The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-18
HASTINGS ALSO
BADLY FOOLED
BTandenburg Pulled Wool Over
the Eyes of One of CIeve-
lands Executors.
THOUGHT LETTER GENUINE
TESTIMONY OF SUNDAY EDITOR
OF NEW YORK TIMES.

New York, June 17.-Charles NJ. Lin
coin, Sunday editor OF the New York
Times. was recalled today at the con-
tinuation of the trial of Broughton
Brandenburg, on a charge of grand lar
ceny growing out Of the sale IF an al
legged forged letter of the late Grover
Cleveland to the New York Times.
On cross-examination by Attorney
jacob, for the defense, Mr.. Lincoln
stated that he had twice sent a reporter
to F. S. Hastings, one Of the executors
under Mr. Cleveland's viii, to ascertain
II the article was genuine. Two letters
which the witness said the reporter had
obtained from Mr.. Hastings, were ad-
mitted in evidence. In one OF them
over the signature of +. S. Hastings
the statement was made that the writer
had given Brandenburg "a formal writ
ten assignment by which he has the
exclusive right to said article"
The second letter said, in part:
I have examined the signature sub
United to me by Mr.. Ybarra and COM
pared it with others Of Mr.. Cleveland's,
and believe that the one submitted BY
Mr.. Ybarra is genuine. l have no rea-
son to believe the article furnished you
by MIR. Brandenburg purporting to have
been written by Mr.. Clevelanc is not
genuine"
Cut off the Signature.
Mr.. Lincoln adhered under cross-ex-
animation to his positive identification
of the article as the one Brandenburg
had given him. He had cut off the sig
nature and preserved il, after sending
the article to the composing room, he
testified.
Mr.. Lincoln said the original article
had been returned to Brandenburg after
its publication; that Brandenburg hal
objected to the signature having been
cut of, and that he informed the de-
PENDANT that the signature would not be
given up because the genuineness of
the article had been questioned. He did
not know that Brandenburg had later
voluntarily returned the article to the
newspaper Office. following the agitation
over its genUineness, although it might
have been given to some one else there.
Republican Committee Wanted 1t.
The witness said he had no recollec-
ton of Brandenburg saying anything
about intending to sell the article to
the Republican national committee, but
stated that the committee had called
the Office on the telephone and asked
permission to use the article and credit
it to the Times.
After Mr.. Lincoln had stated on re-
direct examination that Brandenburg
had told him he needed the signature
for his own protection. Mr.. Lincoln was
excused and the prosecution began to
read Brandenburg' testimony before
the grand jury which indicted him.
In this testimony Brandenburg stated
that he had typewriter the article him
self
who signed it?" was the question.
Mr.. Cleveland" was the answer the
prosecutor read.
No One Else Present.
The author told the grand Jury. ac-
cording to the minutes, that Mr. Cleve-
land signed the article at his Office, No.
1 Madison avenue. There was no one
else present, The authors testimony.
as read, ran on to the effect that after
Mr.. Cleveland had refused him an in
terview, he had asked that Mr. CIeve-
land prepare the series of articles 10
De sold by Brandenburg, but Mr..
Cleveland had replied that he did not
think this would be dignified
According TO the writer's testimony.
Mr.. Cleveland finally wrote some TWEEN
" or thirty sheets of notes which Mr.
Brandenburg carried home, afterward
typeWHting them, taking this COPY to
MI. Cleveland for correction. and re-
copying the corrected article. His sug-
gestiOns as to cutting out certain pas
sages had been adopted, Brandenburg
testified
Cleveland Not Well.
Mr.. Cleveland was not well when he
took the article back, Brandeuburg's
testimony went on, and he objected to
looking it over, but finally did sign il.
the manuscript notes being left with
Nj. Cleveland.
The writer told of Offering . article
to several magazines BE- ring It
TO the Times, and Of y. CIe and's
disappointment at the price offered. r
also told of conversations with Mr..
Hastings after the ex-presidents death,
in which the writer declared Mr.. Hast
ings specifically authorized him to sell
the article. Mr.. Cleveland's signature,
Brandenburg testified, was attached
about March 8, 1908