New-York tribune., 1907-12-01
FOR THE BUSY MAN.
Constant Reader Tells What He
Missed IN Last Weeks Papers,

hank manic does it," said the Busy Man. as he
began his conversation regarding the news OF
the week with his friend. the Constant Reader
NO" was the, reply land may not see II
,or eor,e time for how far reaching il may be
i'm its ramfcations IL is impossible TO say Al
ready a score Of deaths either by suicide or
through worry brought on by financial troubles.
have been recorded. Second only TO the tragic
death bv his OWN hand Of Charles Tracy Bar
nov former head ofssthe Knickerbocker Trust
Company. was the Ile death this week OF How
ard Maxwell. head y the Borough Bank OF
Brooklyn When he and his associates the
cashier Of the bank and William Cow OF lle
advertising firm of Ward & Cow whose names
appear so prominently in the subway placards
II things for sale. indicted for what they
had done in the Brooklyn institution. the other
two men were bailed. but Maxwell was allowed
by his former associates to go to jail and II was
not until after nearly week that he succeeded
in having his family and friends secure the
needed bail. one-tbird of it being furnished by
a surety company, which had to be well palo
for this service. Even then there was hl'c''
as this sort Of bail had never before been offered
In Kings County. and the District Attorney
would not accept it until he had secured court
ruling on the subject. AS has since come 10
light Maxwell was in so despondent coildi-
ton when in tan that the keepers refused to
and he came out with q five days growth He
sound his wife penniless and preparing 10 re-
surne the occupation Of boarding house keeper
IN which she was engaged when ne Tlrst mel
her in order TO live. He found that there was
prospect that he would go to state prison Ior
twenty-five years for the felonies charged 10
him that he was to be made scapegoat' as
the cashier had turned states evidence De-
serted by those on whom he had been accus-
<o,tv,. ff1sIf
backest sort, with q mind partially. at least
unhinged by his Imprisonment, It is little Won
der that when he was removing the oeaIu
grown behind the bars he decided to seek
eternal rest from the prospect of turther I'M
prisonment. BY the irony Of fate he dled III
the hospital erected as q memorial TO another
Maxwell no relative to him. but the uncle OF
another Howard Maxwell. for whom the un-
fortunate bank president was frequently taken
In the days Of his prosperity and with whoni
he was confounded IN his death, TO the distress
of one Of the most widely known ano hlghlg re-
Kpected families in Brooklyn
LIKE SCENE FROM 4 NOVEL.
Another family IN the Borough Beyond the
Bridge which has been Of the highest standing
has figured in the police records of the week in
anything but favorable light This is that OF
John G. Jenkins, ST.. three of whose sons have
been indicted for forgery in the third degree
In their financial transactions with trust
company founded by the father and the sons.
Since the deaths of Charles Pratt and of Will
fam Richardson, other Baptist has been or
more prominence in the City Of Churches, both
by reason Of wealth and church activity, than
John g. Jenkins, ST. on his own statement
few weeks ago his secretary assured him that
he was worth S1,200.ooo but now he says he
has had dismiss his servants, and last Mon
dav his wife doing the family washing
Then. on Tuesday. the three sons. one bearing
the fathers name, were indicted The police
had been so successful the previous week in
securing pictures measurements and nnger
prints OF the men indicted in connection with the
Borough Bank that they were confident that
they would do the same with the Jenkinses. But
alert layer learned by some of the mvs-
terious means by which grand jury and court
secrets leak that a true bill had been found
against his client, John G. Jenkins. Jr.. ana
managed TO elUde the detectives and produce
him in court. where he was admitted 10 ball As
one had slipped through their hands, the de-
tectives decided that another should not. and
although Frank jenkins did go unmolested into
the courthouse by one entrance while his coun-
sci entered another way and was admitted to
hail. his brother had been. he was pounced
upou when departing. Despite the efforts of his
wife and his counsel, he rapidly being hus-
tied TO Police HEADQUARTERS, so much brutality
being shown that Mrs. Jenkins suffered severely.
end his lawyer decided to invoke the aid Of the
law and sent a clerk for a writ Of habeas cor
rus. There was no time to draw up new one, if
Ut should be OF avail, SO one prepared In advance
for John @. Jenkins Jr, used and in place of
his name that Of Frank substituted in two
places before it was signed by Supreme Court
Justice Burr. But when 1t was taken TO Police
Headquarters and demand made for the
body Of the prisoner, to produce him before the
court there were still two places where the
change OF name had not been made. and ad-
vantage was taken OF the opportunity to make
the changes IN the presence Of the police But
this fact was enough for the captain of detec-
ttves to declare the writ invalid and proceed IN
spite Of it. He will, however. have TO answer
30 the court for defiance of Justice Burr's order
The detectives secured not only the data they
sought OF the second prisoner but likewise of
the third brother who was arrested in his home.
But the scenes in connection with the writ in
real life in this twentieth century rival the most
dramatic Of half q century ago Denoted in the
fiction Of Charles Dickens and of the author Of
Ten Thousand a Year. Of which the unfortu-
nate Ttttlebat Titmouse the hero.
TO TEST POLICE POWER.
The question Of the right Of the police to take
the pictures OF persons under Indictment for
the so-caIIed Rogues' Gallery is likely to receive
1udicial Interpretation from these recent cases
IA Brooklyn An order has been sought by the
counsel for Mr.. Cow to destroy the pictures and
record taken when he was indicted His
eel the former President Of the Borough OF
Brooklyn, Martin W. Littleton. has characterized
the police rule Of this city combined profan-
fly and persecution and he is determined TO
find ont h there is any legal authority for their
action On the other hand. il is held in behalf
OF the police that the taking Of mans picture
and measurements when he is indicted for q
felony is the only means Of making of
capturing him If he jumps his ball. and also is a
measure Of protection for the community"
What is this trouble about the Christmas
school exercises?
only a tempest in a teapot. The facts are
thar a school principal out in Flushing. in
Queens Borough misinterpreted the instructions
of the Board Of Education and local paper
published what he said. A metropolitan journal
foox up the matter and the misinterpretation
became a sensation, which in turn taken
,ip by the pulpit, and made matter OF religious
shibboleth The pulpit invoked the aid Of the
lssy and there is no telling how many other pro-
would