The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-12

pay up, and that II he didn't Toun Topics
would print the whole thing on Thursday
this week. MIR. Post had conference with
Mr. Kratel. and arrangements were made
for the meeting. Able was at the Stock Ex-
change at the close OF the market and so
we're Post and Detective Flood. Post had
five 500 bills which had been marked by
Flood
Post invited Ahle upstairs. where they
could have conversation In private. Flood
wasn't In the same room, but overheard
the talk. Post took out the money.
I'm going to give you this $780,, he said,
"on this condition: That the article you have
spoken OF is not printed"
You have my assurance, and that Ia IA
good as II you got Mr.. Wayne's assurance.
~ you pay the money you will never hear
OF II again, either now or at airy other
time said Able.
Il don't know about giving 1t up said
Post, without some assurance
'Why. we know more about this thing.
said Able. A woman has written TO ia
with additional details, and it Is all in a
pigeonhoe in Mr.. Wayne's desk. All the
additional details will be printed IL the
money is not paid
But | haven't got any assurance that
they won't he printed then persisted
Post
why, certainly you have replied Able.
'ToDn Topics makes most OF its money
out Of just this sort Of thing, We have
had scandals worth $4,000 each There
Is one man In this town mentioning the
mans naine) that we had scandal on
worth $4,000 but he was let Oh with a
$i.5OO subscription TO another book. Fads
and Fances.'
Post got from Able a receip: saying that
for $500 1t IL understood that each sect ion
Of the above work Is to he delivered to the
subscriber in portfolio form. as soon as
issued The names OF Daniels, Wayne
and Wooster we're printed on the receipt
as officers Of the Society Editors Associa-
| ton.
As soon as Post handed over the money
Flood arrested Able. He was taken at once
to Mr.. Krotels office, and the first thing
he did was TO produce the blanks that a
number Of veil known persons had signed,
subscribing for the book, to prove that he
I was iegitirnately employed as a solicitor.
Here are some OF the persons whose names
he had on the blanks
Reginald Vanderbilt. W. X, Vanderbilt,
|
Vanderbilt. A. Van Rensselaer,, Eighteenth
and Walnut streets. Philadelphia, Lloyd
Phoenix, c. A, Postley, Eugene Higgins,
Mrs. Alexander T. Van Nest, W, p. Thomp-
son. Henry Barton Jacobs Baltimore; Mrs.
| George Westinghouse, Lenox; E. H. Cary,
and Harrison /. Drurnmond. st. Louis A
blank signed Linda Thomas "a marked
copy number l69 reserved for Mrs. +. r.
| A oir kha ponpra
Palmer reserves a copy for. Mrs Potter
Palmer. On a blank signed Josephine
Brooks the copy reserved IL for Mrs H.
Mortimer Brooks. Able told Mr.. Krotel
that he had never demanded $500 for the sup
preston Of scandal. He told Post that IL
he subscribed Wayne might give him a lite
free advertising and that Wayne was good
friend to have.
Mr.. Krotel then sent for Wayne, who said
that be knew Able. but only as a solicitor.
He didn't know Post and had never told
| Able to make any threats to Post. In ad-
dition he said that Tomn Topts didn't have
any such Information as Able pretended
| it had
Wayne admitted, however, that he had
written the letter that Able carried to Post.
He also said that Able had showed him
inc telegram ana letteT from Iost. ne
didn't pay much attention to them, but
he remembered that Able asked him to
write letter to Post saying that he would
try to get an article another paper had
suppressed. Wayne said he told Ahle he
wouldn't write any such letter.
Able had bank book showing that he
had $saa5s on deposit at the New Amster-
dam Bank. At one time his account was
as high a. s.. 1000. He was locked up in
the Elizabeth street station and will be
arraigned in the Tombs police court this
morning.
Magistrate Deuel., who Is connected
with the company that publishes To,rn
Topics. said last night that Able was in no
way connected with Topn Topics, and that
he was surprised to hear that Wayne had
anything to do with the Society Editors
Association Magistrate Deuel. said he
would do anything in his power to assist
in the prosecution of Able if Able had done
anv wrong. The Magistrate called last
night upon Wayne for an explanation OF
his connection with the Society Editors