New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-11
SYNDICATE MEN HEARD FROM
ASSOCIATES OF MILLER SEND IN MES
SAGES APPARENTLY N FEAR
OF HIS TESTIMONY

VI HIS IESIlMON1.
me chickens are coming home to roost"
! said one Of the counsel Of William F Miller
the FRANKLIN Syndicate man. in commenting
yesterday on the growing indications that Mil
Ter. in order to gain his freedom will tell all
ne knows about the case Cecil Leslie the
press agent Of the syndicate has sent a mes
sage TO District Attorney Clarke. saying that
ne VIII probably give himself up. and yesterday
afternoon it was learned that Robert A Am
mon Miller's attorney. had heard directly or
indirectly from named Sullivan. who it
mas been alleged. one of the associates OF
Miller. Schlessinger and Korn in the manage
Hent OF the syndicate. 1t is not believed that
sullivan, If indeed that is his right name. had
mucn to do with the finances Of the syndicate.
hut his desire to clear himself has led him. it
appears, to send some sort Of communica ton
70 Mr.. Ammon.
When Mr.. Ammon yesterday at his
office No 49, Nassau-st., he said:
L viii not deny that have heard from Sui
Ivan It may be Schlessinger next
Miller, my client is sick man" continued
Mr.. Ammon I him this forenoon at the
Raymond Street Jail and found him in bad
shape. He has been in a highly nervous state
for several weeks and he has come back to
New-York unstrung I say again. what I have
said right along. that my client was only 4 tool
for two three older and more crafty men
than himself. He has no money. He may have
had some al time shortly before he went
away in November, bur II he did have any con-
siderable it was got away from him by
men who were using him as a fgurehead for
their transactions. I fully expect to see Miller
acquitted, and the blame placed where it right
fully belongs that is. other men who secured
the benefits from the operations OF the Franklin
Syndicate"
There is likely TO be trouble If Ammon and
Chief Devery should meet face TO face. Devery
on Friday night in interview used the name
Of a woman who is said to have no connection
with the case in any form. He connected Mr..
Ammon's name with this woman. and when Mr..
Ammon saw the report OF the interview yester-
day morning he was exceedingly angry. AmmOn
is a powerfully built. athletic man, Of less than
middle age. and as strike leader in Pittsburg
he proved his physical courage on more than one
occasion. A number OF irritating things have
been said by both men. and as one of Am
mons friends expressed 1t yesterday the fur
is likely 10 fly when they meet"
Mr.. Ammon said yesterday that no effort
would be made TO secure a bondsmau for Miller
till Tuesday. It is understood that MilIer's
counsel have $4,000 ready to deposit as cash
bail, but District Attorney Clarke is disincIined
10 accept this, fearing the money may be at
tached by some OF the creditors CT the Franklin
Neither Captain Reynolds nor Chief Devery
yesterday did anything to clear up the hay
surroundings Of their joint explanation about
the capture Of Miller. Captain ReynOlds's some
what rennarka bic report on the arrest is excused
by his friends the ground that he was ut
terly tagged out the day o. his return from
wherever he caught Miller. and that Devery's
peremptory order for him to make de-
tailed report the case once found him in a
dazed condition. Captain Reynolds scored one
point his critics yesterday by producing two
sleeping berth checks purpOrting to have been
used on the sleeper between Montreal and New
York Wednesday night Captain Reynolds
says that he does not think il necessary to de-
fend his yeracity AS matter OF fact. the Cap
tain has hitherto been extremely candid with
the newspaper men in Brooklyn where he for
years the head of the detective force No
case is remembered. however, where he
gave such a disjointed and hazy account Of
arrest OF important prisoner as in the Miller
case.
Miller had a long visit yesterday from his
father and brother, but stuck to his resolution
not TO see newspaper men and to have nothing
TO say for publica ton
Captain Reynolds when asked about the
port that Chief Devery would prefer charges
against him account Of his refusal TO give
fuller details about Mnler's arrest said:
4 do not know about that, but let him. I got
Miller and that is all I care to say. I said I
would catch him, and I kept my word"