New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-21

door, only TO come In the back way o
few minutes later.
Miss Probst was with the Commits
sioner for an hour and fifteen minutes.
When she came downstairs there was
blue touring car with gray wheels
standing in front Of the building, in
which were seated a comely young
woman in a gray automobile buster
and brown veil, and chauffeur. Miss
Probst appeared at the Broome street
entrance and was Immediately sur
rounded by reporters, to whose ques-
tions she replied merely, please don't
ask me-"
At the same instant the woman in the
gray buster instructed her chauffeur
to run. up ~ where Miss Probst was
standing. The engine refused to work
for the moment, however. and without
more ado the woman jumped into the
street and ran TO her, friends assist
ance.
Friend "a Perfect Lady"
Bridge Weber arrived in the
mean time from the opposite corner;
where he had been waiting. and at
tempted to take command OF the stu
alton. He Informed the newspaper
men that he had just dropped down to
pay a friendly call on the Commits
sioner and that the woman In black,
whose name was not yet revealed, was
a friend.
She's perfect lady" ne added
BY this time the machine arrived,
and "Bridgey' and Miss Probst
Jumped in, shielding their faces from
the cameras Of the photographers. The
woman in gray, however. suddenly be-
came very. much excited over the alb
sence Of some one who, she said was
still at Headquarters, and returned
thither to look for the missing person.
She requested the elevator man to tell
this individual that she was waiting
for him below. and when she was in
formed that he had not come out of
the Commissioner office. she paced
the hall in evident perturbation.
The number on the car, ATOP ". Y.
indicated that II belonged to Mrs. Sadie
Bernard, Of No. 100 West SOth street.
The first conjecture when this infor-
nation became known was that Mrs.
Bernard was some relation TO Dick"
Bernard, who came home with Rcsen-
thai about 4 o'clock In the afternoon
before he was shot, according TO Mrs.
Rosenthais statements, and urged the
gambler TO leave the city If he valued
his life, The woman denied that she
was Mrs. Bernard, and this, coupled
with Bridge" Webber's presence, led
to the supposition that she was
"Bridgies" wife.
But the man FOR whom she was wait
ing finally put in an appearance and
added strength 10 the original con-
lecture by announcing that he was
"Mr. Bernard" He was trustfully
taken to be no other than "Dick" him
self until inquiry at the address where
the machine belonged brought out the
that the owner of the car
was Benjamin Bernard, a wholesale
canvas manufacturer, at No. "a Uni
versity Place, who had been at his
office all the afternoon. The first in
tiination which he had that his car
was out Of the garage was when he
saw its number blazoned in large type
across the front page of an evening
paper.
Joy Riding Mystery.
Mr.. Bernard said at his home last
night that he was hardly able to realize
that his car had been on such business
during the afternoon. He had been
warned several times before. he said.
that II had been seen around town with
strange occupants. but he had hitherto
imagined that there had been some
mistake about It, Last night, however,
when he went to look for his chauffeur,
TON" Malone. he was nowhere TO be
found and this left him with little
doubt that 1t was his car which had
at Headquarters. He said he
would apply for q warrant for Malone
on Monday.
MIRO BARNARD was nrostyatad Last