The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-23
BRANDENBURG IS NOW IN JAIL Man Who Sold Cleveland
 Article. FORGERY IS THE CHARGE Writer Says He Is "Captain Drey-
 fus of Campaign" Held in Dayton. ohio, For New York Police, Accused of Imposing Spur ious Matter On News
 paper.
FORGERY IS THE CHARGE

Dayton. O., Oct 22--As he was board ing a train for New York City here this morning, Broughton Brandenburg was arrested by local detectives on the charge of forgery and grand larceny. A telegram rom the New York Po- lice Department advised the local de- nartment to hold Brandenhurg. He is alleged to h,ve sold Tl.e New YorK Times a letter which he represented to have been written by Grover CleVeiano in which the dead statesman predicted the election of Taft and which letter IS now declared to have been forgery.
 BrandenLurg was locked up in the police station as the amount or his pail was not fixed. It was said by his at- torney tonight that if his client was not released tomorrow, he will insu- ute habeas corpus proceedings.
 In a statement Issued tonight Bran denburg said he had the proper au- thoritv from Mrs Cleveland and MT. Hastings. co-executor of the Cleveland estate. before he sold the article to The Times, and furthermore asks IT lt is reasonable that any sane man would falsify the utterances of an ex-Presl- dent of the United States for sl20.
 Al the time he was arrested he said he was on his way to New York to.give District Attorney Jerome additional avidence He says the arrest was made by those interested in offsetting inc influence of Mir. Cleveland's ut terances who wished "to secure dra- matic climax just before election
 statement by BrandeRburg.
 Through his attorney. Brandenourg issued the following istaten@nt:
 .sIt appears that am to be the Cap tain Dreyfus of the campaign of 1908. I have been particularly alone and am stilI alone in my fight and though reaAv Id welcome the great body os | snnnort which the facts warrant me ! if 1t does not come. I shall go on alone
 .Is 1t reasonable that for the sake l of sls0 that would have been my prom | after weeks of work. any sane naar u =, 'rasftion. would have faisified th' l ,yfterances of an ex-PrAsident? Ia T 1 reasonable that when persons had seer I tl,e handwriting man Ascriptl in my pos, ssosason in March that when presentee | %ha arheTne for the three articles fol | saIe m March. and when r sought ths l proper authority from Mrs. CleVei.uS l and the co-exeeutor, Mir. Hastings, pc | fore I sold a single article. that tne,. could have been anything put A@'' | dealing in my methodsf
 "yVhv was the alleged evidence tna | tba document was fraudulent not pro
 
 duced when the document was cnaiiehs | ed and why has 1t never been produced saye in the secrecy of the grand 1ur, | room. when the American people as' | entitled to know every scrap or eVlu ence in the matter at once. why nay, nav nv witnesses been intimidated? Wh! ia an indictment found, If one has peer found before my case Is in?
 yesterday I wired District Attorne! Jerome that had new evidence to pre- sent on Friday and as stepped aDoar' the train for New York to fulhll m! aereement I all. arrested as fugitive from justice, though my attorney an' myself informed the District Attor new of my purpose and destination oi this- tourney. This allows those wn' are interested in offsetting the lnnu ence of Mir Cleveland's utterances ' secure a dramatic climax just oetor
 election. a...- |,
 ''rhe entire matter is all fitting Il nicely with Colonel Watterson's plan - announced before the article was pup Iished. It remains to be seen IT th
 American people are to be bulaoze' on one hand while I am victimized ol the ather." ..
 being brought.