The San Francisco call., 1905-08-07
EDITORS FRIEND
HIS INFORMANT
Man Now in This State Ad-
mits Having Told Girls
well About Introduction
WRITES TO RHIN0CK
Tells Congressman That His
Intentions in the Affair
Were Not Malicious
Special Dispatch to The Call.

COVINGTON, KY. Aug 6.-Congress-
man RhinOck made known tonight the
name OF the person who furnished Rob-
ert W. Criswell, editor of the New
Yorker. with lbelOus. information re-
gerding Alice Roosevelt's visit to the
Latonia race track, where she was in
trOduced 10 RhinOck. 1t was Criswells S
close friend, George Mortimer Roe, who
is now located in California. He wrote
RhinOck from Los Angeles. admitting
the authorship OF the information.
Rhinock will turn over the letter TO the
New York authorities. CrisWell com
mitted suicide last Thursday night in
New York by leaping in front Of a SUBJ
way train.
Roe's letter reads:
J. L. Rhinock Covington. Ky.-Dear Sir:
In a fragmentary way, through the newspapers
and personal notes, have learned OF the
criminal proceedings brought by you against
r W. Criswell for uttering certain charges
against or concerning You in New York, and
in the same indirect way l have learned that
il was not 50 much 10 punish Criswell that
you brought proceedings as it was to smoke
oul the name Of the person who had given
him the information. 1t was never necessary
Tor you to go 10 all that trouble II your only
purpose was 70 secure the name OF the in
/ never attempted to conceal my identity in
the matter ana II l were ever disposed to fur
nish anonymous information I certainly could
have had no reason for doing 50 in this in
stance. i Wrote ln6 lLlloIlDoAlDu 10 AFlSWS4A
in q personal note, not for publication, but
was Indifferent. I will be frank to say TO
whether he printed il or not.
! gave Il 10 him / have given him other
information and he had given IL TO me in &
personal CORES pondence that we have carried
at intervals for many years / wrote a
letter to him at the time when the newspapers
Of Cincinnati particularly the Post and the
Citizens Bulletin were full OF gossip concern
ing Alice RoOsevelts visit 10 Cincinnati and
Latonia. In the letter I inclosed a clipping
from Mr. Pendleton's paper reciting the in
PRODUCTION episode. which you win no doubt
recall
1 sent the letter and clipping mere as my
contribution TO The Csyety Of Nations as
idle gossip as was much OF the other stuff
that was printed at the time. AS to any mall
been any2 I don't believe you would know
me II you should meet me face 10 face and
doubt If ] should know you under the same
circumstances. We have never met TO my
recollection. but once and then about some
trifing business which made but little IL any
impression on my mind
I might well be charged with harboring
malice against some ct the prophets Of the
Old Testa nnent. Now 70 the statement con-
cernng the indictment about which consid-
erable ] understand, has been written:
An instrument purporting 10 be an inoict-
nent Of J. I. Rhinock for snatching a wad
Of bills from an old farmer was placed IN my
hands by County Clerk Hubbard Schwartz and
] read IL.
10 this 1 will qualify al any time. AS 70
whether there is another j. l. Rhinock IN
Covington Newport, or as TO whether the
instrument I handled and read is a forgery,
cannot say. II II is forgery II would seem TO
me that you have q duty TO perform in the
premises-to hunt down the forgert