The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-23
orgcry and Grand Larceny Charged Against Branden- burg, Accused of Vic
 timizing Times.
R0TESTS HIS INNOCENCE
tvs ile Had Authority of Widow Before Selling Article, and Lays Arrest to Deep
 Conspiracy.

Dayton O, Oct. 92,- As he was ,arding q train for New York city .rc this afternoon, I3roughton Brand lburg was arrested by local detec- yes on tho charge of forgery and and larceny A telegram from tho CIV York city police department ad-
 sed the local department to hold He is alleged 10 have Id the New York Times letter hieh la represented to have been rittcn hy Grover Cleveland, in which Ic dead statesman predicted the eloc- 1n of Taft and which letter is thus ,clarnd to have been 2 forgery. Bran .pburg was locked up in the police ation as the amount of his bail was 1f liSed II was said by his attorney
 -night that if his client was uot re- ased tomorrow he will institute ibeas corpus proceedings.
 In statement issued tonight says he had the proper from Mrs. Cleveland and
 om NIT. Hastings, co-eNecutors of |o Cleveland estate, before lie sold 'c article to the Times, and further
 orc asks if it is reasonable that any |nc man would falsify tho utterancos an eN-prcsidcnt of the United |atcs for SEQ. At the time ne was |restcd, he says, he was oil his way New York city to give District At- 'rncy Jerome additional evidence. IIe ys the arrest was made hy those |tcrcstcd in ofrsctting tic influences Mir, Cleyelands uttcranccs, who |shcd to secure a dramatic climax 'st before election'
 Through his attorney. Brandenburg sucd the following statement: Tt appears that am to De the Cap Yin Dreyfus of the campaign of 1908, lhayo been peculiarly alone and am fll alone in my fight and though |ady to welcome the great body of |pport which the facts warrant mo. if does not come ] shall go on alone. "Ts it reasonable that for the sake the SEQ that would have br my loft after weeks of work. any sane
 an fin my position would have falsi- 'd the uttcranecs of an cX-presidcnt the United States? Is 1t rcason- llc that when persons had seen the lndWritten manuscript in my possess pn in March, that when I presented
 le scheme for the three articles for flo in March and when l sought the loper authority from Mrs. Cleveland Id the co-eXecutor. Mr. Hastings. be- 'rc l sold tho single article that there luld have been anything but fair
 salinG ill my methods?
 {" "WhY was the alleged evidence that N document was frandulent not pro- Iced when the document was chal-
 hged and why has it never been pro- Iced save in the secrets nf tho grand Nv room, when tho American pco- \ is entitled tp know every scrap 1 evidence jn the matter at once. ,hy laavo witnesses been intimidated. Ihy fs an indictment been found, if lc has been found, before my case sin?f
 } }'NGstcrday ] wired District Attor- N Jerome that l had now evidence gpEcscnt on Friday and as I stepped Board the train for New York to ful- ]. my agreement. I am arrested as a
 Ikitivc from justice though my at- sfncY. Joseph Williams, and my Nh informed the district attorney of lI purpose and destination on this i.lrncy.
 t"This allows those who are interest \ in offsetting the influence of Mir. shVclands < uttcrancc to secure dra-
 atic climax just before election. The l'ire matter is all fitting in nicely Eth Gol Wattersons plan announced efore the article was published. it i.lst be liscredited by any means. II lfnains to be seen if the American .sblie K to be bulldozed on one hand hilc l am yictimizcd on the other. q 'lIlabeas corpus proceedings are now 'sng brought.