The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-08-20

bornly. II am directed to take him
to Headquarters"
He made a move toward Schepps. but
the District Attorney. who UP to that
time he'd been sitting quietly smoking
a cigar, interposed himself between the
detective and the witness.
"Schepps." he said. rs a voluntary
witness for the people In the case Of
Charles Becker. He has come volun-
tarily into this State. will order the
instant arrest Of any officer who at
tempts to arrest Schepps and take him
to Police Headquarters. And you can
carry that message to your Commits
sioner with my compliments"
Schepps. pale and shaking, kept as
far away from the detective as possible.
Haggerty held on as long as he could.
Finally shaking his head doubtfully
he said to Mr.. whitman:
81 am simply under orders. You SEQ
my position. don't you?"
oh yes" said the District Attorney
impatiently.
"You have done your duty" he
added.
Haggerty went out into the corridor
and told the story Of his failure to four
detectives who were with him. They
had their heads together. one Of them
said grimly to Detective Thomas:
you've got your foot in II. haven't
you?"
"Oh, I reckon not" said Thomas.
whitman Prepares for Trouble.
BY this time the train was drawing
into the Grand Central Station. Mr..
Whitman sent for Thomas, In whom he
has absolute confidence. 1t was Thomas
who acted as the District Attorneys
bodyguard at a certain period Of the
Cummins- Hyde prosecution when the
District Attorney was receiving daily
threats
'If Deputy Commissioner Dougherty
is waiting here" said Whitman, II will
order you to arrest Schepps for the
District Attorneys Office. You have no
discretion In the matter. am the chief
criminal official in this county and when
tell you to do thing my orders take
precedence Of any orders issued by the
Police Commissioner. Do you under
stand?"
Perfectly" said Thomas and ranged
himself at Scheppss side.
A dozen plain clothes men from head
quarters and from the East Fifty first
street station were waiting on the train
shed platform when the Albany train
came to standstill. But Deputy Com
missioner Dougherty was not there. So
the District Attorney. after ordering
Mr.. Rubin and Thomas to take Schepps
straight to the West Side Court, hus-
tied to taxicab and was driven rapidly
TO the court
Magistrate Frederick House was
waiting for the District Attorney.
Whether he had an inklng of the state
OF affairs Is not known. Mr. Whitman
asked him II he would issue warrants
for the arrest Of policemen on a charge
OF oppression. provided such action be-
came necessary. The magistrate, after
hearing the story Of what had taken
place on the train. said that he would
order the arrests himself II necessary.
second Attempt TO Get schepps.
Meanwhile another attempt was be-
ing made outside Of the Grand Cen
tral terminal TO take Schepps away
from the District Attorneys men. After
Mr.. Whitman had disappeared, Stewart,
the process server; Bernard H. Sander.
Schepps's lawyer. and Schepps. got into
taxi and started 10 drive to the court
house. Detective Barney Deitsch OF the
East Fifty-first street station, accom-
panied by Detectives Gallagher, Nc
Mahon and Hauser ran up to the taxi
cab. Deitsch put his hand on the
door.
II am directed to deliver this pris-
oner TO Police Headquarters" he said.
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fired back.
81 haven't any
Go TO hell" said Sander slamming
the door.
"All right" said Deitsch. 81 have
performed my duty, anyway"
And away the taxi went for the West
Side court
There was a deal Of telephoning 60
Ing on al that stage OF affairs. AS
sistant District Attorney Rubin was
calling up Commissioner Waldo. De-
tective Thomas was talking over the
phone to Deputy Commissioner Dough-
erty.
Rubin explained to Commissioner
Waldo that Schepps was a voluntary
witness. not prisoner. The Commits
sioner said he would rescind the order.
Thomas told Dougherty that the Dis
trict Attorney had refused TO hand
Schepps over to the police. Dougherty
told Thomas he feared there had been
an unfortunate mistake. He was afraid
Commissioner Waldo had misunderstood
Schepps's status. BY the time that ex-
plantations had been made all around
Schepps was being arraigned in the
West Side Court and all danger OF po-
lice interference was over
Sure Police wouId Get Him.
About the first thing that Schepps
said when he saw that the danger was
past was:
WELL Mr.. Whitman, didn't think
YOU could get away with It, I would
have made a bet that Dougherty would
have nabbed me. He would have got
me down in his Office with four or five
men in the room and they would have
tried to make me say anything they
pleased"
Detective Thomas took Schepps, who
was looking bit seedy after his
western tour into Magistrate Houses
court. The District Attorney was in
conference with the Magistrate, SO
Thomas and Schepps took a seat In
the complaint room. The court room
was jammed with persons eager TO see
what kind OF an individual Schepps was.
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