New-York tribune., 1907-11-28
STILL AFTER BANKERS.
INDICTMENTS FOR THREE.
Nesc Grand Jury VIII Act Quickly,
Ii Is Predicted.

rrtrea revv indictments Il is predicted, will be
handed down by the December Kings County
Grand Jury as a result OF its investigation OF
a BROOKLYN banking company. The charge that
these indictments will make is one that tlle
Penal Code defines as felony and may be pun
ished by maximum penalty Of five years III
urison These, however, are not expected 10 oe
the only indictments that the jury will hand
down.
The December grand fury will continue the
Investigation OF the affairs OF the Borough Bank
Of Brooklyn and will investigate as welI' the
Williamsburg the Jenkins and the international
Rrooklyn branch trust companies ana the
Brooklyn Bank.
The November grand jury had finished its
work and Will meet only for snort TIME To-
morrow to be discharged.
Counsel for the men who have been indicted
as the result Of the investigation Of bank affairs
IN F2rooklvn were active yesterday in preparing
actifns 10 have their clients photographs re-
moved from the Rogues' Gallery and the meas
,,rsr,ents made Of them destroyed. 1t seems
tbat q test case will be made Of the right or the
r,oI,ce 20 photograph and measure man unoer
Indictment.
Martin w Idttl. ton. counsel for William Cow
cot an order yesterday from Justice Burr' III
the Supreme Court, directing ConnlisSioi''
bingham. Deputy Commissioner O'Keene' Act-
Ysar+anant Farrell to show cause by SATURDAY
,vAy a neremptory writ of mandamus should
.,o+ hs issued TO compel them to destroy ue
,,bo.ozrsn mis- and measurements taken Oh ms
r,,a,+ ss+ephen G Baldwin. counsel Tor lie
Tentinses IS determined 10 push charges OF iaiSe
a-ra-+ and contempt Of court against oaPl'i
yuhna and Detectives McCaulie and Ha"hlhS'
wr IS.tIeton also intends TO bring civil ac'ioi4
srss,,st Captain Kuhne. Detectives NacClusheS'
mcCaulie, Gloster. Hawkins. FarreA ana Lieu
tenant Foster.
IT,. hes made a serious mistake in seizins the
srstc+ed men and rushing them on 10 heau-
,,,arters Considerable surprise was caused py
this statement IT had been generally thought
IN Brooklyn that the police had not exceeoeu
their powers and must have had Legal authoF-
fly for the action. ,.
In s-eayfng of the matter General Bingham
said. II do not know what the true status oI
the police is in the case. have already asheu
Commissioner OKeeffe 20 give me an iIliiieui'''0
-a,o-4 I am afraid the police have maze
mistake. believe they blundered' but WI"
know better when I get a report from MI
O'Keeffe"
The apparently contradictory statements OF
r,sticA Burr and Captain Kuhne about the VIII
,f habaas corpus were explained yesterday
Iusttce Burr had said that Mr.. Baldwin hao IN
ser+aa the name Frank Jenkins in the Wit.
erasinK that Of John G.. jr., before he had
signed r. and that his attention had been called
"a the change On the other hand, Captain
Kuhne said he saw one of Mr.. Baldwins clerks
change the writ at the desk at Police Head
quarters 1ust before he attempted to serve IT,
For this reason Captain Kuhne refused to rec
ognize the writ
Mr. Baldwin made the matter clear yesterday
when he said that the name John c Jenkins
ST." had appeared four times in the writ and
that he thought it likely that in his haste he
had failed to scratch out the John G., jr.," in
each place and insert Frank: that probably
Dne of his assistants saw this al the last mo-
ment and corrected it himself.
It is on the action Of Captain Kuhne and De-
tectives Hawkins and McCaulie in refusing to
obey the writ that Mr. Baldwin viii bring his
contempt proceedings. Assistant Corporation
Counsel Bell said the details of the controversy
the action of the police had not been laid
before him. but he presumed they must have
had authority. - Mr.. Litteton and Mr.. Baldwin
spoke bitterly Of the action of the police. Such
conduct would not be tolerated in any other part
Of the globe except in Russia the latter ex-
claimed, Outrageous. perfectly outrageous"
Mr.. Campbell, former cashier of the Borough
sell it was said yesterday. Mr.. Baldwin is at a
loss to understand the reason for Mr.. CampbelPs
action as the latter has persistently refused
70 see him. It is believed that Mr.. Campbell
has decided to tell everything he knows.
Two depositors of the Borough Bank, Silas