The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-19
WOULDN'T TELL
WHAT He KNEW
About Caniicld'S Great New York
Gambling Palace.
IN CONTEMPT OF COURT
AND is SENTENCED TO JAIL BUT
is RELEASED ON WRIT OF HA-
BEAS CORPUS. REGGIE VAN
BILT WILL TESTIFY.

BllT WILL rs Try.
New York, May 1S-Jesse Lewisohn
he banker, who was aubpoenled to /
esdfy regarding his 7 owlalgc OF
gambling in this city, aeclinei to an
wer questions put to him by District +
VT rney Jerome before Judge Wyatt
II the court of special sessions, today
Mr.. Jerome Immediately made apph
alton 10 Justice Wyatt for tLo CON
nItment of the witness for contempt
This was granted and Lewi5ohu MAS
given his choice Of summary commit
nent or warrant f,r misdamelnor
Ie chose the former All application
vas made at once 10 the supreme
curt for writ of hahel5 corpus.
.cwisohu is charged with violating the
ect0n Of The penal code which per
aims to criminal contempt IT court.
ie will DO arraignei before Justice
Wyatt in special sessions on this
barge.
After a transcript Of what transpir-
"a before Justice Wyatt in the court
If general 81 sions had been written
ewisohn was taken before the grand
iury.
4 wri. of habeas corpus was Sc.
,urad from Justice Dugro in the SUI
lreme court The writ was secured n
petition in which Lewisohn hcll that
lis counsel was excluded from the
Examination, that he had previously
answered the question, and that there
,as no ground in the law for even
he issuance Of the summons in the
ase
When taken before the grand jury
.ewisohn refused to answer questions
md was then declared in c-ntemp
# court by Judge Mcmahon for his
allure to ans yer He was committed
the Ludlow street Jail until May 81.
The writ of habeas corpus obtained
~ Justice Dugro, however. will re-
lew the case in It's entirety, thus
,byiating the necessity OF his inclr-
Grafton
Acc mpanying the petition filed by
.cwisohns attorneys was transcript
4 the proceedings before Justice WY
| tt. According to the record Lewis.
I'm declined "a answer when asked
he knew the premises at No. ) East
'3fty-fcarth street, ON the ground that
might tend TO incrimin1te or de-
r4de him. He admitted knowi,S
icharJ Garfield. but when asked If
@ had ever seen Garfield on the
| 'ortyf1urth street. premi s, he again
eelined to answer, ON the same
rounds as before After this que
ion had been repeated three times.
ewigOhn each time declining to an
wer Justice Wyatt ordered him com
uFted
In his examination before the grand
ury Lewiston said he knew Garfield
nd had been in his house. lie re-
used to say whether he ever had seen
anfell there. whether he had gam
le1 there. or whether ne hal seen
nyone gamble in the house. He OK
blamed that his refusal to answer
heso questions vas made by advice
If counsel
After LeWisuhn had been ordered
.omms ted to Ludlow street jail the
warden NJ that prism informed Dis
riot Attorney jerome that he could
not receive Lewiston because he was
not authorized TO receive criminal
prisoners
It was then decided to 'ake Lewis
ihn to the Tomb5, but a. he was be-
ng conducted there the deputy ahcr
# in charge was served with paper.
the habeas corpus proceedings II
he supreme court. ami was compelled
o axe his prisorcr before justice
)ugro. There arrangements wer'
made 10 have arguments On the Ia
. ,eas corpus proceedings put over nm
il Thursday next Lcwi Ohm in th
meantime being parole1 in the cuaic
: ~ OF bis counsel
/. was stated tonight that DiatriC
Z lnorney Jerome tomorroE viii as
b. grand jury to lnlict Jesse Levi.
hin. because Of his rofua1l to ansWc
: mestior pvt 20 him whi|c L witnes
. iefora that body
IN ca-o such an iniici mem i2 han'
i VI down Lewis I'm viii have thru
= .harges 90 face the first being his r.
i usal to answer questions before th
Z grand Jury for which he VAS summar
. " taken before Judge NcMabon toda
md sentenced for contempt in tn
COMMON Jail. the second bis rcfua
o aruWcr when questioned bafor
re- Justice Wyatt as a cnmiting ma
~ isfrate. ami tho third. when he vi
.c have 10 plead 70 the Indictment,
N such is drawn. charging him with J.
C fusing 10 answer before the gran
N Jury. which. under .hc new Law. is
~ misremeanor The district ato-1r
n said Lewisohn might be puni5 he'd G
o all three Of these charges.
e. II is said that Reggie Nanderbi
- has decided to come back &, NJ
ry York and tell an the grand iury war
be % know of vhai he knows ab.ut Ca
nd field
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