New-York tribune., 1903-11-28

the police at the church before he handed the
envelope to President Roosevelt He ordered an
immediate Investigation and took part In IL him.
self assisted by Deputy Commissioners Piper
and Davis and Inspector Brooks Captain COT
trell. of the West Twentieth-st- station, VINO was
in charge of the police outside the church WAS
ordered to make a report. The report toio ABOUT
the number of police outside the church and the
orders given to admit nobody at the door III
Twentieth-st except persons recognized ana
passed by H T. Taylor and maid, MISS SKon-
berg employed at the rectory. IL Is stated thAe
Mr.. Taylor left the maid alone at the entrance
when the services began. and she admitted
Deming. not thinking it was necessary to con-
suit the police when he said he had letter for
the President. The report spoke Of Dening as
Denny" and ended with the following:
would respectfully state that every preeau-
ton was taken and patrolmen were assigned az
every plReS Rey II ae1rv Mottst and the COMMITTEES Of
arrangements. by me. prior to said services.
After giving out the report. General Greene
said
am not satisfied with that report and I have
the three detective sergeants. Rein. Becker ana
KeGSgey Td ths Gefe 5To for mot making such
rangements would prevent an unauthorlzeo per per
se-geants and the two pafroImen. who were in the
hail. for allowing unagthorized person 20 entsr tsh
stein will conduct the trial.
A Custom House officer who is a friend Of
Deming talked with him last night at Bellevue.
and Derning then said his action in going past
the police lines and giving the envelope TO the
President was merely advertising dodge
1T was easy" Deming said. Il hope people
will not think I'm crazy
The customs officer said Den1ing was in Mid
dletown, n. Y, in 1879. where he had book ano
music store and an agency for pianos. He mar
ried the daughter of Baptist minister or that
place and was a churchman- He ascended In
balloon from EIlenville near there. throwing out
circulars advertising his pianos, and landing In
Connecticut where he was nearly drowned In a
lake. Soon afterward he got up scheme for
classifying advertisements in newspapers. and
started business here with man named cutter,
who. the officer said, was nephew OF the iate
A s. Barnes Deming's scheme falied ana ne
lost all his money.
Den1ing then went to Philadelphia for three
years. and afterward to California, where he be-
gan to sell medicated charcoal. as well as CLOTH
ing. 900 60
ave. Jersey City. Mrs. T. Sutclif. who con-
ducts the house. said yesterday tnat Denlng
was continually informing her tnat tne ne LoIu waS @
coming to put an end to the world. The last day
he was in the house a feather flew into the hall
Deming said that a sure sign that the Lord
was coming at once, and that 1t was also sign
that He would first visit and destroy MS (DeIn-
ing's) home. Mrs. Sutcliff said she at once or
dered Deuing to change his home. lie went
away without objection.
Police Chief Murphy said that Deming came
under his notice several months ago. de mace
an investigation, which satisfied him that DEM
ing was a religious crank and harmless lie De
longs to congregation of Spiritualists. he salo
he had written to Secretary Loeb, who is the
chiefs personal friend. assuring him that DEM
ing was perfectly harmless.