The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-01
LAMAR SILENT ON JERSEYRAlD.
ONE-STDED INTERVIEW IN W.FIIClE,
HE HAS NOTHING TO SAY; 20
Prisoners Held ami Iiabeas Corpus DIS
missed Monk Eastman Has an Alibi
Dates Don't Agree With Ills Brother
In.I.av's-Iamar. McS'usky and Titus.

Yesterday morning lnll NlIlS Iloi ''itts '''
iOaO o'clock Tho proceedings on the wriis
Of haboas corpus and ccrtiorari, sued out
by SenGtor Thomas r. Grady and John
Hover, attorneys for Delaney and Brown
which came mp on an adjournment before
Just ice BischofT in the Supreme Court
Yesterday afternoon. were dismissed by
consent Of counsel.
After all court proceedings IN the case
were over for the day David Lamar was
interviewed by reporter of THE Sun at
his office. room 1929 on tho tenth floor o
the Johnston Building NJ 80 Broad street.
Mr. Lamar was met AT the New street en-
trance to tho building and invited THE
Sun man q go up 10 his office. There IL no
inscription of any kind on the office door
Mr.. Lamar opened the door with latch
kew and shut il after him. In n minute
or two he opened it and bade the reporte
enter. There was another man IN tht office
who wos busy at the telephone. Mr. Lamar
vas asked if he had anyh hing to say re-
ssrding tho assault Of Mcmahon upon him
or the assault upon Mcmahon by, according
to the allegation. gang of thugs employed
hv Lamar for that purpose Mr. Lamar
said:
Before replying to any questions. permit
me 10 saw that have been in Now York
every dav since the occurrences at Long
Branch. and if the newspaper representa-
lives have been una bic to isd me it is simply
because my business in the Street happened
TO take me- from the Office AT the time they
called Now, what questions would you
like me to answer
The following conversation between Mr'
Lamar and the reporter then tookpiActf
U DO you know Monk Eastman? A.
have nothing 10 say
y DO you know Herbert thompson? \.
have nothing 10 say
q. Did yom in company with lTerber,
Thompson. drive from upper broadway 10
July for.lhA purpose q finding Monk = East
man? 4. hive nothing 10 say. ="
.. Were YOU nj the pier ~ The foot OF
Rector street on the morning of July, .. on
which morning Monk" Eastman. Joseph
Brown and three companions were arrested
AZ suspicious persons A. | have nothing
O. is there any place in New York at which
II will he possible 10 communicate WIN YOU
by telephone and either in thr afternoon or
early evening; 4. No. think not 80.
q no you: go down to seahris hdr, sysry
Whenever tha humor takes me
The interview ended with the request on
the part Of MIR. Lamar that he should lac
reported with accuracy and to h" Effect
that he had nothing to say regarding any
thing in general and the Mcmahon case in,
particular.
According to the direction OF Supreme
Court Justice Bschoff, the case OF Delaney
and Brown came up in the Centre street
police court before Mig istrata Onmen
Yesterday morning. The prisoners We're
arraigned on the original warrant under
which they had been taken into custody,
and, on motion OF Senator Grady. OPP
posed by Deputy Assistant District Attorney
Johnstore. they were discharged They
were Immediately rearrested on a warrant
issued by Justice Of the Peace Henry
SchoenIsin on July 30. The complaint on
which this warrant was issued was sworn
10 by Jsmes Mcmahon Oh July ~. and
charged William Delaney and Joseph Brown
with "atrocious assault with intent to kin
snid James Mcmahon, in the City of Long
Branch on the 9th tiay Of July, 1909
The warrant and an eXemplifed copy
of the complaint were produced in court
and Mr.. tombstone requested that Magis-
trate Ommen issue warrant for the arrest
of the accused in the State of New York.
McMahon, who was in court, swore To the
truth of the affidavit he had made before
Justice Schoenlein, whereupOn Magistrate
Ommen issued a warrant and Delaney and
Brown were rearrested. When the warrant
had been served Mr. tombstone requested
asked for an adjournment. the motion was
granted and the examination of the pris
oners set down for this morning at lD:3U
o'clock.
While the prisoners were in the police
court, Delaney was asked by the report
ers il he had anything to say He re-
piled
"Dere hain't nothin' to this, Say.
dunno where Long Branch is; never war
there in me life Now, here's de- trut'
| left here wild some pals on July TO go on
a fishin' trip up III Connecticut; was
dere until de IL, when | comes back on
| ben here ever since It's cinch | can
prove dis and dat's all deere is to il.
These remarks were supplemented by
Delaney's irothpr-in-lGw, Patrick Rey-
motifs MIR. Reynolds. who appears TO be
man well on toward 90, seemed to be very
much wrought up over some Of the state
ments that have been printed in the news
papers regarding his young hrother-in-
law.
Il want the representatives of the press
10 understand" said Mr. Reynolds, that
some of the statements that have been
printed about this hoy Delaney are out
rageous and if the papers dom stop print
ing this stuff III sue 'em, s'help me God
This boy has been bounded by. the police
and arrested time and time again. but was
never convicted Of a crime in his life. They
saw he's a thug and a crook and a run
ner of dives, but | tell you Is all false,
You may have noticed that McCiusky has
got pretty busy over this case. Well,
III tell you the reason for II
Nov, I want you 10 understand that |
don't, know this Mr., Lamar and neither do
these boys, but ! understand he's big
man down in Wall Street. Well, You know
McClusky got run out of the Detective
was responsible for his bein' chased! No?
WIFI Ri tell Won n was this Mr. Lamar