New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-02
ACCEPTED WITH SPEC
ASSISTANT Observation-Disclosures HART
MAN SENDS IN HIS RESIGNATION.


AND FORMER LAW PARTNER AND HAD
BEEN FOUND REMIss IN \ UsURY CASE
HE BLAMED HIS MEMORY"
Henry Hartman, Deputy Assistant District
Attorney resigned his place yesterday after a
short consultation with Distrct-Attorney Eel
lows. The letter was prepared and signed in
Colonel Fellows's presence yesterday but bore
the date Of November 30. twenty-four hours
previous. The Dstrict-Attorney accepted it on
the spot. Mr.. Hartmans salary was $4,000
year.
Mr. Hartman said that the step had been in
contemplation for several months The fact
was. however. that several other members of
Mr.. Feows's staff had declared their purpose
OF resigning If Mr.. Hartman did not.
The Colonel much attached to Hartman.
The latter had been the Colonels close intimate
and confidential assistant during all Of Mr.. Eel
lowss first term Of DistrctAttorney When
Fepwss term expired at the end Of 1890. he
and Hartman became partners in private law
practice and last January when Mr.. Fellows
was unfortunately for the cause of justice and
probty. returned by Richard Croker TO the place
he left three years before. Fellows brought
Hartman back with him and installed him In
his old place in the office.
Hartman. however. has been in trouble for
some time. Last July Mayor Gilroy got a letter
complaining that Harlem loan agency had
charged the writer OF the letter an usurious rate
Of interest on a small loan. The letter sent
according to the routine Of the Office to the Dis
| ct-Attorney. and Mr.. Fellows turned the mat
ter over to Hartman for action. Hartman sent
for the Harlem Insurer and then. as he has said
since dismissed the whole matter from his mind
This was last August Hartman went his
vacation and nothing more heard of the
case Of the Harlem usurcr until since the charges
against Mr.. Fellows have figured largely In the
public mind. \ short time ago ruinor was
! circulated through the Criminal Courts building
that the Harlem usury case had been settled
with Mr.. Hartman for the sum Of $lJ. The
usurer. it appeared had brother-in-law en-
ployei I'm the building who had indiscreetly men
toned the circumstance Of the SIS payment and
! the story soon spread
AN EXAMINAT1ON ORDERED.
Colonel Fellows was mortified" and at once
dered Assistant District-AttorBey Barlow :.
Weeks to make an examination OF the case. Mr..
Hartman. when brought up by Mr. Weeks to eN-
plain. was ready to make clean breast Of the
/ affair: for. although he said that he might have
| been a little injudcious and somewhat unwlse'
he was sure that he intended to do nothing wrong.
] Hartman's defence was. II Is said. that. having
sent for thu poor old man" who had been swim
/ died By inc Harlem usurer he Hartman be
/ came impressed with the belief thai II ne cpuid
/ succeed ~ having the poor old man reimbursed
| h. would bc doing much better than by Trying 10
/ prosecute the Harlem usurcr. who VINO pronaD'y
7 manage to gtt of with the aid Of fellow-usuTeIs'
/ of whom the woods Were full Therefore MI
/ Hartman Is quoted saying, i figured up me
Door old mans losses AMI concluded that sI'
! would be about the proper thing. Then sent i'i
the Harlem nan and advised him 10 pay IN" poor
old man thc sum named ana 50 SUBS We wa
/ cause u justice and equity. The Insurer asreei
/ 10 this Advancement. but ne did not want - pay
The poor old man himself lie proposed ma, ne
should leave the money Win me ana '""'
should give II to the man.
Il know that 90 was rather injudlcious IN me TO
( agree 10 this but was not thinking ~ "NsfI'
oniy thought OF the poor Old man ana DOW a"t
/ good IL would DO him TO receive ms MONEY "a
/ VOL the Harlem man who had been accused o.,
I usurv left tho 81 Oh my desk ana went OUT hllr
was afflicted with a stroke OF forkeuuIl'Ha - 80"
! tben which proved very ill-timed. must AUNT
! | rolled up my desk and went out. h!'"i k.s.'s
! through with my work that day ana u' 49,
| matter sllpped my mind. Soon aN"rwari went
| on my vacrtion and / was gon" some INN
| when | came back IN" Dstflci-Atoih'S "',
! had been moved from the Ola D,p"hS,'n ~, in,l
ing in CITY Hall PAX up here to The new Cfl'nn'
| Court Funding My papers had been moved win
the rest Of the papers and records OF me o'''''
"TREACHERovs MEMORY
when Colonel Fc,lowa spoke to me- about the
case and about the SIS paid by inc ii"'''''
usurcr which l should nave turned over 70 III,
roor old man who had been sw!ndled' reaI'~''
what bad thing trcacherous memory Is. no"
! | came To forget all about IT, when was -
anxious that the poor old man should soon nay"
/ INC nancy Of which he had been robbed by tn'
/ insurer | cannot understand lut Wh'h w
Colonel referred 10 the subject all the ih''S a,l
| circumstances rushed upon me- ,Np'. .hr,urh
| c,s. IN the Colonel and then made thoi'uEh
/ sD,rcb through my desk and papers Ana thr.c
/ a. the bottom of one OF the drawers i'u',
| ,ba nnoney-the &5-which the m0ney-lenuri nh'
| eivcn me Il was the Identical >'' just a. J. Ia,
been dropped there among me papers '""' '"'
/ 81 last no time In sending for the man ana CAV
/ hin, hack his Sl5 telling him that he couih M
,bo noor old man and settle with him hhsei
/ I vould have nothing more to do win u. I'LL,
Mr. Hartman nluch suipfls'i ~ IL
niaIntive. simple, artless tale Of MS ana MS
dnvi.,r f,r the welfare 81 the poor Ola man
/ ,yhicb ne thought would be best served 10y R
,ing tho hold bad usurer to give up ms IL
entlen Sl5 that Mr.. Wccks's report shou'o pe
I adverse Not only that. but ildr 'inan wa"
astnn!shed wei az grieVeh l" iea ram ia ~
Ise,stant Dstrict-Attorneys al the hea" ="
cin,ai rclows's list had served notice on the
colnne az their purpose 10 resign id'hrr VA" "
remain i'm the Dstrict-Attorney oHce Il Nv
dartman) was allowed to stay. ,..xo,,,, >.
81 NAV have been indiscreet ana i"fge'ui,
said Hartman. but C"lone fe'o"S "" ~
/ intended nothing wrong ..,,,. ne.
However that may be. the Colonel pfo,P'iy d.
ccnted Mr. uartmans resignation, ana ms n" n
WAS stricken yesterday from the ron u '"'
/ Cooncls assistants -, tr..,r,o, will
r. vas reported yesterday that Hartman WIZ
J., 1sctcd hy the December Grand jury Juugs
/ n zinc EXPRESSED himself yesterday as Ria"cu
hear Of the prompt acceptance Oh 'iai .'''" =, =
sionatinn and was understood 10 say INA, ne
s sorinus,v considering the propric'y oi ee"u-
ING the case to the Grand jury