Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-01-09
.SLEUTH SEIZED
FOR THEFT Of
LETTER
Accused Of Carrying off Com
munication Of Attorney Gen.
eraI Wickersham Which APP
peared in Cosmopolitan,


my Morning journal Special Leased Wirel
New York, Jan. s.-Thomns Reilly
special investigator for the Interstate
commerce commission. was arrested
this afternoon by the United states
marshal on warrant charging the
theft from United states District At
torney Wiscs office Of the famous
sugar trust letter, from Attorney Cen
eral wickersham aud other documents
relating to the sugar trust prosecution.
The letter subsequently, appeared in
the Cosmopolitan magazine and it WAS
known yesterday that the long search
for the man who stole II had at least
resulted in the return of an indict-
ment hy the federal grand jury.
Whether Other Indictments will follow
Henry a Wise to whom the letter was
addressed. would not say tonight but
they are expected.
The specific charge against Reilly Is
the taking and publishing of lotters
and private papers without authority,
in violation OF the United States re-
Nised statutes and OF the New York
penal latv
In addition to the Wickersham let
tor there also were taken from the
district attorney $ office two letters
from & r.. IleiSe, secretary Of the
American Sugar Refining company to
lJuhn g. Parsons. counsel for the COM
lpany for the meeting held at the house
Iof the late Theodore llaNcmcycr, IN
I December 1903
Ahcl b. SMITH the assistant United
states district attorney who worked up
the case against Reilly, said Mr. Wise
lwhrn he saw MI Wickersham's lctter
lpaalishpa. msHutea = ieareh fqn the
I iorip,nal ana found il IN his desk
copy of il oyidmtly had been
fmken fer pUhlienticn The Keile-
( Parsons letters had also been copied
( Tor the criminals were recovered IN
the office file bat the minutes Of the
sugar companYs board Of directors
have apparently disappeared for good.
News az the arrest aroused " sens3-
tlon ia tho federal building where
Reilly was known as Il protegc Of
Henry l.. Stnmson now special counsel
for the government IN lis prosecution
~ the SUGAR cases ana formerly United
states district attorney II was on m
formation furnished by Reilly to Mr.
Stmson that the government prose-
cuted with SUCCESS the New York Cen
tpAi Rock isianl. Chicago Miiwau-
kee g st Paul, Central Vermont, Wes-
tern Transit company and other rail-
road and transit companies tor giving
rebates az sugar shipments ~ Niola-
tion of Tho Hepburn law. The rail-
roads on pleas OF guilty were all heav-
ly fined
The Wickersham letter as it apear-
"a IN the Cosmopolitan follows:
eWashington. June ~. 1909.
''Alv dear Wise, Senator Root has
sent me the proof of petition signed
by Eowers. Milburn and Guthrie in
support or their contention that the
statute OF limitations has run in favor
of Messrs. Parsons. kissel and Har-
med If the only over facts done 10
carry out the collects Of the unlawful
c0nsIracy were those referred to IN the
hrief. / should think they were insult
ficient Go save the bar Of the statute.
"a strong effort viii be made to-
morrow to persuade the president a.
Interfere in somc WAY 20 prevent the
indictments. but aside from that No
indictments should be returned against
anyone n there Is no reasonable
ground To believe they can be sustain
cd-if for instance. the olfenses
charged are clearly barred by the
statute. need hardly say this TO YOU.
"What / want To impress on YOU rs
that II you have ans reasonable DOUBT
in tie matter Nou either have the
grand jury ask the court for instruc-
tious. or If that is not feasible, that