The evening world., 1893-12-09
Signs at Police Headquarters
Point to Such a Move.
Byrnes Talks with Detectives and
Lawyer Hummel.
Howard GouId's Name Brought Into
Mrs. Nicoiaus's Suit.

4 who 10 suing George Gould for $4,000
damages for wrongfully retaining n
check for that amount which. she says.
ne had given her. was about to be ar
rested.
In fact It Is pretty certain that her ar
rest Is contemplated but there seems to
be trouble on the part of the police to
. locate her. .-,
shortly after Supt. Byrnes arrived at
headquarters this morning. he sent for
Roundsman Flood, his stenographer, and
dictated to him for nearly an hour.
Z Everybody seemed to take 1t for granted
that he had prepared an affidavit upon
which to ask O warrant for the woman's
arrest.
Shortly after II o'clock Roundsman
Flood and Detective-Sergt Mangin went
away together. They returned about
noon with Detective-Sergt. Phil Reilly,of
the District-Atorney's office, and all three
were cioseted with the Superintendent for
some time.
The door had scarcely closed behind
them when Abe Hummel appeared at
the Mott street entrance. and later hur-
ried before the Inspector. Then the de-
In the corridor, while the lawyer and
The conference lasted about thirty
minutss and at fookinr 5hs enc very mneh @ exc
cited, hurried out. To AN Evening
world" reporter he made this signiti-
o. "This would not be the first time that
Z Inspector Byrnes has made mistake
in crime and criminals. when MT
K Byrnes procures an indictment against
Mrs. Nicolaus l will produce her. put
not until then"
Mr.. Hummel would sav no more then
From his language It looked AS II the
Superintendent had asked him to produce
the woman or tell him where she lived.
so that the police could arrest her The
Superintendent refused to talk.
4 ut his office up to o'clock. His assist
ant, Mr.. Unger,. said that no indictment
had been found. He added that the
fsUm nny Polce eo Justice on
The mystery surrounding the suit Of
Mrs. zella Nicolaus seems to be deepen
The latest story in circulation is that
the mysterious check first came into
MIS- sst of tSa Young
{ gentleman to Chicago In connection with
some railroad business some time ago,
How or where he could IN have hav uinsa met the the
the check does not appear from the stories
which are told. but l., is said that when
his brother. George, heard OF tse maj. a.:
younger brothers behalf and secured pos
session OF the paper.
The inference which Is drawn from this
alleged state Of facts Is that George Gould
Is now standing between his brother anc
the womai. and is trying TO shield him
from the consequences OF what may nave
Lawyer Abe Hummel. however. threw
cold water on this story this morning b.
q very emphatic denial OF its truth, ano
! he IL supposed to know more about these
alleged transactions of his client with
the Gould family than any one else out
side Of the persons directly interested;
an Evening World" reporter this morn
Ing, that the story ,,,a% about Mo%ars * ls
Nicolaus Is utterly without foundation
nected with the affair.
.'The only member Of the Gould fam
lily with whom my client has had any
business transaction whatever Is Georg'
J. Gould himself. What the details o
that transaction were must decline
to state at present, and. as have salt
nli along, do not propose to hav
q them m lde public until they come on
in the regular way on the trial of tn
case.
.'For this reason I have advised Mrs
Nicolaus to say nothing about the mat
ter to any one. and as to her presen
place OF residence must sSn also 5oa deeiin
want to be bothered with visitors, and
x viii shield her from this annoyance b.
Cvery means In my power.
called to the statement made by Supi
Byrnes in regard to his clients pas
career. he assumed very serious man
AN I have to say about Mr.. Byrnes''
remarks" he said, 'is that he himsel
must have been deceived in regard t
I see he admits she has every az
! t.ink It is quite likely that he has bee
about her from those who are intereste
IN maligning her character. and by hi
own suspicious against her. as that w
"As for myself. / believe her story. ar
propose to stick by her to the end, 7
have defended great many persor
who have been charged with crimin
offenses.. and against whom ,popul,
facts have come before an Impartial Jul
they have been acquitted.
II am confident that in this case y
grievously misrepresented. and tina
after calm deliberation. these stories W
be proved to be false"
Mr.. Hummel added that since he ht
served the papers in the case upon Ge
n J. Gould no demand had been made upc
him for a bill of particulars. and tn
there was. In his opinion. no ground +
All that he now awaited was the a
swer to the complaint. which would ha
TO be served upon him within TWEEN
days.
Congressman w. Bourke Cochran, NJ
Gould's lawyer, is still in Washingto
and II was said at his Office In the Equ
Z able Building this morning that he W
not expected in town before Tuesday
Wednesday of next week.
Z. Nothing. II was said. would be done
the matter of preparing an answer
Mrs. Nicolauss complaint until he
turned.
George Gould was not 10 be found
his office this morning and II was sa
that he had gone down to Lakewo
for the day.
Howard Gould was in, however, b
III IN answer to inquiries he sent out wo
that he had nothing whatever to =
In regard to the stories which connect
q his name with the $4,000 check
1t was learned that George Gould la
evening informed Press Agent Som,
vile, of the Western Union Compar
that he would refuse to talk any mo
M of the subject, but that his refusal mi
not be construed as either affirming
U&fnying the truth OF any OF the stor
/@< ZEN In circulation, or that might
arted with regard to the affair.
He had been Informed by his lawy,
That he had already said all that It "
necessary to say about the matter, a