The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-22
CHAMPE S, ANDREWS ACCUSED.
srlY HOME on RE ARRESTED'
,JEROHE SAYS TO HIM.
AMI lie Stays-Wlfe Of Swindler SHo-
su,dcr says tho Lawyer Got Her 70
DEED Property Over on Agreement
mn, he'd Not Prosecute Her Husband.


nm, He'd Not Prosecute Her Husband.
ro,rr,ntcd with the alternative OF being
..,,s,ed or STAYING in this country, ChamPe
,ndrew. counsel for the County Medical
va,;,,v decided last night not to sail ior
r,,,,,., ,hi, morning on the steamer Albert
koenig.
,ndrews came to this conclusion after
oorfer.nce with District Attorney Jerome at
,,teville. Conn, yesterday. When he re-
,nrr,d from Iakeville last night detective
ua- whiting for him at the Grand Central
v,o,,,n bu, on his promise to Acting Dis
,r,c. Attorney Cans that he would postpone
Nj. trim no was not arrested pending FUR
Thor in ycstig nton which will be made by
district Attorney jerome wheh he re'"i"'
10 this city next week.
,h,rye OF extortion has been made
o,,,;n.t Andrews by Mrs. John A. Strosai-
,,,. tho wife OF a bunco steerer who was
arrested on June 20 on the complaint OF
IL. John A. Harris, who alleged that he
h,l neen swndled by Strosnider and MS
nal George Mckee. out OF $l2,5Oo
s,r,.ni,ier and Mckee were arrested In
DR. Narris's apartments at liz Riverside
Drive. by Detectives Reardon and Platt OF
the DISTRICT httpTuty olliNC' INV -
,ric, Attorneys Office had cooperated with
the County Medical Society in making
runber of arrests. and when Andrews asked
for assistance it was presumed that the
case had something to do with the medlcal
society.
According to the story which has since
been told to Mr.. Cans by Strosnider and
Ne Zee, Strosnider, who is also known
rs SNYDER. had met Harris in Europe, When
he returned to this country he introduced
Nc Zee to Harris as a gambler who was
ready to throw down gambl ing syndicate
on the last card in far game.
Strosnider says he took Harris to sup
posed gambling house in the Tenderloin.
one prepared for the purpose, and there
Harris 10 st $4,000. After that it was pro-
nosed that Harris, Mckee and Strosnider
form a partnership.and they met at Harris
house on the night Of June 20 ostenslhly Tor
that purpose
According to the story which has been
told to Mr.. Cans by Andrews Harris. on
the LAWYERS advice, lost 81, 500 more in the
hone that Stroenider and Mckee could be
caught by private detectives who were
watching them. This fell through. but
Mckee and Strosnider were finally arrested.
After Strosnider and Mckee we're arrested
Andrews told the newspaper men that
they had swindled Harris by getting loan
on forged stock Of a bona tide company
For some reason not yet explained, Stro-
snider gave to Harris two notes for sl2, ooo.
When Strosnider was arrested he hao
$3.50, and on his way to Police Headquar-
tiers he saws that Andr ews and Harris tried
to get the money from him, promising to
,e,mn the notes, but that Strosnider re-
fused to give up. Andrews admits that
there was some talk about the $500 ana
the notes, but says that 1t was simply to
get some admissions from Strosnider,
The next day Strosnider was held In $40.
mn bail and Mckee was released IN
$500 hail. Then Strosnider's $500 and
jewelry which he had pawned for S'5oe
were attached by Harris, On the night oil
july 4, Mrs. Strosnider says, Harris called
her up at her home in Flatbush. Harris
savs she eephoned to him.
As a result OF the telephone talk Mrs
S-o.-idnr went 10 Harris's hous, She
raw, harris told her that Andrews had ar
Hanged to put the case gainst her HUSBAND
eiore the Grand Jury the next day ano
that Jerome had been looking for hel
husband for long time and wanted tc
,ailroad him
Andrews was there. too, she said, and he
told her that unless her husband mace
restitution it would go hard with him, al
he Andrews had great influence IN the
District Attorneys Office and MIR. jerome
would do anything he asked.
She says she asked him what she coult
do. and he told her to deed over HOUSE
in which she had an equity OF 5000. An
drews warned her. she says. that the cas-
was going before the Grand Jury the mex
morning and she couldn't delay.
she asked for time to consult with ne
LAWYER. Milton c. Gray, and it was arranged
that Mrs. Strosnider, Gray. Harris ant
Andrews should meet at the Manhattan
Hotel at 9 o'clock the next morning.
was after 1 o'clock before Mrs Strosnde
left the Harris house.
The appointment was kept at the Man
haitian. and Mrs. Strosnider decided owe
the house to John s. Cooper, clerk II
Andrews's Office. At the same time sh
says she signed a statement dictated b.
Andrews in which she was made TO sa
that restitution was made voluntarily Of
her part in the hope Of clemency for he
husband 1t is true that the property wa
transferred to Cooper. and Mrs. Strosnide
has started suit to recover 1t.
Andrews s version Of the midnight meet
ing at Harris's house is that Mrs. Stro
snider went there to ask Harris not to prose
cute her husband because it would dis
grace her young son. He says that Harrl
sent for him after that proposition had bee
made.
Mrs, Strosnider says that Andr ews tol
her that if the property was decided Owe
there could he no prosecution II Harr
left the country. which he could do ST
also says that Andrews W anted her to sig
some papers, and 1t was then that she SUI
gested that she ought to see her awy'
first
1t is a fact that Strosniders case was G
the Grand Jury calendar for the day aftt
the midnight meeting. Andrews had all
promised Mr.. Jerome that he srd Hair
would appear before the Grand Jury thu
day. They didn't show up. The san
afternoon Harris failed to appear befo
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