The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-10-23
)u SlBroughton Brandenburg, Ac-
Oye,I cused of Forgery and Grand
Inc. Larceny, Is Locked Up.
sACCUSED MAKES STATEMENT
Y THROUGH HIS ATTORNEYS
)enies Indirectly Through Many
Questions, but Makes No Di-
rect Contradiction.

fi,a DAYTON, O.. Oct. 22.-As he was
lain boarding a train for New YORK 0ltS
cu,>aere this afternoon, Broughton Brand
props,uburg was arrested by local detectives
oula 3n the charge of forgery and granu iai-
ana . aa.1eny. A telegram from the New YORK
: tb.city police department advised the 10
the sal department to hold him. He is al
whideged 20 have sold to the New YORK
sve Times letter which he alleged to have
hipisbeen written by Grover Cleveland IN
giuEhieh the dead statesman predicted the
n.electior of Taft, and which letter IS
.honroow declared to have been forgery.
If Brandenburg was locked up as inc
the smount of his bail was not fixed
@ Statement of Accused.
sNo@ In a statement issued tonight Brand
ded 'suburg says he had the proper authority
vel from Mrs Cleveland and from MRS,
NSN nuw hastings. co.executor OF the Cleveland
he isstate. before he sold the article to the
raft, Times, aud Furthermore asks If 1t is
Reasonable to suppose that any sane
tne nan would falsify the utterauceS OF an
+ ';as ;ns,,x president Of the United States for
odrsJl2O7 AT the time he was arrested he
- n aid he was on his way to New YORK
,T;,ris, 10 give District Attorney Jerome
lplls. ldditional evidence. He says the ar
< < ~, ,usct cst was made by those interested IN
= 'di;a -. sfsetting the influence of Mr.. CleVe-
~ NV, lu aud IS utterances, the object being 10
=, s.as ecure dramatic climax Just before
II j@leetiop.'
lea San .s3sued the following statements;
'ae ssIt appears that am to be the Cap
! tla1SS SShin Dreyfus OF the campaign OF l9Os
nel " have been peculiarly alone and am
atsllatill alone in my fight, and though READY
IS I'D welcome the great body Of support
49, S'a :rhich the facts warrant me, II u does
y iel .pt come | shall go on alone.
eIsS3 I Propounds Queries.
at .sIs il reasonable that for the sake
al eorf Sl2o, that would have been nay profit
o gshfter weeks of work, any sane man in
es thiy position would have falsihed the
to Irtterances of an eX-president OF the
the h1nted Statesl Is 1t reasonable, when
were brsons had seen the handwriting
7oun 9anuscrlpt In my, possession IN IN
under >heme for the three articles for sale
doutkI 4 March, and when I sought the proper
vners rhthoritY from Mrs Cleveland and the
cd bss3-executor, Mr.. Hastings, before sold
,ich hle single article, that there could have
f;rd. Zen anything but fair dealing III my
;nts kethods7 Why was the alleged evil
naI sonce that the document vas fraudulent
,in" b produced when the document was
sss' hallenged, and why has it never been
,porty roduced save IN the secrets of the
foot fand Jury room, when the American
er thspblic is entitled to know every scrap
" ov,f evidence in the matter at once2 Why
issesz2ye my witnesses been intimidated?
assss7hy is indictment found, If one has
d still cen fourd. before my case is in7 Yes.
The "srday I wired District Attorney Jerome
icb is lAt I had pew evidence to present on
nropeSriday, and as I stepped aboard the
,ssueriain for New York to fulfill my agree
On tbsent / am arrested as fugitive from
- !stice, though my attorney, Joseph
; ,he filliams, and myself informed the dis
,,oT rsdct attorney Of my purpose and des-
10 ~ th,nation on this journey.
! ! ~ u.hoirf This allows those who are interested
q Inr h"t off setting the influence of Mr. Cleve-
y, y, md g utterances to secure a dramatic
all99"'Ssiimax 9 oSimax Just before election The entire
md latter is all fitting nicely with Colonel
'ayei SIRtterson IS plan. announced before the
lepI ficle was published, that it must be
e nlipS lipsSscredited by any means. It remains
ting ~ be seen if the American public is to
anu bulldozed on ope hand while 7 an
It ae.rctimized on the other.''
tue odHabeas corpus proceedings are now
the Gang brought.