New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-30
GARDINER TO THE RESCUE.
INDICTMENT OF MEssRs. HOLT AND BUT
LER AsToNIsHEs MANY PEOPLE.
THE THREE MEN ARRAIGNED. CHARGED WITH
LIBELLTNG PRESIDENT LITTLE. or THE
BOARD OF EDUCATION To WHOM THEIR
REVIEW REFERRED As Az ED
CATIONAL MASTODON' - TO
PLEAD TO MORROW

city who have declared that moro Infamous use
Of Tammany power has not been Witnessed in a
long time The indictment is for criminal libel.
and was secured by Dis;rlct-Attorney Gardiner at
the request Of Mr.. Little without allowing tho in
dcted men opportunity TO appear before the Grand
Jury and without previous proceedings before a
Magistrate. The alleged libel OF Mr.. Little which
was published is as follows.
That fine old educational mastodon. Commits
sioner Little is Tammanys president ~ Tam
many's new School Board for the boroughs Of Man
haitian and The Bronx lie Is supported by TWO
other representative antediluvians commissioners
Livingston and Morarty. bur some Of the other
men named by Mayor Van WICK belonged 10 a bet
and higher order NJ citizenship In consequence
W. predict an early rift in Tammanys pet lutte. for
Commissioners o Bren. Van Hoesen. Kittel and
Davis are not men who can be held 70 reaction
ary policy Indefinitely and they are NOT 50 easily
lmnresscd as are some others hy the cohesive
power of public plumber
WRITES TO MR. HOLT
Mr.. Little wrote 70 Henry Holt complaining that
he had been lbolled. He objected 10 that part Of
the publication as 20 the cohesive power of pub
lc plumber. although no was not accused In the
article of being Influenced nv II. His answer led
him 10 write 70 tho Distrct-Attornev demanding
protection and Nj Gardiner used the Grand Jury
in Mr. Little's Interest
The March Grand Jury that indicted The Hollis
and Professor Butler is composed ~ the following
men. James Wallace. George De =. Grant
William Morrison ir Edward r Hatch. Meer
Manheimer Henry Johnson. Isaac g. Northshield
Daniel r Wade Max Frankel stephen NJ Kne-
walls Richard n walters Donald NJ Nicon. George
". Soren. Emil Sfork stanley A. Cohen. Henry
Spies William g Rockefeller Samuel Joseph. Nav
Gus Moran. Daniel Mooney Edward q Wal
lace Frederick g. Rogers and Ezekiel g. Williams
Tho Indictments were found nm Tuesday and
warrants were about TO be Issued when II was dc
cidad that the mon would ho In couri yesterds,
,,or,i-4 and tho warrants we're not made ont NJ
rt,tlo had gone before tho Grand Jury with COPY
~ the r,arazino and Tho rri1 correspondence he
nod noA ri.n Tho ar,, in asking for re.ractton NJ
.h ~,iolo Tho tbroo mon signided Their intention
~ tctrc in court and announced John n Lindsay
o,d ne Lance, vicou ne council The latter said
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-,
r,t,-i,, ,,,orro,. Gardiner said Yesterday that he
,o, NJ ri.,fo vrou H.. said that no did NOT know
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C-s' .., 80 r,or,,,or ~ tho noii-ical organ
49, lit r hei,rc -rbc alleged lib, Uous
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r,.. i,,f an hin, irsirIari7r that he and certain
~ - mr.. ker, ,oro,her bv tho cohesive
- ~, a,,,,,, -,,d.- Ifarv class m citizens Is
49, .r,e-..d .,,roi, j., is this class ~ mon who
o,,.. ,bo,r ,.-,o IN tho good 90 tho community
commissioner Little vas appointed and reapponiea
bv Mayor strong He is gr.eyed because The ar
ticle went All over tho country. He is publisher
himself and DO not know that ~ l9 rlNaTf 'H'
insticated the article. Any puhlr oIlca4 'i ,''e
Board ~ Education is entitled 10 IN" ''i p''.' ''
NJ The law
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