The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-02-11

triCt Attorney Charles > Whitman. who
il u Republican When the Governor
came TO New York lust before he declined
Ia pardon Brandt. he talked with Tammany
Hall politicians. according to reports
that reached the District Attorneys office.
and was advised not to let Brandt out of
pri son Brandt has been in prison during
the terms of other Governors but the case
broke in Presidential year
SEEKS LErrpH FROM SENATOR NELSON.
District Attorney Whitman went to
Washingto On yesterday TO stay until Sun
day evening His business in Washington
IS 10 talk over the Brandt case with United
States Senator knute Nelson of Minne-
sofa. Senator Nelson became interest ed
in Brandt first because the man is q Swedo
who had written 10 the Senator that he
had been unjuStly dealt with. After
Brandt waS sentenced to Clinton prison
senator Nelson received from him ten
letters. The letters contained Brandt's
reasons for believing that he had been
iricked into pleading guilty TO crime
which he didn't commit. Senator Nelson
has been III correspondence recently with
District Attorney Whitman and liz strongly
interested in the proceedings now on foot
10 FREQ Brandt or obtain for him new trial
The Senator has the notion that money
was used pretty freely 10y somebody in the
Brandt case and has express ed himself
10 that effect
District Attorney Whitman expects to
obtain from senator Nelson copies Of
the letters the Senator received from,
Brandt and any nfornationthe Senator
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hearing in III" hearing set down for next
Tuesday afternoon before Judge RosalSkv
and possibly in tho Grand Jury inquiry
H9 10 W. h'r brand' was IN" Nic'lm ot
o"n9Pra'E'
'AN WIND roMRS COUNSEL Rook.
Before the District Attorney left his
Office he had two hours talk with Carl
fisCh.r-HanSen. the lawyer who appeared
finally for Brandt and who entered for the
man th" plea OF burglary in tho first do
gr"".
1t j. known that the District Attorney
quest loned Fischer Hansen as tn his rea-
sons for advisirg Brandt TO plead guilty
To burglary III the first degree ard a. to
whether Fischer Hansen or ANYBODY else
p,I, VIZ %,t',,' % .'ml''uIN''en' sau i'o','Snu
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l,ry ,tt,r ,,lLi,,, ,,.i,L Nr WL;,r,',
fo- an hour Fischer Hansen Ies, tho oe,rc
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Distr,ct Attorneys stan Thcv Won, io
tn, T,tnh, sn,ri sn-,e ,i,ro thor, and ro-
,urped =, AZ Whitn.,' ,.,;,,a
Thev Won, ~ ,hs Tnmi,. 70 frd Oh,
COllnSpI hOOk Tor fne month OF MarCn,
iWD, ,at which time Brandt was locked
mp therel. the book which contains the
names Of lawyers calling ON imprisoned
clients The books missing The Toml-
authorities sav that II was turned over
70 tn. District AtTOrunv's Offic. and ihat
District ATTORNEY jerome paid no attan-
tion 10 several requests for its r.ttrn
The book WAS no, found YESTERDAY among
the records nf N" District t'tnrnev'
office
Mr. Whitman wanted the book in or,er
to find out wh.t her Howard Cans. now
counsel for Mortimer l. Srhih called
on Brand, in IN" iombs MIR Whuman
has the da'" OF a Conv. rS.4t ion. sworn q
by two prisoners. Oti> Latham and .ouis
Bleier who sav that Brandt told them
that h. ned promi-" of a isht SENTENCE
six months or "A year if n. would agrre
10 plead guilty to burglary III ~. first
dagroe The District ATTORNEY wants
TO iix the d2tc that anv lawyer called ON
Brandt
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'lr. vans "o!li nov uls'u~N 'he 'o~'
Yesterday eN''p' I" LAY
~ ne 'rtEi Juit wants me =" appear
o''or' Hui 'e' "hi' l "ho" abou, tal-
'dN' ~'"II '' ulor" nan WHlIhE !h'r"
Whe no ',n'>',r"'N NOV -hH'' '' wrong
uohE ~" hTHhn, case was tt'at"' -
, rc''l 'h" cas- vi IN" ia"t> nave NOT h""n
ihP,i' n.th'
III w scum ne aIrecI y repreoHht"d
III ~, proceeding before justice ''"rard
am Tue DTOCPAfilnr y hrtCro jude Eo-