New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-29
STATEMENT FROM MANN
Rails at the Preside It and Praises
"FadS and FaHcieS. .

on charge OF perjury. gave out a t>atement last
evening denying that he was guilty N thls sla.e-
ment he attacks the credioidty OF NJ r ~
and Charles Stokes Wayne who oontraulcteu MS
testimony in the Hapgood trial that ne ala hot
write the Endorsement 20. XIV. d. NJ on
letter OF Reginald Ward 70 Wooster
The statement also contains an attack on FTesi-
dent Roosevelt, coupled with praise OF Fads and
Fancies" Colonel Mann declares that there Is evil
dence that the Golfers obtained the Presidents CO.
operation in the defence OF Norman Hapgood VINO
acquitted last week on Justice Deuels charge
Of criminal libel.
After saying that the charge Of libel grows out OK
his testimony regarding the Endorsement on the
Ward letter Colonel Mann asserts that he stu
adheres to that testimony. and adds;
Wooster the recipient Of the letter testified that
no other person was present. Wayne, discharged
employee of mine then called, and swore that
| he had frequently seen me write 20. K. and my
that these notations We're in mS 6andwriting on
the following day he was recalled, and then swors
Both Of these men tesed during the trial that hat
pay Of the CoIiiers u ana WAYNE admitted that he
hSd written the letter introduced in evidence in
S ss6 against me- but that he had to keep MS
common backmailers" by the District Attorney
IN his address TO the jury.
little more play to the galiery-the pubIie.-whch
bordering on the hystercai It looks ike a part
Of OF a strenuous effort by Mr.. Collier 70 besmirch
create SO much antagonstic sentiment in the COM
Ine conVGuon or the Golfers on the charge OF
vas an9 more IRON me alsunct fact tha[
was st soDpCePaeq oy Collier TO produce letter The
House ana 10 me, that Mr. Collier has secured the
If the public viii refrain rom Jumping at concIu
sions-will calmly analyzo the situation, consider
the personalities involved, particularly those relied
upon by Collier as principal ptnesses-and just for
one h5tLe moment recall the forty-hye years Of my
s6le that they will not expect 10 find me guilty OF
perfectly appreciate the serious import to Presi-
css % M c 0 e aP9 b INTO Wn B5 o &
him. If last July, when the cyclone Of lies, mis-
myself, growing out Of the absolutely unwarranted
connection in the public mind Of the perfectly e-
and Fancies Of Representative Americans at the
trayaI Of Their Tastes, Diversions and Achieve
ments." with Americas Smart Set" and gang
Friday last as ''blackmailers' Mr. Roosevelt had
that work or that he was repressnted in If the
present situaton-the present mauvais quart d'heur
ing later on his disclaimer he placed a dis
tnguished daughter of the South, than whom
tions, Mrs. Wade Hampton, in a most unenviable
Ilght coming mighty near branding her as an i'm
| felt sure when that disclaimer was called to my
cares and said So distinctly to The nress OF R s
then had the opportunity to admit this and no
more dscredit could have come to him from being
copy of the marvenously beautiful volume than
President Cleveland He did not choose rb ,,r sex
and kept my mouth closed. I pocketed the insult
al respect and intended politeness I had sent 10
Never would the matter have been heard from
sgain naa not some one at the White House seen
credit The most remarkable book ever produced in
Win tba jTfo not IN the word.fuTgished him
veneer last had been sent to me and 1 was
production, forced on me by the District Attorney
~ 'He I$ letter from the White House covering
s s5s WIN monographs for Illustrating it in
These These documents were given to District Attorney
Jerome under his order They were duly and
possible room for doubt as to the authority or pro-
T5 i9n using them IN that volume All the
searches for memory or Blame Il me" Of Mr.
truth that the White House is enIisted Viz f bes
Collier Rough Riders in an aftempt 70 destrozt ne
ana with as high purpose and with here and there
a rare exception, unavoidable IN the conduct of
America. S'0u III
Robert Collier and James ". Osborne spent the
afternoon at the Bar Association. To a Tribune
reporter who found them there and asked II they
we're meditaJing any further move against Colo
mel Mann, Mr.. Collier said it would rest with Dis
Vile to decide n Here Wo6 he 5e'g ar ron Lake
OF Colonel Mann on a charge Of Matchmaking Ger
We We had ,Y no desire to proceed against Colonel
Nan ar. Golfer said but IN his testimony in
perjury that We felt bound to ca the attention OF
Lakeve on Frday he gaTe @ TO |fT t
assistants 10 look into two or three instances Of
SucA perjury In Colonel Manns testimony. and I
suppose Colonel Manus denial OF his o. X on the
cred the Clearest and most easily to be proved"
DID you have In your possession i'm the Happo0d
ulai any, evidence Of blsCkmau through Town
Topics that was not used?' was asked
. considerable; but we did not want TO wear out
the patience of the jury and the court We called
only about one-thrd Of our witnesses for that rea
II the District Attorney begins a prosecution on
a PIackmaii charge. viii he have plenty OF mate
we think Romember we had only such wit
We probably only scratched the surface and If
MI Jerome goes deeper he probably will uncover
dicated by the revelations in the Hapgood trial .
Wayne and WOOSTER" e'
No; suppose they would he witnesses for the |
people against Colonel Mann" ''
colonel Mann says he is going 10 make a FIGHT
ana press his suit for damages against you it
was suggested. ~ -
Il don't well how he can do ANYTHING b,t
fight 1 must saw. too that s6Tlires ~ H.
courage. I only wish the fight could have come
ten years ago, when he was younger and more Wig
viii YOU begin proceeding for the impeachment
the benCh2" val NUN
viii Mr. Osborne?"
NO. We feel sorry for Judge Deuel. believing
FFaat ne was urged TO make his charge a. a feeler
LOT IO Nolonel Mann suit. We expect that Judge
deuel. may retire from the bench Touut ar- 49,
ms usefulness on the bench has been destr0vad -
Al me home OF Justice Deuel. last evening If |
va sac IhaL MS health was better hut he v0uld
not talk with newspaper men. ~
SAYS NEGRO MURDERED WOMAN