The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-31
LAMARHERE; GRADYGETSBUSY
DELAYS TRANSFER or MONK
EASTMAN TO JERSEY.
Not Acting for Lamar, He says-Habeas
Corpus Eastman Gang Arrested Here
July q yn suspicion That They
Were About 10 Raid .Dersey-Lamar's
Friends Lawyer Got Them Let Loose.

State Senator Thomas Il. Grady, the offi-
cial orator OF Tammanv Hail. rustled around
pretty actively yesterday in the shoes of
a practising lawyer Like many very
eminent attorneys, Senator Grady does not
often bother with retainers offered by
persons who are hailed to police courts
on the ordinary and common charge OF
assault Yet, for all the heat of yesterday,
the Senator was induced to appear in court
as chief counsel for William Delaney, alias
Monk" Eastman, and Joseph Brown, own
are charged with having assaulted, July
DIN Long Branch, james Mcmahon, former
ly coachman for David Lamar, the handy
man Of James R. keene. Lamar has been
held for the Monmouth county Grand Jury,
charged with being an accomplish. He
was in New York yesterday.
The Senator was asked il he had been
retained by Lamar. 1t seemed to be q
harmless sort Of a question. but the Senator
blazed right M at IL and said:
mo, sir, have not, and that may az well
be understood first az last. l do not know
Lamar and neither do my clients. These
men are charged with assaulting one
Mcmahon at Long Branch. and they
stand ready to defend themsel yes on that
charge. Lamar. whoever he is. has nothing
to do with nv clients or they with him.
NV associate in the case Mr.. Hover, has
known Delaney for years, and when the
young man was arrested it was natural
that he should consult Mr.. Hoyer, who asked
me to assist him In the case. That's how
l came into it. Somebody seems to have
got busy In connecting Mr. Lamar with
this case The police have put words int
the mouths of my clients tending to show
that they had relations with Mr.. Lamar.
They never made any statement Of that
kind and the press should not be fooled
by this police talk, "
Delaney and Brown were to have been
arraigned in the Centre street police court
yesterday afternoon at o'clock. Senator
Grady prevented that. He made applica-
ton before Justice Bischoff, in the Supreme
Court, yesterday morning for a writ Of
habeas corpus and certiorari and got one
returnable at 2 o'clock Yesterday afternoon.
The prisoners, handcuffed together, were
brought over from the Tombs by Keeper
Evers Both were well dressed, and Delaney
or Eastman was industriously chewing gum
Senator Grady moved for their discharge
on the ground that they were illegally held
He argued that, before citizen OF the State
of New York can be deprived of his liberty
on the charge Of crime committed in an
other State, the Magistrate must have
complaint on which the foreign Magistrate
issued his warrant or all exemplifed copy
OF an indictment.
1The return to the oertiorari, " said Senator
Grady, shows no complaint and no indct
ment. All we have is an alleged warrant,
issued by an alleged Justice of the Peace,
who emphasizes himself by a diminutive
green seal. To this paper is attached the
seal Of no court and il is upon such docu-
ment that the New York Magistrate holds
these men,
Deputy Assistant District Attorney John
stone suggested that the writ had been
obtained simply to block the police court
proceeding, being made returnable at the
hour set for that proceeding.
Justice Bschof said that IL the District
Attorney would have the exemplified COM
plant in court this afternoon, he would
adjourn the case until 2 o'clock this after
noon and direct the arraignment of the
prisoners in the police court this morning
at 1890 o'clock. Mr.. tombstone agreed
10 this, and the prisoners were taken back
to the Tombs
Mcmahon and County Detective Charles
r.. Strong of Long Branch were in court,
and after the adjournment Strong was
asked If he thought the New Jersey authori-
ties had a strong case against the prisoners
yes, SIR said Strong, "and a good case
against Lamar. These fellows landed In
East Long Branch on July and were taken
to the American Hotel there by Lamar,
who told Mctiill, the bartender, to give
them what they wanted and charge it to
him. They stayed around the place all
the afternoon, playing pool and drinking
beer. Their score was little more than 81
and Lamar paid it.
That evening they went to the Lenox
Hotel in Broadway, Long Branch, and
directions to Green, the proprietor, that
he did to McGill. They slept at the Lenox
Hotel. leaving orders to be called at 4:3O
on the following morning. as they wanted
to go fishing of Seabright.
-On the day Of the assault on Mcmahon,
LAmar's brother-in-Aw. Smith, went to
the livery stable Of Charlie McCue in Sea-
bright and hired q carriage. That carriage
carried these men Eastman and Brown
away from the scene Of the assault and 1t
was driven by Dunphy, an employee OF
Lamar. The party drove TO a hotel in
Oceanic, and there Smith got the team and
returned 1t to McCue.'
Mcmahon told q, story Of his assault on
Lamar. somewhat different from that which
has been printed. He said that Lamar
attacked him with cane. He took the
cane away from Lamar and knocked him
down with 1t.
:. Lamar's fine place at Seabright, which
he bought from A. G. Spalding, has
been advertised to be sold on Aug. 4 to
satisfy mortgage Of $40 600 held by Spald-
Il was learned yesterday that Delaney,
Brown and Abraham Klein Of l78 East Sew
enty-sixth street; Harry Lewis of l22O East
Second street and George Weld of 229 West
Thirty-ninth street were arrested bv Detec-
tives Kelly and Doran at the pier Of theaLon
Branch boats, foot Of Rector street, on Julg
3, a. suspicious persons. They were locked
up at Police Headquarters and arraigned in
Jefferson Market court the next day.
In some way their arrest was communi-
Gated to man who has been Interested in
trotting horses for many years and at one
Thirty-ninth street, in which enterprise
he is said to have been backed by Lamar
OF late he has had some connection with
a saloon not more than three blocks from
where he used to run hotel
When this man heard OF the arrests at the
foot of Rector street, he hurried to the
Office Of lawyer and told him he must
get the men of and make no mistake about
Il, since they had some important business
TO transact, and were on their way to
transact it when they were arrested. The
lawyer appeared for the men when they
we're arraigned the next day, and they
were discharged. Two days later. Delaney,
or Eastman, and Brown appeared In Long
Branch.
1t was reported that night that warrants
for two of the men, other than Delaney
and Brown, who were arrested on July g.,
were issued at Long Branch yesterday,
and forwarded to District Attorney Jerome
yesterday afternoon.
David Lamar was in this city yesterday
and was seen about Darrins stables at 14lst
street and Eighth avenue, where he keeps
a., ,tK,nv ha