The sun., 1902-07-11
The Case of Mr. Iirchter and the Dsit
NiSttE.

To- rut EniroR ~ rHE srN Sir Your
editorial Of this morning. entitled The Bot
Stradlvarius misstaies fact. ndv.r'ed To
N II. and constitutes a grave ,njgsiic" 10 Mr
flc,htsr IN drawing the necessarily huty
CONCLUSION that th"rr Is anything IN IN" case
waich remains myster Gus or unst planned
Nobody drov. to the Bott house IN cab
or otherwise Their. wer. no other and less
valuable instruments ~ the Bott house TO he
ignored IN has been prov a ConClusiveV
10y the facts unearthed by Detectives irice
and NcCarerty, that IN" Bott violin was
pawns-h within the hour Of is theft FOR " at
tue nearc~, pawns Iop " remained there
over a year and vas forwarded Nv the pawn
broker 10 a punlic auction room. wnere u was
sold and hid IN by him. after wpicn remained
som. months ia his shop before b" found a
purchaser IN the tailor Dooley You VIII
agree that 4 tIe thief knew violins. AZ anN
rate he was not a business man.
There Whs no clss. Of eNI-tt testimony
over the violin Ihe Only question falseu
- tho trial concerning TINS Nioun was the
question Of dirc,' fact whether tae Nio.in AZ
the trial was or was not 'te violin flec yer
had when arrested OF, more stcc.nGa.y.
whether to violin urotuced AZ the uisi was
're violin produced az tie .Namihat ion before
'te police Magistrate Nnen violin maker
or any other witness testified either way on
In. iSsI. he dii 50 A. an ordinary witnes.
md not ~ an ,Np-srt violin vas produced
~ Fl.Cht-r az the trial winch Vas SHOWN 70
Lis arrest and produced ut the hearing before
tho Magistrate ~ me following pfrsohs
4 professional MUSICIAN. collector OF NIo-
lns WHO had owned the violin th"h m que~-
tou over ten Years, oiih'mak.t VINO N.s
'9nhtar With ~" pott violin before u came
20 America and after Nard. NO oth"r Nlollh-
maker. and ~ sttorn' y-st-law
TIE fpIloVing witnesses -Nor" that inc
Instrument ~ tie ~ " 80 hoi W." NNttuh',u'
appearing AZ tre Nssi,tr1t"- court h"
30 oi-c'"au w'o mad" -" arrest. no assist.
AZ. pi.i'it Auotl"v.. r"IoIt"t' ! I.'
members ~ ttc BOT family, non" "1u"rts
and one Niolin-mak'r. 40 ~Nor" tN thr
h,rk ribs and scroll o' ~" hoti violin were
on the v,oln AZ tie Magistrate" court
There - mott ing ere 81 expert testimony,
a. -uG. and Z was equally absent from the
hearing on the notion 'or new 'risI ne
doyrn uerson= uuciudug t's m"nh"rs o' the
Rn't fauilNl Who svOt" That tN' N'oiln iouhu
m ro-s..s- o. 81 Nr- Surlugef vas o." bo't
f.rs,n4l .,uuafrtance with fu- bott violin
In ut.-trg tie testimony ot the witness Who
.Worr trat p1rts Of ne Bott violin w"r" at
fssH.i to parts 81 ut rer NloiiuS ~ FORM 'hr
violin a. -" Mlglstrai" c1ur' wen, W h
,fppks a. the hptt Nto 1" Coud noi nav"
been dt-meWh"rri and ~ or"d over as y"
t..tiA.d and h afterWard restored 10 hs
urlgIunl cond tom
10 make clear these references 20 an ~;
amrnatfon NJ 80. Magistrate" cNuri. y 3ouln
h- hands. fl",htef vas trraisn'L b'l.Ir
Magistrate and 4 rCl larged In" Mhs-uate
I.s since sworn that on that examination
Nrs Rott failed to point out On the violin
taken from fl"ch,"r MARI, wen sh" s'''
NV loRk. July ~ J"HN ] tANANM.
Tho Witnesses IN regard TO t'e dentinca-
,too Of the Rot, s'radi varuus vrr" the best
known yioiin-nakcrs IN New York