The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-23
SOLD BOGUS LETTERS.
BroughtOn Brandenburg Arrested for
Cleveland Forgeries.

Dayton, o., Oct. 23.-As he was board
ing a train for New York city here,
Broughton Brandenburg was arrested
by local detectives on the charge Of
forgery and grand larceny last evening.
A telegram from the New York city
police department advised the local de-
partment to hold him. He is alleged
to have sold the New York Times a
been written by Grover Cleveland, in
which the dead statesman predicted the
election OF Taft and which is now de-
clared to have been a forgery.
Brandenburg was locked up as the
amount of his bail was not fixed. 1t
was said by his attorney that IL his
client was not released today he will
institute habeas corpus proceedings.
In a statement issued last night,
Brandenburg says he had the proper
authority from Mrs. Cleveland and from
Mr.. Hastings, cO-executOr of the CleVe-
land estate, before he sold the article to
the Times and furthermore asks if it is
reasonable to suppose that any sane
man would falsify the utteranceS of an
ex-president of the United States for
$120. At the time he was arrested he
said he was on his way to New York
city to give District Attorney Jerome
additional evidence. He says the ar
rest was made by those interested in
4 offsetting the influence of Mr.. Cleve-
| lands utteranceS. the object being Ito
election"
Through his attorney. Brandenburg
issued the following statement:
1T appears that 1 am to be the Cap
tain Dreyfus of the campaign of 1908.
1 have been peculiarly alone and am
still alone in my fight and though ready
! to welcome the great body of support
which the facts warrant me, If 1t does
not come. shall go alone.
"Is it reasonable to think that for
] the of Wnnld have
been my profit after weeks of work,
/ any sane man in my position would
have falsified the utterances of an
| ex-president of the United States? Is
/ it reasonable that when persons had
seen the handwriting manuscript in
my possession in March, that when I
presented the scheme for the three
articles for sale in March and when l
sought the proper authority from Mrs.
4 Cleveland and the co-eXecutor, Mr..
Hastings, before 1 sold the single arti-
Gle that there could have been any
thing but fair dealing in my methods
why was the alleged evidence that
the document was fraudulent not pro-
duced when the document was chal-
lenged and why has it never been pro-
I duced save in the secrets of the grand
jury room, when the American public
is entitled to know ever scrap of evil
dence. in the matter at once.
why have my witnesses been in
timidated? ? Why is an indictment found
IL one has been found, before my case
is in?
Yesterday I wired District Attor-
ney Jerome that 1 had new evidence
to present on Friday and as / stepped
abroad the train for New York to full
I'LL my agreement 1 am arrested as q
fugitive from justice though my attor-
ney, Joseph Williams, and myself in
formed the district attorney of my
purpose and destination on this jour
ney.
This allows those who are inter
ested in offsetting the influence of Mr.
Cleveland's utterances secure {
dramatic climax before election. Tht
, entire matter is all fitting nicely will
Colonel Wattersons plan, announced
before the article was published tina
II must be discredited by any means
1t remains to be seen If the American
public Is to be bulldozed on one hand
while am victimized on the other"