The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-30


precautions the arrest of Everett found
its way into one of the Chicago dailies,
together with the information that I
had gone TO New York TO prosecute the
investigation in that city. This infor-
nation was telegraphed to New York.
l believe this to have been the way
knowledge of my presence in New York
reached Frank w. Brooks. or Everett
might have succeeded in getting word
TO him of the progress of events. At
any rate, had been in New York bat a
day when received the following mes
sage from General Superintendent
Washburn in Chicago:
'Kelso viii give you papers; see him
at once
Kelso was the chief of the New York
police department, and about the same
time I received the message from
WaShburn I received a personal note
from superintendent Kelso at my hotel
In il he said there had been left at his
office some papers for me to look over,
and If 1 would call there might find
something bearing on the Shotwell bond
robbery. In answer to these messages
I called at police headquarters After
some delays, due to the absence Of the
lawyers who had left the papers with
Chief Keiso, / was invited into a pri-
vate office. Taking three packages of
papers from his safe, Kelso said:
These were left in my care by for
mer Judge Cardozo and Mr.. Farrell
attorneys for a client whose identity
they do not care to make public nor to
inform you at this time. They have
requested me to be present when you
examine them
With this be handed me the packages
and / began the examination Cafdozo
and Farrell. to whom / had been intro
duced. were in the room. The first two
packages contained little but Miss Shot
wells private correspondence. and 1
j. I'M in hot rc~I,4
would be of any service to me in the
case in hand. Among the papers com
posing the third package L found a legal
envelope, empty, bearing the inscrip-
ton: Prom P. D. Roddy to G. F. Shot
we'll; Selma & Gulf railroad bonds. S54.-
000." I quietly put this envelope into
my pocket. Another envelope, which
had evidently contained some sort of an
agreement between General Roddy and
Miss Shotwell. was in the package and
[ pocketed that Finishing the search,
returned the packages to KeIso.
Il believe Mr.. Tyrrell has retained
possession of some of the documents -
said Judge Cardozo TO Kelso.
rs that 500" asked Kelso of me.
II kept such papers as need in this
case said.
They must be returned" demanded
Judge Cardozo, with much vehemence
II shall keep them until 1 am through
with Them I said.
II shall get an order of court before
you leave this room and compel you to
return them" the lawyer said augriiy
WHO is the client who turned these
papers over to you?' 1 asked of Judge
CardoZO-
THAT is purely a professional mat
ter"
rs your client General Roddy?'
i can answer no such questions"
Very well. then" ! said. II shall
keep the papers I have until I am
through with them. when they will be
returned to you"
The lawyers We're angry, and Kelso
lntimated that had broken faith with
him, but l chung to the course 1 had
mapped out and kept the papers.
While these events We're TRANSPORTING
Miss Shotwell was on her way to New
York in answer to my telegram. on
her arrival I took her to the office of
District Attorney Phelps and. while
Mr. Phelps had been agreea BILE I'm his
Previous conversations with me- his
aiaerity in the case seemed to be in
cres sed after he had seen the fascinat-
ing loser of the railroad bonds. He pre-
pared the way for us. and we told the
story TO the grand jurors, and indict-
rnents against Brooks and Everett fol-
lowed. Miss Shotweii also swore out
a warrant for the arrest of Brooks, who
was promptly taken into custody.
The papers ] had distracted from the
package at police headquarters 1 need
ed as evidence before the grand jury.
but did not wish Attorneys Cardozo and
Farrell TO know we .intended to go be-
fore that body. 7 realized that / was
in the -eneTny's. country and I feared
that some of the public officials whose
duty IL was to assist in the unraveling
OF the mastery and the prosecution of
the Offenders were enlisted on the 9th
eF side All of the men oye1 xvhon, Tho