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NEW-YORK, SUNDAY. FEBRU?ARY 18. 1i) 12.-FIVE PAHTS-F?FTV-KHi??T PAGE?.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
PHVH BETRAYS
hmtoBS SHXIS
Instrument Hidden in Ryan's
Desk Reveals Daily Talk of
Indicted Union Men.
WAS THERE FOR MONTHS
Prosecution Gets Complete Tran?
script of Consultations Over
Alleged Dynamite
Plots.
Indianapolis. Feb. IT. -Whatever Krank
>f. Ryan and other indh'ted union offi?
cial! have said 'n their office about the
4ynan*lte conspiracy since last October
to alleged to have been learned by the
pvtf-i-pnt through a dictagraph ?lis
cevercd to-day in the headquarters of
tha International Association of Brldg**
and Structural Iron Workers.
The dictagraph, hidden under a drawer
In a desk about which Ryan, the presi?
dent; Herbert B. Hockin. the secretary^
treasurer, and J. T. Butler, first vie, -
president, and other officials conferred
concerning their defence and pleas, t?
aald to have enabled two government
stenographers In a room below to tak?*
daily reports of the conversations.
The use of the dictagraph was dis?
closed to-day when the government de?
cided It was no longer of value, because
*.< woman clerk In Ryan's office was
heard to say; Well. I suppose they ?r
hearing now whatever we say." That,
with statements bv Ryan, convinced As
alstant District Attorney Clarence Nich?
ols that the dictagraph was no linger
useful.
The dictagraph was hidden In the desk
once used by J. J. McNamara. the dyna?
miter, and upon which he is alleged t?.
have arranged his alarm clock scheme
for regulating the time at which bombs
were to be set off.
The discovery of the dictagraph fol?
lowed soon after the gove-nment ha.l
received Intimations that some of tho
defendants were ready "to tell all they
know." About District Attorney Charles
W. Miller's office It was said "something
had been expected," but Mr. Miller de
clines to say what it was?
Sayings of Hockin and Ryan.
Mr. M,!ler said the dictagraph had
worked satisfactorily for months, and
many volumes of stenographic note? had
been taken and would be used at the
trials. The instrument was still work?
ing to-day, -when the following was re?
corded :
Woman's voice- I ** onder if on,? of tho*?
?1res goes to the Jail, and whether they
ar* ll*t*ning to u?. now?
Voie??? r suppose so. I wish I could find
out where that sounding board is.
H<**kln? 8ay. Ryan, do von know what a.
dictagraph looks like?
Ryan- It's about aa hi? aa a hat. I am
told, but I never saw ona.
Hockln-I hear thar? la one on exhibition
In this city and I beliavs I will go and tnke
s look at It.
After that Mr. Nichols said ho had no
dr.ubt that Ryan knew of the dicta
graph. As further showing the opera?
tion of th?* dictagraph, Mr. Nichols gave
out the following sample of a conversa
ti?-?n known to have taken place last
Wednesday, soon after the arrests were
made. x
Hockln-Go right In, boys. I'll be there In
a minute
>'""' ?evidently reporter)?Will all these
men be able to get bond?
Hockin-We hope so, but we have no
money to furnish
Vole??How much money Is there in the
Ironwork-rs treasury?
Hookln?About $.n.<V?. I thin'
Vole? Rv the way. is M- Nai.-.ara s pict?
ure In this group?
Hockin T?*s; that's him right Hier*..
Voice?Is it your ?den ?he government
will rav the expense of th??**! men coming
to Indianapolis on March 12 for arraign?
ment?
Hockin-Well. now. that puts an idea Into
r?i\ head; I hadn't thought about that. It
beat?? the devil how there are so many
thin?? to think about It teems the govern?
ment ought to
The Instrument RevealeJ.
Rvan was then told there was a dicta?
graph In his office. 11? consented to
have his Informant search the office. A
quick examination of Ryan's desk ex?
posed the annunciator of th.? apparatus
hanging by its wires against the back
wall of the. desk directly beneath the top.
Disconnected, the annunciator was
shown to Ryan and then carried away.
"What do you think about that*"' ?aid
. Ryan. "How did they get In here?"
When told that records had ben taken
Of conversations In the offl? e. .sinos last
October. Ryan said the government must
have a transcript of n any consultations
between officials of the union on the sub?
ject of the investigation ti the dyna?
miting conspiracy.
The wires fron, .he dictagra?, h an?
nunciator ran from tho hack of Ryan's
desk through the floor and Into s room
below rented by the ? ?vemrasnt. Here
?at every day two stenographers under
?h? dir?, ?ion of Rowland Evans, official
stenographer of tin- federal court, with
tli?- rscelvlug apparatus at their ears.
The ~tSOOCra~**n<**T~S work?-rl In relays, ex?
cept ??.hen it srSS desired to take a
double re? or?l for ?-orroboratlon.
Both Ryan and Hockin said the\ were
amazed that a dictagraph ha?l been in
operation in the ..file??, though they had
apeculated on th* possibilities of such an
arrangement by the federal Investiga?
tors
They ar? welcome to anything I hav?
stM," aald Hockin None of my con
* eraation haa been Incriminating, be?
cause I ha\e done nothing wrong. I
d?Vl suspect some eavesdropping Bchetn<\
*?ut my flrei thought \\ a.< that our tele
Phone. wlr?_* might have been tapped."
NEW HEARING FOR LABOR MEN
Webb and Farrell Fight Extradition to
Indianapolis.
FfeSfeg ' Webb and Patrick F, Karrell.
th ?wo labor men arrested here on ?n
llctm-nta found in Indlanapolla charging
thorn with conspiracy In the dynamiting
***<->?. had their ??x*minatloii reopened >?**
terday nv Thomas Alexander, United
States ?'omml-sioiK-r, and a hearing was
*?? for Kebruai v _*,, at which they will
???Omit r<-aaon* why they ahoitd not be >e
n.?*ved to Indianapolis foi' trial
B?lh men wete able to get boil. Parrell
'?n Friday ai,<l \v, lay. ?Bond
*as nsnttslwd i.*. -i" ,;
arranpem- .i wll \r.\os
toaBut niu rayrsacat t?*r*>gri -??> 9mw9\L
DELEGATES
Thirty Elected So
for
Fourteen delegates to the Republican
National Convention have been elected
"?Ince The Trlbnn^'a first tabulation of
d*legates-elo?t wa3 published on Feb?
ruary 11. Thirty delegates have so far
been rhosen, and all are instructed for
President Taft
GEORGIA.
The f.eorRin state convention, held In
Atlanta >n February 14, elected as dele?
ga tes-at-large JWnr> B, JtyckM** and C.
I', ?b.roe, of Atlanta; H I?. Johnson, of
Columbus, and R J. Davis, of Dawson.
They wore instructed for Taft.
The 1st District convention, held at Sa?
vannah on February 12. elfcted William
James. ?Vif Bullock rount>. and R. W. S.
Daniels, of Savannah, deleKates. and In
struct?.1 them for Taft A rival innvfti
tlon named Marry Blun and J <\ Sim?
mons, of Savant'ah The** ?ir? not In?
structed
The ,?th District convention, held at j
Atlanta on February 12, elected J. J Mar?
tin and \\?Mlam F I'enn. del?:Kates, and
Instructeur Ahem for Taft.
The Pth District eonventlon. held at
(?ainesville on February 12, elected .1 TV
(?aston. of ('ainesville. an?l Host oc
Picken, of Jasper, delegatea, and in?
structed them for Taft.
DISTRICT! OF col.I If ill A.
The Republican voter.-, of th? District
of Columbia, al an election held on Feb?
ruary In. choac Aaron Hradsha*.*. and W.
Calvlr Chase dflegataa Th? y tceived
-.?H-i?", votes, agains? 1.84.??, votes tot Sid- j
ney Mieber and James R. Wild****, They j
ETIQUETTE IN POLITICS
Clark Manager Leaves Cards at'
Other Capital Headquarters.
M-rom Tb" Tribuno Burfuu '
Washington. Feb. 17.-~Kx-Senator Fred
T Dtihoif, win, Is in ?harge of the cam
palgn headquarters of (hanp Clark,
established the first rule In campaign
etiquette by leaving cards this afternoon
on the managers of the other ?ainpaign
headquarters opened at the capital.
This was done, according to th?* an?
nouncement from the Clark headquar?
ters, to emphasize the fact that the cam?
paign was to be a nice, mannerly one,
and that rude things were not to be aaid
about any candidate by th? ?lark man?
agers The announcement saya:
At the Willard, where it was understood
that the managers of the Wll?Aon campalau
were loeated, the Senator was disappointed
to fin?! that the headquartera ha?l not vet
been opened. Me call??! at the, offlees ?if
Governor Harmon In the Ebhltt. upon-Sen?
ator Bankhead, who Is directing the cam?
paign of Mr. I'nderwood; at the offlees of
th? ProRri-f-siv?-, Republl- an**, and then pa!?1
his respects to M??-d11l McCormlcK. who Is
in eharg? of the Roo?-e\elt offices |n the
Munsey Kuildln-r. The Senator .'pent mm?*
time with Representative McKinley, who Is
In charge of the verv elaborate headquar?
ter* off rYeeident Tafr at the Raleigh Hotel
Senator nubois was delighted with the re
?-option he fro? evervwhere b* went and 6*
clare<t afterward that he _a* convlri'**d
that among the managers of the Demo?
cratic aapirants for the Presidency tha
-ame, policy of a clean campaign. conducted
upon a high plane, was to be pnrr'ied |
FOUR MEN^ ROB WOMEN
Thrust Revolvers in Victims'
Paces as Crowd Looks On.
in full view of many people waiting
for <*ar*P on the Manhattan side of the
Third avenue bridge, at 120th street,
last night. Mrs. Rose Nelson, hf No. B16
East l.'-Wth street, and her niece, Miss
Mary VVolllt. of No. 214 Weat 127th
str?-et. *A.re held up by four m***n, two
of whom thruat revolvers In their tkCOk
The women were hit on their ne?ks by
the men, who anatched a pocketb?.ok
ftoni Mrs. Nelson They ran their tin?
kers over the clothim*" of Miss Wolllt.
but POUld not find anything of value
l/Tss tnan two hours after the hold-up
t\><> new detectives arref?te.l four men,
wh.. ?artara positively Identified by the two
women aa the men who had held them
up and assaulted them. The men were
locked op, charged win robbery and
ns?*ault
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BELMONT'S KITCHEN BURNS
Commuters and Auto Folk Help
Put Out Blaze -House Party Off.
Hempst?ad, I ?on g Irland. Feh 17 (Sp -
elal). Fire broke out in the house of Au?
gust Relmont shortly before 5 o'clock this
evening, the alarm briniiln-*" the lo-al vol?
unteer lire department, which msnaRed to
extinguish the Maze an hour liter, the loss
heinc il.<'*
The alarm was sounded Just as a eom
mutfrs' train pulled In at the Hempstead
?i?pot, and as almost all of them are mem?
bers of the tire department all Jumped in
and helped get Uta apparatus to the Rpl
mont piafe, en (he'eastern boundary of
the village.
The fire was caused hy an explosion In
th?- gas ringe. Within a tow minutes It
spread t.. the dlnintc room and a reading
?roots,
A number <?f ?J-JOCta at week en?l parties
it marbv country plaees Jolne?! the fire
fighters, aii?l th? Ir numbera were au-?
niented b) tnotoiins: parties who were re?
turning to (own.
A tiouse party was to he held at fie
Relmont house to-nipht. hut was de.iare?!
off. as ilie klt.hen. the most Imporl'int ad
Inn? t i<; a hooaa party, is In n;lns?.
BLOOD ANO POLITICS MIXED
Fight in Tennessee Convention?
Two Sets of Delegates Elected.
(Jreenvllle, I'enn.. Feh. 17. With blood
KtreHinln?x down his face Irom arotmda re?
ceived In a ticht In w!.l'*h at hast ala ni.n
w.-re tolled with ?hairs and pistols were
drawn. Ada? I BOWtOn, chai? man of I he
list Dlstri.-i Hepuhlleai, ' '? -nv. ntl-.u, ;?i-?lay
(Inallv made his yells for ?t?I. i h.-ard
and the brtdy pro*eed.'?l I?. work This was
i .-n the u*M "f ih?- vl-.l.ti"*. ho\v.\.r. for
later, ???. i,-r, Dr ?*? >'? biaasey, former i*??n
! ?n aad nominal?-?! -J ">""? .a? tlon t<?
it.iy attempt.-I I? mak" a M?"*?l?. the table
on-whi-ii i,. A., etaadtn? eran teik..? Irani
i?n?i?-i ?im iiis opjponeate then taart ?-ant
le tt-i.1t wrath by smashing th? 'ai'l? lo
pie,, s A --.er.. Ill light llu-ii took l-la. ?-.
\ i nrataiKea ol oriet hnWlOi era? refMored
un?i two .i..i\?iii!<Mis at-ra Itfld em tita spot.
OS? ??iK.minalir? /, H "Sell;, an-! the other
!,.:mir?f Mash.-y Moth .*oiivcntl..ns ln
htlil'-tf.l | lie .)?;? Kites .le.tcl to Hi..- Re
, til.il? a- National ?'?.n*. ? ""?>" f,'r ?"? '!'-*'?
ATLANTIC COA&r LINE
f--|-ORI?_?A.A'JOUSTACUBA.SOUTH
All Steel Ki.-.ii,, i.i?i.i..l l'y '>'??> "',-., 'draina
Dui'.v ,l_ Standard ils ot ?outh. l-i? u way,
? Advu
TO CHICAGO
Far?All Instructed
Taft.
J were committed to the renomination of
President Taft.
Mis' i:i.i.\m:oi s
The "th Virginia Mstrlct convention,
held at Alexandria se February 1?.
j elected as del-gates William Hrown. .?f
ty-iuloun County, and .1. H ?irayson. .,'
Ka'.quler County, and Instru, ted them for
Taft.
''ne more ?t?te .?(invention i? tu be
held in F? bruar>
f-o-ith ?'a-niln., Colombia, February '?> tanti
Csi ???? faction).
District conventions t.. be held in Fe!.
rusry Include:
Third MlFsnurl F>l,-_a
? ither state conventions and state pri?
maries for later months have been CSllsd
as follows:
Aiahamt, Ft?-.,. Convention, Blrmtngtiejn.
Mar. h 7
Virginia Statf? raaiven'taA, Reanok*1, M-?-?-h 13
<<l?larin;,in. Slat? ?-or-ven ?Ion. <;uthrl?\ Marr-h 14.
Ne? VirW ? l?t-?rl.i primarte? Mnn? H
? nlnradr? Pli??,- mn\?%ntl?->n. Colorado Sfirtns*.
M-rrh 27
N'erih T>akr?a rrlmar'e?., March 27
AlaKlc? Territorial romentin.i, ??????leva. Msreh
SO.
Wl?-. nsln rrln-iarie?. i\
llllnol? Primarte?. \v?rli P
Nafcrsska Prtwarlaa, ?tin t?
n>? York Itsta eaavatitlen, Raehastar, ?Vprtl ft.
Malrr State rnnventlon. l'an??<r. \prll 1?
T.?ntit?-ky State rr>nv?ntli-?. Arrll to
Vermont State ? ror?:tlo-\ ttur?netop \.rll
10
Venn*? Ivanla Trlmarle?. April II
oreaen Krim-rl?---. April If?.
Mt??oiirl Ststa eaorastle-i, Bt Lasts, tgrll B
TVnnfMe? State *0O*"*1?tlSB. Na-hvlllo. M?v 1?.
We?t Virginia Stat? eonvenllen. Muntlnaion.
May l?
CLUB FORMED IN USE
Its Object Is to Make Bryan
Quit Interfering in
Legislation.
MEMBERS ALL DEMOCRATS
Will Turn for Ouidance to Ne?
braska". When They Suspect
the "Money Devil" May Be
Playing Them a Trick.
I P*!-r?m Th? Tribun? Bureau 1
Washington, Feb. 17?A PemocratI?*
organization formed about a week ago
for the undoing of William J Brvan was
brought ?o light to day at s hearing be?
fore th? Hour?? <'**mmttt?as on Patents.
A witness had Juat feft the atand and a
member of th? committee mov*?d that
hearings on the bill under consideration
be closed Representative Morrison, of
Indiana, was presiding, as acting chair?
man of th? committee He paused,
glanced around the committee and re?
marked
"I regret that nndor th? bvlawa and
constitution of th? Tell Fa-How-To-Voto
Flub action on an Important matter like
this Is not permitted until William J
Bryan has been consulted."
Most persons present at the hearing
thought that Mr. Morrison was Joking,
but It was discovered later that th?t<?
really Is such an organization, and tlmt
It has ? definite pUafUstMnt, Hepresnnta
F.ve Frank Clark, of Florida, who started
th? Everglades investigation. Is presi?
dent. Representative i.arrott, of Ten?
nessee, | member of the Hulea i'om
mittee and an Influential Democrat. Is
?orr'-spnnding secretary The club ha.*
not b?en in existence ten day? SS yet.
but already has a large membership.
"Yes. I am president <?f th" Tell-l's
How-to Y..fo Mu??,'' said Mr. ?'lark to?
night. 'We were keeping the organiza?
tion secret for a little while, hut there is
no particular reason why I shouldn't
talk altout It Th.- aim of the ?-tub is to
make Mr. Bryan -jull Interfering In leg?
islative affairs I know that this task
will seem absolutely herculean to a good
many person?;; who know Mr. Bryan and
his capacity for tronbl.-?, but wo are
going to do th.* be.it we um."
The club's plan for inducing Mr. Bryan
to keep his finger out of the legislativ?
pie In Washington Is extremely simple.
The members are pledget, to ask bis ad?
vice on every occasion S?d at every op?
portunity. Preferably they are t?-> ask it
when th? opportunity an?l the occasion
are lacking. Mr. ?'lark explained the
mode of procedure In a little Interview
he gave out this evening, wearing a
broad smile all the while, to some of his
newspaper friends.
"We v 111 say," he said, "that the HOUSS
has under consideration a rssp.Ut.tin'
from the Committee on Hules proposing
to permit ihe Committee on Interstate
and Foreign Commerce to employ a Jan?
itor We Democrats of the House, m
our trusting simplicity, would under
ordinary circumstances favor a resolu?
tion of that sort. But our experience
has been varied and bitter. We pause.
'Perhaps.' we murmur, 'this Is a trick <m
the part Of Ihe vested Interests. It may
be th.it the money devil Is lurking in the
Janitor's shadow. He may be an emis
rary of the financial octopus. The ,.n
t-mies of tho initiative and ref.-rrndum
may have him M their payroll. He may
light a Art* under the direct election of
??en;?tors. Th?* opponents of the r? -., U
may hire him to stifle true Demo? ra-y
with his Janitorial duat.'
"In such a crisis as this the ignorant
membership Of the House Khotilrl have
guidance und enlightenment. Where
?,,?,l?l ere turn to get it but to Lin?
coln, the horn? of Instruction, the place
win-re advice was invented-' \\?. ,,ro_
poil t?. COUSMil Mr. Br> an."
It Is < ?>tisi.l.*r?-.i .* ignifleant that su?h S
.lu), as this could be organized, even |q
fun. by DutuWtwtt of the House. || |?
wry apparent that Mr. Bryan is not
held In the v?n?ration and respecl that
01 ??? illumined him UK?* ?? h lio
I AIKEN, AUGUSTA A FLORIDA. ASME
I VILLE. TRVON, HENDERSON VILLE
Highest , las* M'i-v?. * xU South? rn Rail
w,,. i,-, N Y l'Hlly i-'??>: P. M A|?|.|
N X ??fli?-e, 3M Fifth A\t-.. tor .?th bt.
i AdvL i
??AN MAY REPLEVIN
! THE BRANDT LETTER
Gans Savs His Attitude ar
\ Schiffs Are Identical?Engage
Marshall to Aid Niccll.
i BAR IS EXPECTED TO AC
_
i
Hand Investigation to Folio1
Gerard's Decision on Habeas
Corpus, but Won't Afford
Any Immunity Baths.
Krom developments yeaterday the*
promis***! t?. be a big lean! fight tor tl
poSfMSSlon "f the four letters lulcn I
tin- pollca from the room ??f Polka Eng
Brandt after his arr.st on the rhart?
ot assaulting Mortimer !.. Schiff, I
March. 1?M?7. And on the result <>f th
Ugh? may hin'-'o the question of -.vh"th?
Howard S. (Jans and Mortimer I. H> hi
will s'ti ?'<??-..i in -retting bofore tii?* grat
Jury.
[( la acknowledged that three ,,r u
letters ar? ? the hinds at Mr. Han
while the f?.urth Is h-ld by Mortimer I
?Schiff. I'.-I.aii? c\ N'l'i.ll. as att.irne
for Mr. Cans ami Mr Bchlff, has sal
that the three letters in the hands ?
Mr. (Sana trill be surrendered rolunti
rlly, but at the s.ime time has Informe
I'istrici Attorn.n Whitman that only en
treme mensurca would ?*"mpei the pn
diutloi! ,.f the letter held lv Mr Bchll
It Is the fourth letter thai Is ??<?ii..i?'
ere?l of first imp?rtame |<_ th? ? ase. an
it was pointed <.tu yaatwdai by thor?
close to the dofanna thai If the Dtatrfi
\tt?.rney resorte?l to a ntbpcoiM due?
te.-um to get possession ?>f the l?-tt.
su? h a anbp?na ?would enable Mr BchU
an?l Mr. ??an1' I?, fo le,'..?,, the gran
Jury,
Hoth Mr. Schiff and Mr (?aus hav
de- la red that they are willing to wiitv
Immunity if they are allowed to test if
l-f..re the ?rand jury. an?l yesterda
Mr. ('ans lUed still another statem.-n
M**1n*? that h?- did not want and won!
ii??t ?inept Immunity.
Mr. Gans"? Statement.
His statement followa:
I have nothing lo gay ai the present tim?
"A hat I have to ?ay I hope t?, t.-ll h, a pub
ll? Inquiry, where for the hint time th
truth with regard to this whole matter cal
he tnu'le ? lear.
In view of tbe rofgeotioa appearing in i
morning ne a.-?paper t h_.t hv t.stlf\lng b*
fore ,1 oommlaaiooer i could acqulr* im
m?inlty from something, i repeat as ?o tin
inquiry what I hare written t?. the instil?
Attorney a? to the gr.i; ?l t n -. |n\ ?*at|(attor
that I have no need of iminunltv, that
do not .Wire, It. and that I would no
. t It
Hut what I do n?ed and want la that al
th* fact? be brought oyt in a ptibll? inquir;
and th? whole truth made plain Mr
Schiff*? attitude and mine ar? Menu il
'???pit* this ?talement. Mr WhiUnai
la unwilling* t?i have Mr ?Jan* and Mr
Schiff tell their atory to the grand Jury
H<*> '* /-onv!n<.e4. and he is ?if. held b.
many eminent lawyer? in hi? opinion
that Section 'A4 of the renal ?""'ode auto
math-ally fjivea Immunity to any witnea,
who teatUVs before the grand Jury In t
conaplracy ?-aae. it w,v< pointed out
also, that ihere are only two meani
which the I>lstr1et Attorney can lake :?
get pOf-MMtoa Of the h-ttets. ?me wa?
I? by a subpoena duce? tecum. which, ai
has l.een said, would bring Mi Bcblfl
and Mr Ian? as witnesses before th?
urrand Jury The oth-r 1 ,? | la by a wtil
Of replevin
If the r>lstri?t Attormv knew of hil
own knowledge that the letters were Ir
the hands of Mr Schiff and Mr Cans he
could Issue a warrant of arrest, but ?'
he Is Informed of the whereabouts nf the
letters only on the word of COUnao' h
?annot Issu?*- stub a warrant
As there has been no attempt t?. deny
where the letters are, Mr Whitman Is
prepared to proceed t.( their recovery
through a writ of roptOVln, and that h
big legal fight will follow Is believed
? . t tain fri.m the f.n 1 that Mr. 'Wins yes?
terday added to his cntinse* I.ouis Mar?
shall to assist Pel?ancev Ntcoll
The District Attorney thinks, however,
thai when Mr. Guns and Mr. Schiff sea
that he la determined to gain possession
o," the lett.rs they will give up the fight
and prodti'-e them without the ne.-esslty
of a long drawn out a.tlon In tbe courts.
The Bar Expected to Act.
An ln\est|gatton by the Bar Asso.-l.*..
tlon Is expected to be adiled to those al
ready under way in the early part of next
week. Several Influential members '?f
the association hnv.? demanded ihat ac?
tion be taken, and It is now practically
assured that an Investigation will be or?
der? ?I as soon as JtMtlco (Jcrard's de
.?Ision on the writ of habeas oorpoa is
handed down. Juntlce f'er.ird sent yes?
terday for a certified copy of Brandt's,
plea before the Court of (?Vticral Ses?
sions, and It is believed that his decision
will he atui"iiu'*''d to -morrow, as It is
known that he desires to render It bo?
fore ex-Judge Maud begins his investi?
gation M a s|??.|al commissioner for
'?overnnr Din
Kx-Jtidgo Hand annoum ? ?I \"Mi?i<lav
that he w?.ul?r begin his in\ estibat ion rtt
11 a. m. <>n Tues?l,iy in the rooms of th>>
?Publie Servi?-?- <'ommisHioii, on the third
floor of the Tribune Building. He Maid
ihat the hearings would lie op,?n. and
any one who had any Information to of?
fer would 1?e board. ?**??*? far as he knew,
he added, no subpo-nas liad been served,
and be ?ltd not <JKpOCt to Isnue any.
This anrioiHH'fm.Mif ?>f fha oat., for be.
ginning the hearings l.ef.ire .-x-Judge
Hand, with the ?xpe? talion tl?it Justli e
Gorard'a de. ?-?ion on tin writ of haboai
corpus will cume to-morrow, flxca the
date tot the i?.-ginning ?f (lie investiga?
tion by th-- li.it A.*--"??lation at Monday
or Tucsil.iv
Mr. Hans mild vcstenlay ihat lie would
w.'l. ??me any Investigation by the Bur
Association, but that it se?-nied to him
su? ! an inquir? should lu- dof?fTod until
uftei- the terminiitl >n of the court pro
i ? ? Ala****.
"Chryttia Wa? an Aasociate."
Whoa it was ? a11?"d to hi-, attention
that th.- name of Kliur ?'hrystlo. , ?unscl
to the grievance ?otnmltte?. of the liar
Aa?.>* ?filon, apl-Mr?'?! M the letter,i-ad
..?i which Mr. QkOkfO letter to t'ommia?
:,i?.n.r Bin.'h.iin commending tin* worii
of Detective Wooldridge in the Brandt
?us v.litten, he said:
"It In true that at that time Mr.
tuUtlOU? ?1 en M-<t-n<J p.IK!".
? .1? .' -?-?Mi 'I -?-__?- i. I I ?? ' . i ? ?? ? . ... i ,
EX-STATE SENATOR ?FRANK J. GARDNER.
Arrested !.<?t night on a warrant ?harglng conspiracy to defrsod.
NO'OBEY'FOR SUFFRAGE".!
?
, Minister Insists and Her Weddi:
to New Yorker Is Postponed.
Richmond, Va , Fob IT Miss Bes
'. S M?.s.-?, suffrage leader. de?*lined to d
it?? subs? ribe to Ihe word "obey" In t
! EpiSCOpel marriage service, and in c.
I Mqnencs her we-lding to Albert
I Chamberlain, of N'?w York, was pel
poned.
The minister who was to have offli
eted r-^fused to leav? out the word
whl.'h she objected. He was sustain
bv his bishop. The couple withdrew t
wedding ln\ itatl'ins, and will be marri
next Wednesday by a Baptist minist*
wii?. bag sgraail to r?spect th? suffr
gist's objei UotlS.
' s*
GAYNOR AT ATLANTIC CIT
Mayor Hopes To Be We'l fro
Grip Attack in Week.
- '?. r*l*STap-| to Th? Trlhii'i? 1
Atlantic nty. Feh 17. Mayor ?layn
of New York arrived here to-day for
>w-??*k'a utaxy at the Marlboro?_gh-Ble
helm for the b?n?flt of his health.
spite of tha fact that he has b??n poor
f??r s?vernl davs past, h? wag in a ehee
ful fram? of mind when he r?a/*h?d t!
shor?. Mr ??avn.??' is determined to lei
the simple life while at th? shore. 1
e\p?cts to rise early and get out for i
airing on the Boardwalk during tl
pleasant pert of the morning. He w
res? he'or? lun.-heon. and then go oi
again for a short walk or a rolling cha
ride if tli? weather is pleasant.
Th? Mayor announced that he wl
secheej politics, sod hopee that in ? wee
he will have almost. If not fully, rt*cox
Sred ati?l be abb- to pick up the relr
of city government once more. To rl.i
the Mayor dented himself to all caller
Mayor ??aynor had an attack of th
grip, which kept him in bed for mor
than a week.
It was said here \estcrd-iy that he era
planning to remain In Atlantic. Clt
only a week, but those who saw hir
before h?* wen? away said they though
It would be longer than that before h
would be abta to return to hla duties a
the ?'ity Hall.
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SAVED FROM BOAT IN ICE
Police Rescue Seven Caught ir
Jam in East River.
Captain ?Instavo Oustavson and sever
pa_-?<'iig'-rs In the ,10-foot gasolen?
launch Morrisanla. owned bv the M??r
risanla. Yacht Club and use?l as a ferr
from South Brother Island to F.ast
138th street, PtmtU res? iliod yestcrda?.
when the launch was ?aught In an let
Hoc and swept toward th?*_ submerge?!
rocks off North Brother Island.
The launch's whist lo attracted the at?
trition of Lieutenant Kott, of the har?
bor police, who was cruslng about in
police launch No. 7. The pottee boat
was si 111 fifty fSet from the MorrK'iiiiii,
when the I? e checked all further prog
ress.
Falling to get a line to the ftfonistsns
from long rang?*, th?* police chopped their
way through the ice until they were at
Close QU :ricrs They then succeeded In
reseulug -?11 those on the launch. First
the pues, ngers were triinsf.-rr.-.l. i.ii'l
taken ssbor* and then ths isunch wua
ATsnchsd out of the Ice
lu addition to Captain i.ustavson then
erere on the Iforrlelans Mrs .liarles
Belt, if, * Ife Of the steward of the Mot -
risa ma Y.nlit Club, and her two small
children, Alfred and Robert; a. s. camp.
Chsrles Bryant Charles Kotier and
William Water*
WATCH RUN3 106 YEARS
Starts Another Century of Ticking
After First Repairs.
\Vhlte*htirg. Ky.. Feb. 17. After ticking
faithfully for -O? ScatrS, during which
period it bss a'i-uri.t?i\ sept ths iJiha tut
?UCCeodtn*. generations In .?ne family, a
w-at.-h belontrlng t?> ,l?ihn W. Wright has
Just been r?-i>ali??i here for the first UmS
In its existence, and st;,rtc?l on aOOthsr.
?. ntury.
53 CASES OF HOOKWORM IN A TOWN
Winchester. Ky., Feb. 17.- Fifty-three
case* of hookworm have been found In the
little lumber town ?>f Perd, Ky., secordtM*
to Or. I. A. .Shirley, who is making Inveali
getlirei Uftstesr the auapi.ea of the Ho- k?
feller Institue.
?
Dewey'a Claret or Sautcrne Punch
For ail ?Social Functions
H T.DF*WEY_-3uNdCO..L-- Fulton SI..S.I.
,-Advt.
LEAPS ON AUTO STEP;
WISED B? ?AN
Roughly Dressed Man Arrested
in Struggle After Narrow
Escape from Death,
RECENTLY IN HOSPITAL
Was Riding on Surface Car and
Jumped to Machine, the Chauf?
feur Putting on Speed to
Shake Him Off
<',u?s'.<? in th? Hot?ls Netherland,
S'qvoy ?n?l Piara, at Ifth Street and
Fifth avenu?. w*?r? aroused last night,
shTtlv after tt o'clock, bv th? ser?ams of
t~o ?yornen In an automobile speeding
north in Fifth aeOnus, on the side of
which chirp a stocklly b?illt man, wear?
ing a dark bin? sweater and a cap pull?d
-veil over Ills eye?. who had leap?d from
Ih? re-tr ??latform of a "*th str?et cro-s
tow-n car to th? step of th? mach?n?.
Wh?-? th? automobil? reached 6>"th street
and Fifth avenue the door was pertly
opened ... jewelled hand pushed the
clinging flgur? from the aid? of the car
He fell In a h?ap in th? .?tr??t. and the
automobil? disappeared In the darkness.
Patrolman Fltzpatrlck, of the Fast
fl~th street station, with the assistance
of Patrolman Sheehan, attached to
Traffic Squad C, succeeded in overpower?
ing th? man after h? had struggled to
his fe?t and had engag?*?! In a trtdOUS
en'-ount?r with a number of men who
surrounded him. H? ivas tak?n to the
Fast tilth street station, where he de?
scribed himself as Alexander \ordgr?n.
thirty-four years old, of No. 349 Atlantic
avenue, Brooklyn. H?. was locked up nn
charges of disorderly conduct and In?
toxication
The crosstown <'ar. In whi?'h the man
rode, was crowded, and as It approa? h? ?1
Mit h street and Fifth avenue a large
touring car slowed up in front of the
Hotel Plaza The interior of the ma?
chine was brightly Illuminated, and in It
?sat two women. The man descended to
the lower st?*p of the car, an.l when It
cam? abreast of the automobile he
dropped upon the step of the vehicle.
Th? women screamed A s? ore of m?n
leaped frofn th? car. The chauffeur, be-,
fore the m*h of excited men reached the
automobile, started the machine and
turned north into Fifth avenue. Th?
men who had alighted from the oar
started In pursuit of the automobile.
The shrieks of tho women became more |
liystor'"'?!. As the machine passe?! HOth
street th? se in pursuit of th<* automobile
,;,i? the man struggle to retain his hold
?it on ihe si.le ?if the machine. The door
?>n the side on which the man stood had
lu? n opened. A hand appeared, and the
clinging llgur? dropped from the side ?if
(tie machine t.. th? street. His legs
doubled beneath him, and ho narrowly
escaped being run 0""0I l?y the rear
-.- hi els of the automobile.
A moment later the pursuers had sur?
rounded the prostrate figure. The man
got up on his bands and knees. Several
men attempted to seize him. He leaped
upon them like an animal, and It wa?.
not until Fltzpatri.-k and jtfheehan ar?
rived t_hat hn was overpowered. When
Marched more than $14 and a card Is?
sued Iry a hospital, on which was writ?
ten 'Frederick Nordgren, thirty-four
years old. No. '.lili Atlantic avenue,
Brooklyn," were found.
lie was ordered locked up. As he
lifted his dirty cap from the lieutenant's
desk a plaster-of-parls head covering
fell upon the floor.
"What i< that?" asked the lieutenant.
? I had .. fractured skull. It was put
-m my heed by a doctor," replied the
prisoner, is sn undertone.
RUSH TO GET VERMONT WIVES.
|H, Tdear.,[.!. ta TI Trll.unr. ]
l'-nnlngton, Vt., Feb. 17.-A atory printed
In the newspapers of the Pacific <*oa?t
that there are twenty women to one man In
Hennliigton has resulted In a deluge of
letters at the lo?*al postofhee. Th. letters
ara from Western bachelors who Want
wives. .
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BABY HANGED BY CRADLE.
Terr* Haute. Ind., Feb. 17.-Paultn*) Sar
der, eight months old, while sleeping in a
? ra?lle to-day fell out ond was hanged be
taroea the bars. Tha child waa dead ?hen
found by Its mother.
ARREST EX-MI
FRANK I. Giffl
Former Legislator Charged
Reinn in Plot to Get Dyir
Man's Millions.
WALE NURSE SEIZED,
?famuel E. Haslett, of Brook
Says Power of Attorney
Forgrry ? Alleged Victii
Long Reclu.se in House
of Mystery.
f*ald ti he Implicated In a daring
spiracy to defraud an aged and d
millionaire out of all hie poseeaalons
State Senator Frank J. Gradner
Brooklyn, was arrested in Manha
last night, and later Oaken to the Ad
street stati?y*n. Brooklyn, on warrant!
sued yesterday by Thief Magistrate
O. Kempner, of Brooklyn.
George H. Decker, a nurse, of No
West 117th street. Manhattan, was
rested yesterday afternoon and. ?"c
ir.g to the police, haa confessed his
In the eonspiracy to gain poss?=*es1oi
the wealth of Samuel K. Haslett. of
138 Remsen street, Brooklyn, who is
to be dying at his home.
The facta In the case, which reset
in many respecta the clrcumstameea
neeted with the death of William M
Rice, the aged millionaire, some y
ago, and for which crime Albert T.
rick Is now serving a Ufe term In :
Sing prison, only came to light late
terday when John B. l?rd. n lawvei
So. 135 Joralemon street, asked Ma
trate Kempner for aaslstanee in gaii
entrance to Haslett's h?ime.
Lord has been the aged man's at
Hoy for many years, but when he v.
to the house to visit his client yeater
morning admittance was denied him
Decker, and he later aaw what purpoi
to be a power of attorney placing
Senator Gardner in that capacity, i
planting Lord.
Saya Signatura Waa Forgery.
It Iat<--r developed. It is charged. 1
this alleged power of attorney In fa
of Gardner bore the forged slgnat'ir?
Haslett, who told Magistrate Kemp
That he knew nothing about Gardner, 1
not asked that he be put in the pi
formerly occupied by T?ord, and Why
th? la?ter, who has been hla perso
friend for yeara. to be retained In t
capacity
It wtis when Magistrate K?mp
heard those facts from Haslett's Up? ?
he ordered the arrest of Decker ?
Issued the warrant for etc Senat ir Ga
ner.
Persons living In the vicinity of H
left's home were greatly Interested f
terday when they learned for the fi
time that the aged and c-centric rr
was Ivlng at death's . oor. This was i
fore there was an Inkling tha* there m
anything Irregular In the case of 1
man who has long b??en a mv-tery
tha* se.-tion of Brooklyn.
The story of the life of Haslett a
his ancestor-* reads like a romance fr<
the mtntty pages of some oldtltne volu?
of fiction The aged man -he f?t w
on towar?! the elght\ year mark -h
been a ?ul.Ject of mysterv to hl" ueig
hors for more than a quart-r
tury. The house in which he has 1 i v.
for years Is an immense atrucNira,
brick and stone, standing well back fro
the street and ?>f ?'???"tuai ai>..?>.ir m<*e
Known as House of Mystery.
Among those who live in the Biookl*.
Heicnts section of Brooklyn th?- pia?
bak itarayt* been referred to as "tl
House of Mvsterv,' and it w?H merit?!
(lie title. 1/Onger ago than air ho.1v no
?thing near the pia?? cmt remember tti
first of the Haslett family moved t
Prooklvn from th?*- South The pione
v as Dr. John Ha-dett. of South Cure
lina. v. ho went to live ther" in the earl
,'.'?s. He was a man of dl-Minguishe
bearing, a srraduate of Harvard I nivov
sltv and of the Pennsylvania (nlverslt
Medl'al S?*bool and a former \ i?*e presl
dent, of the Brooklyn City Hospital. H
went to live at a big house at the corno
of Jnralem??n and i'lmton ?tr?">ets, ktiowi
?ver sime as ' The Mansion."
At the breaking out of the CU11 WaJ
Dr. Haslett closed up the house an?*!
entered the Confederate naval servid
as a surgeon. His house, which had for?
mcrly been a centre for the 60Cl.il gay?
eties of that section of Brooklyn, bat
remained hoarded up, with two or throa
ex?*eptioii8, ever slin*e then.
When Samuel E. Haslett, then a young
man. first came to Brooklyn from the
South he went to live at the Reinsert
street house. Ho and hla young wlfo
immediately became general favorite? i*i
society, and gave many and varied
entertainments. Some twenty-five years
ago. so the story runs, Mrs. Haslett.
?htl? dressing In her boudoir before the
mirror, allowed her dress to bp****h .?.
light " ?andle. She waa badly burned,
and leaped from the window in her
frenzy of fear.
Reclus? After Wife's Death.
i
The fall and her burns resulted ?n her
death a few days later, and her husband
was so stricken with grief that he cl I
up the house an?"*, became a r?acluaa
Everybody understood that his wife's
death had wrecked Haalett's life,
although he still continued to live in one
room of his commodious mansion, no?
body else ever croa-sed the portal except
Lord, his attorney.
Haslett waa an e?iual owner with hla
sister, Mary Sullivan Haslett. of tha
houee formerly owned by Dr. John Has?
lett, and this place was also kept board? ?1
up. summer and winter. On February
.1 Mary Haslett died at Cornwall, on th?
Hudson River, and In her will she left
her Interest In the place to Samuel Has?
lett, ho and she having been the only
heirs.
On February 9 old Samuel Haslett waa
taken seriously ill and was confined to
| his bed. Dr. Henry B. Mlnton. of \?
? 1*88 Joralemon street, waa called in and
! uttended the stricken man.
In order that the aged man awtf-M *V!*tO