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reetie?-? and started oui tek o ?watt.
leaxiliK \."?'d that lt.- ?'"M be I'?"''?
Horth welked eoel on U?e north side
Uth street as fer .-s Fifth avenue
Turning, he wen! up Fifth avenue to
KKh street. ,,nd then started to WO?
? on the south itdd ot S*h ttteeA
AS he turned the -orner he thought that
lutomohile, moving slowly, ioUowod
him l?e welked briskly f?*a*ward until
he wa?. within nvi htmdfod f?-t ot Si"*1-1
avenue, whe-n th.- attack took pla?i
Morth tkii thai th?* attack rendered
him -en,,-?'on?clous, but that he r. in.-in
hered dirtinctly thai oao of his saoall?
anip reached Into his '*??at and extracted
the beg \i??r resting against the xx all
?i. . real building for s fww mo
,,,.,,, {o sixth avenue and found
Rtnn.
Him, ..;..?-ted that limn-?lint'-ly after
lakin?? Horth t?? the ?station 1m talked
to people hi ?he vicinity of the spot
xx her.- th? Jeweller SftM the r?.bb?-ry took
?. . i?,i (bet n?? ?n- had sew the at
acting Captain (-??one***, ? ?? tho west
ruh street station, ftselgfced ?Do-tectlvei
Hughe* il* ?ms. Kitney ?'?i"l Marron to
investirai ' ? ..?*-??. lie also telephoned
t.. inapectoi Hughes, and some of the
m^ti from H<-adipiart. rs were al-?? de?
tailed to roll? i ??t* the c-aee
<;eorg?> Horth 1< B ?leabr in dlamonda
xxhos sp-K-lalt: Is aettlngs snd order
work of \aHons kinds. He lives at No.
511 .;?! street. Union Hill? N- J. He has
i?. in the diamond business for many
: ? ? "
John M ?Demurest said over the tele?
phone leal night thai he had an appoint?
r*e**ni with Horth yestet-day afternoon.
He added that he hod known the dia?
mond dealer for many years, and knew
him s.? a truatworthj and truthful man.
THREE "HOLD-UP" ARRESTS
One Identification Fails, but the
Police Promise "Developments."
In their efforts to ?lo something yestcr
f.'aj- that lucked like progress in the taxi
? ab robbery mysteries confronting them
the police Clapped three me,-. Into jail on
the augpoaltloii that they feaew som?ihing
*\ho*it or had rom^thine to do in one way
or another either w|ih the yvo robl??rv of
lust Saturday ?-"- tha %m\tU r,,r.bery "f
Thoraday. The po'.lce themselves last night
?-'.Id not ?eem to l?> exactly ? Kar ss to who
bad to do with wbtob.
On? thing Deputy C'onlm,fsioner Dough- I
erty was certain >'. he seid. There was no ',
coiinee?!?-!; between ?ii" two eaue?, m hl?
epini-*>n. He f i n **> 11 v apreed that this there?
for? left hi? men with no r?al advance in
solving ?he latter myatery
"But we have ? lot of things we ar? ?de?
veloping" b? ?aid i think they are 14
par cent pur? "
This it- th* police na* of ' ng that if
things turn out ?he vay thry hope perhapn
i me progress x*m v.**- made before
9S Headquarters all day vei.erday
an<1 lOM IntS The r.teht looked like a re
CrOiting esthp fer some great enter-?;-!.1"'.
to many men in plain elothe? were there,
cnmi'ig and going. Almost every man. It
?eenn?ft, <i?S' riled -n poUC? rosters as n 'le
a ^K_*r^ Ok
m dJHHBKV ?AsShC tE8_Q_i_r 1
^v-b. -? : ?w 2 . ???
ate tsaawr omet
Celebrated
fiats
SPRING
STYLES
Now On Sale
NEW YORK
Chicago Philadelphia
Brooklyn
For Eighty Years
l'scd as a keen relish for
many a dish.
LEA * PERRINS
SAUCE
TMC ORIGINAL WOliCtlTIIIHlllI
Nenjed (or Soup??. Fish, Roail?,
?lOOSSS ? r.?l ?Salad Dres-trag-t.
An Appetizer
Join Ui v, ta', Sox?. A rent?. \.V
B00K8 AND PUBLICATIONS.
"Befer und Brighter Than Ever."
FEBRUARY
Mea .tsgerb A*i. *MHot
CONTENTS :
Fu v.,-.. !*.,rtrni; ut the ?BugtaeOS
*U?. of ITealde-nt Taftn <*_i,i,.?m,
?aei^etf-ry ?>f the Treasury. Frank
im aleeVeogb.
Meohliie Made Zato? . Homes!i, A
i"reign ? Development of the in
?iimtry fru-n the hotne to tlio mod?
ern fact?
Represent.? ihanta ?Sxpreea
Their Mew?- ,?, tllP immf5Uw
HitM of Lacea h Kmbroiaerias.
Broad Silke, t' air poaltiofl TO-DAY
?and .., in? rvrvax. Accurately
Prer\o lei] I-. I'llV ?0<X**D8
?ry Oooda men worship ?it the
Jw*rln? ??i Brillai flavartn. The
fahrt, ilent x.? m,] Dinner, l'r?>
Iiim ? llliiftrat-Ml with Photo.
nd Hketchea by our ?x.n
Artist.
Unl-jue ??tail Dry Oooda Organisa
tlon ? the Inter-Mountain Tvhji -
?'.?i-i Kxclusivel) in tii??
?,? i? i? ih ..... i
Queen City of the Wast: Cincinnati
? i?* Treniendou? (Irowth an ,-x
i?r-. i;?..,n Centre, xxitii Jiitmtra
llun?x
Dartiter Crt from I'arls. Fashions
"'ir SliifT i'orr?'.?-iion?l?.nt
Advance Styl? t.?r r.?- i: ,? ,,r#.^
? tibtlea Exclu :? , l: Prepared rot
nv.\ Munis
**?_? ?saltation?Cominr Rice in
frtcaa ? ?atteet Sunthln? ? Adam
la?? JR-ien In Pnrle?The Tarlfl In
* Itutahall?John Mayhew's VUwa
'.n the Model Department Store.
< the
? ?Id
.-at e.i featurei? of February DBT
lie Voice ?f iha iirv
t TRADE po.MH.-iIng ?he onlv
I'tr Orjanlrenon <.f Fabrl. anil
Experta.
WATCH US GROW !
OUT MONDAY
DRY GOODS PUBLISHING CO.
A Sew Tork <""onv*'r**?tl'-?ii
I ? a /?',
??C-2..?? i irth \-e, Htm rorb.
??h- there. Single m*r and _r*'i
of mea wer* mysteriously ?hunt?***! I
Departy i-omiiils*i?!ier ?oi_gh"^y*a ofl
??r the sanctum of in*p?*ct"r HUgbes. VI '
they cans ?<ui ?hoy ware thought!
mystery shroudsd eamaaalons, mi f?'1
away into the atreStS Sa if ?"? <"'>n~f' '"
tentoua mission
ah day io**.* the official? whispered
-.ether. Then they would tell report?
ih.it there was nothing new j"*1' yet--' i
come around at | o'clock ?and W* will ha
some bin stuff for yon." It waa rrvtU H
that ?'??nimtsslorier Wald" raa taking
inter-si In the matter.
\t s o'clock in th? evening Pntighcrty h
Hughe, held an audience in the ftormei
offl?e. They apparently had been wheei
Ing carefully Just what they would aa
but they both were obviously 111 St e**'-.
??y.m do the talking, Ins].tor," Doug
erty said to his subordtnste "Ton but
more than 1 do."
"Well, as you know." Hushes said to t
reporten spreading a piece of paper <?
before him, "a man by the name of t'liarl
Rofsi was arr?ate?* ]ast night In the ral?l
a. poolroom at No. m Seventh avenue. I
was identifier] In Jefferson Market con
this morning by Irving Rreckernnn SS Si
<?* the men who robbed him"
Hreckerman was the man who -ivas n
sHulted on ihe Rowsry 1**it Saturday, win
the ?tree! waa cniwded, and robbed of .*"
by two men. who then made th*lr esea]
? n h blach automobile.
"Rut ?ild yon know that Rr*?-ket-man 'a'
In court refused to stick to his Identifie
tlon?" Hughes was aske?i.
The Inspector t?irne,j and began to ?:
confused.
"ill explain that." he aald. 'Tins mon
Ing Resal whs brought before Msglstrs
O'Connor. The pottee asked thsl he i?e t
manded for forty-eight hours. Bui ?Ik
mended an Immediate hearing tt
magistrate set his rgarl fey this sfternoo
"Well, this afternoon be irai placed
am?.tu* th? spectators In the court, Bred
erman was brought In. He whs ?old ?
walk among the persons In court and s?
if he saw anybody he knew. Re did ?
but ?ii?i not pick out anybody. Then Mei
tenant*Ferley risked the magistrate too'd?
all the men In court to stand up und pi
on their hats. The magistrate did so. an
when __reck~t~man passed among them th
time he picked out Reesl snd s.?t?i h? tri
mie ->J the men that assaulted and rnhl<*
him. Afterward, when he went into tt
complaint room to make a formal con
plain? against Rossi he backed down "
"As a matter of fact. Inspector." he wa
asked, "didn't Brecher man back down '?*
cause li? said he could onl- identify Ro*
as the man whose picture Li?ut?nsn1 I**ai
ley showed him in the hosplti 1
'1 don't know,' Hughes Mid, shifting o
hla feet.
"1 don't know whether Farley ?v?r had
picture of Rossi or not. to Show Br?okei
man." ?Dougherty said. "DM he. Inspector?
"I gu?*ss he must have had." Hughe? sak
"Well, a* a ma?ter of fact he must hav
had," >-onfe*s?d Dougherty.
Then your connection of Rossi with th
robbery so far I? Breckerman'a Identifica
tlon of a picture a lieutenant showed iiir
of ? man""
'We have Ihlnga developing can'i ss?
now just what?but have things develop
ing." Dougherty said
"I'll give von ~*.->**i's record." Bah
Hughes, ss it nothing h*d happened t<
mar Rossi's standing as a real 'suspect "
According to the r?*or-l given by Hughe
Rossi, under th? alla? Charlea Bcheflllo, wai
ai'rested and seal to ?he workhouse fron
Brooklyn In IHB for dtaoTderly conduct
??n August t, 1*11, he ttttg arrested on ?
chare?- of "rand Isrceny mude by Mab*
Wilson, who -*eer?<-d that hi ha?l ?tole?
pA9 north of diamonds from her. W'n?n *h?
r-c- ??*- called for hearing Mabel "as not
io be found and the ?barge was dropped
On ?he day of his discharge hi was ar
rest?*d en another cherge ?.f grand larceny,
tb* contention of ?h? police being thla tun?
that be ha?l acte?! In complicity with
'Humpty' .'ackson Ig robbing the \tn?rl
e*n ""J-pr't's of ttyi.ttsfi worth of good? Jsct.
?OS was ?-onvfeted and g-ntene.d to t*n
year*, but on .!.inuar> 99, l?fU? Hossl wa?
dtseh.*rg?d by Juden Rasaiskr.
In addition to thla record Hughes raid
?hat Rossi wa? a notorious 'gun in?n"
around town, and bad been wounded in BS**
eral saloon brawls. At the completion ol
?Ms narrative Dougherty called Hugh?!
trt*> another ro?"m When he came back
Dougherty had a det-rmin-d face,
"T have something tha* will Interest you,'
h? sai'J. 'To-night, at about 7 o'-lo?:k. neai
his home, No. *5 Sheriff Mr?-?. We arrest??'
the chauffeur of the ,-ar In which the met
who rohl??d Breckermsn, msd. thch ei
??ap? He !? Abrsra Bobel, a Russian, age?.
twenty-three Tie i. charged with acting tt
ron?*?rf with Rossi That la all 1 can l?l
\f?i now. We have something l_B>valoptn*j
which WS cannot announce till later"
"But you can tell what ie,j up t?. gobel'i
arrest or did yam men just go out and ar
rest the nrst chauffeur they saw?"
"Oh, no," he replied. "On the da: of th,
robbery a man furnished us with Informa
tlon <-on?*ernlng the Identity of the ?I auf
tesar ot that car. This nrre?t is the result
Thai N all i can tell you."
Bre?itbsrmaa di?i n<?t s?-,, gobai at Polie?
Headqtarters last night but he and three
Witnesses will confront hnn in Jefferson
Mark?i Court lids evening. None of the
witnesses m the Rector atreet rob ?..-.- hare
se.-;i Bobel yet
The third man under arrest Is Montan!,
the man who drove the car in which the
bank meSS?ngerS were robbed nt *?_*,?.?-<?.
He consented to being held while hi? knowl?
edge of the case was being investigate.l,
saying that he was anxious t<? help in
every way. Rossi win have another hear?
ing t<>-day.
ROBBED OF PAYROLL MONEY
Hold-Up in Bronx Yields $340,
Just Drawn from Bank.
The list of ?*oent highway robberies was
swells] by another yeetarday morning.
when William DpUgherty, seventeen y.-ars
old, employed In the marble cutting Works
of IfoOowan a Connolly, at Mo, 73* j_a*t
IHst -treat, The Bronx, ?.as held up and
robbed of *?.?.? in bills, according to what
he told the police of the Mnrrisunla station.
Dougherty accuses John Marry, a former
employe of the Company, living St N<
F?cond avenu?-, of taking the m<>n>->.
Paaghsrty ran to the Hit.i_ssi.Is potiae
station after being robbed, sad Ueutcnani
t'uriain Immediately ?ent (iva detectives t??
arrest Hurry. But they failed to Bad him
HP to a late hour last night.
The m??n< y had '?????i drawn from the
?'om Kxchaii-? Hank branch, al wim
avenue and 14~th str?-?-t, for the WCShly pay?
roll, it teas in nil? of ?maii denomination,
whlrh Do~~gh?~"~ty thrust into the ?-?ri,,
pocket of hi? overcoat. They made ;, bulky
bundle, but Dougherty s*i?i he kepi one
hand oa It, ai ??. safeguard.
mi hla way back to the works. Dttugherty
?.ay?, he net Barry, who told Mm thai he
had }ust met **the boss" and that th?* latter
bud given htm a letter t?? turn over to
Dougherty, The leitet was addraeaed ta J.
?Smith, No- -f-? Trinity avenue, at,.I Dough?
arty st>,rt?-?i t?? ?deliver the letter at that
address.
Hair? v?.l mi?*? red to ? ..IK slang with
him. Qoughert)' says, and when they
reached the addrees given they found It w-:..-?
a raaaal le| Dougherty sdded that he still
l iiithlng, and he ?in?l Harry start
??i beak ??? the marblr works, bul on the
WS] they pause,! throitgli a vacant lot and
?hep. according to Dougherty, Harry asked
him how hi? the bankroll was Dougherty
said ll was so big he couldn't get his lmn-l
ground li. and Barry asked to see It
l>??ug'i?*r'y refused t., show the money,
?And the neat Instant Barry tnrne.l on him
and hit hin? between th? ?yes The blow
knocked him down helplesa, ami Barr
grabhef) the hills fr??ni DoUgh?~~i~~fs pofket
and ran lb t? i?d to follow hb tissntlani.
(Mit ??,*? so st.jnne.j ?h?? Vlan? ennf?t not
?Ut-tan? '"1 him and *.\ |U p,
i Park i n h>.
IIS OF CONFESSIONS
IN DYNAMITE PLOTS
Miller Intimates Certain Men In?
dicted for Conspiracy
Will Tell All.
OTHER INDICTMENTS LIKELY
Government Relies on Ryan's
New York Letter to Prove
Guilt?Two More Un?
der Arrest.
Indlanapoll* fob. W.?Intimations
were faid to have I'cen rc.eived^hy the
si \ornment lo-duy that W-nte ot the de?
fendants in tin- dynamite confPlrfMry
ca.-es were ?preparing "to tell all they
know." The statements folli.xvod the
government's charges thai fturty thou
s.iii'l letters ?mil lelegrams taken from
tl,,- international Agooclatlon ?>f Brldgo
and Structurel iron Workera shewed
thai Prank M. Ryan, Ih? president' Her?
bert !**. HoCktn, th.' Second Vi.-e-prefOdont.
and members of the eaecutlre t>? ?>i?-?I mil
business agents cindii. teil the dynamite
plots through the mail, pointed out J
"jobs" t" be i?i.?xxn up and maintained ?
system ??f d-sstructlon against non-union
ir??n and stool coutracto**?,
,\nk<*(i if any negotiations hod boon
..pencil xvitit htm t*oncernlng the defend
gnta l'nite?i Btote i>ijtrtct Attornev
? "hartes W. Miller sold: "I wouldnM bo
surprised if it Is shoxxn soon thai some?
thing like that had happened." w. N.
Harding, conned fot Ryan an?l the in- :
(?arnatlonal <?,Tt<*ials of the Iron xvorker?,
?held a ion-.* **-***-_gre***cg with Mr. Miller]
t?? doy, bul whai wog r?ong|dorod was no;
disclotod.
All But Three Under Arreit.
All bul threo ?-.f th- fifty-four ?1efen<1
snts ar.- now eitlvr under arrest >.r in
Custody, Moulton H. Davis, ?? former j
Iron worker. "**-***-*endered to-day at Phil?
adelphle. William K. Beneon, ex preet
dent of the Detroit Federation of Lahor,
was grrosted ?t ilarkersvllle. n---ar S.ira
toKii. N. Y.
Botwefi, now K0_ ,),<, arraigninont he.
f r. Federal Judge Mbert r At-dernon I
here on March 13, the f*cn*e*******-**fll *.. Ill
proved with preparation for the trial?.
which probably will he ?-ariv in Ma]
Ortie K M? Manlgal'a confeosion ss ??.
tl.e dynamiting be did 'inder the direr
tlon ..f .1. ,1. M.-N.tinnr**? i* sal.l by Dis
triet Att(?rney Mill, r to be ?*orrr,horaterl
by th? letters embrocod in the indici
mem charging "uncon*rammat?**d sets of
conspiracx/
Ryan's letter, WTittOn fron N'*"* V?*?rk
ni April, 1910, la cited in UlO Indi.-tment
;,? thoa ?.iff ?k instructed Henry W. I?-*-*
leltn?er, noe ? .f Denver, lo do **ertaln
"Jobs"; John T. Buffer, th?? first rice?
president of th< union, t?-? do "Jobo" h?
f?uffalg arid Rochooter; Hockin t?? do
"Jobs" .i* i'?eveiaivi. i?etr?'it. Davenport.
Iowa, ind Cincinnati; raui .t Morrln?
of .^t. Louie, to do a job" ai Mount Vor?
non, i:i. and Prank C. Webb, of New
Vcrk. to .;.? "jobs" at Worcoator, Maa?.
"C-31-.mimmated" Co?i*pire-*"ie?.
The il.?letm?"??* ebarglng "COnSUtn?
mated" Of '*ompWerl r.>n??plr--|C|c?t altOgO
that th- "'oh" :,i Mount Vcrno-i IH
?Ivnaml'eri <->n the nl?h? of Apr?! if? ' <t
ih? Havenport 'Job" tinder cor.*tr'i?-f!..'i
by the r.-.nipanv r>ferred to b] Ryan
\v?s dyi'-imlteii on Juno i\ that th? (
l'et-irl-x 'Job" xxn? dynomltod otx .lune 4;
that 'he Cl-svolond "Job" tros dxnamited
on June 22; that the ptttsburg Mob"
",?? dynamited on July l?. and that a
bridge ?' gs dynamited al Rnnagt ?'?'
lugust ?I
Th* testimony of McManigal of ?many
witnesses from th?? cjttes in which ?he
explosions '?< ? urr.-?i. and of members of
crews ?>f trains upon which explosives
x,_?re rjirrlrrl ??ill be found t?. dOVetOll
? vaitix xxith the letters aliened ?,, show
the unconoummated acta sfcordlng t..
Mlli.'r. who so* ?
Beeiji;?,*? MeManlc'il ? .-, ? lb? moei a?-ttv?
?iz--ni ??r tbe dynamitais; though iio<-kiti. at.
the lndl?*tmenl eharat-e. "?a*, n clos? -??e.n.!.
ti..- rov.-rnmfiit ? 111 rel largil] npop hf|
testimony f?M corroborative --.-i-?--r?.-?- n?
the trial.-, ?itherv n ?t named In Ihe indict*
mints ??re pelnt?-?i lo sa having been c?
netted ."Ith th. plot, and ?arlx rlAwlop?
mem? max brtna theli Identity forward
but at l.re-etit re an tstlntled t?. try thnei
ai_ain-i xxli'itn xx? are sure x?.- have. .*on
. luslve svld n? e.
Conoemlng tiie letters quoted in the
Indictment Mr. Ryan sai'l t?,-il,,\
It !?- unfair for the government t?? draw
ofmi*luslona that th??.-?' i.tt.-r^ irere written
'?, promote crime, if any persea r<*ads nil
??f tii.-m li? ?xili see thai thej r fei "ni> t?>
legit?mate mean-- <>f Indudng contractors t??
uolonls? their week '
?a
RE0PEN.S LABOR MEN'S CA.SE
Count-el for P. T. Farrell and F. C.
Webb to Oppose Extradition.
Upon application of Hugh Qotrdoa Miller,
counssl for ?Patrick i*. ?Farrell and Vr.mk
?*. Webb, the two lahor men who ?'?-re
arrefti*?l h're on Wednesdey on indl-t
meats fourni in IndloaanoUa Thorns ?
Oloxonder, United state?- Commlsstansi,
ooDsentod ysoterday t?> reopen thetr eases
an?l to grant tlimn a hearing at n?*?on to
de>*.
Fari-ii ?'"?i Webh at Orel wolTCd tha
right to he SXaadped .Mr. Mil|,?r con
ten.l -I that they took this step bi-can.se
they ?arefe not represented by .oun^ei gad
did not tind'-r t.ind What they were dulni;.
gddlSOn B. I'r.if. Assistant United Htates
AttOtmey, opposed S reopening Of the 0000,
lut Commissioner Alexander said i-,?
thought It ""?> ?*!''r i" tAte tha men a
hearing. I? was IntlmatM by Mr. Miller
that he- aros opposed t" the removal of m*
dienta from this dlgtrlct on the crouBd
thol thoy were not properly identln?-?! ,n
ih? ni'ii b'arlng similar OSmSS in the ln
..?'tm.'iit..
Patrick 1" larrell <ju**c?*-eded yesterday
in providing $10.'??? hall and was released.
Paul Morten, ?>f No. tu ?Saat .".im street,
,.,\. tin? hon?! Webb ha?i to remain in
tiie Tomht?. bU1 it x.jis ,-nl.I that a Mircty
fompenj would furalsta I all for :iltn to
?iiiy.
INDICTMENT HASTEN,?? DEATH
Aged Yonkers Man Worried Over Ar?
rest in Alleged Mining Swindle.
ii"art ?Jteeate? coopted srltk worrj ovoi
hll unreal two xx.-ekv ?go on a ?-ha??*, ?f
grand larceny, frrowing ?.??t .f an ?ti.-K? ?t*
*nlck engineer" mining swindle, eeUOSd th?
death of William .i i'oii.xk. leveoty-tws
yrare old, at his horn -, No. IS Vista avenue.
v. nkera en Thursday night Mr. PoBodi
WHK a broker "Uli ??Ml.-, s ?it N?. .'?<'? Hroad
way.
Wtth l"""?l') 1. I'?*?-.-!), of \V|n?1.???r Trust
Company fame; ifeorj (ngroaa ?nd Choxlaa
l\ Mitchell, of this ?l'y. PolloCtl xx.i n,
dieted on 'be eonipiaitit of a man who WU.x
Induced to buy ??.'->>??? worth of stoek |g th
?'heian ' 'oosolldab ?i f*oopor Cesapoay,
Which war reprcM-nt'-d t?. th.- eomplalnan*
ae on the ?.-rse of .1 riv
r?r t?. ti, Oetty, of Vonkero. nied a ser*
t!**-:ite ol Pollock's death with Cholles C.
N'ott, Assl-t.int DietriCt Attorn-*- . | eijter
<i?x. .lot K ?udges, r..it?v-k !? ia*vyer, told
ludgi ??'.ni* in Oeoeral torsions yesterday
that his cllen? ixar Unoctat? and- worry
r.-.?r hie arre?i caUSed bl: d.atli PollOCk
v SI >?n?!ei ft* !?.? hall
1
heut, mm
FOR M TO MB
I
Colonel Steever. However,
'? lieves Trepass an Accident ;
Deprecates Court Martia
REBELS CUT IMPORT TAF
, They Admit American Good
Palomas at Half Rates to I
courage Trade and Ob?
tain War Fund.
I From The Tribune Bureau. 1
Washington. F?b. iii. owing to
j 'e-n"ran?*c of the city <>f Kl Pas?- an
route of the ntre?t?ar Unes ?if thsl
I First Lieutenant Henjamln W. Fleh]
?'h.* nth Infantry, which arrived at ki
thla week t.? reinforce the horder p
i? under *.rrc?t pending .*?n hnvsstlg
, thai may lead to his court tunrtl.-i
1 rharges of c;ir?|<>f,?nr*s In the proescutl
I his fluty.
Lieutenant Welds, m taking a ?i?
i ment Of ?wo dozen men to Invest?ante
Mexicana rapotrted ?ion?- the Rio Oi
i J'ist belOW the city, apparently Lourde?
Wrong ??ir and aras carried nearly a
the inteniHiional bridge int" M?
Scarcely had the boundary line been ere
however, when the rar wa? held np
band of Mexican soldiers :??i?i th?* ?Amei
lieutenant and vo|d|ers we?-.- ?1 ragged
Prompt explanations probably saved ai
??outlier whl.-h might have l?-?I to ?.e
International complication?.
('??li?nel Steever, enmmnnding the p
f??r?<-? i? i;i Vitro, lu r?p??r?it-g the Inel
10 th? War Department fo-ilay, Staled
? board of oBlcera had been detailed t<
vestlgate ?he incident, wilh ? \ lew ??i
tertnlnltig whether the ??"Tt, ? r ijcllberl
Invaded Mexican i-rrit"rr with hla aoh
???? whether Ihe s.*t wa? unhiten lonal,
If ?he lutter Whether It was th-* re?u|
t ?arete?:?,
Trespass Wes Accidental.
i Colon?*! ?steever said IK had no ,i
I thai PteMs*a ??a*c?n?n? that the tr??
! was accidental irss 'nie an,; p?rhap? <?
be passed ptvor wttbOUl B court mar
? Had n wrong ear been laket. . uttrU
doubtless liltl? would have been ?aid.
a* this oho ?atiied a .vor? of Am?r
soldiers, uniformed and armed, lato a
<*lgn te~~r.?UM. which COUld I.ttStTUSl
n hostile net If UlS neighboring ?'?ii|i
should ao choo?e, the aothorttlee here
inclined toward some ?-Tt of puntshn
which may b* mor? i.-? ?rr than a r?"
mand. It anpenr? that Fields ml?tin?l?rsl
the directions h* had obtained ind bosi
a ear 'hat nia-i" i |o?'p of the two In
national brl?)?:-*-. IhUI going flr*t mt" h
Ico tWore reaching th? p??lnt to vihle'i
wa? or?..-,r?*?d
Advloea to 'he gists Department snn?-"i
that Tiehnaiiie h?s bean eceupiad bv
?urgent? and communication cut ??if h?tw
?tha? etty and T?*tre??n Although many 1
| ?l*n?rs twv- already fled from T?-rr?<"n
Amrrlcans sr* ??ported ?till ther?. ?nd
Mexican government lias promised, ?hroi
AmbaaaaOor Wilson, to gp ??? ?h?*,,, . ? ?r- r
tectlon
Th? Insurgente, eontroillnr rsl?-?ma?.
rder, ara adndtttag ?-?'i kind? of go
at Kali ? ? i itar cnateiu rat?- i"-- t
m? ?n? It 1? cal, ulat-'d that th?'
cetra?.' ? m derable Import i.nsln.??. *
thus obt c.o funda tot their dm vet
Conditions Better in J oarer..
xX'bi;.- etmdltMtna In .luarer are ?>?-td to
favorafbi? to the peveeaaasnt, taudttk
f tr?i.?r -t? Hi ? hihuahua. psr?lcul-.rH i
Caaes ?'Irund?? region, are still unsettl
There Is much opposition t?j the goy?i
ind ti i rebele ?here rontin?.? to
I? f?fe with th? running of ?r?i
.ttiar??. ESvSrj eomm?jnl?*allon b-tw?
M?*Xlco ?';??'? -?nd Oaxaca In thr aouth I
been Interrupted
It la repnrt?d f ?n? il h' ilia? Vi
quilas captured Quer rere in Chlbushua h
night. The s?a?? l?gisle?ure of i*hthuahi
it i? ?Haled, ha? s?nt peace commission*
to sll p*.r?s of the staf t" sadeaver le i
?i.-.. ih< rebele lo return t" ihe ranks
ih- Mad? '? ' -
Ref?gaos from MtrXloo, pria? tpal \- ?
lean w-?.?iii?i> ?md children oontlnued te-di
jto pasa through I.ir?d?*. T?\ A few of th*
i reported mistreatments, hut theaa Hotl
~*r- hearsay
??'ii't waa reported ni"ng th? raiiwi
hn<- between Laredo and Mexico City, s
eefM at one er two towna
,\l?xiin City, P*eb 1* Torre?n 1? i**?lAt
Rehola surround ihe town an?l communie
tlon hy telegraph was ?topped laut nigh?
The government to-day gave out inf.?
matloii that force?? un.br < ??lotiel ..'H??.;
had defeated a body of rebela near Tu
re? n, killing seventy and losing hut ot
killed ,-i n?l ?'ii? wounde?l.
Last r?-i???rt-? from T??rr??>n were that tl
n Identa f**red the Va-nuista? wou
carry out their threat of at tu'-ktiig t
??Itv. The laut train OUI ?a? permitted I
?Ove hy the rebel? merely because li ca
:i?*?i ii number ??f American refuge,-?.
An Dnexpected strengthening <>f tl
rebel.? was reported to-?lay from Tesltulsi
t. town In l'u?*tila near the border Of ll
Htate of Vara Crue. Thla place w?? ?,?-.??
pi? ?1 by rebel? prrwlalmln-; ?heir ??liieren?
lo l-'mil'?? \'as.p:ef <,?.iti<*. T zHubin Is I
th?- ?mountains an?i l? regarded hi- a atrat?
Kb aI point of ?nor?- than ordinary %,'ilue.
Other ?iiublngs ?ir?* reported to-day ftoi
points neat PUeftC, Hadlragut?. and F.I l><
rudo. In the Ht*.?.- of BOnora, and frot
Ha?tiendae. In .lall??.?. Wir?? cutting fnt?i
fored to-day with receipt of new? from poi
tlon? of UM State of M ?relos, where . l.?t
eral Hohle? Is conducting a vigorous cam
i .iit.n against the Zapatista
All ?lay yesterday a battle waa in proa
rasa asar Chlnameca. ?< \iiiage n?*ar je
Jtitta. At last re??orts the fevbrnN war
driving the rebel? hack.
There will be no special session of th
Senate to authorize the president to sen?
troop? into I'hlhnahua through Amer|c?t
territory. The permanent ?-?iiiiniittee o
t'ongresg to-day voted the ateasure ?low i
and adopted a r?solution saying "ihe Mtua
lion demanda no ?u.-h action."
BROKER WEDS SECRETLY
0. H. Robinson, Once in Asylum
Takes Second Wife Quietly.
in? Tslegrspk ??- Th? THkasa]
Phiiadeiphi.?.. I'.-h. H??Qasrge Hyatt Rob
inson, ?, araaltby young broker of >????*
York, around whom a legal battle ra*-ed in
1~0". when he was ?*onflne?l In an asylum at
Ainltyville. Ix?ng Island. f.?r two month?
was married In this city yesterday to MkM
Mary Booth Marior. of Bossile, B, .t. Rob?
I Inson had obtained a dlvone from hi,? tlr?t
wife in the Bupeaine <oun of New York on
February I bsH. The fir?? Mr-, RohtnatMl
had ln?lxt"<l tha? h?. w-a? l?i?nne an?l fougln
t?, liiue blm confined In nn asiluni.
Oreai asetntfy ?urround?. the marriag
h- r?. Mi- nohfnann. aaoampanfsd i?> mi?i
Marior. arrived her. on WodnesdS' Yes
unlay they .-?eight puentoa i'hipp?, a puh
n? i otar?, and certain pagers were tea*
! i?ar*d. l.nter. .i< ? ?unpanl-d by an Assistant
DttttVl Attorn.-y. lohn M Patterson, thoj
*..ent t?? the inirrltg- 11,-nse hure.au. ?here
the been*?-, whlc'n was t<ti*?pre??se?| for the
Hut? l-ctng. w.? laaSJSd. In hi? application
j for the lleetaae Retstnboa ?aid he -?,-8> -,
I"gentlejnsn." ?wenty-flv?? reara oh, ?n.i
gaV. his .iddre?? aa No. ?.N *lo?itii Hr.?ad
street this elty. Mlsr Mar|,?r MM sh? |.
, t?,-. nt> -?lx ear? old
The th'ht t,. frr" ("oblnron fr?-ni th-> a ?
hum ~?*rt-d In r?l?riarv, ly? If. h-??| h??i
'in psrtrxrshti? srlth P. O, ?'hlpmap, and lm
m'dla'^i* after tho firm dissolved "*??;
i ?Ib-fpp.ar.d. I._t?r be was trneeri u.
' ?? i*- ',1b ? !?ir?, .| .|r,.t Hot'tn- .? :n.
?HAND READY FOR HEARINGS!
I Dix Tells What He Meant When
He Said Case Was Closed.
[By T?-l<-gr0-..h ??. Th? TlibOtie.]
Albany. Feb. i?. Richard t.. Band, ihe j
I -ommiBsloner In t .- Brand! ease, confei-rM j
I with Governor DK tor mere than tero honra j
i this afternoon.
1 leymour Van ?lagiroord, the Oovernor'o?
I leg.il adviser, and Attorney General Cat* :
mody were pr?sent, .lud?.. n?.nd would soy ?
' nothing tu the reporters afterward, but
leaned a statement over his signature in
; which be aitnoun***t*d that he ?hoped to begin
the hearing? In ?few York Tuesday, and
thai they \xouid h- ?publie. He ?returned to
? NOW York after leaving th?; ex<9CUtl**0
? ehomber at .*. o'clock.
Attorney ?;.n?-rai Cormody -.?i?i aft*r-|
! xv;ird that he would rppreyent th. .-fate In !
?the hearings and that District Attorney
I Whitman also would appear because of the ?
records in his offl? e con.-i ning Brand! be
tore ne was sentenced.
"Will Brandt !?? celled gg a witness?"
he was asked.
"That is to ?be decided by Commleatoner
Hand. :?e has entire charge of ail those
?letafls," \xaa the reply.
It Is s-lld that there Is no pre.-e.?ent b>
which the pro?*?dnrc In the Urnndt Invee?
Ugation can he determined, as this la un;
deralood to be the first time that n?>
tlon of the prison lax? providing f"r it bOS
been invoked.
The Attornex- General announced that ha
had returned to the Oovernor the retord
given him to familiarize himself xxith the
-ase and that he boVoT? ?I It t*J be now in
ith? pos.seselon of I'ommlssi'.ner I hind. A?*
rordlng t., Mr. Cormody, ths commissioner
ha* arbitrary power in the matter ..f sum?
moning witnesses. He may summon t?. the
Witness stand any person he believes
posses--' gny information that will go to
show any wrongdoing In any of tiie pr??
ceedlngs, either before ronvirtlon or in
thO GOUrtO, or whether facts were mlSKP? j
reoeated to the Governor when the appll-|
eatlon was mi.de for elemency by V.rav.di. j
Mr. Cormody said that the hearings would j
probably Include an examination of every ?
record that has flgu* ed In Ihe cna-'
I "An attempt Will be made." be ?aid. "to j
aoeertatfl ?whether abooiute falftaess ?wool
given t., Brandt, whether the ae||ou of the I
curt was regular :in?l WhOthdr tin* OSO
wss eondUOtsd with due ?TO'-ess uf law. j
This mx-stlgatlon will be of a xxlder scope
than men] eapect. it's oil important ob
! J*et is the ascertainment whether WfOUl
doing was perpetrate?! t?> the detrim*nt Of
the .-onvlet. Rverytbtng hinge?- on that
suspicion."
In refOTOnce t?i ?he power of tbe erand
Jurx to summon irltaeoooa Mr ?'armody
I said that even .Judge Reoolsky could be
BUbper-oaed If Mg presence were warranted.
Commissioner Han?t in his signed stats.
tit nt said:
i hixe rom? to Albany to receive my j
corr.nit??i?ion in the Brandt matter md al?oj
to e.mfer with tbe ?iovernor. 1 have re
e?ived m* i-ommloslon and have arranged ?
for ihe future to the extent that pro'lslon |
tritt * toad" for a heating before me In
M?W York a' -om* place to hx* .inno?ir>red |
8uch hearing will be a. public one, and It is i
hoped ?hat th?- ftrn ?esston ?".III l> held on j
Tuesdev ,,f next week, although ?his is,
n?*.'??<-? .n ii- un?*ortalti it eon otfli M wld'
that th* h?aring '?ill he as soon is pos?
sible and th? inquiry trill proceed a? -rapidly
as possible in th* present hituotior, there
is absolutely noihlnc mon to OS "Id.
'.overnor DIS te -la? ?1'illed that '?<" had
talked :o ??harW F. Murphy <>r DeLOnC?*
N'leoll on the ttrand? ?ase. in answer to
a report that district Vftontex- Whitman i
w?. to eeii Mr Ifurpby before the gran.i |
jury, whfc* Is lareotigatlog lbs east, it i
va? stat-d thai Mr M'trphx* and Mr NIOOll I
b*d urg?d the ??ovinor *i deny Tirandf. i
ippli'-atlon for a pardon
"I have e?ert Mr MUTpfoy onlj once in
the si* or eight months. ??ov?rn-.r l?l\J
said ' And I hays not ?liacu-sed Ihe Hrandt
ca?e x?ith aiiv on? exempt th?* Attorney I
<_cn--r?| and Mr \ an Rantvoord."
Oove-rnor Dix I? emphatic in bis denial:
that he has .-hanged his position in thlaj
case
"t\ li-tl 1 said the en-ie WOS tmUmit" he
s.ild. 1 msOnl thol SO far as the record
before me was coneerned the .-are ?a?
cloaed There had been anonymous let*
ter* and newspaper Statements "f mai?
lers not in th? popera before me, but they
wore not in legal form end eould not be
?onsldere.l I?Otsr IhOM W#rs all*cat(ona
? t ? em ?-? tden?*e which might ehange th*
arp?r?*' of ?he .as- und T appointed Mr.
Hand to s*e if the allegations w*re sub
?tantbited Only on new ?vlden?*? -.in Ihe
dedSlon he rhat'ped "
A hill Which max- bOVe ?? hearing In the
Hr.-.ii?lt ?ase vas reported favorably by the
Senat**, ''omnnitea on Venal Institutions.
ti was intfloduoed h; flsftolof Ormrod and
provide? th:it *f ?he (krvernor certifies that
n. his opinion a person pardoned by him
i. not guilty "f the ertme for which he
wai imprisoned such wrtlfleate may be
made the busts of . .lilm for ?ompcniia
il.iii to ?... adjitdle-ated h> the Btat. ftourd
of '"la'me
KINGSTON'S FUNDS GONE
Former City Treasurer Refuses
Demand to Restore $9,489.15.
Kingston. N. T., Feh, It, A .leticit of
J-..I?'. i. hi Kingston's eltj treasury, alleged
to haxc o.-ciirred d?:rlnc the Incumben? > nt
form- r Tiaoaurer Frank If. Boyee, jr.. son
of former State Senator Hoyce. xva* report?
ed to the common t'oun?*l! to-nlgb! by
Mayor Irwlg.
Boyee, xxh.. fn'.'.e.i of reappointment t<>
this ofBce on January I, denlea all reap-on
alblllty for the defl? leney, an?! III A letter
-.-tit to-nlfht t?i I?lstrt?:t Attorney Cunnlng
liam, he refuses to comply \\ i 111 ? demand
mud. by the Mayor a t.-xv days ago that
he refund the money Th. d.tVIt OOCUtTed,
he said, lit a time when he had no custody
of the funds.
District Ati.^rnry ?'unnlnxliam xxill bring
the mutter before the grand Jury. Mix ?i
Irwin, wb?> favors this course and who
will be ?i candidat?- f.,r Supreme Court
Juatloe n-'xt fill, i? closely aasoci?-*_td In
Dssaooratle politics with ?Boyee, whom he
appointa t.? offloe. ?
MISSING GIRL IS FOUND
Maud Francis, of Port Chester,
Discovered in Home Here.
Maud Francis, the slxteen-yeef-old high
school pupil, ..f Port Chaster, who ?ilsap
p?-ate,l from h?r home s week ago, was
found by her father, William II. Krnn?is,
I cintraetor, at St. Catherine's Home for
(ilrls, at No. 212 Kast ttth street. Man?
hattan, last night. |be arrived at her
home with her father at 11 p, m . sad W.OI
soon sound aslasp. Ko one was ?olktwed to
see h.r. although several of her s.-?u?>l
frl'-n?!-? CsDed at the hOUSS to in?iulr, al??ut
her.
"I didn't talk tO li?*r about h? r going
away, bOCOUSa I th.uight I wo'il?! let her
rest," said Mr. Francis. "She is well and
win. In good hands wlMO I found her In
New TOlh. HOW ?fhs reached New York
1 do not dOOlrS to i?tat. The ?nix tiling 1
xxish t?) sax is that i-he is going to ^ta\'
bom? in-r.-uft? r and Ihe htctdtmi Is ?-inH.-d."
When Mr. Pruii'ls arrived at St. ?'alh
erln.-'s ll?ime his daughter threw her arms
m round his neck nnd said: "Take me home,
falber. I don't know why I run away, hut
do take me ba?-k.''
CORNELLS DEBATERS LCSE
I'm-a. N. Y.. Feh, It?.?MnmlHon defeated
I'ornell at Clinton to-night in a debate "i
the question whl?h will b<- the lopl.- -if the
d?bete? lanicipated in by ?fonnsyltanls
and tfotUmWa univrsltle- Hamilton had
the affirmative fide of this rf-SOfotlos
"That the Slierman i.nil-trust law he re
pealed atx?l a law passed Whereby ?-nrpor.i
tlons d?)ing an interstate boslnesa be ran
trciici and i).?t dsotroi
Ths debater? arere: Hamilton, tl ??
Pat?-., t h aivord and H y\ Tltonv
alternate, w. K Ingoisoli. Contell, .:. r
riir??. F t. Rife and f. B. tseee; alternate,
I i* *r.iivh>*.
?F PUNS TO FIGHT
'?.ntinned fr-,,,, flr., pl%?..
?I'd that the Uaua ?>f ?-allin* Mr. Murphy
never entered hi. hand
Murphy Matted a statement late lust
night in Whleft be dialed the stories that
.?ppear.-'l 'estor.lity n.orning that he
might appear aa ;t Witness before the
grand Jury. Mr Murphy was not ad
viaed, however, before he is.-???-?! hla
atatemeni that District Attorney Whit?
man had ??i specifically dcni.'d any con?
fection with th? Murphy story- The
Murphy statement follows:
if Mr. Whitman realty Intends ??? -'all me
I shall be glad to appesr. I ?hall st?*??? em?
phatically, a? f nov ?n>. that nt BO time or
pIh??* have | talked, directly or indirectly,
with Qevernor Dli or with any one else
i bout ih? Prandt case
i hail i>.? mack surprised if ' ?~? called.
httcause f bi-llev? the District Attorney
n?-\?-r had .un- reason to think o? summon?
ing me. It seems r;.th?r strati-*?' under th?
idrrumstancea that when the reporters
asked him to dein or affirm the rumor he
?ii?l not frankly deny n. for I know, and
??f course he ?Joes, then la no cause for it
It Is Interesting at tnl? tune to recall thai
frequently when there is a senssftinnal ess?
being Investlsated by our worthy District
Attomev a Studied effort Is made to make
th? puhll?* belleV? that Tammany ir" ?on
n? ?t'-.J will, It. The industrious press agent
Starts the performance hy Intimating thai
"some one high up In Tammany" i-1 to M
questioned Then th?- reportera ask Mr.
Whitman to deny or affirm tn? report, for
even some of them ?ion1-? its truth ??ml he
g've. his stereotyped reply thai he deeme It
Improper t.? publish th?* n&nies of witnesses
h?* expects to examine. Thl? is slwaya th*
beginning und the ,-nd of Tammsny'a coa
i.?tiuii with ?he ?s?.... Th.- author of the
fiction, however, has the sntl?fa?-ilon Ol
readink- glaring headllnea In the papers re?
flecting upon the integrity of Tammany
Hail for one ?if at least. The motive for
these pic?? ag? nt'.? Invention Is. T think,
obvious to e? erv f*'r minded man. regard?
less of hi? party affiliations. a?*?l fill in
their design to hurt the organization.
Heward B. ?'ans formally denied for
himself ,?-,i Mori Imer T.. ?Schiff yester?
day thai cither of tlieni wan led a prom?
ise ?-.f immunity if ho appeared aa a WH?
r.ras befr?re the grand Jury.
AsU? No Immunity, Says Gans.
???>n ***fednf*aday lagt," said Mr. ??ana.
"Mr. Schiff and i trrota to the District
A?tornc\- asking and offering to appear
bof.-r? *he grand Jurv ga voluntary Wtt
nsaaee and la awi* manner as to waive
Immunfty. That permission was refused
to tt?. i dont a"k Immunity, i don't
want it. ;.nd 1 would refuse it if it were
offered to mo."
T.3fer In the da- DelAncey Ni?*oii.
counael for Mr. ?;ans an?! Mr. Sehiff.
-.gain a-*ked that hi? clients might go
before the grand J?iry. and again met
with refuaal. In explaining his position
In refusing to allow certain witn-sses to
be beard by ?h?- grand jurv Mr Whit
???an said !
? \ at present advised. 1 don't, want
to -?lv-ise the ??rand lui*- that any man
might testify and not bo immune from
|iT?'.-r*utlon on a charge of conspiracy.
Bectfofl Sit of the penal law was passed
especial**.' to provide for the examina
,,f witnesses in c-nspira?:} ??.sea.
and h makes no mention of waiving Im*
munit]
Ex-Judge Han?) returned from Albany
last nl?h? after a conference with <JO" -
ernor Dix and said that- Ms commission
vis On* to take |eatlmO-_y In an applica?
tion for executive clemene-. He would
haie no report or r^.^mrnendatlona to
make, hut would only take the tcstim<*nv
und?r oath and turn It over tt*. the Qov?
ernor for hi? UM In deciding on Brandt's
application for a p-?rd?*n.
' T have no power to issue subpeenas.
said Mr. Hand, "but the tl?vernor -will
Issue subp?**nas at my request. We will
push the pro.'.-etiings as rapldiv as pos
aiblej and It Is tn*- ?-xpc-tatlon to begin
them on Tuesday We ?r?* trving to get
?I ?- room!- of the P?ibllc SWvie.. Commts
alon "ii the third floor of the Trtlvine
Building, to ?is,- f??r the hearings.
TubM?; notice will be given of th<*
imarlngs. which will be public, and air
??n?* will be examined who bus testimony
t. ??ffer on the caee, dt course, the
witnesses will be sworn, i * * ? t what effort
swearing them win have tn regard to
their receiving Unart unit) from prnaaui
tlon before tha courts it is not in my
province as commiagioner t?-> d?ectd?. ff
thiit point Is brought up we will have to
try to get around it in some way.''
Tho nies <?f the Police Department -ii>
cloged yeeterda] b~1!I another latter from
H".\.'r.i B. .?ans ?-?n th?* report ?^f De?
tective -Vooiridge on Brandt's record.
This letter was t?> Commiaslonar Htng
ham. and was in praise of Wnolrldge'g
v,?.rk. it was writt.-n on the letter paper
? ?f dans a- laeltn, an?*, waa signed in ink.
"Howard B. ?tan?." Th.* letter follows:
tlANB A IBEUK.
? ounsellera ?t i.a?.
..' William Street,
New York.
April il. p?;.
Dear Mi: I wrote to v.hi some dav< ago
t.-lllng you that T d.-?lr?d ??t cab upon yo3
and iiave received word from your a??ere?
tsry. i' ?;. Slattery. thai you will n??t he
bu?-k to town u-ifH the 13th ln?t.
Upon reflection i have concluded that it
will ?-??? unnecessary for me to tak>- up your
time with a personal interview, since the
jiurpoiv- of such an interview can he quite
as w.-ll accomplish?*?! hy letter. What 1 d?
?lr.il by the Interview was slrnplv t,, ex
i- t.? you my appreciation of some good
wirk don? i?, officera of your department
In thl Blatter of tr.icln-r the past, history
of one i_Hwrenc" de Foulke. who ha?, re?
cently been sentenced to Sing Sim,' f,ir
thirty yeara for burglary in the tit i de?
gree.
For ?he purpose of advising the court
in the Imposition of sentence, the Detec?
tlve BurSSU was requested i?> gacertaln the
man's past history, and the ? ?irk wa-? as?
signed by Inspector McLaughlin to ?Detec-1
(live Sergeant*! lohn Ta? lor and loOOOB
; "xVoolridge. Tiie work Involved t ? .
I talning ?if accurate Information as h
number of petty larcenies end some f
[ geries. non?, of'wl.i.-h ha?l b'-en the r
I ject of pretswcetloa. The time front 1
, aeelgnmenl to the ?lay whan th
, tlon waa to i?. oresented In court ?.
very n.iort. and the acorneo aod i?*r*i
?Mica that 'x ere displayed in obtaining
formation which proved to be absolut?
accurate :.e??m to me worthy of the *-?
eel commendation.
I knoxv that von must InovltoMf recel
much unfavorable criticism of tiie ?rnrfc
members of the depart ment, and I hi
tliou?.-|it that It wouli b<- a relief and
pleasure to yoti t?) he Ihe recipient Of ;
pr-eclatlve comment upon good wru \'t
respectfullv voir.?.
?Signed i ' HoWARI? 3 GAX?
Hon. Theodore ,\. Blngham. Police ?o
missioner, No. S 00 Mulb?.-rr\ ?jtr*? ? ? i
The ?Jan.? letter xvas indorse?! xi jth
memorandum hy Bert Hanson. Till
I ??put' Police Commissioner, -fated Ap
18. li"):. Which r?ad as follow?:
Respe, t full v referred to the ?-ompiai
?lerk. Who will make .?pon tiie reeords
Detective Sergeants John Taylor and .1
-eph D. Woolrl.lge memoran? I cm as ?i,<
ceted by the <Commlesio*ner.
A second indorsement ?n?tcatod th
um complaint cUrk had duly eaten
upon the r*****cords of " ose two 'tetoei>v
th nommtwdatlon of their xvurk bfsft
c,?ns. and the flic **bi ?ompMed hy
copy of Commi?jon-?r Btngham's rop
to Onn*-*, whi?*h under date of April 1
1'???T. ?v.-iri ^ent out as folloxx?;
Mr. Howard S. Cans. N?-?. : ; Wi'.lla
street. N'exv York Cit-.
l??>;ir SI?-: t have to thank von f
of April 11 in regard to two member*
the fore?, and am very glad t?.? be ei
formed aa to tlwr capacity for g? "?; ????
Very truly ynire.
?Signed?. THKOrx'iRt A BINOHAM
Foli?e ?l'ommiesion??
While th.- imper .m *.vhlcli this Ml,
?'was written bore in the centre at the t?
the- names ?ians A- Isdln. It carried
smaller typ?* ft one sid?? the nama .
Klnar *"*hry8ti." OloO. Mr. Chrystte
now cfiunsei to the grlo\*aiv> commit t?
of tho Par Association. This was call.'
to the attention last night ?if Arnold ?
Well, who has written several lettOi
[calling on the Par Association to ir
I vestlgat?-? the rase.
"I don't wonder thev dt.'.n'f want t
Investigate." he said. "But if there i
not a special meting colled for the pin
pose of Investigating this very mat;?
the point will he raised at the regul?,
meeting ?>f the Par Ass'iciatlon, whl'*h
?think will he held | WOO- from ne\
Tuesdax. Th? people are looking to th
Bar Association to take. a?*tion In UM
case, and If the grievance commute?? v II
not Investigate without a special com
mand from the association as s bed
that command must and will l?e fdrlli
coming."
Distric?. Attorney Whitman repente?
yesterday his statement of the day be
fore, n.-, reported In The Tribune, tha
Fntke K. Brandt would !??? called befor?
*9he grand jury In the investigation no*.?
*? proceeding.
1 J'l-t *\l,eti Brandt \xill be called lv
c?)uld iv-if say, but It 1? understood tha
it in Mr. Whitman's desire to call Brand
as Brar.dt. and not a? a convict, whoa.
cart ?g up on an appeal for ctotnoncj
Ir. other wcrds. Rr?m?t will p-jobablv v..?
he called until final disposition of hi?
writ ..f hnheas corpus is male b'- Juttii ?
Oorard, although Mr. Whitman -aid yea
terday that no matter \x*hat may becotm
of BranOt'a appeal, he will be eai|e,| r<
tell his full ptory to the grand Jury.
Jttotfce Gerard paid yesterday that hi.?
decision will not be handed down bet?r?
Monday. The brief of the Attorney Ott -
eral Was T?eelved yesterday bv Justict
'lerard. and though he has gon?s into thr
<-US'- at s-i'ine Icngih, he does not expect
to be ready to give his opinion h-*f? ?
th?- flrst of ur?xt week.
Th? Grand Jury Witnesses.
Poooctteo Lieutenant Tarn-?? W. Trauior
Detective John Taylor. Thomas F. O'Con?
nor, who was property clerk at Poli?***
Headquarters 10 *h? spring of 1907, and
August Reymert. who as counsel to ttft
Swedish ?"on#Ml took up the Brandt ?'.?-?
with Senator Knute Nelson. Ot Minne?
sota, were the witnesses heard bj ih*
, grand J?iry yootorday.
B?ym?rt's story, if he stuck to th?
I version which was disclosed by his COOS?
imnnicfltlons with Senator Nelson, wa>
?adverse to Brandt, as Reymert. alter an
investigation of the .-?-o two years a*?-?
advised Senator Nelson 'hat Brandt x*-..
! guilty. Senator N?ls->n sent him certain
I papers concerning tin? Brandt ?ase
[Which Reym??rt said lattrr lit- was unable
jt<> return l?e?*ause the? had been \o?t
| when he moved from one office to an
other. The District Attorney was in i
position to refresh Reymert's r<?o'i??-*
tlon to a considerable extent from ?
meaaorandura ptopored by Benatof Nei
sc-n.
Reymert's last previous appear.mee ?n
thO P'lbli?* prints was when the App.-.
I late Division handed dOWfl I de-Msion on
?.January "_*i upholding h will of Edwarl
<?. Klndberg, which left tho bulk of hi?
f_0.?000 fortuno to the Proobytorlaa h
i i Hal, although Reymert, wli?> was Kh'.ii
i berg's counsel, had tiled ?i will in whi<ii
Reymert trag named as the rcsiduar\
legatee.
?vconnor. Trainor and T.-jlor, who M
members of the Poll?*? Depart mon l had
minor connections with the Brand r i 100?
?i.Mik with them, under a subpOHU :
ItOCUm, the department r.<:ords ?i
?Brandt. Hrierty the?-?- re.-.'.rds ShOU ?"!
that Piandt's ?etf.-rs an?l phot?->gr;ii!i
?bod been destroyed i: th?*- Police d?.
? partment after rem.ilnltur un-'laitned th.
.?.Ix months required by law? Th. Mil
i ton Schiff" n.iinc \xhich the re.-ords
?OhOWOd as the claimant of Ihe pi'??pe'*ly
waa put ?-n tbe rc?*or?i in g r?'it|n,- way,
jth.> police officers said. t... idontifj the
? case.
Bell and Wing
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