, 1881-01-30
AL Reinke Returns Home from
st. Louis. .
He Has Very; Little to Say on the
Subject Of His Arrest.
The Omitted Tax Forfeitures Amount to
>eitt1:, a Littlg Over $40, 900.
Conflict Of Testimony as to the Admins
tration under Which They Occurred.
AlT11RREINKE.
Els RE4u1kHs TO cn1c AGO.

Al Reinke, the utiesed principal In the much
tatked-of tax fQrgesie9, ARRIVED from ST. Louis
last evening on the Chicago & Alton Railroad at
7:i5 o'clock in ch4rft ,ot Detective Horace ELL
OFT. VINO took him u the Central Police Station,
where he WIGS closeted asahfie with Lieut.. Cur
rier-who knows him. .vell-in the private
interviewing -rooM Of Superintendent of Police
McGarfefe. He Fad beeli ,here but few
minutes. when C61nty Clerk Klokke arrived
and had short talk with him, which tho Mujor
said did not relate to the tax forgaries. Then he
was subjected to tho 'reporrorIaf iuQuistuon in
behalf Of the general public by Il TRIBUNE rep
resentative. To;the question whether he would
make any statement about the attentions On
the books or the manner in which the changes
were. made, he answered : politely by
saying that he hoped the reporter
him fairly under the circumstances. but he
would not sny anything about the matter until
@ he saw the proper parties: mean'ng, s pr.,sumaz "a
Detective Elliott received instructions to
eee s 80 to the ws1 Ga aaa 1S
street and Paciac avenue until that police ne sla-
don wos reached. On entering TIE party wus
familiar with Keiuke. Detective Elliott turned
Rs nun "Rer e. The cRt"a % and while
went into the Captains private Office and
1ndulged in a little quiet conversation, in the
talker, and polite one-rclared- the circum-
stances attending hfs recent movements. He said
HE WAS WELL AWAKE OF THE D1scREPAS-
C1Es
in the County Clerks Office before he desired to
go to Sc. Louis to see bis brother a1d also to ouy
some horses for ex-Detectiva John kyun, who
ess essp' street Hs % Been sec
b when poteSt'Ts eS LawoE .os met
and told hirn he wanted him. He was surprised,
for he had intended starting tor Chicago the
ibs IT.; m
lauon to the u.x matters he would be back in
tinle to uttend TO them. ae readily acoompa-
VI al s Oapes ae pced
tramps he bad had ever seen. ae described the
boio. the odors ot which were so foul thai be
WIS made SICK. and he found nothing but the
soft side OF u hard plank to lie down upon.--too
night Lawior sent iu. bis breakfast
from restaurant, but they would not .a!uw
him in eating 1t, and he wus forced to foregn
most OF 1t: To avoid such bard treatment and
to enable him to escape place that M be verify
Rad Rad' f5'en frtenas appy sSFS aSs
OF aADeAS EUFpuSs knowing IQaI lie
would bo detained for several dnys. Ius the
event of his release he Intended to return ut
once to Chicago, He was glad to see Detective
Elliott when he arrived and was pleased to get
out Of such terrible prison pen us that In the
Four Courts.
IN REGARD TO THE LETTER
published ia TIE TRIBUNE, written by u lady to
him, Reinke said he bud scarcely had
time to read it when : 1t was taken
from him. Being questioned as to
that portion OF the letter which referred
to the advice OF Assay, be said that he bad Seen
that gentleman two or three times before he
left the city, and had received some advice from
him about the taf matters. The advice Of the |
Canada WIS .evidshriy made becalsa 6f lid re-
ports published here, and came from the fears |
OF his mother and friends, who did not know the t
real situation Of affairs
The reporter asked him If he had been on
IN7IaiATE TERMS WITH EATON, .
aud he said he had not.-he knew him as he had |
known other tax-aEents: and be never knew Of !
my OF the agents making any alterations In the |
ounks, or tampertug with them In ans way. Nor
lid be know OF any agents perpeteurlng any
lwindles upon Taxpayers Before leaving him
he reporter asked him If he would soon make
IN explanation of the matter, and be |
ime arrived; that che newspapers had made
ho matter one Of great magnitude, and ho gave |
he reporter to understand that some develop |
nents would soon be made that would ptnce the
natter before the public In Its proper light, aud
'rove satisfactory to all concerned.
That tuled the interview, which proved more
ruftful than it promised at the beginning. and
seinke was left In .,charue OF Capt. Buckley.
lis mother WIS expected lust night to sec him.