The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-18

terday afternoon and told hs story. De- tective Bernard Flood arrested Irving who was examined by Mir. Krote1 but refused to make any definite statement. Although it is four years since MT. Burden says he was approached by Irving, in a felony case the statute of limitation is five years.
 Irving was a partner of Robert H. Cris- well in The New Yorker. Both were ar rested on a charge of criminal libel pre- ferred by Congressman Rhinock of Ken lucky. Soon after Criswells arrest he committed suicide by jumping in front of a subway train. The basis for the orig inal libel charged was an article in The New Yorker referring to a visit to Cincinnati race track by Nicholas Long worth Miss Alice Roosevelt and Congress man Rhnock. After Criswelrs death Mr. Rhinock ithdrew the charge against Irving on Irvlng's promise to supply Rhinock with information as to the source of the article.
 MT. Burden told Assistant District Att torney Krotel that he first saw Irving about Christmas four years ago, when Irving called at his home, East Ninety , first street. Irving. according to MT. Bur den, said that he came as the represen- tative of Colonel Mann and of Town Toplcs He told MT. Burden about tine Pads and Fancies" scheme and showed a letter from Moses E. Wooster. Irving, according to Burden, said that Wooster had proposed the "Fads and Fan cles' plan to Colonel Mann. and that Col
 onel Mann was very anxious to have MT. Burden subscribe as his father had done
 so. Mir. Burden was asked to put up $500. He said he knew that his father had sub
 scrbed, but that he didn't care anything
 about 1t. Then, according to MT Burden,
 Irving said:
 Now you had better do this. because if you don't Colonel Mann will be very l much annoyed if you refuse to do so I'd
 advise you to be very careful. You know
 he has always treated your family very
 kindly in Town Topics. You may not
 be treated so nicely in the future if you
 refuse"
 l, Mr. Burden said he told Irving that that
 was the talk of blackmailer, and show | ed him the door. But a few weeks later | according to MT. Burden, there appeared
 in Town Topics an article that was not
 very favorable to his family. 1 MT Burden also told MT. krotel that 1 two years ago Irving called him up on the 1 telephone and told him he wanted to show | him an article in which he thought Mir | Burden would be interested. MT. Burden , said he didn't want to see 1t. The next day | Irving called at the Windsor Trust com
 pany of which MT. Burden is a director | Irving said he wanted $250 for cartoon l of Mir, Burden or he would print the story MT. Burden chased him out Irving | bumped into the late Justice Van Brunt 1 There was another man nearby. This | third man said, according to MT. Burden Why don't you hold that fellow? He is
 a blackmailer and he has tried to black
 mail me"
 | Mr. Burden told MT. Krotel that this
 was not question of his making a com plaint and backing out. He said that Inc was going to stick to the finish. l Irving was questioned for some time b,
 Mir. KroteL As he was being led out oi ] MT. Kroters room he said:
 '1 would rather so to prison and l will
 go to prison before I sign any statement
 for the district attorney
 | According to District Attorney Krote l Irving was once d solicitor for Pads anc | Fancies." A woman who said she was his ! wife call to see Irving at the Eliza
 beth street station last night, but the
 police wouldn't let her see him.