New-York tribune., 1910-04-19
BlAkE[H after LESLIE
Indicted Pittsburg Tax Collector
Saws He Is III.
PROSECUTOR TO FIND OUT
May Attach Bail of $4,000
Klein Testifies Against
Councilman.

Pittsburz. April 1s-whether FAX q.
Leslie. county delinquent tax collector
and Chairman Of the Republican County
Committee. is really fI IN New York as
his attorneys asserted in court today. Or
whether he Is irving % evsds irnrnediats
trial District Attorney William A. Blake
lev. with the sanction Of the court. viii
ascertain for himself With an order %
the court served upon Ieslie's attorneys u
produce their client In Nev York City to
morrow morning. that he m ght 0e exam
ined BY the District Attorney. the latter
official left this city tonight for the East.
Leslie is Under ss0 90 bail. ard II was in
tinated that unless good reasons for his
absence are forthcoming steps mizh- be
taken To declare this forfeited.
Leslie's was the frst og the Eraft cases
called this morning. but hts counsel asked
for a stay OF thirty days on the ground %
illness. They submitted three physicians
certificates and presented a letter addressed
To District Attorney Blakeley BY their
client. The letter contained no date Inc
and gave no clew 20 Leslie's Whereabouts.
except that IL stated ne was il IN New
York and would appear in court later
Upon demand BY the District Attorney
the court ordered Leslie's counsel 70 dis
close the address OF their client They
Sd4u IL Nd@ dL tne 1OTeI Imperial NeW
York city The case was then put over
until Wednesday. when Leslie is 70 appear
and satisfy the court as 70 his illness The
trial may then be taken up on Thursday.
The rOUnda bout way IN which the letter
was sent 20 the District Attorney. the Fact
that Leslie passed through PittsDurz from
Hot Springs. Ark without stopping here
and keeping promises made 20 the District
Attorney and the apparent svssivsnsss OF
counsel for Leslie aroused the suspicious Of
Judges Frazer and Cohen. and th- re-
quests Of the prosecution TO ascertain ths
facts in the case were readily assent-d n.
despite many objections from the defend
ants counsel
Th- case OF ex-Councilnsn VI L swift.
ir-, charged with taking money for his vots
IN the vacation OF South 7th street and also
IN the bank ordinance. was put on trial to-
day. The chief witness for th- COMMON
wealth was John 2. Klein. who was 5rou<hs
from the penit-ntiary.
According 20 Klein. swift was one Of th-
men who received ss1 10 in the South IN
street matter and also 500 IN the bank
ordinance Much of Klein's testimony was
A repetition of disclosures made IN his con-
f-ssion. bur in greater detail as % the In
divfduaI case Klein said the money rs
gave Swift was part OF the 5000 received
from Or. " H Weber. president OF the
Select Councils at the time
Th- commonwealth rested its case today
and tomorrow TIE defence will be taken ~.
Max . Leslie who Is staying a. the Hotel
Imperial said last night that he vas very
IN and was confined 70 his room. He rs-
fused to say whether or not he was being
attended by physician.
When asked II ne was TOO III % 60 back
20 Pittsburz. he replied that he would roc
submit 70 a n interview. nor would he say
when he thought he would - able % re-
turn 70 Pfrtsbu-g- Asked II he would r--
refve Mr. BIakeley ar the hotel. Mr. Leslis
remained silent He TUNED a d-af ga 70
AL further qussJions
Albany April fS-Coverncr Hughes -
ceived brief to-day from the common
wealth OF Pennsylvania N the case -
Frank y Hofstot. president Of the Pressed
Steel Car Company. who e resisting ex-
tradition 70 PittsbUrE. where re IL under
Indictment n the cOuncilnsns bribery
NJ HOfstots attorneys We're instructed 20
Ale brief in hts behalf They contend that
Mr. HOTsrot is not rugutfve from iusJics.
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