The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-12
THUGS BEAT STATES WITNESS
NATE or WINDSOR TRE'ST SCsN-
DlL TNDER Suspicion.

Itaa Lawysr Inaulrea Last WeeG q walter
O.. Charts aas % Tcst,Sy Fss tAe 30.
ple ana Was reAa Tss-OA saturday
Night clara Was IsrseSsaaiy ASSAULTED.
Charles Katx. indicted with Donald
Psrsch. Waiter {. Clark and John r.
Sherwood In connection with the Windsor
Trust Company scandal. will 10 up this
morning on . charge Of assault in tho
Tombs police court. where hls lawyer.
Max ID. Steuer. yesterday afternoon
promised he would 10 produced lie
would have been arrested yesterday bu'
Tor tho pTomiae.
Detectives from the Dis,rics Attorneys
otios were looking Tor Rats al YESTERDAYS
because q an assault committed Saturday
night upon Waiter l.. Clark. who has
turned stsas's evidence and was Ca have
been the frss witness Heainss Donald
Per.ch yesterday before Justice Marc'Ss
In the Trial Term 20 the Supreme Court 3.
katz was found late In the afternoon. The
case was adjourned until this morning
because % the injuries Clara had received
Clark appeared in OhuTt. bur was in
bad shape. His Ieft eye was closed. his
head bore many cuts. there was a long
cash on the hack % his neck and he WAS
limping. lie was assaulted in front %
his home as az West 10Th strest saturday
evening a. he 81, oa' % . taxicab. Two
men -, upon him. II IL the opinion %
the District Attorney that the mans as
sailants tried TO kill Clark and that the
states witness was lucky Ia escaps with
his life
Mr. Whitman said that frosn now until
the end oi the trial . police ofsic-r would
accompany Clark wherever he went.
katK IL TO he accused because Assistant
District Attorney Mott on Friday over
heard KAts tell some one that SONG
thing would he pat over the plate On
Clark before Monday
In court yesterday Mr. Mott said that
wh..n he overheard katE make the re-
mark that -someshing vas going to he
pat over the plate he did not attach much
Importance to 10. Kate had added that
Clark WAS drinking .and he believed that
katy refsrr~d tO drinking He overheard
the conversation in tho lAvAtory ~
restaurant near the Criminal Courts Build
ing. and when he returned 20 the b,Iilding
saw Clark aud warned him. On Satur-
day Mr. Mott kept clark with him until
late. and Clark went home IN . tAHicab
The elevator hoy At C1ark'S apartment
fOund him lying in the gutter uncOn-
-ciOus az O'Clock that night and saw
two men running away. All that Clark
coull tell vas that he had been struck
from behind - hs l~ft . taxicab. From
the pAturr - his wounds II " surmsed
that a hlackjack vas used on him. He
is the brOksr Who induced N. ~
Joyce Co borrow ssO.OoO from the Wind
SIR Trust Company On SiIo.OOO worth 81
stocks and then gave away the news -
the gang that IL accused % paying "a the
loan. getting the collateral and selling IL.
since the indictment of KAtz. GeorKe
w. Young. a brother ~ the president ~
the Windsor Trust Company. and John y
Stanchdeld have called AZ the Offics %
District Attorney Whitman. aud jordan
Rollins has be~n another caller Their.
KATY IL out on s22 .S0O hail.
John p. Mcintyre. counsel for PERCH.
said yesterday that his client knew moth
ing - the assault on Clark. katy's law
yer wrote To Mr. Mott last week asking
u Clark had turned States evidence The
Assistant District Attorney replied in the
Affirmative. The District Attorney had
this 20 say last night:
There 10 information in the District
Attorneys Office 10 che effect that powes-
ful interests and inHlsncss are az work
To save the defendants Donald Persch.
Charles Kats and John =. sherwood. from
CONVICTION Wy any m-ans and az any
hazard.
The assault upon Clark was evidently
one 81 the means determined upon 60
defeat Justice and was a hold and auda-
cious defiance % the law. I propose 10
submit tho evidence % the assault upon
Clark to the Grand Jury for such action
A. the evidence and the Law may Justify
i propose also Co ask the Grand Jury
Immediately Ia begin an investi a ton 10
determine just What efforts. 10 any. have
been made or are being made 20 do
strOy evidence. corrupt witnesses or
otherwise olstrIct the due adninistra-
ton Of the Law in this case. This cause IL
going to be fairly tried in this county.
and We shall prosecute TO the limit Vi ths
la~ any p@rSon who may attempt by
criminal mesns to ohstnIct the course Of
justice. The States witnesses are going
20 have the protection which tho Laws Of