New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-23
Coveted Witness Quits
City as Subpoena Servers
Besiege Hotel.
INVESTIGATORS ASK
FOR MORE TIME
Committee Eager to Continue
Until Morgan Can Be Put
on Stand.

George ". Young, who is being
sought by the Thompson committee, left
town yesterday. The Tribune was in
formed that Mr.. Young is now on
Seaboard Air Line train. bound for
Southern climes, where Thompson com
mittee subpnnas are ineffective. II Is
believed he is headed for Palm Beach.
Young's counsel, cambridge Colby
who resigned from the Thompson COM
mittee Saturday, sent telegram TO
Young. addressed in care Of the tram
conductor, The Tribune was also IN
formed.
When Mr.. Colby was asked last night
if he had sent telegram TO MT oune
aboard a Seaboard Air Line train he
said:
IL will not make any more state
mcnts about anything connected win
the Thompson committee. stand on
the statements have already made.
Mr.. Colby would not deny that ne
had sent A telegram 70 Young.
At the Hotel Nethcrland, where
process servers OF the Thompson COM
mittee have camped since Monday wait
ing for Young, il was earned that
Young had left town, although sui
keeping his apartment in the hotel.
Senator Thompson had hopes yester-
day that Young would be found by his
process servers before the session
opcned to-day. lilo did not know that
Young had left town
Young, it is believed, had his bag.
gage removed under the very eyes OF
The process servers, and taken TO the
train yesterday morning.
Senator Thompson, who tried IN vain
Monday TO get Young, learned that
when j. Frank Smith, assistant counsel
70 the committee. visited Young s
apartment on Monday with a subpoena
Young was sleeping. He had left or
de.s with his valet not 10 be disturbed.
The valet. said Senator Thompson, was
carving out orders when he told Mr..
Smith that Young was not IN.
The much -sought-after man IS re-
parded by Senator Thompson as an eN-
tremely important witness. IL was he
who gave the committee lead on the
Stevens contract. II was he who test
fed that Gardiner VI. Lane told him
that Mr.. Shonts said that he wanteI
the $4,000 profit on the Stevens con
tract 10 pay off certain commitments
and obligations" incurred IN connec-
ton with the dual subway contracts.
Monday, when Young eluded the
Thompson committee, Senator lhomp-
son said that the former PETERBOROUGH
director had visited j. i. Morgan Just
before lie sailed two weeks ago aud told
him TO try 20 find the letter he had
written 20 Shonts telling hlm not 70 at
tempt to put through the stevens con-
- H.. nm
II Was after Mr.. Colby and Miles
Dawson. actuary Of the committee, re.
siqned that Senator Thompson learned
that this letter was nowhere 20 be
found. Thompson wanted to get Young
10 testify as TO what ne knew about
this letter, as we'll as TO examine nm
further on the happenings al the spe'
cial meeting Of June %. 1913, when
Gardiner VI. Lane and William A. Read
objected to the Stevens contract.
Senator Thompson declared las
night that his committee will require
considerably more time than IS LETT
il 10 complete the work il has before
II One thing the committee wants TO
do is to examine j. ?. Morgan on his
return from Europe, two months hence
81 shall ask the Legislature TO extend
the life Of the committee long enough
20 follow out the lines we are no'% on
and those that we know exist, but have
not yet touched, provided the public
wants the committee 10 continue,
said Senator Thompson. I'm n the
position Of the man who was holding
the bear by the tail. I'd like 10 LET
90. but 7 cant.
"Thc life Of the committee legally
ends on March 3. BY that tine &c
shall have touched bat a small portion
Of the big thing. II the public wants
{ the committee 70 60 on, the member
/ of tho committee are willing 70 con
tinue sacrificing their time 10 do tho
work
Senator Thompson was asked about a
report shat lie had information tending
20 show that n So,900.000 slush fund
was divided among six men shortly
after the dual subway contracts were
signed. Ono Of the men was said to
be city official. The others were
hnanciers. Senator Thompson refused
20 discuss 10 beyond saying that the
committee was in the possession OF a