The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-27
BRANDENBURG N ALL
SORTS OF TROUBLE
AUTHOR OF CLEVELAND AR.
TIcLE SEEMS TO BE IN
VERY HOT WATER.

SAN FRANCISCO, April %
Facing three coruered fight Wit
legal battles impending in New YorI
, City, ST. Louis and this city, includ
ing in the list an indictment for gran,
larceny in connection with politi
= cal article purportiug to have beer
written by the late Grover Clevelany
double matrimonial entanglemen
and contest for the possession o.
his small stepson James Cabanue oI
St Louis, Broughton Brandenberg
the newSpaperman and magazine
writer who was arrested here FRIDAY
night is spending his time in the city
prison preparinf for the fray. He de.
clares he will resist extradition to
New York on the ground larceny
charge on the advice OF his attorney,
that he will make a fight for the po.
session of the Cahanne boy whose
father is on the way here to get the
child and that the courts must de.
eide the matrimonial mix.up which
involves marriage in Honduras and
"a divorce suit in ST. Louis.
In regard to the latter phase of
his prediemen,, the writer explains
that Mrs, Cabanne, mother of the
boy he claims, is his stepson went
with him to Central America where
she secured divorce and they were
married, Mrs. Cabanre. Branden
berg's former husband has an appli-
cation for divorce pending in the s..
Louis courts. She telegraphed the
prisoner from New York to do all
in his power 10 hold her son and
also was received yesterday
from District Attorney Jerome Of
that city to hold Brandeuberg in not
less than $4,000 bail Friends of |
The writer and his attorney will hold |
conference today to outline plans |
% resist extradition and to straight |
n out the other ends OF the case. |
n a long signed article published |
lere this morning Brandenbers |
goes into the details of his alleged |
lealings with Mr.. Cleveland a short
ime before the last Presidential
ampaign. He claims that the ex-
President appointed him as press
gent to sell to the highest bidder a
cries OF three articles on the politi.
al situation. According to his state
1ent it was understood that Cieve-
Ind was to get 500 for the series
nd that Brandenberg was to be com
ensated by whatever over that
mount he could realize. Mrs.
,leveland and the Princeton sages
nd executor c. F. Hastings were
lade aware of the affair. Only one
{ the articles was prepared. Cleve-
nd gave him large number of
aragraphs pencilled on bundle of
'ose slips of paper which he, claims,
ere to be the basis of the first con-
ibution. Continuing Brandenburg
rites:
"Mr. Cleveland had not written at !
myth on labor and the tariff. asI
Id hoped he would. He had, how
-er, unburdened his mind on Mr..
ryan in two paragraphs, ore on
cord and the other on personality.
hese, ! saw, must come out if I
as to sell the article to any-but
partisan periodical but | did not
ge the matter then, waiting till
ter, when they were excised. As
ey are things which Mr. Cleveland
ose not to utter they are locked !
} with me forever ! typed the !
ticle, arranging the paragraphs ac-
riding TO agreed constructive ideas I
ID here and there wrote in connect
g words and phrases to secure I
etorical smoothness and carry the
ho from paragraph to paragraph.
with the original script and this
st typewriter draught I returned
Mr.. Cleveland the following day I
ID went over the matter thoroughly
aking many changes and again I
ok the entire matter home and re-
ped it. When I saw him again he -
peared i'll and seemed to lack con-
ntration. Contrary to his habit of
aking corrections, he went over the
in a tired way"
According to Brandenburg, the ex-
'esident signed the article with
n furnished by the former.