.
There's no question whatever sald
the member of the inspection party re-
ferred to above, that Hyde Is recelv-
ing preferential treatment. No further
Investigation is needed to establish that
fact. All you have to do Is to compare
his quarters with the ordinary cell.
"Why, Hydes apartment in the
Tombs is as good as most three-room
apartments in the city. 1t looks out
upon a court, to be sure, but so do most
three-room apartments anywhere In the
city. Suppose there isn't any carpet on
the fioor-does that constitute SUCH
hardship"
"Ah, but you forget that he has no
wardrobe in his room in which to hang
his clothes" it was suggested.
"Yes. but he's got two closets and a
bureau" said this informant, referring
to the two closets we'll stocked with
clothes, which open from one of the two
other rooms on the same floor Of the
"Cummins shack" with Hyde's cell,
and to the bureau in the other room.
HYDE had free access to both OF these
rooms. 1t was ascertained, as we'll as to
the bathroom opening off the hall
w. NJ. Parke, lawyer from John B.
Stanchfeld's office, was Hyde's princi-
pal caller yesterday. Joseph G. Robin,
the man whose testimony contributed
so largely to Hyde's conviction on a
charge Of bribery, spent large part
of the day In the room set aside for him
by the District Attorney In the Crimi-
nal Courts Building. although on Fri
day, when the grand jurors were look
ing the Tombs over, he departed from
this. his daily practice, to remain at
work in his prison cell.
The grand jury will probably have
before 1t tomorrow some, IL not all, of
the small army Of Tombs keepers II has
subp9naed to tell II about the admins
tration of the Tombs, past and present,
and will hear also the testimony Of
Martin c. Wright, son of the deputy
commissioner. and of John J. Martin,
secretary to Edward Lazansky, Secre-
tary of State in corroboration of
Wright's denial that he ever told a re-
porter he had obtained from TOmbs
TRUSTEES an account of conversation
overheard between Robin and his sister
which led him to believe Hyde inno-
can't