New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-12

yesterday will be tried at Police heau-
quarters tomorrow. Detective Mc'or
mock, who was present when three en-
ployes of Mr.. Stokes Joined the citys oe-
tectiyes in search of the apartment.
and when, according to the testimony vi
two OF these three employees, the puhuie
of Stokes letters was taken without their
knowledge, has not been suspended.
Yesterday he was one of the happies'
men i'm the city. He will be called upon
to testify at the trial, however.
Mr.. Moore said yesterday that when
Mrs, Singleton was robbed while staying
at the Ansonia she asked Mr.. Stokes to
get a private detective TO work up the
case. as she dreaded the publicity at
tendant on reporting the robbery TO the
police Mr.. Stokes. Mrs. Singleton told
him. brought her a detective named Nc
Cormick she gave this detective 500 as
retainer, but she said he came to her
the next day and asked for $500 more.
which she declined to give him.
When the inquiry began, John Bloom
the same story he gave Tribune re-
porter exclusively last Sunday. Fourth
Deputy Police Commissioner Dillon
then read a stenographic report OF Mr..
Blooms story to him. which also
agreed In essentials with his previous
stories.
Paul Mcmahon, porter at the
Varuna. said he thought Mr.. Stokes
was burglar when he first saw him.
and grabbed him by the collar. Mr..
Stokes scowled at this testimony. He
testified that on the afternoon Of the
9th he saw Cumming pick up some
papers in front Of the trunk in the sit
ting room OF the girls apartment.
Mr.. Gleason was called earlier in the
day. His testimony varied from his
previous statements. He denied that he
told Cumming 10 put the bundle OF
letters in his pocket. and denied that he
had seen Cumming take the package
from behind the trunk. He said he first
saw the package in Cummings hands,
and could not swear to where Cum
ming got 1T.
Knew Letters Were Valuable.
He admitted he knew the great
value Of the letters" to his employer.
and went TO the apartment in search for
them: he admitted that he had heard
Stokes say Don't let the girls get
them" and that on the occasion Of his
visit TO the Varuna he knew city de
tectives were present He further ad-
nitted that he had not turned the let
tiers over 10 the District Attorney, but
gave them TO Mr.. McManus, another or
Stokes's counsel, 10 turn over to the
authorities.
Both Detectives Devery and Flynn
swore they had taken every scrap OF
writing out Of the apartment the night
Of the shooting. Robert NJ. Moore and
Commissioner Dillon both testified that
subsequently when they visited the
rooms they found about fifty letters in
one OF the trunks.
Devery said he examined the trunk in
the sitting room. He said before he had
driven over 10 the Roosevelt Hospital
with Mr.. Stokes. and that Mr.. Stokes
told him OF the great value of the let
tiers and where they were. Stokes told
me 10 get them" he said.
The witness denied. however. that
Stokes had said get them for me" He
said he had searched the trunk for
Stokes letters, but had found none. He
said there was no package Of letters in
the trunk: that there could have been
none in the alcove, for he had searched
it, Under a sharp cross examination by
Mr.. Whitman he stuck to his story that
he had seen no Stokes letters.
Then Flynn took the stand. He said
he had known Stokes about seven
months; that on the night of the shoot
ing Stokes called out to him and Nc
Cormick and Devery. Boys. I've been
shot"
Flynn said he began his search in the
bedroom, pulled out a steamer trunk,
found several letters in il, then went
into the sitting room and took the let
ters from the trunk in there as Devery
passed them out He. too, was search
ing for Stokes letters. He couldn't re-
member whether the trunk had a tray
or not. He said he read/some Of the let
ters. but could not explain 10 Mr.. Whit
man how he selected the ones to read
and the ones not to. He remembered
distinctly that no package of letters was
found.
Mr.. Moore told Of finding a package
tied with wide red ribbon. This had no
Stokes letters in It. He said he took the
ribbon and showed II 10 Miss Graham,
and she told him II was not the ribbon
with which the bundle Of Stokes letters
had been tied.
Mr.. Dillon testified that when he had
visited the apartment Sunday he had
been let in by a servant of Mr.. Casey,
who found key on his bunch which
would unlock the door.
Mr.. Bloom said ne had not given key
10 the apartment to either of its occu-
pants; shat they had sublet it and he
did not know where they got their key
or keys.
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