The evening world., 1909-02-18
Dated Checks a Month Ahead
and Stopped One, Law
yel'S Accuser Says.
MADE MANY PROMISES.
Clerk Deverone Made Threats
of Exposure, Too, Jerome's
Ex-Valet Says.

| In the trial Of the so-called lawyer.
phtlanthroplst." Carl Fischer Hansen,
for bribery, before Justice Bowling to-
day In the Criminal Branch OF the
supreme Court. the chief witness for
the State. Arthur KIesow. rounded out
his confession. telling to the final detail
his work as go-between for the present
prisoner on the one hand, and his chief
accuse. on the other hand, when
Fischer Hansen faced the charge Of
extortion last summer
The witness led Off BY telling Mr..
smyth that he got certain letter from
Carl Ftscher-Hansen soon after the
hrst trial, when the lawyer had re.
turned from Europe. The letter was not
read In court After getting It the ex.
valet said he took 1t to his home in the
Bronx. Then he went on:
Deverone Made Threats.
After got the letter called on Mr.
Fischer-Hansen az his office. SAID to
MIN that Deverone. his clerk. who'd
helped me fix Mecaluso, had been to see
me, and that he was pretty sore. |
said: 'Deverone thinks you gave him
a raw deal. and he threatens to 20 to
the District-At,orney' office and kick
up a row and tel! everything. All Dev.
erone wants is floD. SO he can get out
Of town and go into the theatr!ca bust.
ness.
Once I said 10 him: It's funny you
can't give me morey when you gave
Macsluso $500 Yes he said, I did
give him $50. ou, was very foolish TO
do il. | should have thrown him out
! Then he gave HE a card and told me
to so up to see Mr.. Cardozo the aic.
/ tioneer, on Eighth avenue He said
Mr.. Cardozo buys and sells furniture for
the best hotels and homes in New York
I | have no money but have an ac-
charged to me-.
y picked out furniture worth sla5,
kiesow continued, and went back to
Fischer Hansen. He said, I had in.
tended to allow YOU $3.50 worth. so I'll
sou A!lt al Ndstls ne
gave ME $50 and wrote out check for
Cardoza and put II In the mail chute
saying Now, you see. everything is all
right
Check Was Worthless.
But the furniture didn't come. and
when ] went to Cardoza Re said the
check which Fischer Hansen MT him
was dated a month ahead and wasn't
| worth the -apcr II w5s written on.
went back to Fischer-Hsnsen and he
gave me his check for 500 dated No.
II. nearly month ahead, and asked lie
TO hold the check until he got some
money in the bank. So held. the chez K
until Nov. 80, and then told him had
make such a fuss about 1900 said:
We'll, $50 may not be much to YOU,
but Il is to me. You've got me into
debt serving you and Il you don. 10
anything else you've got TO give me
enough to square me and get me out
OF the hole
Then ne gave me rev, check dated
been holding. But when tried 10 cash
the second check, on Dec, ., found
tha' he'd stopped rayment and won,
to him and he roasted me- | said: I
saw your game: You wanted 70 g., tina,
tirs,, che, K back and, hen stop payment
Tor once He said I'll give You tn 10.
morrow to hand NE back nv check
said: You'll wait long Il me. You'll
pay ME what you owo me and "0u'll pay
me for your collie dog that I've beer
taking care Of FOR you. You've trimmed
10, OF these young fellows, but yoL
shan't trim me any more
Later I brought him his dog and HI
gave me SIS and a suit Of clothes. Jus
before Christmas ! told him I was stil
in debt So. I asked him for enough
to square me UP. He 81 he would. civ,
: ME some money later ] told hin,
was liable to lose my Job with Mr.
Jerome II Deverone talked. He said I
that happened he'd give me a good jol
) In his 0N're"
This ended the direct examination
stephen Baldwin began his cross-er
animation by causing Kiesow to sa,
1 that he had bees taken into custody
ble-deal.ng to Mr.. Jerome, but that n
r had never been indicted or formally
r arrested. He had merely been de
tained as a witness under surveillance
' Detectives from the District Attorney
: once accompanied him to his hom'
, every evening and spent the nigh
I there.
K.esow described his career until n
entered Jeromes employ, and came t
the time when he escorted Macaluso, tn
chief witness against Fischer HanSsn Il
the extortion case to the Broadwa,
! Central Hotel one night last summer
EARLY In your relations with Fischer
:, Hansen. didn't he tell you he sus
j pected you OF framing HIN up In IN
e District Attorneys onice?" asked MI
= Baldwin; Justice Bowling permitted tn
question after Mr. Baldwin had change
T lis form The witness den ed tina
) Fischer Hansen had ever charged h!r
with plotting against him.
After recess Mr.. Baldwin continued:
I Didn't you suggest to Mr.. Fischer
r Hansen ways and means OF gettIn
= Macaluso out OF the State?'
Q NO. Mr.. Fischer himsel
made the suggestions all along. He frs
brought up the subject"
Didn't you speak to him very BIZ
terly Of Mr.. Jeromc?"
no, | didn't" said the witness, o
the verge OF tears Fischer la 1se
}. spoke hard OF Mr.. Jerome. but | didn'
i've always been fond Of Mr. jerome,
:. when you met Fischer Hansen o
:. the golf links at Ardsey didn't you pu
!, A revolver and demand TO know II h
"a was on the level?'
That's ridiculous. l never carried
r. revolver In my life
"