The Sentinel=record., 1912-09-21
WILL START BEFORE coMMis- sioNER c. FLOYD HUFF LATE
 THIS AFTERNOON.
INTERROGATORlEs ARE HERE
Judge J.-L. Graham Creates Stir in Case With New Statement-Waldo Makes Defense of His Ac.
 tions in New York.


 Judge c. Floyd Huff, commissioner appointed by supreme court of New iork to take evidence here relative to what Sam Schepps said in this city before being taken to New York as a witness in the Rosenthal murder case, will begin his hearing probably as early as l o'clock this afternoon.
 lt IS expected that the commission under the authority of which Judge Hun will hear the evidence will arrive thls morning, probably about It o'clock. It may take two hours to formally summon the witnesses and attend to other details of opening the inquiry.
 Judge Huff is counsel in a very i'm. portant case in chancery court. but he stated last night that. realizing the fact that District Attorney Whitman, Assistant District Attorney Rubin, and Counsel Hart for Becker. were all anxious to get back to New York, and that delay of one day would mean to hold them over until Monday, he would request Chancellor Henderson to permit him to hold this commission work.
 Yesterday was day of waiting on the part of the district attorney and his assistant, and day of activity on the part of the Counsel J. w. Hart, for Becker. who has associated with him locally the firm of Rector x Sawyer. In the office of local counsel the various witnesses who are to De summoned before the commission to- day were called. in and the situation gone over with them.
 The interfogatories, as authorized by a supreme court of New York, were read to them. and they indicated to counsel for the defense the answers that will be made before the commis- sion today under oath.
 At least one New York newspaper man nbw here regards the inqury to- day as really the preliminary to the Becker trial, accepting it as really q part of the first evidence taking in this most important case. And while the inquiry seems to have been originally designed only to find out what Schepps said relative to excuI- pating Becker, it now develops that the stories Schepps told, at least to Captain George Howell, indicating Becker's relation to the murderers of Rosenthal, may be particularly i'm. portant.
 There was some attention in the press of last night speculating on a statement made by Attorney James l.. Graham of this city. MT Graham stated that he had authentic informa- ton that Sam Schepps was in this city the Sunday following the murder of Rosenthal in New York on Tues day Mir Graham did not give his authority for this information, but stated he believed it could be estab- lished beyond question. He refused last night to discuss this feature in particular, but stated that tonight. after the evidence taking was finish ed, he would make statement con corning what he had learned of the case.
 The commission will be held in the Marquette hotel 1t is presumed that the witnesses examined will be Tom J. Petit, George w. Howell, Douglas Hotchkiss, J. H.. Sullivan, James l., Wadley Jr., Fred E. Johnson. Clarence Moshier, Walter Ebel, and probably others.
 The order of the examination. and other details. will be arranged by Judge Hun today. District Attorney Whitman yesterday received the cross Undergraduates that he will have au- thority to propound, and these arriv- ing yesterday indicate the positive ar rival of the commission to Judge Hun tuday