The sun., 1916-12-22
Wreckcr Of Carnegie trust
Company PardOncd to Spend
Christmas at Home.
THOUSANDS PETITIONEp
Governor Says Almost Entire
State Of Tennessee Asked
to Have Him Back.

minis. who has spent thirty-eisht months
a, ,,,uon IN, Grand larceny aroxipx out
OF mrs MANAGEMENT OF ."c C"'"ee'e TVS
,o""pa"s' WI" 'pS""
aged mother. his wife MS ausn'e
! In his old home In Nashville. Tenn.
! .-,,.,. , s.h,,,,.
J GOV. "h''"'a" "a"e po'''''
! mas reunion OF the family by pardoning
! Cumm,,. ,o.day There were still
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eientech "o"'"S i"T N~"''"'"' '"'
! but tho Governor. who had investi-
u,,.d Oh. so.na,,. ~row,,pu o,t OF the
-. -.
: iaiiure OF the carnegie Trust COMPANY
! and It's allied institutions and had pros
u,,u c,u,,,,,. ,o.o,, u po,chm.o,
. csu'eu .u" .os'p .. C,mn,m,n.
: Nj" op'e' NnaV."'ee. o'
mas pccn pun'sheo e"o"s".
! iie was moved 10 giant a paruoh ny
petitions that came to him from many
I parts Of the country. from ten of the
twelve Jurors who convicted Cummins.
! from the Judge who presided at the
|. trial and from hundreds Of Cummins's
! friends and former associates. But
! Cn.s,sri,. oS.a hts na,dor ,ext In tho
: G-ov.rror mos, 90 MI IN hi. d.n.hse,
. vho wo,lca mn,smi.,,n,,v in ro'nain,
a.. -. - ~,. A. 81. e.. -.
! ~ y" wy """e" " No" WI wv
ia'ner re'easc'
, Iec"e6se Ass" A~"es'
. Ono OF the persons who helped Cum
Z mins's cause was Andre~ Carnegie. Mr.
. Carpea;c. though ncve- formally con
4 nec;ed with tie organisation OF the trust
I company. a:v y fell he owed a duty 10
I Il becaus, u bore his nalnc He acco-d.
: irEiy advanced q. OO0. 900 in bonds a.
: one time 60 rev mt II from closing It's
! doors. BE .ro:s the Governor tina.
! while ne nevc' had asked for the pardon
! broke The laws unkDowingiy. II ut ALL"
1 "a ssiI h.tnss Ivs,."o p,w 49, ~.
! sentenced a. 800 con, 80. - 80,
, months An s,ur s.. .ss,S ~ p.l.,nt
: mann N d,-sc.,., M, 80, 100000,
. Of Inc ins. Itvtio, was conv,c'ed an !.
. charre Of IN, ing ma,Lc a f,l.e rsnor, n
the state Rank,ny Den,.,nsent He va
! seutenced To four AMI one.ha,f p,on,hs In
! Sing Sing, hut becau., Of IN he.i,h ~.
: hardened by Gov. Clynn. Charles II
, HYDE. formerly Cj.v (,h~amberlain- WAS
! indicted on evidence TO the effect thai
. he forced the Northern Bank To lend
100000 to the Carnegie Trust Company,
but his conviction was upset by the
SVubt VI hpucAic. SOS6pU ". fSODuu, an
Other associate Of Cummins, was in
-d.cted aud convicted.
] Cummlns was sent to SisS Sing. whei Z
he became chairman Of the Mutual We
fare LeaSpe. Trouble. however. devel.
2 oped Thomas Mott Osborne
3 then wardea. M Cummins. Az u Ne.
Ysult CNmmins was shifted to Grea'
: Meadow prison. where he Is at present
: III viii be released tomorrow, for hi,
Z pardon was sent from here tonight by
mail. His wife has LEFT New York an,
may Join him at Great Meadow o.
=
= eA"""" '"' reress'
Gov. Whitman fl.d this memo ar dun
IN pardoning Cummins:
"Inasmuch as Mr.. Cummins Wa, con,
= victed under my prosecution wine I: wa
District Attorney Of New York county
sdecm II proper to state my reasons FOL
granting this ne don.
y have never had any doubt OF til.
s6uOh ~ cummins. and il might well he
under ordinary circumstances, that nj
Se%xecuti,e witt such a view would con
Stent himself with allowing the sentenc,
Simposcd TO be served in full. However
am not unmindful Of the reasons VIII,
the p%ardoning power has been Erantet
~ w GNSNhkiNrp III tNNo' ullSig ! nav
SElvcn great care to tho examination O
sCummins's petition and the
s6at!ons Of those who support II. 20 IN,
eend that ! might 10 far AZ possible i'm
partially perform my duty aside from
= my former association with the case.
"Hc was convicted OF having Illegal.
satrlicd moneys to his own use In con
sncctiop with tho operations Of himseI
sand his friends In control Of the Carnegie
STrust Company. the Van Norden Trus
cCo'nrany and the Nineteenth Ward Banl
.of the City OF New York.
4. Whole state Asks (Icincncy.
.tor ,his oysrso ho =.
steru NJ four ,vsarx .na ci.h, r,o,,hs ~,
.bo ,.. rou sro,, ,n al "nI as ~" ,"'
ss,sa'. nri.or ,hn,, ,Srn w
two month"; Ic,,srs and r.,i,in,s ~.
inn Me na,,,o, ~. 49, ,a," -" ~
.i-rinn. Vi,,uai,v .h. .,,.a1, &c. ~
sncssec has as one man asked 70. Mi
Gun, mina's pardon, To- I Ind among IN
: petitioners It's q .-iuoc and ex-0iovei n
ors, AL Of us Safe oflcisls, all Of /,
Congressman. practically all OF lis lead
ing rercRahts. mdhuf cture!s, banker.
and many Of ~ judges.
81 find tho Senators of sevcra, ofhe
sistds, among them the Hon. Oscar "
Underwood aud r. y. Glass. find Il,
. Governors Of Arkansas. Ala bania an
Missouri. There a:c also among Ne net
: TONERS representa''N O.. the larges
: manufacturing ard business interests q
tho United States. - scsl!y life Cum
minis represented sotCe OF the largest n
these houscs in the South, and they n
: speak highly Of him.
"I.aHy.rs If the CITY of N.n N.rL nj,