The evening world., 1894-07-31
FROM YOKEL YAHO0.
Startling Letter Said to Have
Been Written by Deutsch.
His Lawyer Hopes to Prove that
Fannie Ward Wrote l..
Dire Things Threatened Unless Mr..
Brown Acts Handsomely.

The examination OF Joseph II. Deutsch
for sending a scurrilous letter through
the mails to Nice-Commodorc Edward
NJ. Brown. was continued before United
States Commissioner Shields this ar
lernoon.
Attorney Louis J. Grant. counsel for
Deutsch, has apparently adopted line
OF defense by which ne hopes TO show
that there were other persons more like
ly than Deutsch to write letter such DIS
the one complained OF. 1t Is surmised
that these other persons are Actress
Fanny Ward and her mother.
Thomas Raiston, the first witness
identified the Objectionable letter as
being in the handwriting OF Deutsch.
ON discrimination Ra.ston SAID
, that he had been friendly with Nice,
Commodore Brown. but he COULDN'T say
what thelr relations are at present.
Deutsch; in his CAPACITY OF private de-
| Ralston testified that he called at the
office of John H. Bird. Nice-commo-
dore Browns attorney. about week
ison OF the handwriting OF the letter
! complained of In the warrant with
other letters written by l'eutsch As.
sistant United States District-Attorhey
John Mott was present at the time ana
| assisted In the examination or the let
| tiers.
During a discussion about the Jprooduc-
by the defense which Ralston said he
| had seen written. Assistant District-At-
torney Mott and MIR. Grant got into an
other suuabble. at the conclusion or which
and bald M0't and you certainly tar ' sh5ud Know
better than to Interrupt me In the mid
Here Gommissioner Shields intertered.
As to the report, which the defense
seemed anxious TO get, the Comnis-
lection. and another attempt to open
up the sensational side OF the case
failed. BY a, few adroit questions Grant mt
managed to lay secure tounaa'oh ior
commissioner Shields asked J. II. Bird.
to whom the report had been given. II
ne could produce IT,
II cannot. The reports were handed
to me several years ago and ! don
know that they are any longer In exist
ence," answered Mr.. Bird.
Attorney Grant made another deter,
mined effort to introduce the theatrical
VIVA, did Mr.. BIRD say when he
showed you the letter.?
terrible charge; but they have run "
against the wrong party answered
"Did he say that he thought that
Fanny Ward, the actress, or Mrs. Blu
chanan had written the letter."
mo, I'm pretty sure he didn't
Did he say that Fanny MI hsd or .,r tha,
persons connected with her hau struch
the wrong party"
Il object 70 thu. line ct questioning son!, nsr,
whether Fanny Ward or Fanny Hill O.
Mrs. buchanan, or any one else. wal
spoken OF or mentioned In that connec
ton. 1t has nothing to do with I'M
, The objection was sustained. ,
We'll" continued MI Grant; .didn
Mrs Buchanan ar, and Fanny ny y w ,hsi s Mr
Deutsch was arrested"
This was objected to. Mr.. Grant sal
. that his object was to show that IN
t letter was. OF might have been. writer
. by Fanny Ward or Mrs. Buchanan. o
, some one connected with them.
Mr.. Grants efforts proved unavaiilne
hiwever fo- the Commissioner sustaine
: the objection and the question was rule
out. 4,
| Ralston said that the first time h
!. hear that the letter was IN P De fr
dav. MIR Bird first said II was l
4 Deutsch's hand. and after a Sompariso
C with the letters Of Deutsch,s he c9nciun
ed that Mir. Bird was right. lie wa
quite sure from the first that the ad
e dresses on the envelope had been wri'
= ten by Deutsch. ,
4 timony the Government restei Us cas'
d Mr.. Grant moved n'''.
% on the ground Of the insufficiency OF tn
o evidence The m no. n.s 90; n, ,ubn,tte
:. in evidence 1t reads as follows:
n NJ: Eay.rd broT Sa,,, tia, ,,.,. !, v.r.n, o.
II for your sons arrest Tor betraylne beautlf
b younr Girl Now this beautiful girl is willing
= disgrace herself to place your son, clarence
: the psnitsn,lary to maze him suffer for this u
% ! hsv. come from Missouri. where they rai'
ie desperate men, to see ,his great wrong rishte
l. and by -. will aid her for one act IN u
D. by her relatives to me years ago they gave c'otn
D. when my mother and myself "efs NAKED 10,
's when we we're s'arsins g., SOY on. com Srs
ID hour o. he sr'lcton have be-
stada,ns Just what coarse l VII psr,n- Y
e say my sdscstion hes been neglected ~ e, e.
s. say there Is Honor among Thieves Many as
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!, TO settle with this wife OF your son You lay
r, s sim . '' lew year: ago. Hpm@sil a
a By all the ",, not i,, e.tor. end y %s NE
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Al came home will make It my - -
sa business TO harm ,o ne, , ySu, .p6 im @o
gray hairs IN sorrow 10 the gave. In sorro" h
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d, and her child eh" expects to bear, pr
lie tertec. Settle "iIh nor nov, anu
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. You VIII wish you had Ooe times when too Ia
ss when your 'smeeiey returns from abroad th'| y
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