New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-13
TOREOPEN THE FLACK CASE
MICH MYSTERY ON ALL SIDES.

r-ryosu WHO KNOW WON'T TALK AND ThOSh
WHO DON'T KNOW WISH THEY DID-soME-
THING WILL COME OUT TO-DAY.
Tho FYaelS case will be reopened to-day at
=, o'clock a. m, when the agents of the Sheriff
=, ro,t;nc n divorce from Mrs. Mary Z. Flacl Will
n. required in the Court OF Common Pleas to
show cause why the Judgment should not be set
aq;de Treadwell Cleveland, of the firm of EvartS
Choafp & Beaman obtained the order on behah
Of Mrs Flack from Judge Bookstaver early
Yesterday afternoon. 1t was granted on an
Affidavit made by Mrs. Flack and presented to
Judge Booxstaver in private, in the Judges own
room Its exact nature could not be learned, as
Mr. Cleveland refused 10 make 1t public, ana All
the other lawyers interested IN the case so e1hsr
that they had not seen 1t or did not deem 10
advisable to disclose the contents as yet IL
ssnsally understood however, that tine GROUNDS
alleged by Mrs. Flack for questioning the hnahiy
Of the Judgment which is entered in her favor
"a inst the Sheriff are that fraud has been prac-
tsci bv several people in COLLISION. Who these
raon,e are is also a subject Of general under
standing
Tho privacy Of the proceedings disappointed tne
,arre crowd that congregated in Judge BOOK
stayer,s courtroom before he took his seat on Ihe
bench and waited patiently all through the iore-
noon In the expectation Of something DehS uono
In the "a use of Flacll Flack EX-Judge VIII.
lam Fullerton, Sheriff Flacks counsel, was one OF
,le expectant walters. He said that he hso noV
received notice Of any motion from the OPPOSE
ton.s nor had any notice been served on Ms
client. but that he was there simply TO watch
what went on, he had seen in the newspapers
that Developments" were looked for.
William Placl1, the sherihs son. was also present.
and so was j. Bingham, the husband of Mrs.
Of Mr. FlaCKS nclgn-
bors in the courtroom assert that they heard MN
refer 70 his fathers affair, in talking of 1t with
cornpanion as BANKED farce" However that
NAV be the Flack faction had reason to feel any
thing but farcical, because they were left out IN
the cold. Mr. Cleveland waited until the Judge
had got through a vast amount of miscellaneous
business and then retired to the Judges own
room. where Judge Bookstaver joined MN ana It.
manned closeted for a few minutes, with Jhe re-
sults already mentioned and thus meaSrey H.
dcated in outline TO the reporters by MI CIeVe-
aud and Judge BOokStaver himself EN-duuse
Fullerton gained his first knowledge of what hSu
happened from a reporter.
No one was more disguised than Mr. Fullerton
with the quiet and unobtrusive manner IN Whch
Mr. Cleveland scored the first point for MIS-
Flacl,. The ex-Judge hurried to the Office OF the
Sheriff who had come in from the Wawayanqa
Climb in the morning, and had grlmIy ana motoseH
@held the fort" against reporters refusing 10 see
41,e1,, on any consideration. One of the news
naners sent n female member of its staff 10 inter
view MIR. F1aclc, but he refused 20 see her WIN
e. * said even greater manifestations OF aI CttIOn
and alarm than were evoked from nan Oy Ie
persistent visits OF the male reporters. -,
Mr. Fullerton held short consultauoh WI" WIN
Sheriff Flack Then he drove IN cap TO MS
oyvn Office in Wallst. He there said TO The
Tribune reporter that he had not seen the rue
and accompanying affidavit and did not know
that IL had been served. Then ne drove 10
e. n
10 WalLst. and called on Mr. Cleveland. MS
visit lasted only few minutes, and when he re-
tprned 10 his cab he grufly told the reporter that
he had cot no satisfaction from Alr. Cleveland,
and tbat he was on the outside lie VIII
spnasr I'm court to-day and probably ask leave to
inferplead From WallSt eX-Judge Fullerton re
turned TO the County Court House, where he re
NAMED from 4 until 4 80 p. M, when he drove
uptown with the Sheriff.
IL was impossible TO get the OPINIONS Oh uhe
men most deeply interested on the latest turn
afairs have taken in the Flacz case. Eenlalnln
Wright the lawyer, closed his office and went out
of town early Ey-Judge Hooper Z. van worst
was politely reticcnt Civil Justice Ambrose
Mcneil was also reticent though not quite 50
politry lie promised, however, TO make SELF
yjndjcatory statement at the proper time and
Mace" the place. he indicated, being IN the
courts Referee Joseph MeeIS would not talk
Clerk Nathaniel Jarvis only declared that he
"courted the fullest investigation" No one now
doubts that all concerned VIII get all the in
vesticationo they want, and that in tO-day's pro-
ceedinCs the true history Of the Flack divorce
suit will begin to reach the public.