New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-03
OSBORNE TILTS AT DEUEL.
ENOUGH TO INDICT HIN"
colonel Mann Wanted Victtms for
eFdds and FGncieS.

roio1eI ". D. Manu. proprietor OF own
r.,,cs spent two hours yesterday under the hot
:op'.4 re examination directed by ex-Assistent
-.s.-sct Attorney James ". Osborne Mr. osborne
s-,sbsd one speech OF some five minutes N tho
tssrtpr BY crying out that there was evidence
,,nrh ii what had been brought OUT IN the near.
90 eso .ndfct Justice Deuel." Colonel Mann WINGED
rs.r the lawyers words: then. for moment
sss-ned 10 be II a hot rage
T,stioe deuel. happened to he coming out OF an
thar court at the moment Mr. OSBORNE leunoheo
50, holt against him and from q seat In the
~ heard the last words OF this oenunciaHon
- bss-tne was before Magistrate Whitman In
- -or,bs police court. the case being that of
To,onei Mann against the publishers and Editor OF
golfers Weekly. F.
colonel Mann denied with emphasis that Justice
Deuel. had ever received money for ecleo s.
,o-k, but admitted that the justice was always Ia
he Office or Tuesday nights, just as the paper
vas going TO press
@wbat did Justice Deuel. DO thereP" asked Mr..
osborne He used TO look over the proofs. an
FEered Colonel Mann.
And he gave YOU advice as to what articles
7sre Hbelous or nearly so? Not IN ten years has
Justice Deuel. given one word Of legal advice.
said Colonel Mann
The examination continued:
o-what financial interest has Justice Deuel. in
Of The capital stock of the company, or used 10 be
o-Has be any other financial INTEREST," A.
QEPositive Of that? Absolutely certain-ao-
soluteIv. ...-
Then turning to Magistrate Whitman, Mr.. os-
home said: I intend 10 show that Colonel Mann
is mistaken 10 say the least about Justice Deuels
connections with Town Topics intend 10 prove,
and I think that ! have the right sozto do, that
Justice Deuel. is an agent of Colonel Mann and IL
e7jltv with Colonel Mann of Matchmaking schemes
After that statement Magistrate whitman al
lowed every question in which the name Of Justice
deuel. was involved or concerned.
who owns 'Fads and Fancies2" asked Mr. Os-
fsad 1Nr of f11lHST
tons from Colonel Mann's counsel and vociferous
insistence on the pert Of Mr.. Osborne. Finally
Msgistra-e Whitman said: s= --aa lie
Colonel Mann. who did own 'Fads and Fan
cies'g" .-s-~ ..s- -4.- Il
III tel YOU If L may" he replied He then told
al great length and with wealth Of detail that
Wooster induced Town Topics" to go Into The
scheme Wooster. he said, was to get subscribers.
q was merely to manufacture the book, said
Colonel Mann. He TO divide the proflts with
me He was 10 be allowed desk room IN the 'IoVyn
Tories ONCE He used the Office couple OF years
mora or less Now II you can tell me who owns
Eads and Fancies. shall be glad TO have you
III tel YOU in good time who owns the sheet
retorted Mr.. Osborne -
Mr. osborne then showed contract with NJ Ellis
wooster and the Town Topics Publishing Com
ranv witnessed by Justice Deuel., as agent Tor
Town Top!cs'P' Under the contract Wooster was
TO furnish 15G subscribers TO "Fads and Fancles.
He was to receive no compensation from the com
Wooster was to get 10 per cent up 10 $4,000. The
net rrost was TO be equally divided between
Wooster and the Town Topics Company. In snow
ing that the officers OF the Town Topics company
were substantially the same as those OF faos
and Fancies' as well as those Of the Smart Set
Publishing Company Mr.. Osborne said:
IN other words. everybody works but father'
everybody works but our old man.
Asked If he dictated a certain letter, Colonel
Mann said: .
ITS a. whole letter" said Mr.. Osborne Look at
the top Of IL II bears the letterheao Oh lhe lo"l
M Osborne Succeeded in getting the letter IN as
famed instructionS as 10 tlle a7s and Fances
tiers. which were dated May q. 1904, admitted as
evidence. They were furnished 10 Mr. OSBORNE DE
the District attorneys ONCE: a-.s
/ do not pretend to know the situation in refer
ence to any of the following names. but whgt
iieve a NUMBER can be secured II you nit them in
he right way Here is t the list z,-, Have
meyer. J. r. Roosevelt, Colgate Hoyt henry !.
W 7T3sy T9hh faSfoF Bu and " s Gurnee
BY the way 1 stopped in the midst of the lst
The Waldorf-Astoria yesterday He IS the great
ttnPat4 n1angIaetGrer sn9 1f,re if YOU do not
mention DR.. Emerson 10 him. and II you 40 snow
Pembroke tones 81 cetera I think you get him,
Notwithstanding that he declined IL CTeneral Ftl1-
q
-ich, and ! think If approached in the right way
can be captured. ~ r II @-..zs-..
Did YOU get ANIL L. Barber2 He has been trying
10 creer out. If you secured him, think a letter
from you SAYING you must insist upon ms eondra9f
being kept. would possibly bring things around All
Eight You did not go 10 Boston, oal MAYER
victims Spencer Trask, of this city, is rich and
vain Emerson Macmillan IS very rich II you can
WITH fTe5 5 8oug2e, who. thinI IS now
commodore OF the New-York Yacht Club you could
catch him. There Is no end 70 his money
The letter closes with this sentence:
shan keep thinking Of further r., names end 80
P, S-The above Is g memoranda from the coll
oAel dictated at his house NJ HAIfIAAN.
This IS from letter dated February q, 1901
3okingly referred TO afterward the 'Davy Crock
EFT letter" and purporting 10 be signed by Justice
Deuel.. Il was written letterhead, reading,
Town Toplcs-Bureau of Fads and Fances Of the
Folr Hundred" It read in part:
Your letter Of the 18th with Enclosure Of the
iraet Of Senator Dryden, received; hope you will
nave not only pleasant weather, but pleasant peo-
PIE 10 see and 10 meet, and that all Of them viii
Dc Ike Dsyv Crocketts 'coon-aIi you need TO DO
70 point your gun ana every nE F I0eI;
mo your basket
After date for adjournment had been agreed
upon By counsel for both sides. Mr. Osborne nred
this parting query at Colonel Mann:
Colonel Mann II appears that Justice Deuel.
looked them subscribers to ''Fads and FanciesD
as Is game 70 be fired at and you called them VIC
Colonel Mann hemrned hawed and hesitated.
1hen Mr.. Osborne added Nothing VIII pIease me
more than have that question unanswered az
this session. Let II stand over. Il may require
ume for serious consideration On It's answer oe-
Iends, in my Judgment. the future conouct OF the
The question was not answered