New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-17
HEPBURN BEING WATCHED.
NOT IN THIS CITY. BUT OFFICIALS SAY
HE CAN BE REACHED WHEN
WANTED.

pEC,OENIZE "COIONFb WffoiH''
THEY MEEr-MAc1IINE PoLIr-
CLANS SAID TO HAVE CAUSED
HIM TO FEAR HARM
The Police Department ard the hi"so
District Attorneys office. stirred u az $50,
r-,e rribune's criticism OF their apathy III ue"'-
...,,h ,,e Rrooklyn bribery scandal nave
r,ocad Colonel William Hepburn unuer SUI
'..,n.no. district Attorney Marean SAID yes
,oraav that he knew where Hepburn "as. '"a
-. 90 ,..;ne watched by the police. ana 'ha' IL
80 ..tsmnted to 90 in any direction except "
N.u..york civ he would be placed under arrest
=. o,oo otherwise he would have an oppo'
.,,i,v "a surrender himself tomorrow or iues
A., nrobab,v Tuesday to submit to the ioe"'
oca.ion Of Frederick c. Isles Isles mas '''AO7
oath that ut the Sinclair Hotel in Mammalian
a man who answers the description OF Fepoui"
offered him $4,000 If ne would prevent 'ne
March Grand Jury from finding lnoic'nie".s ,'
conspiracy against Theodore g. "iihs aI'u
tam F.. Philips. Hepburn Is man Oh s'''"'"S
nersonality with pronounced cast OF 90
"a 1s,es vv,I, have no difficulty In recognizing
.. orcs whether or rot he Is the man VINO At
..,,r,oa N save Hepburns relative, Police COM
,o;ss;on.r Philips and Philipss relative "''is
from being publicly and officially chaTseo WIZ"
crime. .r
District Attorney Marean held long coi'ie
ence on the bribery case WIN MS "S'''"
49,. r C,arke Yesterday morning and in the
afternoon he held another conie'e"O
rov,d We,ch. who IL the attorney both Oh
60 n wtrant who has been arrested as
rs.r,t Of Is,es's confession, and OF Hepburn
,.o. 80 p. identified Mr.. Marean inti-
mated strongly that Hepburn left New YORK
CO.. % oyo,d arrest. with the intention or get
49,, .,,,. ~ think the matter over. and possibly
70 provide for his bail
"D,d he leave to avoid arrest! WIS '"e
question put TO Mr. Marean.
.~v. he,,eve that he left to avoid arrest
=. ren,,ea "to avoid arrest until he can get
nau But I know where he is ana ne VIII 10
here on Tuesday He Is not In Phiiaoeiphia-
.1 Inov now that he disappeared Immediately
,,non the publication Of his name IN 'Ne n'"'
papers. know just where he went II II "a'
.,oao.so-,, he couId be arrested by me to-day. as
So q under surveillance. and the instant ne
s,or,s 70 leave the town where he Is In announcer
State officers will take him In charge ha>o
on absolute promise that can rely upon that
no will not leave the place IN question: WA"
on idea OF avoiding the police but Will be mere
in this Office on Tuesday. prepared 70 give oA'
~ such thing Is required at the time
s'HaYe the police nad the iiiaA ""N~' ~
lance for several days. inquired The Tribune
reporter.
YES" replied the D'strict-Attorney.
.cou,d ,he man have been extraditedT'
Yes"
Az this point Mr. Narean. who was IN MS d.
cvc,a ami, rushed away to get bis bicycle. say
,ng that he must have ride. SO that for whiie
at least he could get this case out OF his nina.
Tho onportunity was not, offered. therefore. 10
as. Mr. Marean the interesting question as u
Univ the police had not used toward Coionei
uanhurn the diligence that Is usual IN case
Of this kind.
WEIGH AND MAREAN CONFER.
David WEIGH. Hepb lrn's counsel called On
Mr. Marean. but neither he nor Mr. Marean
would tell the purpose Of the call. Mr.. WeCh
hsgeed TO be excused when asked for inforrna-
tlon about Hepburn. 1t is thought that unoer
the proddina Of The Tribune Mr.. Marean had
REQUIRED more assurances that Hepburn wouio
certainly appear this week. ana that "e'c"
came to give these assurances. The ahegeo re-
latlon Of Hepburn to this case may thro" some
light upon the selection Of David Weich as
counsel TO Charles NJ Winant. Winant Is
Urooklyn man. and probably never had heard OF
Welch until ne WIS produced as his attorney
II Is possible that Hepburn may have had
sonnet thing 10 do toward securing the retention
OF Mr.. w.lch as attorney TOR Winant. 1t is said
In fact. that Hepburn was at Police Headauar-
ters In Manhattan. on the day that Isles was
making his confession. Isles Is convinced that
ne will have no trouble IN identifying Colonel
Webster" II he does identify Hepburn as the
man the District Attorneys office In Brooklyn
promises that Hepburn will be arrested on tho
spot Isles will at once swear TO an anldavit
and Magistrate Bremen will be present to issue
the warrant.
There Is a rurnor that Isles may be afraid to
say that Hepburn is webster" even II ne recos-
nizes him when he meets him face to face This
Is based on the Tumor that Isles Is AFRAID or
bodily harm because Of the confession he has
made and the damage he is still able to DO
Some Of the machine Republican politicians are
taking Isless confession In an ugly manner.
Their comments on the man are unfriendly. and
when Isles comes to the Courthouse he runs a
sort OF gauntlet Of evil chances from those VINO
would probab bly, be willing to inJure him II they
dared When Isles came into the District-At-
torney's Office on Friday his face was extremely
pale. Whether this came from his fear OK
being in the neighborhood OF the class OF small
fry politicians. who look on the confession OF q
political crime. especially confession that In
wolves Others as q cardinal onence or whether
his paleness came from Worry and sleepessness.
Is sirnply A matter OF conjecture. as Isles HIM
self refused TO talk.
POINTS IN REGARD TO OHLSEN
Captain Reynolds Of the Brooklyn Detective
Bureau is more convinced than ever that Grand
Juror Henry d. Ohlsen committed suicide, and
was not murdered. He said that he had every
reason to believe that the Manhattan detective
force takes the same view Of the case that he
does.
Detective Price who was sent over from
Manhattan to look into the case" said Mr.
REYNOLDS, told me before leaving Brooklyn
after his investigation that he considered IT a
case OF suicide. There has been considerable
talk about a placard which found in the
room that Ohlsen was shot In. This placard was
simply one OF Ohlsen's billheads. On the back