Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-05
sTENOGRAPHBR UNDER ARREST

Man Charged with Selling Letter to
Newspaper in Custody.
NEW YORK. April A-Frank w. Hill,
stenographer was arrested tonight
charged with having sold to newspaper
a personal letter of e H. Hartman. The
warrant was sworn to by Alexander Millar,
secretary Of the Union Pacific Railroad
company, OF which Mr.. Hartman Is presi-
dent
The letter in question was addressed by
Mr.. Hartman to Sydney Webster and was
first published here by the World last
Tuesday morning Statements therein con-
tained called forth a reply from President
Roosevelt Tuesday afternoon. Hill is 81
years old and lives in Brooklyn
Action against Hill was taken under the
section OF the penal code which defines as
a misdemsanor the act Of "a person who
wilfully and without authority either takes
a letter, telegram or private paper belong
ing to another, or a copy thereof, and pub
hsbes the whole, or any portion thereof"
Assistant District Attorney Paul Krotel
has charge OF the case and It was said the
arrest will, It Is believed, discourage the
publication Of letters OF another prominent
man which. according to report, recently
had been offered for sale.
the writer stated the chief executive had
appealed TO him for funds for the cam
paisn OF 1904 made, Il is alleged, from Hills
stenographic notes and In his handwriting,
was offered for sale to a Brooklyn paper,
and later to a New York paper both Of
which declined to purchase. The New York
paper subsequently turned the copy over to
the district attorneys ONCE
Hin was employed in Mr.. HarTiman's s
ONCE for twenty-one years. About a year
ago he was discharged because, 1t was said,
Of friction with other employees. Recently
he entered the brokerage office Of De Cop
pet Doremus. He has wife and two
children.
Hin was placed in a cell for the night and
will be arraigned tomorrow. When asked
whether he cared to make any explanation
he replied that he was too greatly per-
picked to discuss the matter
Neither Mr.. Hartman nor anyone con-
nected with his Office would comment upon
the arrest
Z. H. Hartman declined to talk with
newspaper Representatives about a report
that he had been working for his own
political advancement in seeking to have
Senator Depew appointed ambassador to
France. Mr.. Harriman's attention was
called to dispatch from washington on
that subject, but he could not be induced
TO talk about IL.
Mr.. Hartman was asked II he had any.
thing TO add TO his formal statement, and
he replied:
Don't you think I've said enoughT''
Doesn't 1t look as though you had a
big nght on your hands?" was asked.
Il don't think so. I've got nothing else
70 a.
business"
Should your reply to the president bring
out another statement from him, would
you make an additional Btatement7" was
asked
That would depend on what the presi-
dents reJoinder is, but please don't press
me to say any more about it, he replied.
Mr.. Hartman said he knew nothing
about report that the Interstate Com
merce commission would take steps to
compel him to answer the questions he re-
| fused 70 answer In his recent testimony
before the commission In this city He
/ also disclaimed all knowledge OF a petition
being hled with the commission by lumber
interests In the west for the establishment
Of a through freight route over the HIN
and Hartman lines.
e. II. Hartman today made the following
| btHNCAAruN AStuAlNG 10 NAe exchange OF cor
respOndence between President Roosevelt
| and himself:
Il don't intend to continue this cOntro-
versy. You gentlemen Cnoaning the re-
porters) must try TO help me and not ask
me to answer questions. the answers to
which are self-eYident
Everybody knows that the contest for
the senatorshiD In 1904 was between Messrs.
Black and Depsw, and there could not
possibly have been any other candidate.
There was no bargain whereby money was
| 70 be raised IA consideration OF having
/ Depew appointed as ambassador TO France
OF / made United States senator, and my
letter TO Mr.. Webster does not 50 state.
That paFt OF the agreement was for har-
monizing the Black-Depew forces II il be-
came necessary.
TWO-Cent Fare In Minnesota.
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