The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-06
A HERALD MYSTERY.
One Of Our Correspondents Before the
Berlin Kammergericht.
HE ENLIGHTENS IMPERIALISM.
How the Herald Got the Won Arnim
Sentence in Advance.
LONDON. Sept. 5. 1875.

LONDON, Sept. 5, 1875
Mr.. jackson, the HERALD correspondent at
Berlin during the trial of Count Won Arnim,
having recently returned to that city, was
soon the object of attention on the part of
the imperial police.
HOW THE TROUBLE AROSE.
at the close of Won Arnims trial, the HERALD
correspondent obtained information in adj
vance of the sentence that was to be i'm
posed upon Bismarck's presumed rival, and
the authorities were then amazed
at the accuracy of the HERALDs re-
port and COMPOUNDED as to the
means by which the HERALD man
had been enabled to secure the full text of
the sentence guarded carefully, as it was,
up to the very last moment by the judges
who held it in their possession. Since then
the HERAIDs method of obtaining the news
has remained profound mystery to all the
Berlin officials.
THE POLICE EXCITED.
It was, therefore, with some excitement
that the imperial police heard of the arrival
of the correspondent in Berlin.
CITED BEFORE THE KAMMERGERIcHT.
AS soon as it was known that Mr.. jackson
was in the city steps were taken to secure his
attendance before the Kammergericht the
purpose being, of course, to hear from him
self how he had come into possession of the
Won Arnim sentence in advance.
ON HAND.
Mr.. jackson did not hesitate to appear be-
fore the Court and it is right to say that all
the officials with whom he had any communi-
cation during the proceeding treated him very
courteously.
AssUAGING CURIOSITY.
He told the story of the method by which
he had secured the sentence in the same
terms as he had told it to the readers of the
HERALD in January last when a full account
of the closing scenes of the Won Arnim trial
was published in the HERALD Berlin cor
respondence.
''AND STILL THE WONDER GREW"
The officials marvelled at the extraordinary
resources which had defed so jealousy
guarded document, but there was nothing
left for them to do but to wonder.
HOW THE HERALD CORRESPONDENT WORKED.
5he following extract from the letter dated Berlin
December 20, 1874, above referred to- and which ap-
pcared in the of January 1875 shadows forth
how tho HERALD correspondent obtained the news OF
the sentence in advance
Does the HERALD reader ever imagine the danger at
which that acquired2 The penalty the
spondent incurred might be request from the police
to leave the country; perhaps summons TO say how
he got his information The Berlin College of Judges
took three days TO decide and compose the sentence
The sentence and the motives thereto written by
President Reich upon twenty fooscap sheets Of paper
and these were autographed hundred copies only
The night preceding the judgment; but these twenty
pages did not contain the Judgment There still
two pages wanting and these autographed hour
before the sentence spoken. Up to that time the
Judge would keep them in his possession. hardly
member how the news came to | knew that the
Judges had discussed for hours whether
the four weeks imprisonment already suffered
by the Count should be deducted from the
of the sentence, but l had idea Of
the award II seems to me dream now-thesc wander
ngs among the low beer cellars of Berlin the promise
that the sentence would be in my hands at ten, the
dreary waiting hour after hour and results the fears
that was betrayed, and the final success. i have
faint recollection of six fights of stairs
mysterious passages and large room, wherein sat
man. a Turk like ones SELF waiting for his messenger
Then the arrival of drosky, the aghting OF
clad in deep black my being ushcred
into the next apartment, wherein beautiful young
lady lay in her bed She told not to fear and
left in darkness. 1t was halrpast two. was sleepy
and tired yet the novelty of the situation attracted
The reflection from the snowy roof cast a slight light
into the room. saw my fair companions eyes gazing
full at me in fearful tmd manner, If she could not
comprehend the scene; If she wondered what it all
meant / heard the woman in black leave the house.
The secret mine and the worlds.