The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-05-29


senator was one of the many don !
want-to-pay" customers that Richard A.
Garfield numbered among his gamphns
whose relatives decided that II would be
better TO make a settlement with lno
peachblow vase collector than 10 re1use
settlement. but failed. and presumably
paid I'm full after considerable discussion
Who the senator is, or. for that matter;
who the youth is, is the carefully guaTdeu
secret of Canfield and others, who took
particular pains TO preserve III lnlolhte
yesterday at the trial before supreme
Court Justice Newburger ana jury or
the suit brought by John Deiahunty. Can
fields former lawyer and Intimate friend,
20 recover payment for services rendered
the gambler during M the famous rus, raro Eorty py
fourth street.
The senator, II appears, owed Garfield
some 10000. partly money lost az me
The youth owed $500 900. all said TO be
money lost trifing with Dame Fortune.
pach had given notes to secure the IN
manager, Dave Bucklin. treasured as
the apples OF their eyes:
TRIED TO GoMPRolMiisSE: nl is Coo 49,,
they finally paid UP $4,000 cash. The
senator offered $40 900 for his note and
Garfield sent him word that IL was all or
nothing.
Deiahunty, the plaintiff. told how he
had saved from the Jerome clutches the
100000 or more OF securities that Can,
field had in safe deposit vaults. And
when questioned about Canfields income
he said that the gambler had told him
that his business netted him 10000
In actual property. OF which at least
81. 900 600 was In real estate here and at
Saratoga. So he could afford to wait
while for some OF his customers 10 pay.
Many letters. cables and kilograms TO
Delahunty from Garfield and Bucklin
were put In evidence yesterday by Ed
mund L. Mooney Delahuntys counsel.
and in one OF them Garfield speaks OF a
day OF reckoning for Jerome.
In another he refers 10 the exhibition
Mr.. "" has made of himself in con-
neotion with the John Doe hearings
started by jerome TO bring about Can
fields conviction as q gambler.
The identity OF "Mr "" was another
secret. None would admit that IL might
have been Reginald Vanderbilt who was
said 20 have lost a very large sum in
Canfeld's one night. a sum said TO nave
run into the hundreds of thousands of
dollars A subpoena was issued for young
Vanderbilt IN the John Doe proceedings,
but he kept out Of jurisdiction. mostly
in an automobile, until things had quieted
down.
Garfield sat IN court, beside his counsel.
George Gordon Battle and j. 8. Marshall
behind him sat Bucklin at tho afternoon
session.
AS his letters were read, however. ne
seemed more nervous and fiddled with a
lawyers bag in front OF ham. or tappeo
the table with a pencil.
DELAHUNTY'S TESTIMONY.
Deahunty's testimony opened with re-
lation of the Jerome rad on East Forty
fourth street. Delahunty has known Can.
field for is years. and when Garfield got
doing that night. Dec. 2, 1902, he sent
for the lawyer.
Delahunty was there and protested
against the raid as unlawful. Inspector
Brooks and his men broke through a win
dow, when there was a man waiting TO
let them in by the front door. Jerome
'and the police were acting on the tip of
the famous self-made sleuth Jacobs.
Deahunty advised a suit OF damages
against Brooks. and there were several
other proceedings, in all of which Della
hunty acted for Garfield Then Garfield
went TO Providence. his home, where he
wrote to Delahmty in December that
he WAS prepared for anything after the
exhibition "V' had made in the John Doe
proceedings.
1t was In these proceedings that Jesse
1ewieohn refused TO answer questions
Implying that he had gambled at Can
fields. Delahunty said that Garfield paid
part of Lewisohn's legal expenses.
In this letter Garfield suggested that
ble InlHll DC OftVeT Oil 1l EJllHNtflu lot
\ while, and on Delahunty's advice he
sailed on Christmas eve. He told Della
hunty that he was going to leave every
ching in the lawyers hands
II am very solicftous about Bu-lxlin,"
sasd Garfield. Save him at any expense
want you to do everything you can.
You know what II means to me"
what did h mean to him?" asked Mr..
Mooney.
1T meant that he had an income from
his business OF $4,000 a year. which
might be lost. l knew an about his
financial Affairs. knew Of this income.
knew of his property, 5000 900 altogether
or more.of which orle-fifth was right
here dn New York state"
FEARED JEROME.
'Tf Jerome gets those papers we're
ruined" said Bucklin. We'll have 20 go
out Of business. have to quit the country
All our books. all our notes, our letters
from customers for 10 years are there
and they would drag into this mess peo-
ple-ef the highest standing in the social
and business world. II must be stopped" 4"
"I told him not TO get so excited" con-
tnued Delahunty, "and that l didn't
xhtplr TIM fruef rap,nanv would have 10