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Show CITY CHAI1BERIAIN OFGOTHAM INDICTED ON BRIBERY-CHARGE Indictment Grows Out of Investigation of Carnegie Trust Company. NEW YOBK. May 2. Charles Hiram Hyde, the eity chamberlain, appeared in court thia afternoon and pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging bribery. .. The offense charged is punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten years or a Sne of not more thna (5000, or both.- ' , The greed jury which haa been Investigating In-vestigating the affairs of the suspended sus-pended Carnegie Trust company found the indictment late yesterday. Great secrecy wss maintained over the in- dictment, which waa sealed aad maraea "N. A. meaning "no arrest." 8am-nel 8am-nel Untermeyer, counsel for Mr. Hyde, on learning of the indietment, assured Justice Davis that hia alient would appear in court today for pleading. Mr. Hyde 'a indictment is said to hsve followed a atory told the grand jury by Joseph O. Bobin, who is aaid to have related that be made loans through tha .Northern bank to the Carnegie Car-negie Trust eompaay under what he described aa coercion. J. V. Smith, Hyde 'a secretary ia alleged to have received a check for about M,000 from the Carnegie company, whieh Smith is said to have told the grand jury he turned over to Hyde. ( CHtso BaiL . Ball In 760e wss given. Samuel Un-termyer, Un-termyer, the ' chamberlafn'a counaei, asked for an early trial, which DIMrlot Attorney Whitman promised. Defers tits - iipo4ntment C narnlaJfTl.ra Hyde wss the law partner of Mayor Oey-nor, Oey-nor, aad has long been . his personal friend and political adviser. -- Durrng Hyde's abeenoe in - the south tha Carneaie Trust company. In which the oity waa a heavy depoettor. went down, and a atorm of criticism arose against him. It did not shake the may or'a loyalty and Mr. Gaynor came to hia defense with a public atatement. Investigation of the Carnegie Trust company brought out a batch of Indlet-menta Indlet-menta against those controlling Its affairs, af-fairs, who also are said to havs boasted of their friendship with Hyde. Various city depositaries were shown to have made loans to the Carneaie Trust company com-pany directlybefore or after they received re-ceived city deposits, snd the orosecutlon will attempt to a how that the promise of these deposits was used aa a dub to force the loans lo the crippled Carnegie, then tottering. About the time these loans began lo come la the chamberlain's secretary. John V. Smith, got IH.000 from the Carneaie Trust company In the form of cashier's checks, which he deposited to bis private account. .Shortly afterward he drew aaalnat this account $13,800 In four checks, two of them payable to cash and two to the city chamberlain. The district dis-trict attorney will try to prove that this transaction covered a payment tof services ser-vices rendered. Hyd Makes Statement. Chamberlain Hyde, through his secretary, secre-tary, today issued the following statement: state-ment: ' "For more than two months tho campaign cam-paign hsa been carried on against me by the district attorney aad other officials with the active support of two newspapers newspa-pers with large circulation -In this city. No off Ileal act ef mine has been Influenced Influ-enced by eny Improper motive. It has taken two months to Indict me before a body that does not hear any defense or even explanation. I have no doubt of my complete ex en erst ion." |