New-York tribune., 1903-01-24
LOOKS LIKE CANFIELD.
WILL NOT TELL.
Grand Jury Presents Indictments
Which Dire Kept Secret.

After hearing some witnesses in the Garfield
case the grand jury yesterday presented some
indictments in Part 1 of the Court of General
Sessions. Extreme care was taken to prevent
the names Of the indicted persons being made
known to the public, the papers being sent i'm
mediately to the office of the clerk of the court.
There was report that Richard A. Garfield,
now in London was one of the persons named
in the papers, and that another was his man
ager. BuckIin.
AS Buckln was not arrested and arraigned on
an indictment before the close OF court hours,
although he was known to be within cali, there
was to think the report was untrue in
his case 1t remembered that when Buck
lin was called before the grand jury and refused
to testify in the Garfield case on the ground
that his testimony might ncriminate himself
he was assured that his case was not under con-
sideration. Recorder Gof has not passed on
the motion of the District Attorney to have
Bucklin punished for contempt on account of his
refusal to testify in the Garfield case and his
delay is another reason for supposing that the
jurors would not present an Indictment against
Bucklin.
District Attorney Jerome and the Recorder
held a long whispered conversation before the
indictments were presented in court. Mr. Jerome
said later that he knew who had been indicted
but he would not tell
rs a gambler now in London one of them p"
was asked.
1T would be a crime for me to tell" was the
reply
Earlier in the day Mr. Jerome said:
We have complete case against Richard A. Can
field. Even if the Recorder should say that Buck
lin need not give his direct testimony before the
hns we er wand o Buck G M bas e haqe a
tod by him without objection on his part in the
dict both Garfield and Buckln. We can, if we wish,
go back four years and bring the matter down to
to allow US to get blanket indictment. even with
1 don't know when the Recorder will hand
down his decision in the Bucklin testimony. I
think that the questions involved have already been
well settled by previous decisions of Justices Scott
ana Leventritt. in the Supreme Court. They are de-
cided in so far that they must go TO the Appellate
Division and the higher courts for adjudication
The Court of Special Sessions yesterday dis
missed the complaint against Inspector Brooks
made by Bucklin, that he exceeded his authority
in breaking into Canffelds alleged gambling
house, No. > East Forty-fourth- st. at the raid
on the night of December l. Brooks's counsel
moved for dismissal of the complaint on the
ground that in the proceedings before Magis-
trate Brann, which resulted in a decision of the
magistrate to hold the inspector for trial an
opportunity to cross examine the complainant
had not been allowed. Counsel said that In
spector Brooks had not been arrested on the
complaint and he present to answer mere
ly by courtesy.
Justice Oimsted, presiding, said the papers
in the case had not been certified properly. and
dismissed the complaint 1t was said that be-
fore Inspector Brooks could be held on the COM
plant again it would be necessary to begin new
proceedings in the police court.
Deputy Assistant Attorney General Maurice B.
Blumenthal. who was assigned to prosecute the
Brooks case. said he did not believe he would
take any further action in the case.