New-York tribune., 1912-01-05
Charles H. Hyde'S Lawyer
Makes Charge Not Only as
to His Client, but Any
One Else.
AFFIDAVIT ON EVE OF CASE
It Avows District Attorney Has
Record Showing How Every
Juror Has Voted for Ten
Years-Tilden Ex-
plains.

on the eve Of arguments for chaIse
OF venue in the case Of Charles II. Hyoe'
former City Chamberlain, under indic'-
poert for bribery. Max D. Steuer, coun-
sci for HYDE. served on District Attor-
nev Whitman at his home. No. 81 Madl-
son avenue. about o'clock last evening
an affidavit in which he says that II IS
inpossibe for anybody to get a fair trlal
IN New York County because for the
last ten years record has been kept III
the District Attorneys office showing
how every juror has voted.
"T have no hesitancy in saying, de-
clares Mr. Steuer, that not only VIII II
he inpossible for Charles II. Hyde to get
q fair trial on a charge Of bribery, but
7 sav that II is impossible for any one
who is charged with crime to get fair
trial in New York County. on the au-
thority Of the predecessor OF DlstrlcI
Attorney Whitman. I am informed that
q record of the vote of every juror was
kent during District Attorney Jerome's
eight wears Of office and during the two
years Of District Attorney Whitman IN
Office
"I am speaking solely and only OF
Jurors. and express the opinion without
hesitation that In no case can there pe
o fair trial in New York County at the
nrcsent time in which banks or banking
methods are in any way IN issue or IN
which the accused person has had any
association with money institutions or
hanks and believe that for no man
u.o,,ld II be more difficult than for
Charles II. Hyde"
Whitman Ready with Denial.
Although District Attorney whitman
has no time TO make answer 70 MT
steuer's affidavit he will take the mat
ter ND to-day before Justice Lehman IN
the supreme Court during arguments on
the motion of Hyde for a change or
venue. and deny Mr.. Steuer's charse
that record Of jurors votes had ever
been kept in his office. He will tell the
court that a record Of all special july
nanels has been, kept, but as to how each
l,,ror voted. such a record would obNl-
ously be impossible, valuable though II
might he 10 the District Attorney.
Shortly after o'clock the District At
tornev received from a young lawyer
who refused to divulge his name, copy
Of an affidavit from Israel Tilden, jr,
who secured 137 afidavits in support OF
Hvde's motion to have his trial in some
county remote from New York or Kings
"on account Of the infamed condition
of nopliIar opinion due to the newspa-
Iers."
Tilden explains at great length IN this
smdayit the methods he used in getting
,be 127 afidayits from which District
Attorney Thitman's investigators have
obtained 10 denials He says it was
n,anjfestlv Impossible for him to remem-
rer the personal appearance Of the indi-
viduals 10 whom he spoke concerning
their attitude on the guilt or innocence
Of Hyde.
In resycct to Daniel Reeves, the
grocer. who was reported to have been
dead" says 1Ilden. 1t might well be
that h, vas dead. l only know that l
went into . store and asked for Reeves
as that uam" appeared on the store. l
had no means of knowing if it was Dan
ieI Reeves cxcelt that the man respond
ed TO that name