New-York tribune., 1895-12-29
JAMES L. STEWARDS RECORD
SOME LIGHT ON THE NEW STATE IN
sPEcToR OF GAS METERS.
HIS CowARDLY ASSAULT UPON AN OLD MAN DE-
CAUSE EE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO hNih"
A BOARDING HOUSE LATE AT NIGHT
NO srr WOMAN = PROTESTS

TO SEE WOMAN - fhoi I'
AGAINST HIS APPOINTMENT
James L. Stewart. the Platt-Lauteroae" 'ea
or Of false enrolment at the prima''e' "
yxth Assembly District, who has been appoint
ed by Governor Morton state inspector u w.
Meters was arrested on October 10 last on
charge Of assault the history OF WINCH as w
tanned Yesterday by a Tribune reporter iios'
,eoas compel every Republican and good ci'ze"
20 nause and INQUIRE what manner OF 'ie"
Thomas G. Platt is forcing to the fore IN f'epup-
lican politics and public places In ths "'"t0'
Tho story has been sedulously guarded oy
Stewart and his friends They suppose ina.
they have buried IT. possibly. In the ar'n'' % -
the Garfield Club, the headquarters OF "n'c"
are az No. l6l East Thirtysecond-e't.. ana '"e
president of which Is James H. stewart
Adjoining these headquarters, at NO lo' E"9'
Thirty-second-st, is a four-stofy ana oase' III
brick house The basement is used as oarpei
shop The other stories are occupieo y! "'''
F'rederica Breitbarth an eating ana io"s'''s
house The present story of Stewart mas 10 40
with this building The records OF the IorKNlle
Police Court of October 10 last. transcript oi
which was obtained by a Tribune reporter !es-
terday. show that upon that date James L. sue"
art was arrested by officer CaVanaSh upo''
warrant issued by Magistrate Cornell IoI 's
sarI. unon tho complaint of Fred. Breedbod'
of No le3 East Thirty y-second-st.. and that Stew
art was discharged by that MaSistrate ,,
The meaning of this entry was too IN uet.,' .,
70 the reporter Yesterday by Mrs. BfellpaIth
and Frederick Eggers, one of her boarders , MIS-.
Breitbarth X German woman "no s., roars
fairly good English. She IS about MY years
old She has honest face. She iihpIesSes =
careful observer as thoroughly nOn.S. an dna
conscientious woman THIS IS the So. So ,asnra
she told yesterday: Some two weeks before
the arrest Of Mr. Stewart. blond woman:
twenty-eight years old. who gave the name Oh
Mrs smyth. and who had "a niue nses smn Engaged
the second-s:ory front room OF my mouse. Sh1
was tail and slender. and seemed respectable.
She said that she was married. ana that he'
husband was travelling man.
THE WOMAN TPBRAIDED.
"It was not long before this Mrs. Smyth de-
veloped large number Of cousins She used 10
come down and stand on the front steps and
talk with members Of the Garfield Cluo next
door | upb, aided her for this once. and she told
me she was only talking 10 COUSIN oi H0'S
who belonged TO the cuo = 81.
Il had some troublo with the janitor Of the
club and Mrs Smyth told me not 10 worr!
about that since Mr.. Stewart. the president OF
the club she said. was her first cousin, ara t'a'
she would get the jantor bounced II ne mace
me any trouble Mr.. Stewart used to take hef
;nto the clubhouse evenings She would meet
him on the steps and he would then take her III
there. ~
"On the night before the arrest. lht Deii '"As
at ten or fifteen minutes after 10 O'Clock, ana
Mr.. Eggers went to the door heard voices
in dispute and went into the hall. There stooo
the man who had often been pointed out 10 ne
as the president OF the club next door, but whose
name ! did not then know. Mr.. EsSers turned
70 me and said: This man wants to go up
stairs 10 see Mrs. Snyth
"'He can't go up l replied. 'becarse X is too
late
'Then Mr.. Stewart decler, ID that he wanted . to
go upstairs 10 his wife | laughed AT that,
bof ne A res
in Thrty-fiTstSt ! ~ Informed now that ne is
single. Mrs. Se'yth was up in her ROOM ana
another me nbe- Of the Garfield was up there
Mrs. Breitbarth gave the name OF the otfer
man in the and proceeded: Mrs Smytn
and the man with her came out into the hail
and Stewart shouted up TO them. asking II he
should hit the old man They replied, yes.
and then Stewart shot out his f5t and hit Mr.
Eggers who is old man, In the right eye
and over the nose. broke his glasses. made his
nose BILE. ard bruised his eve 50 that he was
unable y % TO work for days. The blow sent
Mr. E;g reeli & back and forced his body
against the glass panei OF the door, sm2shinS
Mrs. RreitbarA poir. I'd out the new glass
panel which had ,een ply. 4 1t was OF ground
glass. The --"al cz pan,l was hguTei In col
Mrs i-'th,. 4 wat on: "As soon aH
Stewart tuck that OlcY. he opened the door
and INTO no ste ~. followi'g him and
shouted police. po: a.. He ran into the club
house and shut the door in my face. Ne poll .;
man came to my aid but declared | would
have Stewart arrested. ] sent Mr.. EgeerJ up to
the police station In Thirty-nfth-st" and watched
The clubhouse entrance while he gone. Mr.
Eggers came back with policeman and de-
tective. We went in and hunted the clubhouse
through. but trace of Stewart could be found
81 have since learned that h crawled through
back window arG oY,: the ferCe and got
into ThirtvthirG-s..
ASKED FOR A WARRANT
"The next morning sent Mr.. Eggers up to
the Yorkvile Police Court for a warrant for
Stewards arrest r.ent 70 r.ly landlord Moses
Stroock. Of No. 320 BrcalHay, who said he was
too busy TO go TO court. and so he recommended
a young lawyer to me. ] had told NJ. EgGers
TO make the complaint against Stewart in Ty
name. Stewart was discharged; dor'r know
why. I understand that he said that he had no.:
struck Mr.. Eggers and that Mr.. Eggens had on! :
fallen against the door. Then. how did Nh Eg-
gers come by that black eye?"
Mr.. Eggers is a typical German workman Of the
best class. He is well toward seventy years old.
He is employed by the Brooklyn Distillery Com
pany In South Ninth-st Brooklyn. He told the
following direct story last evening: When the
bell rang l went TO the door and Mr. Stewart
stepped in. He said he wanted 10 go upstairs TO
see his wife Then Mrs. Bretbarth came into
the hall, and Mr.. Stewart called up to Mrs.
Smyth and the man up there. asking II he should
lit me. lick They said. yes and then
he struck me in the eye and over the The
blow caused me 10 fall through the glass panel in
the door. 1t broke my glasses bruised my eye
and made my nose bleed badly. My eye Sc
discolored the next day that was ashamed to go
Il work. and so l was kept from work for three
or four days"
yes, almost week." broke In Mrs Brett
barth"
s'The next day." continued Mr.. Eggers. II went
to the Yorkville Police Court and swore out the
warrant for Mr.. Stewards arrest. made a mis-
take though. in following Mrs. Breitbarths sug-
gestion that ] should swear out the warrant
in her name The lawyer who appeared for me
from Mr.. Stroocks office. and said he was
Mr. Stroocks partner. The judge dismissed the
case because OF the technicaty that mad no,
sworn out the warrant in my own name"
why did you not then swear II out in your
own name when the other case was dismissed %
MIR Eggers asked
"Recause." be replied. Il asked my LAWYER