The evening world., 1908-01-09
Mr.. HANSON WAS NOT
PUT OUT OF HEALY'S
Deputy Police Commissioner
Explains How a False I'M
preston Got Abroad.
IT Of The Evening World:

To the Elitor OF The FveninE World:
You will recall that on Jan. /. 1905
your paper published an article In
which II was stated that it had been
said that l had been put out OF Healy's
restaurant that morning.
The facts concerning my being at
Healy's that morning were these:
was one Of party Of seven which left
a private house near Central Park
West something after 4 o'clock. We
were going over to the elevated station.
As we came near the station somebody
suggested that we go into Healy's to
see the crowd. We went In. After be
ing there some time we left the place.
leaving by Columbus avenue door
When I was outside and the door had
been closed I found that had only
one glove, and assumed that had
dropped the other glove inside.
stepped back to the door, brr found 1.
locked and that there was nobody in
side to open 1t. Then l said my fare
elevated station while 1 went Ground
side street
wouldn't Admit Him.
The door was locked. | knocked A
waiter came to the door and I told him
what I wanted. He went away.
knocked again. At last the head waiter
or somebody. came to the door. opened
1t and refused to admit me. though l
stated what l was there for.
While / think the man who refused TO
admit me showed mighty poor judg-
ment. still realize that at that time
in the morning AL of the employees of
the restaurant were tired out after
night OF hard work. ana are therefore
somewhat to 1e excused for exercising
bad judgment.
Upon insisting that I wanted to 20 In
to get my glove l was told to como
back in the afternoon. My glove was
mailed to me and | found II on my desk
when l arrived at my office at No. 300
Mulberry street the following morning
There is another fact During the time
/ was in the restaurant there had been
n fight there. | an informed that Two
or three men got III a miN-up and that
they, were nut, out of the res aurant
AT the time all / knew was that there
was n fight 1t was in another part of
the restaurant and | did not g;o To see II
Neither i nor any one ConneC tel with
my party was in any way involved in
that row.
Cause Of the Error.
l suppose 1t is pro5abl. that vo,r
reporter heard OF this row and also
heard OF my being refused admission
and that he assumed that the two IN
cideuts had something to do with each
other, can appreciate how in 6is
eager search FOR news "A newspaper MAJ
might easily make such a inIstoka
though, in fact. his assumption wa.
AS OF course you realize the story IN
your paper was 10 me n serious maitar
Many people who read 1t must necas.
sarily have believed that ] was drunk
that | got into row and that | wa.
nut out OF Healy's. OF course notLint,
can wholly efface that impression from
the minds OF your readers but stili tha
effect OF the story might be uyercoms
to a limited extent by YOUR saving in
your paper that 1t is not "A fact thar I
was In a row and that it Is NOT "A fact
that ! was put out OF Healys
| do not demand or even ask tho,
YOU do this | merely wish TO saw tbnt
think It would be mighty sutlars
hing for you To do. | think vou olI~bt
TO do all that you can to relieve mo
from the falsr position in which l have
keen placed.
| wish YOU To understand clearly ,bot
have no ill-feeluE over Tho matfcr
and that I believe you had no malice
whatever in publishing the story Re
,psetfully. BERT HANSON.
Ian. 3. l1oA