Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-21
Low AID
FOR BOOKER I.
Negro Eeusafor to Appear
Against kssaiIant.

New York, March 21-As d result OF
conferences between DR.. Booker T.
Washington, his counsel and several
prominent men, including former
Mayor Seth Low, decision whether the
negro educator would appear to prose
cute his assailant Of Sunday was held
in allegiance. When the case was called
In west side court a physicians GER
tifcate that DR.. Washington was too
III to appear was displayed to Magis-
trate Cornell. An adjournment was
taken until this afternoon.
There were SO many conflicting
stories floating about that Mr.. Low
deemed it avtsable to say something
that would present the facts OF DR..
W~ashtngton's visit to West Sixty-third
street SO far as he was familiar with
them.
None Of those concerned in the case
would comment on the telegram which
DIR. Washington said he had received
from d. G. Smith, auditor OF Tuske-
gee. When he pressed his complaint
In the West sixty-eighth street sta
ton DR.. Washington mentioned such a
message and said that that was his
reason for being In the n-eighborhood,
but he did not show any telegram to
the police. 1t was reported that DR..
Washington had said that he was look
Ing for a cousin of Mr.. Smith. MI.
Lows statement, however. asserts that
he was trying to find Mr.. Smith him.
self, whom he expected to locate at
111a West Sixty-third street.
Daniel G. Smith Is a public account
ant with an office at 81 Broadway. He
lives at 6 Washington avenue, Mont
clair, N. j., but when a reporter called
there a caretaker. who was the only
person In the house. announced that
Smith was In Tuskegee and had been
there for a month. He said that Smith
was a trustee of Tuskegee institute.
The caretaker knew or no relatives liv-
ing in New York ana naturally had
heard of no kilograms that may have
passed between Smith and DR.. Wash
ington.
There was a good deal OF excitement
and curiosity In the west side police
court when Ulrich was arraigned on
the charge of assault. Before Ulrich's
lawyer, James I. Moore, who has acted
for him on other occasions, reached
the court, William ]. Gibson offered
his services as counsel and Ulrich ac-
cepted them. MILFORD Smith, Wash
ington's attorney, presented a eertif-
cate signed by his physician. which
stated that he was too Ill to appear in
court. The case will be called as
scheduled this afternoon. said Mr..
Moore.
Ulrich and his wife related conflict
ing stories IN several respects and
neither agreed with MIR. Low, speaking
for Washington. Ulrich asserted that
at 0 o'clock on Sunday night his wife
took out n of the dogs for an airing.
When she returned she told him that a
man In the hall had spoken to her,
which led him to go out and investt-
gate. He said that he passed the man
In the hall and then crossed the street
where he met another man, who told
him that he had been standing watch
ing the negro for an hour or SO. Ul-
rich said he returned and found ths
negro looking through a keyhole. When
he asked him what he wanted there
the negro struck him. he says, and
started TO run toward Central park.
Ulrich says that Washington fell sew
eral times and thus was cut, but that
no club or stick was used.