The evening world. Newspaper, March 8, 1906, Page 6

Should Get to Bottom of Tillinghast Case. WHO’S BEING SHIELDED? Confession of the Railroaded Victim Can Be Used to Find | the “Man Higher Up.” ONE WITNESS IS IN FEAR. Yudge Seabury Develops the Case Against Traction Officials—Bar Association May Get Busy. ninety-year-old mother a mere cir- * gumstance—the real issue is whether the Metropolitan Street Kailway Compuny eontrols District-Attorney Jerome, ‘The effect has been that few men fhave dared speak out their knowledge Judge Samuel Seabury, of the City Court, who js conducting an independent favestigation of the jury bribing scan- al. Judge Seabury has not the power to promise immunity from prosecution. By putting Tillinghast away the Dis- trlot-Attorney in a measure success- fully closed up several channels through which the traction sewage might have flowed. His attitude has stirred the New York Bar Association to tts @entre. Joseph H, Choate and other Inwyers not affiliated with the traction wing have started an agitation which fe likely to cause an upheaval in the Bar Association. An instance that shows how the Metropolitan Street Railway Company corrals its witnesses was brought to light to-day by E. F. Higley, of No. 154 Herkimer street, Brooklyn. The follow- ing letter, which comes from the same bureau of the railroad which corrupted Tillinghast and applauded the work of Bags, ‘s as follows: “New York City Rallway Company, Leasee Metropolitan Sireet Rail- ie “Dear Sir—We have your name as a witness to an accident which occurred at Third avenue, between ty- fourth and Twenty-tifth strees, on March 19, 104, at 4.20 P.M. ‘This case | may be reached within a ster: time mow, and I would like to know if you are ‘wil 0 be a witness. We Will Pay all lost time and expenses. An He Feared Jerome. rod Higtey at first was reluctant to yw the letter. “Jerome may get after me," he said, me cell alongside of Tillinghast.” Hig! rt gley was genuine] Sigrmed, “He went on: ef ferome was in the pay of the Metropoutun Sirect Kuilying Company See then ene Lesibin thelr iinehane adting q inj t where he is. ‘Then. too, 1 remember ‘what was done to McAuliffe, the wit- hess, who was beat up and’ murdered for going against the police.” tedtive bureau fe han wanaeea to Ole eo has managed to col- lect mufficiant evidence to pave the to the Grand Jury room. He will bably conclude his preliminary pr. by the end of this wek. He ten has the choice either to iasue a wate | rant or turn the evidence over to the| Distriet-Attorney, with a demand that it_be laid before the Grand y Wit the confessions of and Bagz as a has examined others hav! peters) him at the ‘Alec Smith, court officer | rt Eight, Trial Term of the Sup ues Court; was examined by Jude fury. Smith is said to have that he brought the man now ing Tetaas stripes. and an agent the Metropolitan Street Rallway ther. Smith is a court officer. with a wide acqualn examination by a District-Attor with the interests of the city at heart been more productive in r methods Court jury getting. Patrick J. Travis, former superinten- @ent of the construction department of the raflroad, has already admitted that ‘Tillinghast was on the company's pay- roll. This was about three years ago. Other witnesses being examined by Judge Seabury are John T. Little, for- merly an attorney In the employ of the company, and Ambrose F. McCabe and Danie! W. Patterson, both of whom are now associated with. James L, Quackenbush in the legal department of the street railway. Public Demands Action. Meantime letters are pouring {nto the ff office of The Evening World with peti n slips cut from these columns and ed, prepared for forwarding to Gov. Higgins. That District-Atto*ne fng his utmost to dete: of Tillinghast was ind! Yous shifting of his clea to the other when | state one good reason why the oon- feased bribe-taker should not be released ‘and allowed to teatif: inst the bribe- givers before the Grand “T have n. i to 8 hole through which M from the firing line. Many of the petitions s ermor by way of The have extra comments thrown in ft up.” writes R. den, of the pardonin ated by the nei tte from one eo," writes Proside: of the In ‘Push this case. Don't drop i Ww. J. Hyland, No. ht W . J. Hyland, of No. fi est ipecial delivery .' ars Slee os . Amory, of No. 3 Willi: There are petttions from Fitth Detitions from Wall street at ions from the Bronx, _. Mr. Again has the public eye— - bee doked upon him with November, letter, marked BEHIND THE BARS Public Demands that He of Supreme! THE WORLD: THURSDAY EVENING, MARCTI 8, 1903. Have Procured Thi fense of District-Attorney Jerome. Mr, Jerome has his own detective bureau. Mr, Jerome has the power to hold John Doe proceedings, once his Will Mr. Jerome answer these questions? Tillinghast swore Smith introduced him to an Street Railway Company. Why did he not serve a subpoena upon Patrick J. Travis, Construction Department of the railroad? him of $1.80 a day. of the Metropolitan Street Railway Company? Why did he not serve a subpoena spon Ambrose F. McCabe, of the railroad? If Jerome Was Earnest Against the Metropolitan Co. He Could s Testimony. Concerning the confessions of William H. Tillinghast, professional juryman, and Stanley S. } | Bagg, railraod investigator, we have made efforts to base conspiracy charges upon some of the statements that have been made to this office, but without success. Like efforts to bring proceed: ings on charges of subornation of perjury were likewise thrown aside because try where we would} | we could not get legal corroboration.—Assistant District-Attorney CHARLES C. NOTT in de- favorite process of law. Mr, Jerome spent thousands of dollars to give Richard Canfield, the gambler, a light fine; to stir up th Dodge-Morse scandal, and to break Into the dwelling of Hannah Elias, the negress, Why did he not serve a subpoena upon Court Officer Alex Smith? agent of the Metropolitan former Superintendent of the Tillinghast swore Travis was his boss and authorized the payment to Why did he not serve a subpoena spon John T. Little, formerly an attorney in the employ Both Tillinghast and Bagg suggested his examination. an attorney now in the employ Both Tillinghast and Bagg suggested his examination, Why did he not serve a subpoena upon D. W. Patterson, attorney employed by the railroad? Both Tillinghast and Bagg suggested his examination. HOW ‘‘WITNESSES’’ ARE SECURED BY METROPOLITAN. C4 rhpty on Bor LA rfiag. VE an Puerck /tfo fee arte Lt, Gln 4 Ca LEMUEL ELY APPEARS IN ELSBERG BILL FIGHT That Is to Say, Quigg Isn’t at Albany, put the Tangle of Legislation Is Part of the Things He May Know. (Special from a Staff Correspondent.) ALBANY, N. Y., March 8.—"‘There {5 more than one way of skinning the cat,” as the small boy puts it, The Ryan- Belmont crowd is giving an flhustration of the fact here in dealing with the Elsberg Rapid Transit proposition, which must haye some virtue or st would not be so bitterly opposed. Instead of con- centrating thelr opposition to the meas- | ure itself directly, the agents of Ryan and Belmont have steered their efforts | of the Senators who had voted toward dividing the ranks of the Legis-| the first place had flopped to the other lature. ‘As soon as the Bisberg bill had been | Cooper’s Change of Front, progressed to the dangerous stage the| One of these Senators was Cooper, of Kings County, who was very enthusi- City Club came along with another bill differing from the Blsberg bill just| astic tn his support of the bill during enough to give the Ryan-Belmont outfit the advantage desired. Then a fake fight over the two bills was started, and resulted in a complication and confusion that will require considerable sicill to Giventangie. The Elsberg bill was once reported bY the same Cities Committee. It was ret comparieon with Pardon Tillinghast! TO GOV. FRANK W. HIGGINS: I respectfully request that you pardon Willlam H. Tillinghast, whose confession exposed the Metropolitan Street Railway Company's iniquitous methods of jury-fixing and who was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment in Blackwell’s Island penitentiary for imperson- ating a juror. I sign this petition understanding that Tillinghast stands }, ready to go before the Grand Jury and give‘testimony that will result in bringing to justice the criminals “higher up.” ADDRESS... 0 oscocesenesrseneenensis Sign the above petition and send & to The Evening World or ° Gov, Higgins at Albany, ee Reasons why Tillinghast should be pardoned: He had reformed and ceased his evil practices. He is willing to testify against the criminals higher up. His imprisonment stands as an object leason—punishment for the crime of confession. In the face of what happened to Tillinghast, who would now dare confess elther knowledge or participation in jury-fixing? Let Tillinghast be freed, and other emaller criminals may turn State’s evidence against the greater criminals to serve the ends of justice. His ninety-year-old mother is blind, helpless, destitute and whelly dependent upon him for support. the first consideration of ft by the Cities Committee. His sudden change of front has not yet been explained. Another Senator, Davis, of Brie, who favored the bill, changed front because, aa he explained, “The bill nvésiat inter- fere with the present subways.” Inasmuch as the town the Senator represents fs more than four hundred miles from @ subway, his explana- tion is unique, The explanation given by tim shows the effectiveness of the underground work of the Ryan-Bel- mont agents, the most akilled of whom is Lemuel Ely Quigg, arrister-at-law and some other things, of Manhattan. Quigg probably enjoys better facill- ties for getting @ line on things legis. laiive than apy other artist in promoting line. He rarely comes to Albany. has not been here this ses- sion, but ibe has connections which vv- viate the necessity discom- fort of the journey and the inquisitor- fal interest of @ lot of persons who might become too curious. Tt 1s a safe bet that Quige can sive a clearer idea—if he wants to—on Mon- day of things that are to ocour in ie State Capitol durt: the succeeding five days than any o! man in New York, and that he gets straihter “tina” daily of the whys and wherefores all sources. If there ever wes a lot of aore men gathered in one political party, they are to be found in the Higgins ma- chine, which {!s badly in need of oll- mg. Their disappointment crops out every day, and it {s a safe prediction that there'll be a break pretty soon. ‘The fellowa who stood with the Gov- ernor when he grabbed the reins of the maabine long enough to “appoint” young “Jimmy” Wadsworth Speaker of the Assembly, and then let go at the critical time. are wandering around Mke a@ lost child at a circus. They go to the Governor and ask what he thinks of this or that proposi- tion, They come away empty-handed. They hold conferences, frame up a plan of action, and then fall to fight- ith a rival faction. They aul em Governor to take a and and get things straightened out, He dodges, ‘Shen they old more conferences, in- co! can tell this story: “A country clock tinker (not Jeroms) urged a farmer's wife to have an old clock mended. ‘The clock was out of order and etruck hours away from the correct tine. She refused, and explained her reasons this way. ‘Oh, I can tell the time by the clock all’ right. You fee, when the minute hand points to 12 and the hour hand to 6 and the clock Cobasd ll, I know it ts twenty minutes of 4" Capital Draughts Deadly. “Wonder we're not all dead,” said an up-State legislator to-day, complaining about the poor ventilation of the Capi- tol. In the Upper House, Senator Smith, of Columbia County, has had a screen placed back of his desk, which fa in line with a current of alr that passes through the doors. The death of the late Senator Ambler, who had the same seat, was partly owing to the cold he caught In the Senate Chamber. Over in the Assembly conditions are worse, Minority Leader Palmer openly ent @ complaint the other day against the ventilating system. “A draveht hits me square in the nee ew York Assemblyman, sitth New 01 My ing near Palmer, ed, sotto voce, “Wish @ dratt woud hit me; I need the money.” Higgins Machine Creaks. | NEW ARREST MADE HOYAAMITE CAS Conroy Charged with Trying to Shoot Watchman on Bliss Building. Another arrest was made to-day in the case of alleged conspiracy to blow up with dynamite the Bliss Building, in East Twenty-third street, upon which non-union men were employed. Peter H, Conroy, of One Hundred and Third street and Park avenue, was taken into custody by Detective-Sengeant Jackson on an indictment found yesterday charging assault in the third degree. Dthers were Indicted with him. It is understood that Conroy ts charged with shooting a watchman employed on the Bliss Building. He was held for exam- ination, Conroy denies knowing Charles Moran and Thomas Weir, who were caught in the vicinity of the Bliss Building with dynamite in their possession and who will be placed on trial to-morrow, de- spite the objections of their counsel. Assistant District-Attorney Train says ror he will cowbtiens) Uncover 8) sur- prising conspiracy ore gets through with the proceeding. Assistant District-Attorney Train has as his most important eas John Guthrie, arrested with Moran and and who declared that the three for the job of . Guthrie ie under guard day and night by three Central Office detectives, At the same time he is under nominal ball Guthrie declares that he does not fear a visit from an “entertainment” committee of the union ironworkers for the part he ts playing in the present criminal proceedings. — s JAMES McGREERY & 60, | Cut Glass and Fine China Basement Salesroom Cut Glass. 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