The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-19
MILLER
MADE USE OF
DEPARTMENT
So Says Watchorn--Miss
KlipenbourgStill Secluded.
WatchOrn Speaks Frankly.

ST believe the Bureau of Commerce
and Labor is having the allegations
made against Miss Klipenbourg by
Mr.. Miller investigated by secret serv-
ice men," said immigration Commits
sioner Robert Watchorn during an in
terview with an EVENING STAR re-
| porter at Ellis Island.
In this way the commissioner ac-
counted for the delay in the depart
ment sending its final decision in the
case of the pretty Viennese actress,
Paula Klipenbourg, whom Horace e.
Miller, of this city, hopes to have de-
ported, and against whom he has made
charges of immortality unde the pro-
visions of the new immigration law.
Commissioner Watchorn said that the
delay in his cast is a most unusual
one, and that he thought the DEPART
ment was having agents in Paris and
Vienna investigate the charges made
by Miller and the statements made by
the girl during the hearing inquired
into to ascertain if they are true.
When an effort was made to see the
girl and obtain an interview the COM
missioner refused to grant the permis-
sion and branded all interviews she is
reputed to have given to the news
papers as Ties"
mo one but her counsel has seen
her. said the commissioner, and no
one will see her as long as she re-
mains here. 1 will treat you the same
as 1 treat every other newspaper
man."
The commissioner refused to discuss
his reasons for conducting the hearings
and proceedings in the case in the
high that has marked
their progress for a week, saying that
he had a right to make his own inter-
~pretations of the law, and intended to
do so, no matter what was said or done
by either the newspapers or counsel
for the girl. He said she was in the
custody of the secretary of the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor, and
he was only acting as an agent In the
case, and that there were certain pre-
cautions he must take.
The commissioner was most courte-
Gus in his treatment of the reporter,
and discussed the case freely. He was
bitter in his denunciation of Miller,
and said that If all the girl has stated
is true, she should not be the only per-
son prosecuted.
He denied that he had knowingly per-
mitted Miller to use the department in
making an effort to get out of a nasty
scrape, but said that he believed such
to be the desires of the and the
department had fallen into the trap.
However, the commissioner said the
case was one thai plainly came within
the provisions of the law.
IT have seen Miller only once he said.
"and that was the day of the hearing. |
have not seen him since He also SAID
tina he had seen the girl only once, during
the hearing. 81 know she Is here, that is
all,' he said.
When the interview closed the commits
sloner took the reporter through the build
mgs and then took him back to New York
in his private launch. p
Edwin S. Merrill. counsel for the
Viennese girl. said that he had secured the
promise of the commissioner not to deport
the glrl until he had been given every OPP
portunity to secure her release or final dis
charge from the custody Of the depart
ment into whose hands Miller had sue
ceeded In placing her under a ruse. He
said that he believed the commissioned
would keep his word, and during his in
terview the commissioner reiterated the
words of the lawyer.
He said that he had no intentions Of UNI
Justly banishing the girl from these
| shores. but said that there were certain
rules and regulations that must be OBJ
| served. and he was there to see that they
were obeved. and he intended to have
them observed.
Mr.. Merrill said that he would make
an effort to have the girl admitted to
bail as soon as possible. adding that he
had questioned the commissioner regarding
this move. and had been told that it
would not be opposed.
III we can get her out" Mr.. Merrill said,
1--WE can then proceed with our suit against
Miller. We intend to start an action in
the Federal courts for $25.0O0 damages.
Miller will be the defendant, and it is our
intentions to prevent him from transfer
ring any property he now has to any
other person"
Mr.. Merrill, in discussing the letters and
photographs which Miss K~lipenbourgh has,
said that, while he has not read the let
ters, he knows the purport of their con
tents. Miller calls her MY Little Even
ing Star and other terms Of endearment
In all of the hundred odd letters. He said
that she has upwards of twenty-five or
more photographs taken all over Europe.
One of these pictures shows Miller in
Turkish costume sitting at the feet of the
pretty Viennese. There are others in diff
ferent poses. Mr.. Merrill said these pic
lures would be used as evidence against
the Newarker, as would the letters.
When asked why he had refused to allow
Mr., Merrill to rend the letters Commits
sioner Watchorn simply remarked:
We'll, now you know something about
that; you know it's a case OF dog eat dog.
She should be properly guarded In her ac-
tons"
Miss Klipenbourg was Saturday the re-
cipient OF a cablegram from a relative in
Berlin Offering to send her funds il she
was in need of money. but the girl has
plenty of money for her present wants,