New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-29
Referred to Chief Magistrate.

He read them and then told me that
! he did not think the judge would Issue
| that l might see the magistrate II ! n
/ sisted This man Hunter took the atf-
davits to Magistrate kempner, VINO
| looked at them and then called me mo
This man did not say so, judge. He
might have meant something else
The Judge replied: 49,.
You can bet your lie IL WASH zen
| buttons he meant
Then the Judge told Hunter 10 go draw
the warrant H0nter left the room TO 90
! so but came back Immediately 10 ASK
how to spell my name whereupoh '"'
give ne the blank and I'll draw the
| And he started to do SO Before Or
| derinr Hunter 20 draw the warrant the
| magistrate swore me TO my affidavit and
| eio1ed il as Chief City Magistrate;
Ny. G. Just as the magistrate hnlshed
writing my name in the warrant as CON-
| nlainant Young man hurried into the
room, keeping his hat and gloves on ana
What are you doing, Judge? May l
look at these papers, x..,
The judge, after a moments hes,'a-
"C't; Go '' on and look at them, If you
Thereupon the young man glanced at
the affidavit and said, IN erect: rrov
this ms man H Cassidy~'Nick Cassidy-and
| he's all right He was talking to me
| sunday night about this very case CAS-
| sldy is square man; He wouldn I I' ,aKe
a nickel from anybody lie was telling
me how they come TO offer him none!
| 10 pass things that are not right. Tight
J along. believe he said that some one
that was working for this youn& man
came to him and offered him money TO
| 10 ioh
at this point I interrupted the young
man and told him that no one working
for me had ever offered CASSIDY I,S atSsr amsr
| thing, and that no one ever would orIer
him anything on. my behal1., -. :.
| Then Judge Kempner said that he
| thought II would be a good thing to take
the matter to Commissioner I'h9mpson
of the Department of Water Supply. Gas
and Electricity. and that he would do
| I told the Judge that I could see no
| reason WHY "a man who had committed n
| crime should not be arrested and tnat the
! District Attorney had sent me to him
| for warrant and that he had started 70
draw the warrant and had been talked
out of II by some Young man, unknoW,n ,',n
| 10 me, but evidently we'll known TO his
| honor. as well as influential with MN.
Mr.. Hunter was still active In telling
me that IT would be good scheme "a
! go to Mayor Gaynor or to Commissioners
| Thompson with the case.
An official of the court declared last
night that the only person belonging to
the magistrates family who was In the
courthouse at the time the Schoon-
maker matter arose was his son. Clar-
ence Kempner.
Facts Insufficient, kempner Says.
When the magistrate was asked
about the case last night. he said:
"I saw that 1t would be serious
mistake to issue the warrant, and an
Injustice to young official. until there
was some investigation by his depart
ment Let Schoonmaker pursue the
matter as far as he likes. IL he feels
aggrieved. ] am personally liable for
permitting an arrest of man without
sufficient grounds. and his statement
did not present sufficient facts, to my
mind"
Did the one who interceded with
| fonunu.d nm aftb mage fourth column.