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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-05
WALDO GETS SUBPOENA
Curran Board Issues Call for
Police Commissioner.
TO FOLLOW MAYOR GAYN0R
Committees Stenographer Busy
at Headquarters Going Over
Years of Correspondence.

Police Commissioner Waldo will folio"
the Mayor as a witness before the Cur
ran aldermantc committee In its probe OF
the Police Department
The Police Commissioner was sub
prnaed Yesterday to appear before the
committee and tell what he knows about
problems in the Police Department
The subpoena was served on Mr.. waldo
al Police Headquarters yesterday AFTER
noon by Charles S. Guthrie, assistant
counsel to the committee. Mr.. Waldo Is
ordered to APPEAR before the committee
on Monday week at o'clock in the Coun-
ell Chamber at the City Hall.
Mr.. Waldo. In accepting service. said he
would be glad 10 be of aid to the COM
mittee. and expressed himself, after the
manner of the Mayor. as being pleased
with the fair way I'm which the commit
tee was going about its work Accom-
panying the subpoena was letter. which
read:
Hon. Rhinelander Waldo. Police Com
missioner. New York city
Sir: We beg to hand YOU herewith a
subpoena of the special committee ap-
pointed by the Board of Aldermen TO IN
before II i'm the Council Chamber in the
city Hall. at o'clock p. m, on Mon
dav. September l6. 1912.
We desire 10 receive your testimony
concerning the problems OF police ad-
ministration with which YOU have been
concerned during your term as Police
Commissioner.
We appreciate your cordial offer Of
cooperation. and beg 10 remain. yours
respectfully, HENRY II. CuRRAN,
Chairman.
Chairman Curran said that the commit
tee was not prepared TO say who would
follow Commissioner Waldo. but he was
OF tho opinion that it would be probably
one OF Mr. Waldo's deputies or else one
Of his predecessors I'm Office.
The committee has had stenographers
at work at Police Headquarters for the
last three days going over the correspond
ence files and making comparisons OF the
reports OF tie various inspectors and po-
lice captains during the last eight years
regarding disorderly houses and gombling
houses.
When this work is completed the COM
mttee will know who VIII follow Mr.
Waldo on the stand. In ali likelihood
General Bingham Will be the man.
II the committee finishes with Mayor
Gaynor 81 the opening session next Mon
day the public hearings Will be adjourned
until the following Monday. when Com
missioner Waldo is TO be heard. Emory X.
Buckner. chief counsel To the committee.
said yesterday that II was not improbable
that tine Mayors testimony would be long
and that session on Tuesday might be
necessary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-05
BECKER ANSWERS SUIT
Denies Responsibility for Death
of Man Shot in Raid.

Lieutenant Charles Becker. the police
officer now In the Tombs on an lndlct-
ment for the murder Of Herman Rosen-
thai, filed answer yesterday in the SUI
preme Court to the suit brought against
him by Mrs. Mary Il. Carter. for $1,000
damages for the death OF her son, Wav-
erly Carter who was shot on March IA
during a raid by the squad led by Becker
Mrs. Carter has brought a similar suit
against Charles %. Pitt. jr., who accom-
panied Becker In the raid where the
shooting occurred and who was arrested
for the murder. Pitt was acquitted on
the charge.
Becker made a general denial OF the
allegations Of Mrs. Carter OF responsible
ity for the killing ~ her son. He also de-
MED that Pitt. who has been credited
with being the lieutenant's press agent,
was in his employ, and said that he had
no knowledge that Pitt was permitted to
carry n revolver
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doubts as to whether Mr.. Mckay would
support his position If called as VIII
ness in the police trial, but Hayes III :
sisted that that was the true story oi
the orders under which he was WORK
ing as inspector. and said he wouid
stand or fall by that
Hayes told Mr.. Whitman the STORY
OF his investigation of captain III MS
former inspection district. He said that
nc found that the captain was getting
a matter Of over $500 a month from
saloon graft in the precinct, that he
reported his findings to the Commis-
sioner's Office and that the net result
was that the captain in question was
transferred 10 another precinct.
Protection for Suspected Places
He had made repeated efforts to put
uniformed men on station in front or
suspected places Hayes said. but he
had always been called off by orders
from the Commissioners office. which,
he said. we're always accompanied by
the explanation that the Mayor did not
like that idea. and believed that 1t led
TO police oppression
II is the opinion of the members OF
the Police Department generally, Hays
told the District Attorney. that Beck
er's work was about the most coarse
and most brazen" the department had
ever seen. The uniformed force. said
Hayes, were generally of the opinion
that Becker was a CRATER and most oil
the man in the department, he added,
believed that Becker had gone even
further.
Thomas D. Thatcher. attorney for
Hayes, held 6 conference with Mr.
Whitman last night, after the District
Attorney returned from Albany. Mr..
Thatcher, at the Bar Association, after
his conference with Mr.. Whitman, de-
clined 70 say what had been discussed
between them. He expressed himself
as well satisfied With the situation from
the point of view Of his client, and de-
clared that il any one thought they were
going to make a goat Of Hayes he
was mistaken in the surmise.
Justice Golf will sit in the extraordi-
nary term Of the Supreme Court Grim
inal Branch, for a brief session this
morning to hear and grant the motion
of the District Attorney that go tales
men be summoned from the special
panel 10 report next Thursday. These
talesmen. who, coming from the special
panel. have previously sworn to the
Commissioner Of Jurors that they have
no conscientious or religious scruples
against the inhiction of the death PEN
atty, will be examined for service as
Jurors in the Becker trial.
The summoning of so many as 30
i'm one panel is unusual. The usual
number is one hundred at time, and
If twelve jurors do not qualify out of
that number, another panel Of a similar
number is summoned. The calling OF
80 at one time for the beginning OF
the Becker trial is taken as another
indication Of the determination Of Dis
trict Attorney Whitman 10 force a
speedy and immediate trial Of the po-
lice lieutenant
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-05

Coupe. however. denies having made
any sweeping charges against the New
York police. He asserts emphatioally that
there are ten thousand honest policemen
In New York. lie says he had no easy
time escaping the detective who sought
TO prevent his departure from America.
Coupe seems TO be on the verge of a
nervous breakdown. lie is staying with
his brother. who says he is evidently In
great fear. Some OF his friends express
the belief that he was driven from New
York by threats OF death.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-05

1t Is alleged, went to the Hots, q
cliffe, Greenwood Lake. the latter ~ ~.
Of the week preceding July IL
registered in two widely sepa,,,..
rooms, but were out together
One day they went on a. boa, -. IN
from which Mrs szabo returned y,.s'
ly excited, declaring she was afr.,s :.
Gibson. She left the hotel. b,,t
turned again on the 18th, and Wen,
with him again i'm a rowboat
Mrs. Szabo never returned from ~.
trip, but was drowned. As desc,;rs.
by dissent witnesses, she seemaa
fall into the water, and Gibson a..
fell in. He managed to get out h,.
ever, and returned TO the hotel u.
rushed excitedly to the DROWN
woman's room, took her belonsinv.
and left the place before her body va,
recovered.
Investigations by a Pinkerton IA.
tective, it is set forth in another an
davit, showed that on the day af,..
the drowning Gibson went TO the de,.
woman's home, No. 81 West 9th stras,
examined everything in her rooms Ana
had the contents shipped to himself h,
express to his home. No. 292 Carms,,
avenue, Rutherford, n. j. IT was alu
learned from neighbors that before "A.
woman's death Gibson had been a dan,
caller at her house, spending a gre,,
deal Of time with her and keeping b,
under constant surveillance.
On August I he petitioned for a pro
bate of the woman's will and for N,
issuance of letters testamentary, N.
will later being admitted to probate o,
August 3, and Gibson receiving the LEI.
ters. 1t is alleged that as executor M
drew out deposits Of Mrs. Szabo from
two banks, about $1,000 in ell. A thru
deposit Of $1,000 has been found.
Had Planned to Return Home.
Before going TO Greenwood Lake
Mrs. Szabo had planned TO 20 home "a
her relatives In Austria, even engaging
massage. Her failure to carry out this
purpose aroused the suspicious q
friends here, who got into communici,
ton with the woman's relatives, wha
in turn reported her failure to come ID
them to the Austrian authorities. This
led 10 an investigation BY the Consul
General here, resulting in the dscoy,
cry that Gibson had taken complete
charge Of her affairs.
II was at once discovered that The
alleged waiver OF citation purportint
to bear the signature Of the dead won,
ans mother bore a date subsequent q
her death. The waiver was acknowl.
edged before Donald Lyons. notary
public in Kings County.
Mr.. Lyons said yesterday that he had
known Gibson TO- some time, and Ia
took his word that the woman who
signed the citation was actually tbs
Mrs. Petronella Menschik, as Gibsoa
declared her to be.
The witnesses to the will were vii.
lam r. Petze, OF No 623 Linden ave.
nue.. Brooklyn; Soda Lesseur, OF No.
1875 West 14th street. and Agnes Boyd
OF No. 81 West 111th street. Pete
and Miss Boyd, who was Gihson's ste.
nographer. said yesterday that in Wit.
Messing the will they had taken Gis-
sons word that the two women he ia.
troduced 10 them AS Mrs. Szabo aql
her mother. Mrs. Menschik, were q
represented. although they noticed ihz,
there seemed TO be only about "a
years difference in their ages.
Gibson could not be found yesterda}
at his offices or at his home in Ruther.
ford.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-05
Their Fatal Boat Ride.

The story OF Mrs. Szabo's death. the
latest affair in which Gibson figures.
Is set forth in the affidavits fled with
the surrogate in support OF the petit
ton asking that he be ousted as exec
utor of her estate. He and the woman,
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SUNDAYS NETWORK TRIBUNE
Mailed anywhere in the United
States for 81 so year.
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in an instant he shook himself into
dignifed bearing once more and con-
tnued.
Alleges Unfairness.
District Attorney Whitman has not
been fair to me in this affair he said
Each day I perceive new evidence OF
bias and animus in his remarks and
actions.
II want TO interrupt at this point and
ask YOU 10 please don't write this in a
way that would make the readers be-
lieve that I am crying as they say.
I'm not by heavens. 7 ask for moth
ing more from the citizens than an alb
solutelv fair trial. | want only 10 ask
them. when the time comes. 10 listen TO
what | have TO say. Surely after they
have heard my side Of the case they
cannot believe that ! am as ! have
been so long painted. II seems a very
long time. And now 10 continue:
Il am here in prison and with my
hands tied. have no large force OF
able men TO go about the country and
collect for me all witnesses who viii
speak a truthful word in my behalf. !
find myself blocked by Mr.. Whitman
at almost every step. ! am. however.
represented by two extremely able law
yers. and in them have implicit faith.
Shortly after John W. Hart agreed 10
act as my counsel Mr.. Whitman inn
mediately dscredited him and ordered
him 10 appear before the grand jury
and there give testimony that was
harmful TO me"
II will be recalled Hart testified that
he had secured for Becker an affidavit
from Jack" Rose. who was then In the
house Of Harry Pollok. Hart had taken
a notary public along with him. Sam"
Schepps was said TO he in the house at
the time. and Hart had denied that
he had known that fact. The lieutenant
said that as one instance OF his con-
tention Of injustice. Mr.. Whitman had
frequently declared that certain wit
nesses he wanted and could not now
secure had been spirited away In Beck
ers behalf.
III the trial should fail under Whit
mans direction" the lieutenant went
on. then Whitman Will come out In
print and say that the police had been
responsible for his failure.
Sees Motive in Ambitions.
You see Mr.. Whitman wants to be
Governor, and Is fighting for that as
for his life.
Mr.. Hearst promised 10 support Mr..
Whitman AT the time Of the Brandt
case. and did so" Becker declared,
going into detail TO show why he 40
believes.
Pretty soon the Brandt case fell
down" Becker continues. and then
Whitman was left without any means
Of appearing prominently before the
public. Therefore. Mr.. Hearst could do
nothing more for him for a. short time.
And then-and then camc'-hc paused.
looked savagely at his muscular hand
and added then came my case.
And here Is Whitmans last chance,
with the gubernatorial nomination date
nearly here. Whitman has been doing
everything within his power In the
present case to keep within tho public s
sight. And Hearst Is standing behind
him. pushing him and providing new
startling features that will keep the
case alive until the time for Whitman
nomination.
The lieutenant told Of other matters
that seemed to him indicative OF Mr..
Whitman's intention to inject personal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-05

dering why they should not have gone
further, have disregarded altogether
all evidence OF humanity. So much
have I been forced to read assertions
concerning me and stories that nave
not the least evidence Of truth that
think, I cannot be more hurt or ne
made TO suffer more To me II seems
far too unfair.
"I. who have worked my way from
the rank of patrolman, covering many
wears of earnest and honest endeavor,
10 that of lieutenant detective, en-
always the respect OF all
with whom came in contact, am sud-
enthusiastically so-assailed upon all
sides by the officials and the press OF
the entire country as a man who mas
brought about a most foul murder.
Not alone that, but am commonly re
ferred to as public official who has
amassed a dishonest fortune. am
now in prison. shorn of my uniform
disgraced, permitted only the compan-
ionship Of criminals and daily def1led.
The courage Of the lieutenant seemed
to fail him for a moment His chin re-
coded and his muscles relaxed. Then
in an instant he shook himself into
dignified bearing once more and con
tinued
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-05
BECKER TELLS HIS
OWN STORY OF CASE
Continued from first page.

animus and injure his 'becher ~
chances of securing a fair trial
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-03-29
CHAPTER XIV.

Another Sunday man and horse and
dog royed the Piedmont hills. And
again Daylight and Dede rode togeth'
er hut this time her surprise ut
meeting him was tinctured with sus'
picion: or rather her surprise was OF
another order. The previous Sunday
had been quite accidental, but his
appearing the second time among her
iavorite haunts limited Of more than
the fortultous. Daylight was made TO
feel that she suspected him, and no.
remembering that he mad seen a
big rock quarry near Blair PARK.
stated ofhand that ho was think
ing OF buying IT, His one'time
Investment In brickynrd hhd
put the idea into his head-an idea
that he decided was good one, for II
enabled him TO suggest that she ride
along with him 10 Inspect the quarry.
SO several hours ne spent In her
/ company. In which she was much tho
same girl as before. natural, una1ect'
ed, lighthearted. smiling and laugh
ing, a good fellow, talking horses with
uniiagging enthusiasm, making friends
With the crusty.tempered Wolf, ana
expressing n desire to ride Bob, whom
she declared she was more In love with
than ever. Against his better iudg.
ment' Daylight gave In, and, on an
unirequented stretch Of road, changed
saddles and brides,
Remember. he's creased lightning
he warned, as he helped her to mount
She nodded. while Bob pricked up
his ears TO the knowledge that he mad
a strange rider on his back The
fun came quickly enough-toO quickly
for Dede, who found herself against
Bob's neck as he piyoted around and
bolted the other way, Daylight followed
on her horse and watched, lie saw
her check the animal quickly to a
standstill, and Immediately. with rein
/ across neck and IA decisive prod OF
the left spur. whirl him back the wa,
he had come and almost as swiftly
Get ready to give him the quirt OF
the nose" Daylight called.
" Cro BE CoNTINuED)
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-03-29
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would rap Bob on the nose. The horAP,
didn't live. after II once learned th
lesson. that would whirl In the fac
OF the doubled quirt.
More keenly than ever. during thu
week in the office. did Daylight realiu
that he had no social. nor even human
contacts with Dede. The situation wa
such that he could not ask her the
simple question whether or not sh,
was going riding next Sunday. Thu
he found another card In the hand
the mad god had dealt him. How i'm
portant that card was TO become he
did not dream. yet he decided that II
was pretty good card
Sunday came. and Rob, out in the
Piedmont hills. behaved like an angel
His goodness at times was Of the
spirited. prancinR order. but other
wise he was a lamb. hut no Dede did
Daylight encounter. lie vainly circled
about among the hill roads, and in
the afternoon took the steep grade
over the divide Of the second range
and dropped into Maraga Valley. Just
after passing the foot Of the descent
he heard the hoof beats OF oantering
horse. II was from ahead and coming
toward him. What II II were Dede'
lie turned Bob around and started TO
return NJ walk The canter came
nearer. hut he faced straight ahead
until he heard the horse behind check
10 n walk. Then he glanced over his
shoulder, II was Dede. The recogni'
ton was quick, and. with her. accom-.
panied by surprise What more
natural thing than that. partly turn
Ing his horse. he should wait I'll she
caught up with him; and that, when
abreast. they should continue abreast
on up the grader lie could have
sighed with relief The thing
was accomplished. and so easily,
Greetings had been exchanged; here
they were side by side and going In
the same direction with miles and
miles ahead Of them.
lie noted that her eye was first for
the horse and next for him,
"Oh. what a beauty" she had cried
at sight OF Bob From the shining
light In her eyes, and the face filled
with delight. he would scarcely have
believed that II belonged TO the young
woman he had known In the office,
the young woman with the controlled,
subdued ONCE face,
81 didn't know you rode" was one
Of her first remarks. ~ imagined
you were welded to get.there-quick
machines"
Thus. and to his great relief, they
launched on topic OF mutual inter
est. lie told her about Hob's tricks.
and OF the whlrl and his scheme TO
overcome Il; and she agreed that
horses had to be handled with GER
tain rational severity, no matter how
much one loved them. There was
NAB. which she had had for eight
years, and which she had had to break
Of stall kicking The process had been
painful for Nab but II had cured her,
you've ridden lot" Daylight
said
Il really can't remember the first
time | was on horse" she told him
II was born on ranch, you know, and
they couldn't keep me away from the
horses"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-03-29

And thercat she told him more OF
her ranch life In the days before her
father died And Daylight was hugely
pleased with himself. They were get
ting acquainted. The conversation
had not Jagged In the full half hour
they had been together. When she
talked. he listened and followed her.
and yet all the while he was follow
ing his own thoughts and Impressions
az well II was nervy thinB
for her 10 do. this riding nstride.
and he didn't know. after all,
whether he liked II OF not His
IDEAS Of women were prone 10 be
oldfashioned; they were the ones he
had imbibed in the early day. frontier
life OF his youth. when no woman was
seen on anything but sidesaddle
lie had grown up 10 the tacit fiction
that women on horseback were not b.
peds. II came 20 him with n shock
this sight Of her 40 manlike In her
saddle But he had TO confess that tho
sight looked good to him Just tho
same.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-03-29

Elan HArnish. known all through Alas.
Ma as Turning Daylight" celebrates his
9th birthday with crowd Of miners at
the circle City TiVoli The dance leads
TO heavy gambling. In which over 800 90
" Htahed. narniHh loses his money and
his mine but wins the mail contract lie
starts on his mail trip with dogs and
sledge, telling his friends that he will be
IN the big Yukon gold strike at the start
Turning Daylight makes senHstiunally
rapid run across country with the mail,
appears NJ the Tiynli and N now ready
To- Join his friends In n dash 20 the new
gold fields Deciding that gold will be
found In the up-river district liarnish
will be worth It's weight IN gold but
when he arrives with his -four he finds
the big HAT dcsolate A comrade dlsCov-
@rs gold and Daylight renps a rich har-
vest He goes 10 Dawson. becomes the
most prominent insure IN the Klondike
and defeats "a combination N capitalists
IN vast mining deal lie returns 10
civilization. and amid tho bewilderinE
complications ~ high finance. Daylight
nndH that he has been led tu invest his
eleven millions In n manipulated scheme
lie goes TO New York, and confronting
his diHluyal partners with a revolver. he
threatens To- Kill them n his money " not
returned They are cowed return their
-tenlings and llnrnigh goes back a. San
ttanuiHro where he meets his fate IN
brdp Mason n pretty atenogtupher lie
makes large Investments ana gets Into the
political ring For rest he goes 20 The
country Daylight gets deeper into high
finance In san Francisco, hut often ths
longing Tor the simple life nearly over
comes him
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pr ARE foot approximately. when ap-
piled to one acre
Thus the profit on the water Is over
four times the pront on the land ALONE.
This being the case We should figure
our crop returns not In terms oi acres
of land but acre inches Of water. We
viii not then connne our fifteen acre
inches Of water to one acrc of land
In order that We may reap the great
est possible tonnage on that one acre.
but will spread 10 over larger area,
80 that We can get greater returns
from our water For example. II We
spread the fifteen acre inches over
three acres Of ground We will reap, ac'
cording 10 table 80. 3. three times
1876. ur 5i2S tons AZ compared with
2iSg tons II the fifteen acre inches
are confined To the one acre Of land.
or. USING oats as another example. We
get yield Of ~ bushels ~ oats with
! a 6iuch application Of water and ~
bushels with a 2Oinch application.
| Now. n We were to spread the 20
inches over 4 acres Of ground. mahng
an application Of inches on each
acre. We would gct yield Of 4 times
g.. or 2iS bushels Of oats on those
/ four acres with the same amount ~
water that II took to produce 50 bush
els on one acre. Whether or not this
Is paying proposition can be deter
mined by solving simple problem In
arithmetic The average cost Of pro.
ducing and harvesting an acre Of ifri.
gated oats Is about $500.
PROBLEM Ill
Twenty inches OF water over acre
produces ~ bushels of oats. ~ hu
oats at soc SiiOO Cost. $500 $50
profit on land and water. 5000 proht
ON land only s23OO profit On water
alone.
Twenty acre inches OF water over I
acres produces 2iS bu. oats 2iS bu
oats at soc ti2iO0 Cost ON acres
S32 90. So ~ profit ON land and wa
ter 5000 pront on land alone 152.Ot
profit on water alone.
Thus the profit II more than doub
led The maximum yield per acre %
land there. il much less important
To than the maximum yield per acre incl
Of water.