New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-14
nv telegraph to The Tribune ]

..oh,a excitement was created here TO-
night when it was noised about 'ha'
sam" Schepps. wanted as an impor-
,snt witness in the Rosenthal case an
rolice graft scandal in New York had
asenneared. AS a matter OF fact, he
had been hid by federal officers to
whom he was given into custody this
evening. After holding him three days
tho time limit of the law, the police
.rrned him over to Fred. Johnson.
postmaster and deputy United States
marshal. Johnson declines 10 say
where Schepps has been taken.
Officers here are anxious to turn
chepps over TO representatives OF the
,ew York District Attorneys office,
hut owing TO the peculiar status OF the
case they fear possession Of him might
he obtained through court technicah-
Ties by other officers.
schepps has not been arraigned IN
any city. township or county court
here and no charge has been preferred
against him. He has not even been
treated as a prisoner. except that an
officer accompanied him wherever he
went. and that has been wherever he
chose 10 go. The nearest he has come
n being In a court here was when he
stood for ten minutes in the door OF the
citv police court room to-day and was
an interested spectator in the proceed
ings of that court.
After that he was taken to the chiefs
office and kept there until the arrival
NJ the early morning trains, and when
no officers arrived from New York to
claim possession Of him he was taken
hack 10 the Marquette Hotel. and later
enioyed an automobile ride about the
city.
Sees Moving Picture Of Ora :.
Schepps and his two guards this ar
,srnoon visited a moving picture thea
ire and II was from that point Schepps
disappeared. The picture was not 10
his liking. probably because of the TACT
THAT it was a story Of graft ana IN
,deue. and though it was three-reel
njrture he remained through only TWO
reels. and then left the theatre.
Acting Mayor Petit, fearing some
harm might befall Captain Howell II
he continued to patrol the streets d'
oil hours of the night with the pris-
oner last night issued an order that
scbepps be returned TO his room IN the
MARQUETTE Hotel by not later tnan ~
o'clock.
As ~ IN bear out the acting Mayor
suspicions, two strangers were this
morning noticed shadowing the oHicer
and schepps wherever they went on the
street. and while they were in the hotel
these mysterious "sleuths" took up STA
t,ons on the opposite side OF the street
and watched the hotel entrances
closely.
rev since his arrest Schepps has ex-
pressed a fear OF returning TO Ne"
york with any Of Commissioner
Doueherty's men, Shortly after MS ar
rival he declared there were ten tnou-
sand officers In New York and nine
+bousand Of them would not hesitate TO
nut him out of the way II they got q
chance.
TT looks pretty bad for me-" ne de-
clared. and I guess it Is either the
Dutch route the electric chair or a
bullet for mine"
That statement was made when ne
hinted that he might attempt TO escape
bis captors and was told that ne woulo De
sbot down like a dog should he attempt
TO run.
"Y would commit suicide before l would
ro hack with a New York policeman,
sohepps is quoted as saying few MN
,,tes before his disappearance, but ne need
have no fear on that score. for the local
officers have repeatedly declared that
thew would surrender him only TO the
representative from District Attorney
Whitman's office.
Whitman's Man Arrives To-day.
Acting Mayor Petit to-day received the
following telegram from Terre Haute,
Ind: "Wil arrive in Hot Springs Wednes-
day morning at 1906. (SigneO r. j.
RUBIN. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney.
Those Of "a conservative nature who are
prone 10 look upon Schepps's disappear
ance this afternoon as simply ruse on
the part of the officers to get him out Oh
the way of court proceedings should ne
apply for a writ of habeas corpus to Sc
cure his release, since the time limit has
expired. are of the firm belief that when
Mr. Rubin arrives here he will find his
man ready for him. and unless some sort
Of court action is taken to resist
schepps's return TO New York, the start
for the city may possibly be made to-
morrow afternoon.
The news received here this afternoon
that schepps's attorney has left Ne"
York for this city, and that he has
warned his client not to leave here until
he arrives in Hot Springs. has strength
ened the belief that Schepps will now
seek 10 resist his return TO New York
even with Whitmans representatives.
Schepps this afternoon showed the first
signs OF sorrow over his present predica-
ment. He was sitting in the lobby OF the
Marquette Hotel with his guards and talk
ing TO several women guests.
Your wife must certainly be consider
ably worried over your present trouble
isn't she?" asked one Of them.
mo; she is brave little woman and
clever. There is but one woman who Is
and who is worrying more than any one