The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-21
]IS7lCE DEUEL. ON A SALARY
u,rU "TOWN TOPICS"-MORE
TAX or REMOVING HIM.
cou, yandcrbilts on the "Fads and
rancIps" List It. r. shOnts Tells why
ur Gave up $500 MOrosinis Experi'
ence Interesting but tnayaiiabie.

,,r cave Tn $500 Moroslni's Experi-
cnce Interesting but Unavailable.
r,,. Presiding Justice Joseph NJ. Deuel.
=, gr.cia Sessions Is on the salary list
y, To,,n Topics was disclosed yesterday
y, ~, District Attorneys investigation OF
~, hooks. In the absence OF District
I,,ornev Jerome no statement was forth
"snirp as to what action II any would be
Wa, apainst Justice Deuel., but there
.a.,,ed 10 he an impression In the District
,,,orney's Office that enough evidence
~ heen discovered to form basis Tor
'roceedings looking to the removal OF
pns,ce deuel. from the bench. That and
.sa t.c, that four members Of the Wander
IN, t.mly-Wiiam K, Sr., William r., Jr"
Mad Gwvnne and Reginald C'-have
'.h.cribed for -Fads and Fancies' and
,sentitled to a copy Of this book when 1t
annears we're the new developments yester-
S apr Each Vanderbilt subscribed $500,
W. that is the sum that is recorded In the
.r.ds and Fancies" account kept by To'cn
Top,cs Am, 1...
Tho hooks show that since 1901 Justice
nonel has received yearly salary from
49, publication. The first year he got
non and every year thereafter 1920.
Tor tho first half of this year he has been
aoid .sno 1t has been known that Justice
nonel ia stockholder in the paper. and
.ha hooks reveal that he owns thirty $40
.har.. ont of the 500. W. D. Mann and
his daughter are the other stockholders.
In 1907 Justice Deuel's stock earned for
hin, in dividends 81 200. The following year
he got the same amount. but since then no
navmen, Of dividends to him, except $50,
has been recorded In 1908 Topn Topics
hogan TO put up new building In West
rty.eishth street and the surplus OF
the company has been laid aside FOR that
The surplus is now $4,000.
Justice Deuel's account is kept under
the two headings salary and dividends.
and il is the salary account that interested
tho District Attorneys Office w. l..
Daniels, secretary and treasurer Of Toun
Tapes explained that Justice Deuel. was
paid for literary work, writing ana other
things. but not for legal advice There is
this section in the charter in relation TO
VIA, Special Session justices must not do:
No such Justice shall receive to his own
use any fees or Prerequisites Of ONCE nor o shssl
any such Justice hod any G ofher p1p' nr oG
As an attorney or counselor at law In any
court II the state, or act as referee or re.
tine and capacity, so lar as the public in
teres,- demand, to the duties of his office.
1T is all very interesting" said Mr..
Cans when he got the report on the investi-
CATION. Justice Deuel. was asked Wnat
be had to say and he said:
i have heard for week that charges
were to be preferred against me. ! have
nothing to fear. l will meet the charges
ct the proper time go
Assistant District Attorney Krotel, with
an accountant. made the examination OF
the books Daniels represented Tonn
Topics One interesting item which will
demand further investigation concerned
q new enterprise which Toun Topics started
not long ago. Nothing was to be learned
at the District Attorneys office about this
entry, but it was said that the scheme
involved $4,000 odd.
1t is understood that If any proceedings
are taken against Justice Deuel. they will
be in the nature of citizens complaint
made to the Appellate Division. When he
thought the occasion demanded IL Dstrlct
Attorney Jerome has made the complaint
himself as citizen. If the matter is
presented to the Appellate Division. then a
referee will be appointed to take testimony.
a. was done in the case of former Justice
Bolte.
There will probably he no further in
vestigation Of the Toun Topics books until
Mr. jerome returns from his home at Lake
vile Conn. In the meantime, however.
theiDis,rict Attorney Is Office will continue the
investigation, which now embraces several
schemes for getting money from wealthy
persons as subscriptions paid for costly
books years before they are printed
Henry Thompson of counsel for Goodwin.
Thompson Il Vanderpool, called up Mr..
Krotel Yesterday and told him OF the attempt
that was made to get Giovanni Morosini 70
vas -Fads and Fancies." Mr., Thompson
said that the solicitor intimated to Mr..
Morosini that it would be well for MIR.
Morosini TO subscribe, but made no out and
out threats. Mr.. Morosini kicked him
out
Several times after that incident, said
Mr.. Thompson. there appeared in Toun
Topics paragraphs about Mr.. Morosinis
daughter Gi1lia: The articles sailed pretty
close to the libel line, but didn't hit it, -,
So for the present Mr.. Morosini VIII
be Of no value to the District Attorney.
In one If his talks with newspaper men
recently Justice Deuel. remarked, apropos
o. nothing, that il was true that Tom
Topics got close to the libel line, but seldom
ovrstepped it He added that Town
Topics had fewer libel suits than any other
paper in the city.
Edwin NJ. Post, the broker who made
the. complaint of attempted extortion
against Charles H. Able, solicitor for the
Society Editors Association, called on
Mr.. Krotel yesterday afternoon with
long anonymous letter which he had re-
ceived. Mr., Krotel wouldn't say what
the letter contained, but said that it had
several leads that might he valuable.
Before sailing for Panama yesterday
Theodore P Shonts, chairman of the Pan
ANA Canal Commission, was asked how
he came to put up $500 for Americas Smart
Set. Mr. Shonts said:
had known Col. Mann for long time.
solicitor came to me from Mr.. Wayne,
editor Of Torn Topics, asking me to put
my name down. I suppose it s not worth
500 said oh, no. he said, but 1t would
would like to help Col. Mann out and I
put my name down. But they didn't get
any moro than $500 from me-
when Able went to see Mr. Post he car
NED letter from Wayne, who was editor
Chief OF the Society Editors Association.