The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-01

regard to the Van Valkenburg Wana-
maker scandals, was seen yesterday by
reporter of The Tribune. He was
shown the published statement of Mr..
Van Nalkenburg made by the latter at
ter his arrest by Daniel McSweeney.
Mr. Barring said in substance that Mr..
Van Valkenburg was evidently max
ing a pretty stiff bluff but 1t would
avail him nothing. For the last three
MONTHS continued Mr.. Barring, we
nave been at work upon this case, and
we have had n man on the very inside
OF the Wanamaker syndicate, and we
know all about the details of their
boom. We know what money was spent.
who got IT, who paid 1t, and who acted
as middlemen and stool pigeons. We
shall expose the whole business, but of
course we are not ready now to give
our whole case away. The most inter
esting PARTS will develop at the hear
ing and during the trial in court We
have not only one case against MIR. Van
Nalkenburg, but probably half a lo2en,
and we shall keep him busy making
statements and explanations. He is
not the only one of the Combine W be- Is
| lial le under the law. but 1t will depend
upon counsel whether others viii be ar
rested or not.
NOT HIRED BY QUAY.
This talk about the desperate gratis
| OF Senator Quay Is all rot. Senator
QUAY had absolutely nothing to 1o with
| this case. and when he first heard of it
! the facts were as much a surprise to
him as they will be to Mr.. Wanamaker
| before we get through. Senator Quay
| had the first intimation that we were
| at work upon this case about two weeks
| ago, and 1t Is only within a very few
! days that he was made acquainted with
! the details. We We're not employed by
| Senator Quay nor Ivy Senator Penrose,
! nor by any other party Immediately in
! terested in the success of Quay or Pen
| rose.
At the time when we We're employed
everybody was at sea as to the candi-
| date who might get the endorsement Of
| Senator Quay and his friends. Half q
! dozen names We're mentioned at that
time. We shall go to the bit
ter end with these cases; these are our
! inSri uctions, and 1t is entirely imma =
! terial who Is elected for senator so far
as these charges against f.. A. Van
| Nall;t nhurC and others are concerned
| 1t Is perfectly natural that Senator
| QuaT should take some interest IN this
/ matter now, and | should not wonder
if his friends would furnish informa
ton which we have not been able to OBJ
tain; they would be perfectly justified
in doing so.
i II Elk Iou INS1tlI.
"Some of the ablest counsel in Penn
| sylVania have been retained, for in
stance. John Y. Lenahan and Henry w
Palmer, Of Wilkes Barre, and W. j
| Whitehouse, of Pottsville, and arrange.
mcptS viii be made to retain a certain
gentleman of the Lackawanna county
bar whose name | am not at liberty t.
give.
"There is no sentiment with us ir
this matter. and no political prejudice
whatever. We are under the instruc.
tions of our clients and we shall obey
their orders. The worst feature about
this whole dirty business consists pro
badly in the fact that there does no.
even seem to honor among thieves.
Some of the under-strapDers OF tn,
Wanamaker syndicate. or combine, a!
you may be pleased to call it, have Ger
tanly been lining their pockets, and
dare say that Mr.. Wanamaker will b,
the most surprised of all when our dis
closures are complete. Whether h,
knew all that was going on, | canno
say; he certainly was acquainted will
some Of the details, to judge from hi
conversation with our operative, how
ever, / am willing to give the gentle
man the benefit of the doubt. He ha
been victimized badly. Some of tn
men in charge of his boom were read,
to throw him down any time, and will
them it was entirely question of dol
lars and cents. If someone had com
along and offered them a bigger prc
they would have sold Mr.. Wanamaker
body and soul Nothing else can be eX
pected of men who follow the buyin!
and selling Of votes as a profession ant
call it politics"