The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-27
BRANDENBERG HAS
STILL MORE TO SAY
Must Win in Three-Cornered
Fight if He Escapes Charges
Against Him.
INSISTS THAT CLEVELAND
LETTER IS GENUINE
Says F. c. Lewis Attempted to
Secure Confession of Guilt
With Promise of immunity.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 26-Facina
thrce-cornered fight with legal bat
Ties impending in New York City, st
Louis and this city. including in the list
an Indictment for grand larceny ir con.
nection with political article purport.
ing to have been written by the late
Grover Cleveland, a double matrimonial
ENHANCEMENT and contest for the pos
session OF his small stepson, James Ca
banne III Of st. Louis, Broughton
Brandenberg. the newspaper man and
magazine writer, who was arrested here
Friday night, is spending his time in
the city prison preparing for the frav.
Ho declares he win resist cxtradi-
tlon TO New York on the larceny
charge. on the advice of his attorney;
that he Will make fight for the pos
session Of the Cabannc boy, whose
father is on the way here 10 get the
child. and that tho. courts must decide
the matrimonial mixup. which involves
a marriage in Honduras and a divorce
suit in St. Louis.
in regard to the latter phase of his
predicameut, the writer explains that
Mrs. Cabanne, mother Of the boy he
claims as his stepson. went with him 10
Central America. where she secured a
divorce and they were married. Mrs.
Cabanne- BrandenberC 5 former husband
has an application for divorce pending
IN the ST. Louis courts.
She telegrapbed the prisoner from
New York TO do all in his power to
hold her son. and a message also was
received yesterday from District At
torney Jerome of that city TO hold
Brandenberg in not less than $4,000
bail.
Was Grover 8 Press Agent.
In long signed article published
here this morning. Brandenbcrg goes
into the details of his alleged deal
ings with Mr., Cleveland a short time
before the last presidential campaign.
He claims that the ex-president ap-
the highest bidder Il series OF three
on the political situation
According To his statement an agree,
ment was concluded that Cleveland was
TO get $4,000 for the series and that
Brandenberg was to be compensated
by whatever over that sum he could
realize. Mrs. Cleveland and the Prince
ton sage s executor, T. s. Hastings.
were made aware Of the agreement, he
SAYS.
Only one of the articles was prepared.
paragraphs pencIled on a bundle of
loose slips of paper. which, he claims,
were 10 be the basis of the first con-
fribution, Continuing. Brandenb berg
writes:
"Mr. Cleveland had not written st
length on labor and Inc tariff. ae |
had hoped he would. He had, how.
ever, unburdened his mind on Mr.
BRYAN in two paragraphs. one on rec
2rd and the other on personality. These,
saw, must come out If I was 10 sell
he article to any but partisan pc
'iodical; but [ did not urgo the mat
.er then, waiting fill later, when they
we're exclsed, As they are things which
Mr.. Cleveland chose not to utter. they
are locked up with me forever. I typed
he article, arranging the paragraphs
according 10 agreed constructive ideas
md then wrote IN connecting words
ind phrases to secure rhetorical smooth
less and carry the echo from paragraph
o paragraph.
Lack Of Concentration,
''With the original script and this |
irst typewritten draft l returned TO |
Mr.. Cleveland the following day and |
yc went over the matter thoroughly, |
making many changes, and again |
ook the entire matter home aud re- !
yped if When ! saw him again he |
i'll and seemed 10 lack con.
ontratioD, Contrary TO bis habit of |
making corrections. he went over the |
in 4 tired way
According 10 Brandcnberg the cx.
resident signed tho article with |
zen furnished by the former.
Brandenberg made public today for
he first time the name of The man
whom he alleges endeavorcd to secure
confession from him and offered com.
Icte immunity from prosecution on
he charge against him. lie said that
n October %, +. C. Lewis called on
I'M AT Dayton, o.. and in the presence
f his attorneys said that he had ar.
anged for the charge 10 be dismissed
royidiug that complete confession
yas made. Substantial remuneration
Iso was offered, says Brandeuberg. but
'as refused. as he insisted that the
cleveland article was authentic and
he signature genuine. Brandenherg
ad a long conference today with his
ncle. Charles Broughton Curtis Of Los
ngelos, who canc to this city TO as
st him in his struggle against extra.
ition and 10 care for the bov. James
abaune Ill whom he brought here
rom ST. Louis. At the close Of the
difference if was announced that
umber Of local men had become in
crested in the case and had arranged
" consultation with Brandcnberg g