The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-25
BRANDENBERG SAYS
HE is A "DREYFUS'
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bars of his cell-and my experiences
have been so narrowing that only the
knowledge that l am right has sus-
tanned me.
"My wife, who is in New York,
knows all about my predlcament,, ana
when I took her son from the home
of his grandmother in st. Louls acted
with her authority. [ had learned that
he was not being properly cared Tor
and we determined, handleapped as
was. to take him to California, whittier
Mrs. Brandenberg was to go as soon
as possible to join us.
'9I found my boy playing IN Inc
neiehborhood Of Mrs. Cabanne g house,
and he agreed with me that 1T would
be best for him to go where he could
be with those who loved him. He was
eager to go, He gladly climbed into
the big wicker basket that l secured
to smuggle him aboard the train and
into my berth, and he has been with me
ever since. The risk of having HIM was
great / have telegrapbed Mrs. Bran
dcnberg, and upon receipt of tele-
gram of authority from her, boy Will
be sent TO her at once.
E'It is not likely that / shall resist
extradition.- Charges against me have
been so widely discussed that that IS an
old story. Mine is a peculiar situation.
I may have 70 serve a prison sentence,
but the circumstances that would clear
me are known only to myself. 1t will
he hard for me to 90 back after having
seen glimpse of a bright future, but
I can only hope for the best.
Says Friends Betrayed.
mo one can realize how difficult has
been the task of eluding my pursuers.
1t was necessary for me to trust num-
G.,
and the circumstances of my arrest here
are conclusive evidence that one of
those I relied upon most implicitly has
betrayed me. The police knew all along
the route where [ was likely to. be
during the next few days, and they
knew that / would be here on the 23rd,
and that l would stop at the Victoria
hotel
"More I can't tell until developments
warrant
Events were lively during the first
New York. The crisis o that period
came after the shooting in the poolroom
at Bridgeville, when many arrests of
citizens who participated in the fray
were made and the penitentiary
doomed before the principals, as he
puts it.
Fearing that this new imbroglio
would reveal his identity, he went to
New York city, undisguised. and sought
his wife. One of his friends mad
vertently had dropped hint that the
police seized upon Immediately. and he
was almost caught
AS he approached the house where
his wife lived he was startled to sec
two detectives whom he knew we'll
standing near the doorway He was
compelled to pass Immediately behind
the two men, and by good luck gained
the doorway, where he stood smoking
until he had an opportunity to use his
latchkey and enter
Brandenberg declares that during his
stay. of three days in the metropolis he
received an offer of position as Pa
cific coast manager for large firm. and
then began the long flight across the
continent
Legal Battle Promised.
Attorney Jacob S. Meyer was ell,
gagged today by friends Of Brandenbern
TO represent him in whatever legal bro.
ceedings may be taken here. After an
interview with his client, Meyer stated
That he would not insist that Brandeu-
berg be booked or that any change be
entered against his name on the prison
register Mt present He was content tc
wait until the written warrant and
other papers in the case reached here
from New York. He proposed to resist
extradltlon, and would Insist that all
the evide9ee against Brandenberg, in
Siudlng genuine signature of former
4. PRESIDENT Cleveland. be produced in