New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-22
A. j. KOEHLER HAS A GRIEVANCE.
HE OBJECTS TO ALLEGED REMARKS OF THE
DIsTRICT-ATTORNEY REGARDING BAIL
FOR CLIENT

District Attorney Backus and at least one OF MS
assistants arc not IN the best Of terms with A. j
Koehler, the lawyer. and as result OF their u'Her
ences Mr. Koehler yesterday obtained from justice
Osborne, of the Supreme Court, a writ OF haoeae
corpus asking for the discharge OF jacob Levitt
who was held for the Grand Jury yesterday morn
ing by Justice Goettng on a charge OF receiving
stolen goods.
Tho trouble between the lawyer and the office OF
the District Attorney IL said have originated at
the trial OF the murderer. Schwab. VINO was con
vlcted Of murder in the second degree Few days
ago and sent to Sing Sing for life. Mr. hoeher VAS
one Of the counsel for the defence and there were
q number OF occasions In the course OF the trial
when Disbursements between counsel resulted IN
personalities Mr. Koehler h counsel for Levitt. who
WAS taken before Justice GoettIng yesterday on the
charge mentioned 1t was alleged that man named
Billiard. who in the employ Of the MOL DIX
Manufacturing Company. in Lyrch-st.. mad been
caught stealing some OF the goods Of the concern.
and that when he was arrested he made confess
sion IN which he said that he sold the goods 10
Levitt. On that testimony. Mr.. Koeher says, Levitt
was held FOR the Grand Jury and the Magistrate
refused 10 fix bal.
Accordingly. NJ. Koehler went TO Assistant Ds-
trct- Attorney Miles and asked him TO fix the ball.
Mr. Miles said the would have 10 give $500.
The lawyer thought this too much. but Mr..
Miles refused 10 allow any reduction. 80 with the
Mr Backus
when / told the Distr!c,-Attorney that thought
the bail was too heavy" said Mr.. Koehler. he re-
piled that IT would not be reduced. Then he told
me that had antagonized the ONCE In the murder
when they were trying TO do what was right; 1
told him he was mistaken. and he replied that what
he had said the view he took OF the matter.
He told me that II didn't like the bail. had the
right TO resort 10 habeas corpus proceedings. and
J walked out OF the office"
Mr. Koehler bad his writ signed and served Il on
the District Attorney imme Lately In his petition
he alleges that there no ground on which TO
hold Levitt and he also deposes that the District
Attorney said that petitioner had antagonized his
office from the beginning. and that he could resort
to habeas cornus. II he was not satisfied, as he
deemed all proper
\ Visit was Ttld to the office OF the D.strict-At-
torney. Mr. Backus rot in. but his assistant,
Nr Miles. seen. ana he said that when Mr..
koeher went TO him. he fixed Lcvits ball at $3.50.
The lawyer thought that was too much, 80 they had
gone 10 Mr. B'ckus. The District Attorney had
said he would not reduce the bail and had told
Mr. Koehler that Il he thought Ii unfair
amount. he might resort 10 habeas corpus proceel-
inls. Mr. Miles declared that nothing had been SAID
by either the Dstrct-Attorney himself TO the
effect that Mr. koehler had antagonlzed the office
from the beginning
The writ IL returnabe before Justice Osborne in
the Supreme Court this morning.