The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-20
MANY ARRESTS LIKE CARUSO'S
But CASES FALL DOWN
STR tNGELY. IT ~ DECLARED.


Some kind OF a record IL SAID to exist,
other than the Official record. of arrests by
the Arsenal police on charges of indecent
conduct such as has been brought against
the tenor Caruso. The disposition Of the
cases, this record is said TO show, has usually
rested upon the word Of the policeman, the
complainant not appearing; The nature OF
the charge has not always come out dds
orderly conduct" covers "A multitude of
sins. TIL real name of the prisoner does not
always adorn the records and the proper
ton Of cases that -fall down" Is said to be
extraordinarily large, whatever may have
interviewed bet the arrest and the ar
raignment.
No one has approached Caruso in that in
tcrval Of his case, but he has passed from his
recent illness into a militant convalescence
Yesterday afternoon he received the re-
porters in the Office of the Metropolitan
Opera Company and gave il out through
Mr.. Conried that after he should have been
indicated tomorrow in the Yorkville court
cf the charge brought against him by Police
nan Game he would take steps to seek
reparation for the indignity that has beer
put upon him through the action Of the
Park policeman.
ouD via otCBo Va iAl = fho III
tends to take to assure the complete wiping
out of the stain he feels to have been put
upon his reputation neither the manag ger of
The opera company nor the high priced
singer would reveal yesterday. otherwise
than by insiuuution
-Signor Caruso has to be indicated alb
solutely, said MIR. Conried yesterday, speak
Ing in the presence Of Caruso and for him
THE relea sefrom the charge brought
against him by this policeman, which he
surely expects. Will not be enough TO satisfy
him. After that comes on Wednesday he
will take such further steps through his
counsel az he shall deem fit TO thoroughly
clear his good name Of the last trace Of this
blot that has been cast upon it,"
Mr., Conried for himself said yesterday
that he had prev allied upon Caruso to give
out a complete and definitive statement
to the papers. To that end Charles n,
Metzger, press agent for the Metropolitan
Opera Company, announced early yester-
day morning that the emo would meet
the reporters in the Office at the Metropoli-
tan Opera House at AID o'clock in the after
noon. The reporters were all there on
time and Caruso came up in an automobile
afew minutes after the hour for the tryst.
The reporters were escorted into Mr..
Conried's private Office. There Mr.. Con
ried and Signor Caruso awaited them. The
press agent acted a. interpreter. Mr..
Conried was spokesman
-Signor Caruso has come here upon my
advice" said the manager, ito give out a
statement and answer any questions you
may wish to put to him" Then he handed
..,t IN thu rarnrfora n vraauyriffnp afafa-
ment which read as follows:
Il am entirely innocent. The arrest and
charges made against me were a complete
surprise. There is no foundation for it
whatever, and l am confident that l shall
he thoroughly and completely vindicated.
That l am highly indignant at the outrage
committed goes without saying, and !
do not mean to let the natter rest. For
any further information | must refer you
to my counsel. Judge A. J. Dittenhoefer."
During the reading of this statement
Caruso stood impatiently at the desk, and
at the end he made as if to leave the room.
evidently considering the interview over
But the reporters began to address further
questions to him through Mr.. Conried and
the interpreter, and the tenor was waved
back into place by his manager.
The officer says that Car,po was inside
che monkey house when he arrested him, ="
said Mr.. Conried in reply to one of the
queries. That is q mistake. He was out
side Of the house, several fees away"
How far AWAY from the monkey house
were you when the police man arrested
you2" asked the interpreter.
'oh, fully twenty PAGES away" answered
Caruso.
And then Caruso asked the officer what
he was arrested for" Mr.. Conried put In,
-and the Otioer would nut tell him, but
hurried him to the station. in the park, the
Arsenal station"
Mr.. Conried was asked to inquire when
n was that Caruso had visited tho monkey
house In the past, and if h were true, as
Policeman Game says, thai he had been
elected from the monkey house by that
officer In December last for an offence SINH
lar 20 the one now charged against him.
sCaruso has been in the animal house in
question three times before in his life, A"
replied Conried. AT no previous time
was he molested by any officer nor was n
attempt made to put him under arrest.
Caruso says that he went to the monkey
house three years ago with his wife. A
8tCU0u Jhfuc ITO Noub bhcIC iaSb WlhIcTs ~
with his friends, Russo and Parodi. the
singers. Once he went there alone last
winter.
why, when I frst heard that Caruso had
been arrested | went to him and asked
him seriously to tell me the truth about the
matter. l thought he might be fooling.
Then he said that he did not know why he
had been arrested and could not give any
.explanation Of the conduct OF the police
man"
Mr.. COnried vas reminded thai he had said
that there was a possible blackmailing
scheme behind the arrest of his singer
Through Mr.. Metzger, who translated Ca
rus0's French for the benefit OF the news
psper men, Conried asked Carlso il at the
kinie Of his arrest any demand had been
made upon him for money by the officer.
Cnruso replied that there had not. He added
that az no time since his arrest had he been
approached with an Offer to hush up the
case for money.
One OF the reporters asked Caruso IL IL
were true. a. Cain In reported 20 nave
HE