The Sentinel=record., 1912-08-14

When responsible agents of Dis trict Attorney Whitman arrive in New York and demand Sam Sehepps they will get him.
 Fred E. Johnson, who made the ar rest, and who turned Schepps over to George Howell for custody. and who really is the custodian of Schepps. held a brief counsel with Chic fof Police Leonard and Acting Mayor Tom J. Petit yesterday, and they all agreed that Whitman should get Schepps under all events.
 There is no conflict between these, out the point was better determined with all together. Postmaster John son then formally took over the GUS tody of Schepps, to be held for him, land strictly for him until such time as he called for his prisoner.
 That settled the custody matter, and Schepps is a prisoner of the post master, or subject to his orders.
 The point was settled rather as a friendly suit at law than in contro- versy, for today should agents of the New York police department arrive early and demand Schepps there would be no embarrassment of one lpolice department refusing another police department prisoner.
 All the police department here or
 the mayor could do would be to in form the agents of the New York po- Ilice department that they are not
 holding any such person as Sam Seaepps. which answers fully that 1 bus iion.
 Then if the agents of Whitman, the ldislrict attorney, make demand, and hey look like the real goods, Post master Johnson will make formal delivery of his man. i nthe presence ard with the consent and approval of the chief of police, and there you ars
 Things looked squally yesterday when report reached the city that Attorney Bernard Sander of New York city, and who is counsel for Schcpps and the others held for the murder of Herman Rosenthal, had left New York and was on his way here to have an interview with schepps.
 It was reported that Schepps had been ordered to resist all authorities and still here until Sandler's arrival
 But that isn't randler's mission here. On the contrary, he comes with
 he cooperation of District Attorney Whitman. Sander is the first man who wired Schepps after his arrest, the message being received here Sun day morning early.
 That message told Schepps To be careful about what he said, to keep quiet and to await the Whitman men without any controversy, and assured Schepps that Whitman was going Co take care of him iii every way, and that this was the only thing and the best thing for him to do.
 That was supposed to come as as- surance to Schepps, and it was assur- ance to him, and after pondering over the situation until late that night Scbepps authorized the statement to be sent to District Attorney Whitman that he would come whenever his men reached here for him.
 Since that time Schepps has sent several confirmations to the effect that he would come, and since that time Whitman has confirmed the promise of immunity if 1t was merited through such aid to the state of New York as would bring other and more vicious yiolators of the law to the bar of justice.
 That the grand jury, In special ses- sion, is now working in New York, beginning Monday, and that indict- ments probably have been returned in number Tuesday, may account for some of the unusual proceedings Of yesterday.
 The extent of importance of the ar rest of Schepps here has dawned on but few. With the metropolitan po- lice force of city like New York after him. and the district attorney la;fo after him, and with many of his