New-York tribune., 1912-02-17
.SCH|FF PLANS TO FIGHT
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ard that the idea Of calling Mr. Murphy
never entered his head.

and that the idea Of calling Mr. Murphy
never entered his head.
! Murphy issued a statement late ias'
night in which he denied the stories tha'
| appeared yesterday morning that lie
might appear as a witness BEFORE u''
grand jury. Mr.. Murphy was not au-
vised, however. before he issueh ms
statement that District Attorney Whi'-
man had so specifically denied any con-
nection with the Murphy story Inc
! Murphy statement follows:
! II Mr.. Whitman really intends TO eau me
I shall be glad TO appear. SHAH s'ate ,s, er ~,
! phatically as I now DO. that at no sirnotIv
place have I talked, directly or hluile.tis nisc
with Governor Dix or with any oi'
! g bout the Brandt case. oo,iod
Ishall be much surprised II J am ,torney: tar
because believe the District ,,nyron.
never had any reason TO think oil SUNNY , ~
! ing me. 1t seems rather strange uilue, n,ars
| circumstances that when the repo. w. ba
| asked him to deny or affirm the rumo' IA IA
did not frankly deny it, for KNOW, W. {, an
nf course he does. there is no cause for u.
II Is interesting at this time 70 r rece, n,s asa
! frt quently when there * S,,tr rict
| being investigated by our WORTHY -. ,oake
Attorney studied effort Is MADE 10 tnane t
| the pubIic believe that Tammany y III, .
nected with it, The Industrious preSs asSt stnt
| starts the performance by intlma'ins H.
| "some one high up In Tammany Is 20 -
,montIopnd Then the reporters ask MT.
| Whitman to deny or aft1rfl the ttpoi,,, he
| oven some Of them doubt its truth' i anu ~ a.
gives his stereotyped reply INA tlat ~ ~ witnesses
| he aynects 10 examine This ts always w
! beginning and the end OF TamnanS ~,
ncction with the case. Inc autE,n auitf,,ior ~, of
| fiction however, has the satisfaction 80.
reading glaring headlines in the hapeIs ~
| 1ecting upon the integrity OF .i,!e for
! Hall for one day at least. Inc r'2u,s ,ginT
ohvious 70 every fair minded man; regSaiHu. a.
less OF his party affiliations, anu Ia" :"
! their design 10 hurt the organization
Howard $. Cans formally denied ior
,,nse,f ard Mortimer /. Schiff yester-
dav that either of them wanted prom
ise Of immunity IL he appeared as WIZ
ness before the grand jury.
Asks No Immunity, Says Cans
"On wednesday last" said Mr.. Cans
| "1r. Schiff and | wrote TO the Dis'rlct
,t,ornnv asking and offering to appear
before Tho grand jury as voluntary VII
resses and in such manner as to waive
i,,munrtv. That permission was refused
10 lie. | don't ask immunity l 10"
want Il. and would refuse 1t if 1t were
| offered n mo
later IN the day Delaney NicoN'
| counsel for Mr.. Cans and MT. echih'
.co,n asked that his clients might go
hrforA the grand jury and again met
/ with refusal In explaining his posi'ioi'
in refusing 10 allow certain witnesses 70
ba heard by the grand jury Mr. "hn-
man said:
",s at present advised, ! don't want
| - advise the grand jury that any man
,,iaht testify and not be immune Hoii
! rroso,ution on charge OF conspiracy.
Section 5sI Of the penal law was pasSeo
osnoc,aII- to provide for the examiha'
uo, - witnesses in conspiracy cases
o,a q makes no mention Of waving I'M
munity.
! rx.Iudge Hand returned from Albany
,,st night after a conference with uo'-
a,,or nix and said that his commission
-,.os ora IN take testimony in an appiles-
.i,,, for executive clemency. He woula
have M report or recommendations 70
make. but would only take the testimony
under oath and turn II over to the "oV
arror for his use in deciding on hranuts :
application for pardon.
IT have no power 10 issue suppfnas'
said Mr.. Hand, but the Governor VIII
| issue subppnas az my request. we VIII
n,sh the proceedings as rapidly as pos
sibIe and II is my expectation 10 Deenn
them on Tuesday. We are trying 10 GET
the rooms Of the Public Service Commits
sion on the third floor Of the Tribune
Building, TO use for the hearings.
"PublIc notice will he given of the
hearings. which will be public, and any
ono will be examined who has testimony
, TO offer on the case, or course, the
witnesses will be sworn, but what effect
swearing them will have in regard to
their receiving immunity from prcsecu-
| tion before the courts II is not In my
province as commissioner to decide. II
that point is brought UP We will have TO
try TO get around It In some way
Tho files OF the Police Department dis
closed yesterday still another letter from
| Howard S. Cans on the report OF De
tective Woodbridge on Brandts record.
! This letter was to Commissioner Bing
| ham, and was i'm praise Of Woolrldge's
work II was written on the letter paper
OF Cans & Iselin, and was signed In ink.
| Howard :. Cans" The letter follows:
| CANS & ISELIN.
| Counselors at Law,
| q William Street,
! New York
April H. 1907.
| Dear Sir: | wrote 10 you some days ago
| telling vou that 7 desired 10 call upon YOU
| tary d. c. Slattery. that YOU will not be
ba ck TO town Imt the 18th inst.
! Upon reflection | have concluded that IL
| viii be- unnecessary for me TO take up your
/ time with personal interview, since the
purpose OF such an interview can be quite
| ns we'll accomplished by letter What de-
| sired by tho Interview was simply to eX-
| press to YOU my appreciation of some good
work done by officers of Your department
| I'm the matter of tracing the past history
| of one Lawrence do Foulke. who has re-
| Gently been sentenced 10 Sing Sing for
thirty years for burglary in the first de-
| gree.
| I'm the imposition of sentence, the Detec-
| tive Bureau was requested to ascertain the
| mans past history. and tho work was as
| signed by Inspector Mclaughlin TO Detec-
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