The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-08
THE PLAN TO ROBDALY
The Blackmailersf and Rob-
bers in Court.
ONE OF THE NUMBER sQUEELs.
TOughs Attempts to Commit
Suicide-A Dramatic Scene.

S New YORK, December 7.-Addie
Stanton, Ella Hammond, Edward
Meredith and Henry Hermann were
to-day arraigned in the crowded count
room, charged with having attempted
to rob and kill Phil. Daily, sporting
man, in q Fourth Avenue fat, last
Monday. Hermann has made full
confession. The other prisoners, Mrs
Stanton, Mrs. Hermann, and Mere
dith, were held, without bail, to await
the action of the Grand Jury. Added
to the interest IN the court scenes was
the fact that during the morning Mrs.
Anna Hermann, the aged mother of
Henry Hermann, attempted suicide
after hearing of her sons disgrace. She
was brought to with difficulty. Just
before the hearing opened,
A DRAMATIC SCENE OCCURRED
in the ante-chamber OF the court. Phil
DAILY was escorted into the room on
the left, where Meredith was seated.
The prisoner was told to stand up. He
did so. Put on your bat" ordered the
detective, as he threw a white pocket
handkerchief over his prisoners face.
The order was obeyed. Now say
throw up your hands" said the detec-
tive. Meredith refused to obey this
command, and stood silent and mo-
tionless before his accuser, with his face
covered. That's the man that shot
me, I'm sure" said DAILY DAILY was
then taken to an ante chamber on the
other side of the court room, where the
same scene was repeated with Her
mann. Daily, after closely scanning the
prisoner, said: He is just the build of
the man that
WAS WITH THE OTHER FELLOWS"
At length the complaint and affidavit
have been prepared and presented, and
the two men and two women were
called up on q little platform. so they
could face Judge German. DAILY stood
near them and within one arm s length
of him who came so near being his
murderer. The prisoners were then
called upon to answer.
HERMANN decline to answer a
question until l have seen and talked
with Inspector Byrnes.
Meredl tn, as cool as ever when adj
dressed, said: II refuse to answer
every question" which was all he would
say.
Ella Hammond-She was 80 years
old; did plain sewing for living, and
was not guilty of the charge.
ADELAIDE STANTON
looked her interrogation squareIy in the
face while telling him she was twenty
five years cid and an actress by profess
sion.
The justice disposed OF the four pris-
oners as stated.
Adelaide Stanton's real name is
Edgecomb. Her father is Levoy Edge
comb, a resident of Waverly, Troga
County, this State. Hermann, in his
confession to Inspector Byrnes, says he
is hotel butcher. He met the Ham
mond woman about two years ago, on
Sixth Avenue, and they had at differ
ent times lived together since as man
and wife. He met Meredith,
THE CHIEF CoNsPIRAToR,
a couple of weeks before election. He
introduced him to Addie Stanton. The
outcome of the matter was that about
November 18th Meredith told Hermann
he had fixed it all right with Addie
Stanton for big strike, and would give
Hermann SIS ,0C0 to take hand, The
scheme was to write letters to men of
wealth to entice them into the fat. The
first one who fell in and was "any
good" or had any reputation or money
to lose, was to be chloroformed and
robbed. They calculated to get about
1000 from Daily by threats and black
mailing. Hermann was assigned the
task of
TYING AND ToRTURING THE PRISONER.
Daily, one of the chosen victims. came
once and the chance was allowed to
pass. Meredith reproached Hermann
for the slip. The Hammond woman,
who was sort of silent partner in the
scheme, was out of the fat when DAILY
essed through the ordeal. She did Tot
wish to be present at the time. The
two men played cards in the kitchen
while the Stanton woman watched for
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