Evening star., 1901-11-28
HELD FOR HEARING
REVISED statutes.
VIII BE Brought to TlsIs City From
New York Tomorrow by
DEPUTY Marghal.

Carl II. Holman, the stenographer, who
was arrested In Ne~ York and held for
trial here on a charge ofsdisposing of the
report of the members .sf the Isthmian
commission, as published in yesterdays s
Star, will be brought here tomorrow by a
deputy marshal He is. charged with hav-
ing violated section 540S of the Revised
Statutes of the United States. The war
rant for his arrest was issued from the Po-
lice Court Saturday, and Detective Horne
was sent to New York that night. He
found that Hoffman and HIS wife were oc-
cupying a fiat at 1O7th street and Amster-
dam avenue.
Detective Horne returned from New York
Tuesday night in order to be. here in time
to appear on the witness stand in the Bo-
nine murder trial, and soon after he left
New York Hoffman was arrested. The de-
tective again left for New York on an early
train, arriving there in time to be at the
hearing before United States Commissioned
Shields.
Hoffman, who had spent the night in
Ludlow street Jail. was anxious to return
here with the Washington detective. be-
lieving he could show thateh had violated
no law. Under the la~s~of the state of
New York, however, he had to be turned
over to deputy marshal to be brought
here.
Hoffman is about twenty-five years old.
although he looks to be much younger. He
is we'll known in this city. 1t Is alleged that
he sold copies of the report to New York
papers, and that he also made an effort to
give the information to the French ambas-
| sador, NJ Jules Cambon. The representa-
tive of the French government, 1t Is al
legged not only refused to pay for the infor-
nation but promptly reported the incident
to the State Department and an investiga-
| tion followed. Representatives Of the State
| Department then called on District Attor-
ney Gould and the warrant for Hoffman S
w G m
| The substance of the majority report of
| the commfsSian and an almost verbatim re-
| port of the minority were printed in two
! New York papers. Hoffmans explanation
| of the manner in which the reports We're
| made public was not satisfactory and his
| employment as the confidential stenogra-
| pher to the commission were dispensed
| with. He went to New York. rented flat
| and it is stated bought one-haIf interest
| in saloon The young man was married
| in this city not more than a year or two
| ago and lived on G street northwest, be-
| tween 18th and 18th streets.
| Confident of. AcauittaI.
When Detective Horne saw him in New
| York Hoffman said he felt certain he ha6
| violated no law. He seemed to think he
| had been arrested because he had not paiG
in full for some jewelry he had purchased
and was willing to surrender gold watch
| that he had bought on the installment
| plan. When he learned the reason for his
| arrest he protested that he had not solo
a copy of the reports -tozthe French am
| hassador, and said he thought he coulG
not be held responsible for what he had
| done. q -
The prisoner holds Admiral Walker
| chairman of the isthmian commisson, re-
| sponsible for his arrest. Hoffman will
probably arrive here tomorrow afternoon.
| The Section.
The section of the Revised Statutes un
der which the arrest was made is 540s, ant
| Is as follows: .
Every officer having the custody of any
record, document, paper, or proceeding
| specified in section 5AO3 who fraudulentiy
takes away. or withdraws; or destroys any
such record. document, paper or proceed
| ing filed in his office or deposited with hin
or in his custody. shall pay a fine of no
more than, 5000, or suffer Imprisonment
at hard labor, not more than three years
or both; and" shah. moreover. fatfeit-, hi
office and be forever afterward disqualified
from holding any office under the govern
| ment of the United States" ~