The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-01-27
FIND SCH|FF VALET
EXPECTED CLEMENCY
District Attorney Whitman Gets
Data for Report on Sng-
gested Pardon.
HEARS ATTORNEYS VIEWS
Corrohorate Assertion That Mortimer l..
Schiff's Employee locked for
Light Sentence
Y Whitman haa the data

NJ the pardon applied for hv Foulke
fngel Brandt He oNpects to- send the
report to the Governor early nevt week
II probably will favor a pardon FOR Brandt.
Brandt. who WAS formerly valet tor Nor
timer l.. Schif. alleges that when he
pleaded guilty TO burglary in 1907 h" he-
l,eved that he would rocrivc light sen
tsnce. Judge Eosalsky Cavo him thirty
years
Yesterday Howard Cans. who was Mr.
Schiffa counsel when Brandt pleaded
guilty; chester \ Bsvlns. who was
Brand''s counsel and Carl Fischer
Hansen. who succeeded Nj Ravlas as
counsel for Brandt told the District
Attorney what they knew about the case
Late in the afternoon Attorney Paul ".
Cravath hurried into Mr. Wh,tmaus
office. A. the District Ntnrnev iey oted
the whole dav ~ the Brandt afar IT wa>
surmised that Mr. travath WAS in some
way connected with II He said later
that he appeared AT the request of Mr..
SChiN H. Judge Parker, counsel for Mr..
Schif, was away He understood that
Mr.. Cans would appear before Cos. Din.
II r. known that with tn" exception of
Mr.. Cans all the pcop" whom tho Dis
triC' Attorney has called before him IN
connection with Brandt application
have corroborated the story told hv
Brandt that IT WAS understood that he was
to get "A light sentence.
II has been learned also that -four days
after his ConN lotion Brandt mad" state
m-nt similar To that whlrb he sent from
Daunemora TO Gov Div. that he did not
understand that ha was PLEADING guilty
TO an offence for which IN. penalty was
from twenty years 20 life. that he did no'
understand English well and thought
! that he was pleading guilty. 10 the THEFT
OF Mr.. Schla's -carfpinS The court
record of his pleading and sentence do
not show that his answers were mad"
through an interpreter and they do show
that he was warned by Judge Rosslsky
Of IN. gravity of his offence
/ Three wears ago Brandt wrot" a letter
! 10 United States Senator einhodying
! the same fact- and giving his version Of
/ his presence III the house from which he
I had been discharged a month before
The letter was sent TO the swedish Son
! suls Office
! Meantime. members of the law firm of
/ Parker. HatCh & Sheehan are preparing
. 10 pldC" before Gov. Dix documentary
evidence controvertinC Rrandt's claims
/ The documents TO be laid before the
Governor include Brandts own signed
confession made al the time of hi- ar
! rest. supplemented by notes made at
the time by Drs Mahou and MacDonald
tn" alienistS who examined him. in Mr.
SchNs Office, and two letters which
! Brandt wrote to Mrs. SChih
! These letters on their face refute alb
+ sOluteiN Brandt's = assertion thai he had
! been wing on "A correspondence with
: Braru claims in his application for Z,
/ pardon that he IL III Jail because h. was
willing 70 plead guilty lo burglary n
! Tn. first iogree to shield Mrs Schin
II I.r, ps 1l.,I I,,Ty in 4
tn" former valet Of Mortimer l.. SChif.
the banker. who IL serving a thirty veal
sentence in State prison for burglary of his
employers residence. at a32 Fifth avenue
New York, IN 1907 may not he rcpresentec
at the hearing which j. scheduled to take
/ place relative 10 his application for tXeCu.
! tive ClemcnCy AZ the Executive Chamber
on Tuesday next, The application fol
this hearing WAS made 10y the law firm
| of Parker. Sheehau II batch. a repre-
sentativ" of which desires 10 hc heard
in opposition to the application for w
ecutlve ClcmenCv. No information has
been received as TO whether Il repre-
sentative of Brandt's will appear
| Gov Dix has before him nothing WHICH
sets forth the details of the case. The
only paper on file AT the Executive Cham
| ber ls the application of the convicted
man asking that Executive Cleuency bs
exercised in his behalf There are M
/ tho circumstances connected with
! Brandt'S conviction or which emphasizes
the reasons on which ho bases his applica
tion for Executive clemency.
/ In November last when "A representative
4 of the Governor was on a visit 10 Clintor
i Prison where Brandt i confined the lattcl
asked permission and was granted re
| quest to make a statement To him. Brand
at that time said he believed his case wa,
one that came well within the scope ot
those justlfyinG the exercise of Executive
clemenCy
He added the clements entering int
the transaction upon which conviction
was hased did not warrant punishment
for burglary III the first degree and fur
thermorc thai the aC" of the prisoner Il
the tim" of the commission of the tll"goC
crime. he then hoinG~rnSS than 20 wear,
Of age, entitled him To th" benefits Of th'
law under which minors and first offender.
'are sent to the STATE Reformatory "A
tmira for an iudeterminat" sentences
The applICitI ION was Wa dc on these GrouuC
and uron the fact "f TIA" l"nE' Nhf lhekcn
tence which had been irnpo-hd
II wa~ learned tonight that letter
hav" been sent 10y the Governor hotl
10 Judge Rosalaky aud Judge Jerome
who was District Attorney of New Yorl
county AZ tho time Brandt was convicted
asking their Opinions on the case. hut n
yet no replies have h""n received from
them
4 suggestion has been made that th
case he referred hy the Governor 10 th
State Parole Board for action Il is no
n cast which the hoard can take NJ o
its own volltlou as Brandt has not serve,
a sufficient period of ms sentence to maxi
his case one which that hoard can con
slider Of its own voliton. The refercnc
of the application tor clamoncv to tn,
Parole Board l. ono of the courses vhlcl
the GoN ernOr Is al liberty 10 pursue
The illness of tiov pi> undoubtedly wi
prevent him from giving III person til
hearing in this case set for TurSdaN ano
II probably will take place before he- rep
resent ative. the attorney Who has Charg.
Of applications for tho eSerri>a Of elem.
cncy in his department. The many cir
cnmstances connected with tho arrest an
convection OF Brandt which have hoe
published since the Efforts winch ar
being made 70 secure his lIhor alton fro,
prison have become known are mattn,
which ar" independent from any rccor
IN connection with tn" application f0
clemency pending before tho Cos erno,
All the Executive has before him u tn
simple Application. without spoCl'iCatIo