The Washington times., 1910-12-17
BROTHER IS COMING
TO AID MRS. KNOTT
Floyd Bennett, of Flint,
Mich, Expected in Capt.
tai Today.
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enable them to take photographs OF
Mrs Knott and RosenthaI in the eIab-
orately furnished apartment in the
Cairo It was learned today, was pur-
chased from a local electrical supply
store
On December Armstrong and James
Knott called at the store Of John Col
Inns. Oh Fifth street uorthwesa, and
said they were going to open up a photo
graph establishment and ordered one Of
the mercury lights As they were IN
sble TO furnish satisfactory References
Nj Collins made them leave a deposit
of SO with the order They gave an
address IN Sixteenth street and when
tle amp arrived and was sent to the
address Il was found that they were not
known there
Gail For Light.
few days later they called at the
store, paid the remainder Of the DUR
chase price, and took the light away in
a tsxicab
II was abOuC year ago that Mrs.
Knott came TO Washington from De
troit in company with a man who
was formerly in the army. This man
had served his enlistment. come into
a legacy OF $4,000. and with the girl
Iook up MS residence near Fort
Myer, Va But the money was soon
spent, the man. without work re-eu-
listed, and the girl who had hoped
some day she would become his wife
found herself without money and
without friends
She had vowed that she would
never appeal TO her mother or brother
Tor help. She had chosen her own
way. and what mistakes and errors
mad been made were Of her own max
ms
Back To Bright Lights.
She saw Only one way The days Of
seeking employment in a store or fac
tory and trying 10 exc out an existence
on -meageT s. or 81 a week were over
She packed what belongings she had in
suit case, closed the door or the little
home Just across the river in Virginia
Tor the last time, and came to Wash
lagton- She was sad and sick at heart,
out the false lights and laughter Of the
city brought temporary cheer at least
still / don't believe can stand it
sne told one OF her companions one day,
a girl Ike herself 20 whom she made
2 rev condolences 4 want q home of
my own. I want 10 live right like other
women live. 50 that viii not Be
ashamed wnen I walk along the street
and meet people
Then II vas that she met James
knott knowing her as he did, Knott
asked heT 20 marry him, and il seemed
sHnoSt as II she were TO be given an
opportunity to give I'D the life that she
believed necessity had forced 11uou her
de certainly must have loved IRE as
much as any man ever loved O. woman
sne san JUS before she was taken 10
the District jail u await the Police
Court trial that was continued until
next "Wednesday And 7 Ioved him.
What woman woUldn-t love a man who
would do what he did for nIe2
when IL was suggested that assist
n me pan 20 E6t money from some man
VINO had Il, was il any wonder I agreed
DO not believe there is anything I
would not have done for nv husband.
Lord knows, We needed the money he
had stood by me, and ] was willing to
help hiuG- Now that we are in trouble
Ne are going 10 stand together. and I
an CONFIDENT Il viii come out all right
Br5ther's Connection.
While Benjamin H Knott sill makes
q feeble and half-hearted protest that
he is innocent Of any intentional com
Dlicity in the scheme 10 extort money
from Rosenthai. additional Evidence
that he was one or the prime movers
IN the alleged conspiracy was given To
the police today by John Collins, the
dealer in electrical appliances. from
whom the powerful mercury light was
purchased
Knotts story, TO which he still sticks.
l. spite Of the fact that he has been
formally charged with ATTEMPTED black
mail. IS that he came to Washington
rom his home In North. OranSeburC
county. s c. 10 take back his brother
James Knott who was supposed to be
In Washington studying electrical en-
cheering. but whose requests for money
had become a heavy drain on the
family resources
He denied any knowledge of the plot
70 make ROsenthaI a victim OF the
ingenious badger game" until ne walk
60 into his brothers apartment In the
cairo and found the victim tied TO
chair Already the detectives had
learned that II was Benjamin Knott
who rented the apartment and this
morning Nj Collins furnished further
evidence OF his alleged completely
Collins Story
According to Mr. Collins, II was Ben
tamin Knott who called at the store
and paid the money for the lamp after
Armstrong and James Knott had or
deTed it, and paid a deposit
To the best Of my recollection" said
Alr- Collins, "ths light was ordered on
November . by james Knott and Arm
strong They paid a SO deposit and
when I asked where to notify them
when Il was received, they gave an
address in Sixteenth street When the
lamp arrived. 1 tried 20 notify them.
but found they were not known at the
address given
Later Armstrong called at the store.
and said that mistake had probably
been made in the number. He inspect
ed the lamp. said IL was all right. and
told me BENJAMIN Knott would call
with the money
In about an hour the three men ap-
peared at the store, and Benjamin
Knott paid all but a small balance on
the account I was unable 10 know
Just how much 10 charge them. as the
bin had not been sent me from the
factory.
We're Photographers"
From my recollection. It was the
Knott brothers who took the lamp away
in the taxicab, while Armstrong went
in the opposite direction 10 himself
The men represented that they were
photOgTa phers when I asked them what
they were going 10 do with the lamp.
and as We have a number of these
lamps in different galleries, there was
nothing about the transaction TO arouse
my suspicious
The detectives say further that a let
ter from James Knott was found IN
Reniamin'S possession, which told him
70 come 10 washington, as he had
something big on hand" The police
believe that benjamin came TO this city
because Of the letter, and that the
something big was the blsckmail
scheme
Undertaken Finds
Fortune In Tin Box