New-York tribune., 1912-02-27

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statement which he described as state
ment Of the pertinent facts connected with
the Brandt case, so far as they are within
my knowledge" The statement includes
the text Of the letter from Brandt to Mrs
Schiff which caused the servants discharge
and the letter TO Mrs Schiff asking for
recommended ton The letter written by
Brandt TO Mrs. SChiff after he had been
sentenced and was in the Tombs waiting
20 be taken to Sing Sing is referred 10 as
follows
I now come 70 the events subsequent 10
Brandt's sentence On April s, four days
after the sentence, Judge Rosalsky asked
Mr.. Cans to come TO the courthouse. WHeIs
he met besides Judge Rosalsky, Fischer
Hansen and Assistant District Attorney
Mott II appeared that Fischer Hanssn
had brought 10 Judge Rosalsky a letteT
from Brandt TO Mrs. Schitf, which he sald
addressed TO Mrs Schiff, and that by mis-
take he had opened this envelope and had
read the letter The letter was read ana
by direction Of Judge Rosalsky given 10
Mir Cans, who handed II 10 me.
This letter contains the first written IN
timstion Of Brandt'S lying and scandalous
tale, which he has since expanded and re-
told on so many occasions, that on the
night Of the assault he was in my house
not as a burglar but by invitation; that
the letter which had caused his dismissal
was accidentally discovered by me and had
been preceded by a series OF other letters;
that he had deliberately pretended 70 be
In the house as a burglar and 10 have
stolen the two diamond pins with the chlN-
alrous purpose Of hiding from me his pre-
tended reason for being in my house.
The outrageous falsity of this letter is
shown by the letter which caused his dis
charge and which appears on its face 70 De
the first letter ever addressed to Mrs.
I Z I inf
convinces me that Fischer Hansen not only
was the bearer OF this letter but assisted
in its preparation. Indeed, the stoiy OF
chivalry foTesnadowed in this letter seems
to be a specially Of Fischer Hansen.
Of the letters taken from Brandts room,
in 42d street, Mr.. Schiff says:
As was informed shortly after Brandt
arrest, the Pinkerton man, Mr.. Rogers,
with Sergeant Taylor, searched brshut
! whether ne had any other stolen property
/ besides the two diamond pins
Alter that search Mr.. Rogers reported "a
me that no property or NaIue hdu pee
which was a pencil draft in Brandt
| handwriting Of the letter to Mrs. schlIl
which had caused his discharge, ana Whlcn
! is given above AS this graft was written
| 1Ipon my letter paper, with my address
/ engraved at the top and was addressed q
my wife. / naturally Kept H. as l haa
I right TO do.
The other three papers were letters ad
dressed TO Brandt, apparently from some
maid servant TO whom he had been atteh,
I tive They were of no Importance and
4 put them in the envelope Wlth the n,,i oInoi
papers. After the institution OF the recen
grand Jury proceedings my counsel volun'
/ tarily gave 10 the District Attorney ines
/ three letters and a copy Of the cratt or tht
/ letter to Mrs. Schiff, offering 10 produce thf
/ original whenever required. These are tht
/ letters regarding which so mucn mysle''
was made N some of the newspapers.
They were surrendered voluntarily. ahl
not upon the demand of the District AttoI,
ney, and no effort was made 70 WltnholC
/ spy Of them except the draft OF the letter
( to Mrs Schiff. which is SUBJECT 10 prcuuC'
/ ton wherever and whenever II may prop
erly be required in any legal proceeding.
! The letter which caused Brandt's dis
charge. MIR. Schin says. was handed 10
Mrs. schiff late on the afternoon OF Febru-
ary II, 1904 II frightened her so that she
! locked herself in the nursery with the
| children until Mr. Schiff came home, when
she gave the letter TO him
6randt's Letter to Mrs. sohlH.
He at once ordered the butler TO dis
charge Brandt give him the go wages due
him and see that he left the house imme-
diately. The letter follows.
Missrs. NJ. L. schif.
Dearest Lady;
Please have indulgence and pardon my
liberty. which ] have taken by writing your
this for me so important and particular
letter
Dearest Lady as you may perhaps re
member that ! ones last Autumn left you.
services, and the reason why came bah
any means surmized. il was Tor YOU, yes
but I must tell you dear Lady, II IS on this
particular QUESTION ! have based my dare
ing intrusion TO write you
BY doipE this ! put my future on
hazard, which may be ruin my life for some
time or il will bring me magnificent
thoughts of coming
l am a poor fellow but | have 2 heart
which ! would part with TO Lady which
love dearest on earth C1t Is you dearest
Lady.'D ] am perfectly alone IN TINS couh-
try no real friends no relation whatever
] do not mix up with the servants g md
more pleausur TO associate with peopel bet
ter than | am
do not know If YOU are interest or like
my person but do know that l am m a~nS
fond of you. in every respect IKE and
admire YOU emensklig Ny feelings towards
YOU dear Lady has grown every day IN
srger circumferenc,
which can not be expressed IN words Conly
actions can SPEAK }.
nav and night. until the slumber takes
me away. I think Of you dear Lady, it is
! was born Baron my mother Bar.
oness died years after my birth. She
was wealthy when she died, but 7 vas
horn one year before she gott married
She had heart trouble which took her away
suddenly without 10 have written any
legacy, so much was left TO my step
father for my education in years, that's
an I came 10 this country 312 years age
10 try my best, and 10 help my stepfatheI
which is in 2 rather poor financial affair;
With 2 dotters. The only thing | have tc
be proud Of is my health and my mother;
dear decended nobility blood so, | was
born Gentleman and ] shall always be in
the honor Of my mothers name.
1 will not tire YOU any longer, but ~ you
have the slitest liking or sumpthly for ne
who thinks the world OF YOU, wish of my
heart YOU would use me and have con.
fedence in me ] am not able TO marry
nor idcr can ] because you Madam has me
with body &, soul you maybe do not know
or believe II. but | take God as sufficient
ado 10 it
which IS in my power and could make you
pleausur II not longer than II hours, II
would delight me as well. -
Trust me as you only true friend, money
thoes not make true friend Of heart, hear
am here to you purpose take me and
make use Of me and give me q friends hand
throught this weary world OF Illness
Yo,; have power TO send me out on the
street / can gett a place easy enon but
10 think OF II makes me feel sorry ! trust
you because in your eyes have read some
thing which never read in any woman
hone YOU will from time 10 time give
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