New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-14

the confession idea and then said = va, nHSe
been instructed by my attorney. David Weich'
not to say a word about this case. ~
1t is said that Police Commissioner rhilPs
has. not ioInad with his fellow Commissioners
in official acts since he was indicted by Inc
Grand Jury. . -.
II was learned yesterday that the attemp, TO
bride the Grand Jury came near being success
FIJI The exact vote on which the indictments
we're found could not be learned but II is known
that there were only one or two votes to spare
The District Attorneys office has the record Of
the votes and il may be Of use in nelplnS 10
substantiate the testimony or Isles Isles saln
he had Fixed Ohlsen and some OF the Shechles
on the Grand Jury.
Police Commissioner Philips again refused to
discuss the case Yesterday.
GSose Are WeHster and an his Ia eorss
this city The former was not in ms once yes,
torday afternoon when a Tribune reporter called
there to ask f either had any idec VINO the
Colonel Webster might be who had been re-
fcrred To in the Prooklyn bribery scandal stories
George y. Webster was seem however WIN MIN
was another man. who. In the course or con-
vcrsation on the Brooklyn matter, said 10 him;
When | read the description Of the man IN
this mornings paper | was reminded ior lhs
that his father could have had no relation to tho
matter. He had lived in Harlem for thrty-one
years. the son added. and had no ainlia,ions:
POLITICAL or social with Brooklynites. Resides
he added with smile. my father isn't In the
habit Of killing Ieople.
KNOWS NONE OF THE MEN NAMED
Coonel George p Webster when seen at his
home. 40. 20 East one hundred and twenty
scventh-st last evening ny Tribune reporter.
said that he lid rot know that his name or the
name Of a colonel Webster had been mentioned
in Isless affidavit, as he had not read the am
davit When 4 copy of The Tribune or yester
day in which :he affidavit was printed. was
shown to him. Colonel Webster made the fol-
lowing statement:
! have never me- any OF the people mentioned In
' them " Al The peo a nST IN the
strangers 10 mo- ana have never even seen any OF
INN Ra Brook RE GsnG Jury aa in q
newspapers but no; being interested in IT. dd not
a af The sincsr Hotel Win anybody and certainly
was nor there on the night mcn,ioned IN TIE r Ann
in many morths don't think that have been
down hGre In a a. pS ns ge a %a ' IN
tend the dirrer % tn, Press Club for Colonel Bruce
the clubs h9me have not ofen wei ec IoT e%Nn
up going to the downtown theatres in the evening
IN n '9G o or 90 nG; Tcar h the "xcepo Of the
night attended the Colonel BRUCE dinner, and !
c,isonl arc went to that dinner because Colonel
Bruce kn6 Gd KeTSH Gn4 q W mn or Police
Commissioner Philips or Winan;. or any OF the IN,
VITA t'ls Grand Jury affair. never heard Of Isles
ex,cpt seeing mis- name mentioned IN the news
man mentioned. nor do | remember ever seeing any
OF them.
In closing Colonel Webster said that he
thought that y his name was mentioned AT that
alleged interview in the Sinclair Hotel. 1t was
Intentional and mean. TO confer that the indi-
ydual was him Colonel Webster talked freely.
but remarked that it rather unpleasant to
have his name mentioned in connection with
such an affair He is a member OF the Harlem
Climb and has served several terms In the Legs
latur..
WILLIS AND PHILIPS BEING WATCHED
Theodore 3 Willis was me, at a late hour last
night by a reporter in Cour,-st. and refused to
say anything about the bribery case IL was
learned that all the people whose names have
been connected with the case in any way ar"
beirg watched nigh, and day by detectives. TWO
or three "sleuths" have Mr. Wills under con-
stant observation. and even Police Commissioner
Philips Is being followed by his own detectives
When reporters called at the homes OF Frederick
G Isles and Charles NJ Winant asst night they
were bounced upon by detectives who. after get
ting a good look at their faces. allowed them TO
pass.
No information could be gained as to who
voted AGAINST the indictments in the March
Grand Jury except that It was positively learned
that Isles and Ohsen voted in the negative.
District Attorney Marean practically admitted
at a late hour last night that MT clarke had
made more discoveries about Colonel Webster.
but neither he nor Mr.. Clarke would say any
thing about IT, Mr.. Clarke late last night still
insisted that the death Of Ohlsen ehoud ! g more
thoroughly investigated. He repeated an asser-
tion that has been made from time 20 time. that
one Of the bullets went into the ceiling That is a
mistake One Of the three lodged in the back
Of a chair and has since been cut out. another
went into The floor. and the third went through
Ohlsens heart and lodged IN the shoulder, ana
not extracted