Show or punished for his failure to tell what he knows new york dec 0 assistant district attorney nott when told that the insurance investigating committee bal ordered its counsel to prepare a transcript 0 the questions which thomas P ryn had refused to answer and to lay the transcript before the district attorney with the request that he pro aced immediately against tha witness said last night should such action be taken by tha committee the elret thins will bo to ascertain whether the questions td which the witness refused to give an awer may be regarded a material and proper under the wording of the law it they prove to bo so and I 1 hav little doubt they will in tho light oc the decisions handed down by th court of appeals on the construction to b given to the word then two ways are open for tho dh tract attorney he may take the matter before magistrate and ak for a hearing which would result cither in A dismissal of the witness or in his being held for special sessions the Is A misdemeanor and should under ordin ary go to that court the other way would be to take the evidence presented by the commit tee before the grand jury and ask thai body to return an indictment it tha action of tha jory be favorable to aba contentions of the the wit ness would then bo tried in general sessions ant I 1 will not tahe any ac alon until mr jerome returns on monday A letter drafted last night win delivered at the district attorneys office this morning together with tha certified copy of the testimony and a similar letter will bo served upon pau D cravath mr ryans counsel at ht request aal mr jerome went to hit home on thursday to re main until monday nothing will done in the matter until monday morn ins when it may be presented to aba grand jury under 69 0 tha penal choo entitled to tes alfy the section reads A person who being present bifora either house of the legislature or any committee thereof wilfully refuses to be wom or affirmed or to answer any material or proper question or to produce upon reasonable notice any proper books papers or documents in hi possession or under his control li guilty of a misdemeanor i this law carriea with it a i penalty of one years imprisonment or a fine of or both |