New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-25
TINN WITH MUD RAKE.
yFLPED BY ALL CLASSES.
c.-,onts Dressmakers and Literary
I;obt, Wrote for ''Tozon Topics.

,-.,--,,atIon concerning persons who
~ r,,+es and Of the methods by "hlch
eos.l. eo-.--. p-e-s obtained for Town TOPICS
- srch scandals were used to ooIalH
a.- ---,r-iors for 'Fads and Fancies' was
sI's 80, yesterday al the trial Of Norman
80 on Justice Deuel's charge Of criminal
I1 counsel for Mr.. Hapgood endeavoreu 10
- - .,s+ Town Topics had been USED DS
n Mann and Justice Deuel. TO scare
Ooo',- - men OF wealth into subscribing
. aFads and Fancies. 49,
-.r5 Y Baker. Harry s. Lenr' Fe''l
,--..sr Hewitt and Edwin N. Post were al'ioN5
illnesses called 10 testify 10 the presSUi0
u - through Town Topics" by canvasseTS'
-,l-rse stokes Wayne, former Editor OF Io"iI
80 O., vas IN the witness chair much OF l-'7
+s,irq about the methods employed py
,--,.-.1 Mann and Justice Deuel.
-,s-s was introduced in evidence an a!eseu
--,s,s LIST Of contributors 10 Town Topics
80 1850 The list included the names o.
-..,-,r writer's for city newspapers liuS'o
80 editors Of society columns. a "ieSs
- and various out of town correspondents
~ vavre. replying 10 questions by Distflc1
-. Jerome. spoke Of some Of these con-
.-f1r,to~s as follows
w., u-s.. ,ae article that caused Bn!y y
,sSe-s go 70 commit suicide? Al prefer not 90
gogs t775: T35 vas It? A-Rove the Newport oorre-
f95aaTTH5 f962T5s he correspondent or newsgatherer7
A,7B9#5hf A,6B#fat does stephen Fisho DO for Town
T9aTT Ts.. A-e 5oa5 + E EdTard Paren do? Ale IS
H1oAee- es5 el ya= re correspondent AZ Bar Harbor?
a-Nr could. and We had occasional coIIssi'1'''
en- ems lHg[S Hog, 5fog tHe clubs il &ev-Tor6? Ave
-r-4I.r- -rrTu fn
Al1 TI=f. --rrrIr.rad news items from the Union
rSb7 Al don recall any paragraphs aoo-' ING
l2@w l5@w6o 5o' contributed GLIB news here? A-Janes
= d oLSs IA a,amct CTubo A-Yes
6Vr5 were The other contributors A-CecA
Allen t-tl99a5 4lT Nj ~ Wa5e SltI= ara1-
IN Harry q smith. Belmont Fqrdy, s. b AgngEs' .s
FL Ms F-a5erf-5 Dale Carollue Harding Miss Jolly
3 countess ir Paris and others whose names %
%, recall
HARRY LEHR GAVE INFORMATION
o-How about Harry Lehr2 A-He never
zr1e anything Tor The paper. but contributed IN
''---H o-Hav a5 YOU know that? A--Rowe told me
that Lehr gave him social lHioi slllu %
Mann stated yesterday that Lehr promised him
o-Was burton Harrison a contributor TO Town
T5rrsr2 Ale wrote au article for the Christmas
Q-Was AHe Humme a contributor A.-Yess
6-socai. literary or artistic? Ale furnished
D-anr-- lis clients. Al dcn. 2 KNOW"
0-Nrs Simmons was q contributor A.-Sne
O-shs wrote about herself2 Al think 50.
C-Ar7 Mrs Goelet's servants furnished intorrna-
dom a-t-s. through Rachel IeclllaN-
Q-How about Mrs George heIup2 A-SHe FUR
rlsre8 Information about herself
Q.-Tre Rev A. DE Leon Nichols was Newport
contributor Ale was
The reference was 70 the Rev. c. DeLeon
Nichols. who was q curate of st. Lukes Church,
Convent-ave. and 141st-st.. and who left the
Protestant Episcopal Church a few years ago.
protesting 10 be- convert TO the Roman Catholic
faith.
ODD he furnish theological or social articles?
A-S-1lal news
Q-A6o1t Newport soristv2 A-Yes
Q-Ard mind raraGraphs FOR "Saunterings?'
A.-les
Q-Where IS ITS par.5ha Al don't know that
Dc has one
Q-Hsd Town Topics" contributors a. the
hllCkerH0CkeT 0T University ClUhs2 Al think so
bur 7 do not recall who they were
Cat the Metropolitan CLUB Al don't re-
member who furnished the items from there
Q-AL The contributors were paid2 A.-They