New-York tribune., 1918-05-24
By BRIGGS

out to be police inspector, attached to
the police department of the city of
Boston, was repeated directly after it
was had to Mr.. Matches by his sales
man, Mr.. Mahoney.
"Mr. Carroll, Mr.. Matches's attorney.
told Mr.. Mahoney that he believed the
sale Of the stock was fraudulent, and
Mr.. Mahoney Immediately got in touch
with Mr.. Matches and reported that
! fact to him.
"Mr. Matches assured him this was
not so, but Mr.. Mahoney was not salts
fed, and later he came to New York.
arriving here on October 2.
He came to investigate for himself,
and the first man that he saw was the
defendant; George n Campbell, who in
troduced him to the defendant, Theo-
dore A. Campbell, who called in Mr..
Emerson. To them Mr.. Mahoney mar
rated his interview with the police in
spector of Boston, Farrell. stating that
he wanted to find out what the true
| facts were.
Later Mr.. Wilson was called into
the conference and Mr.. Mahoney was
taken over and shown the plant, and
spector by the name of Silas Waite,
attached to the Boston office, came
down to investigate the truth of the
statements being made by Matches's
agents in Boston. relative to the sale
of this stock
after a conference with these gen
tlemen. Mr.. Mahoney returned to Bos-
ton. He was here on October 2.
More Conferences
"On the same day Amos H. Stephens,
an attorney employed by and then gen.
eral counsel for the Emerson Motors
Company, on that same night, also went
to Boston. Mr.. Stephens saw Mr..
Matches in the morning, and also Mr..
Matches's attorney, Mr.. Carroll.
"The entire conversation that I am
now going to narrate to you," Mr.. Os-
borne proceeded, "was repeated by
Motors Company, including the defend
ants, Campbell and Emerson.
"On that day, after Mr.. Stephens's
arrival in Boston, Mr.. Matches, by GER
titled check for $4,000, drew out of his
bank his entire bank account, having
first inquired as to whether or not the
certifcation of the check would pro-
tect his bank account and keep people
from attaching it.
"After some consultation. at which
Mr.. Matches was present. between Ste
phens and Carroll. Mr.. Matches's at
torney, in which it was asked as to
whether the District Attorney of Bos-
ton-that is, the State District Attor-
ney-was considering the prosecution
of the Emerson Motors Company for
false advertisements, or the defendant
Matches for false advertisements, Mr.
Carroll informed them that he did not
Boston that would know, if anybody
knew, and that man was man by the
name Of Daniel H. Coakley, an intimate
personal friend of the District Attor-
ney. and his campaign manager.
Tells of Talk With Prosecutor
"Mr. Carroll went out and got Mr..
Coakley, and Mr.. Coakley 'phoned the
District Attorney and ascertained that
he was contemplating or engaging in
the undertaking of conducting an in
vestigation as to the fraudulency of the
statements made by the defendants in
the sale of the stock of the Emerson
Motors Company-that was on Oc-
tOber 3.
THAT afternoon" continued the
United States Attorney, "Mr. Matches,
Mr.. Stephens, Mr. Coakley and Mr.. Car
roll all called upon the District Attor-
ney> and had some consultation with
him. After they left Mr.. Coakley made
this proposition; they had another con-
ference and this proposition was made,
that the Emerson Motors Company
SuOulQ ICLdlIl WI. SOdhley dt d lee OIL
$500; that they should bring $4,000 in
addition, however, to Boston, which was
to be deposited in escrow in Mr.. Car
rolls bank account, and that if Mr.
Coakley succeeded in stopping the
prosecution then pending the $4,000
would be paid him, and if he didn't the
$4,000 would be returned to the Emer-
son Motors Company.
"Mr. Stephens returned to New York
arriving on October a. He reported his
conversation with Campbell and with
Emerson.
"a check to the order of Cash for
the sum of $2O,5OO was drawn, and
signed by the defendant, Theodore A.
Campbell and cashed by the defend
ant. Theodore A. Campbell. and on that
night, October a, Mr.. Stephens re-
} turned to Boston, carrying with him
$20,500 in bills.
Money Deposited
"On October 5, the next day, this
money was deposited in Mr.. CARROLL
bank account.
ION October 5 Mr.. Matches wrote
to Mr.. Wilson a letter that will be
introduced in evidence to you, in which
he reported the fact to Mr.. Wilson
that he had had to purchase back from
a complaining stockholder some 4OC
shares of stock that had been solo
by him. Matches.
HE says. however, in that lette,
that, now that everything is satisfac.