New-York tribune., 1903-04-04

IN the charge Of bribery George E Mills
law partner Of the son OF DR.. r. c tloWer anu
confidential attorney for Dr. Flower was
arrested in a Park Row restaurant yesterday
afternoon. He was held for examination in the
ror7bs Police Court and was committed to the
Tor7bs in default of 5000 bail The case is
rrrohahlv the most remarkable Of its kind in
me history of the District Attorneys office.
r,,-a indictments against DR.. Flower were sur
~e-5ered 20 Mills and he handed over 10 a de-
-e--5ze s. 80 in cash for them a minute before
ra vas arrested. There had been an under-
sanding by Mills that Assistant District At
+o-nev Francis p. Garvan, one of Mr. jerome
most trusted assistants, was TO receive sI7oo
# -l7e money and permit the destruction Of the
orfgfnal Indictments against Dr. Flower
on Monday last man went TO see Mr.. Car
-, IN his Office. and said he represented Mills
Who wanted to open negotiations The man
sa5s Mills was ready to offer money consider
ation for the destruction of the five indictments
pending against Or. Flower. and for report on
rbe examination recently made Of the body of
Theodore Hagaman declaring that Mr.. Haga-
mans death had been due to natural causes
Mr. Garvan took the man before District Attor-
rev Jerome. who decided tot set a trap for
Mills Detective Sergeant Nicholas Brindley
ATTACHED 10 the District Attorneys Office, was
called in ana directed 10 meet Mills and receive
his proposition.
Mr. Garvan yesterday declined to tell the
name OF the man who said he carried the proPo-
sition from Mills to Mr.. Garvan. 1t is known
that Andrew D. Meloy was in consultation with
Mr Garvan last Monday. and that they went to
see Mr.. Jerome together that day Meloy and
Dr.. Flower had been making charges against
each other for several weeks. but last week a
charge Of larceny against Meloy was suddenly
Withdrawn by one Of DR.. Flowers attorneys.
cl-od
on the subject last evening, he replied:
I cannot say anything about my informant
II IL true that MeIoy was in my office early this
week"
Dr.. Flower has declared that the investigation
# the death Of Theodore Hagaman was inspired
by Meloy- He recently made affidavit de-
claring that MeIoy had extorted $500 from him
on the prerFnce of paying Inspector Titus when
he was in charge of the Detective Bureau for
holding up a warrant. The result of the afi-
davit was that DR.. Flower held on the
charge Of trying to bribe public official. while
the case against Meloy thrown out Of court
When the proposal was made to me TO have
the Flower indictments destroyed for money
consideration. I was astounded.' Mr.. Garvan
said last evening. 4 amazed at the daring
OF Dr. Flower. who apparently had so long
evaded criminal law that he regarded himself
as immune. I entered into the plan TO trap Mills
viii, reluctance. fearing that my motive would
be misunderstood, but I took Mr. Jerome's ad-
vice that il was the duty Of public official 10
make an example Of the man. cannot under
stand the folly Of Dr. Flower and his advisers.
How any man who calls himself a lawyer could
oountenance such a proceeding as bribing pub
Ec official IS still more incomprehensible
In his negotiations with Mills. Brindley took
an assumed name. but made no concealment Of
the fact that he was attached TO the District
o,,I in +ra Of
Nr. Ga-van. He told Mills that he would act
Tor Nr. Garvan. give 10 him any money intended
for him. and convey any message or document
Nj C3arvsn wished to give in return
on Thursday morning BrindIey and Mills
talked over the telephone, and a stenographer
q the District Attorneys Office was '1ooped'
on the wire TO hear the conversation Mills. It
: alleged. said he and Dr. Flower would meet
Brindley in the restaurant in Park Row and
wind up matters in the afternoon. Mills kept
the appointment but DR.. Flower. who is out
on $4,000 bail, did not appear in the restaurant
Mills had new proposition. He had men
toned $1,000 as & price be paio for the in
dictments. It is declared, but he said that was
too large d sum. He added, II is charged: I
viii meet you IN Caravans office with $500. OF
that amount $1,000 will go TO Garvan. $3.50 TO
you and $3.50 TO me. For that Garvan must
turn the original indictments over TO me"
Brindley haggled a little, but nnally SAID the
terms would suit. He declares that Mills said
that copies Of the original indictments must be
made and left with the clerk Of the court When
the original indictments had been destroyed, he
said the copies could be demurred TO success
fully and the case could not be resubnitted TO
the grand jury without order Of the court
BrindIey says that Mills wanted to get the
original indictments on Thursday afternoon. but
on the excuse that the copies could not be made
in tire an arrangement was made for another
meeting yesterday afternoon in the Park Row
restaurant
At 1:15 p. m. yesterday Brindley went into the
restaurant and took seat at a table which was
vacant He was followed into the place by De
tective Sergeant Peter ". BeeTy, who took
seat az another table some distance away ard
appeared not 10 know him A few minutes later
Mills entered the restaurant and Joined Brindley
at the table. wnere they were alone Brindley
had in his pocket the FIVE original indictments