The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-04
CONNERY'SN NOSE TWEAKEDi
r Or GETS WARRANT ron CHARL Els
r. RIDEAL, "F. X. a. LIT"

Latter Admits His Right Hand was Clos.
to Connery's Face - Authors Fncs
Marred by scratches-Snys He Was As
saultcd While Talking to "a Woman.
Author Thomas b. Connery appeared In the
Jefferson Market police court yesterday and
demanded a warrant for the arrest OF Charles T..
Rideal. II. Il. !. Lit.." whom he charged with
assault. His nose. which Rideal threatened to
pull on Friday at a meeting OF Tcnnyson Neely's
creditors. was still In It's proper place. hut It
was framed IN two clearly defined scratch
wounds. Magistrate Olmstead issued the war;
rant and Detective Herrlich OF the court squad
served 1t. returning In q few minutes with his
prisoner.
Il was standing In the hallway OF ia Fifth
avenue this morning talking to a young lady"
Author Connery said, when this man. Rideal.
came up 20 me and bowed and scraped his foot
and said that he wanted to explain. told him
| that | did not want to have ANYTHING at all to
do with him. aud that m future intercourse
with him would be- through the courts exclu-
sively. Then he set upon me suddenly. with
! out a word OF warning. and scratched me as
you see. while trying to twit h my nose. l
think IL was a most undignifled procedure.
And II | had only known that he was com.
ing"
Author Connery did not tell what would have
happened II he had known. but asked for an
adjournment in order to bring his witnesses.
The counsel for the defence did not object, but
wanted to have his client paroled.
Have you been admitted to the barr" asked
the Magistrate.
Il have. SIR" replied the LAWYER. MY name
Is Frederick S Martin. | think 1t would DO q
good idea to parole the prisoner In the custody
OF my father. Carlos Martin"
"Ah-h-h!' Kissed Author Connery. so you
are a son Of the ID. b and you want to have the
prisoner turned over 10 one. OF the men in.
,olved in the charges | have been making. A
nice practice. | dee areI"
Magistrate Olmsted soo'hsd the author by
stat ng that he would parole the prisoner IN
the custody OF his c unset. who was an officer
OF law. Cohnery withdrew his objections. and
| the formal examination was set down for to-
morrow. The complainant subsequently,
had received yesterday. morning ana which
Martin. 1t was dated Fsb. 2 It said
I'VE were both panied and surprised BY your
statements made IN open court with regard 10
US this afternoon. In seeking for an e%xplana-
ton IN our own minds, we feel sure that the
utterance came from preIudices unconsoiously
absorbed from others. There Is nothing 10 our
business. aud We are confident that II you
knew us both, You would ma nothing IN Us t 70
OF us tried hard. and we believe not without
success, to win a reputation for stra ghtfor-
ward and manly dealing. Should the clrcum.
stances OF the future bring US together at any
time. In any way. IL will give us pleasure TO
supply YOU with any necessary proofs OF this
"A bringing. crawling. undignihed piece OF
writing" was tho comment made by Author
Connsry.
Kideal. IF. r. s. Lit" who was also intro
ducel. admitted that his right hand had been
10 close contact with the authors face, but he
contended that the contact had been accidental
and the movement which ed 10 1t. defensive,
Rideal informed the reporter that he and Carlos
Martin. DID,. were the proprietors Of q. pub
fishing concern knuwn sthe Associated Inter-
national Press. but that their en- 81 business
had been To- %criticise and edit submitted manu-
scripts for Nicely. They had their Office In the
same building ms the Nicely Company. and.
strangely enough" said Rideal. on the sams
floor. too" He Insisted. however. that there
had been none Lut accidental and exterior CON-
nections between the two firms.