The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-02-21

smoothed over this alteration and gave
Mr.. Nicoll an opportunity TO make the
speech. saying that Mr.. SchiG should have
a chance to tell the whole story When he
finished Judge Hand permitted Police
Lieutenant Joseph d. Woodbridge to be
sworn, although the Judge declined
to call Woodbridge and intimated that the
lieutenant was there by the Governor 8
subpoena.
WOODBRIDGE THE SOLE WITNESS.
Woodbridge. whose name was signed to an
admittedly false report on Brandt's char
acter. was questioned by the District
Attorney and cross-examined by Mr..
Herman. There were frequent Interrupt
tions from Mr.. Nicoll. Woodbridge said
that Inspector Mclaughlin had ordered
him TO investigate Brandt's criminal
record. Woodbridge admitted that he
hadn't talked to the persons represented
in his report as having discharged Brandt
for dishonesty. He got most of his inf0r-
nation from an employ ment agency. The
lieutenant had admitted all this before
tho Grand Jury. The questioning of WOOL
bridge was long drawn out and was not
finished until p. NJ. when Judge Hand
adjourned court for lunch.
INSISTS ON TRACING SCANDAL TO IT'S
AUTHOR.
At p NJ. when the hearing was re-
sumed, Commissioner Hand asked the
Attorney General and District Attorney
il they desired to produce any more wit
nesses. They said no. Evidently Mr.. Nicoll
was surprised. He began his real fight to
get Mr. .Schiff and Mr.. Cans admitted IA wit
nesses. lie asked first for chance to
look over the documents that had been
submitted and to make an application
to the Governor to produce brandt =
pardon application. He thought he might
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as a witness He asked for postponement
until the following morning. The Com
missioner thought the hearings ought
to proceed ON the line outlined bv the
Attorney-General and the District At
torney and that knowledg, OF Brandt g
statements to the Governor was not
necessary to the hearing. Mr.. Nicoll
objected vigorously. saying that in this
or some other proceedings the facts
must be laid bare.
And for a very good reason, he con-
tinued. because the man stated he did not
enter Mr.. Schif's house that night with
burglarious intent but for another pur-
pose. The grossest ions
have gone abroad. ISLANDERS and insinua-
tions concerning the character and con.
duct of MIR. Schiff wife Who invented
these stories in the beginning! How did
they get abroad until now every vile mind
in New York is vying with every vile
mind elsewhere to invent some new tale
of misconduct on the part OF an honorable
mother and wife"
INDICTMENTS INTENDING
Jud ge Hand interposed again between
the District Attorney and Mr.. Nicoll MIR.
Whitman didn't approve OF Mr.. Nicolls s
no reason to inject a scandal investigation
into the pardon hearing. Mr.. Nicoll
turned again to battle with the Attorney
General and the District Attorney. as
srtiug that they had applied to the
Governor for a pardon for Brandt. Mr..
Whitman and MIR. Carmody said in one
breath that they did not want the hearing
diverted by scandal inquiries.
Il have not heard" said the Attorney
General. "the suggestion that any woman 4
name was involved in this except from
| those that appear for her. IL would be
lamentable il We were to go outside the
proper lines Of invest iGation for the
purpose of raising All issue to divert public
attention from the real issue whether the
scales of Justice have been held by the
| courts with an even hand
MIR. Towns got up here TO say that Mr.
Schih had had an opportunity TO tell the
| whole story-before the Grand Jury that
indicted Brandt and that Schiff did not
there state that his family was involved
| by Brandt. The District Attorney said
/ that MIR, Schin had had three chances to
| tell the story before the Court Of General
Sessions. Passing that, he said that the
ends of justice might be defeated il the
| persons whose names had been men
toned were Permitted to testify. II was
! possible that indictments and charge Of
conspiracy would result against these per
! sons. Judge Hand wanted to know IL there
had been suggestion to the District At
torney as to the lik elihood of such indict-
ments
! Under the law" said the District
Attorney. Il should very respectfully
be obliged to decline to answer. think
| there is ."
MIR. Nicoll said he underst ood that
Mr.. Whitman meant that Mr. Schiff and
| Mr.. Cans were to be indicted. There
was no contradiction offered Mr.. Nicoll
| then argued that Section 5S4 wouldn Y
! automatically give them immunity il
they testified in the pardon hearing
/ Mr.. Whitman said he had helped draw
that statute and he thought he knew
what it implied Mr.. Csrmody agreed
MRS. sCHIFPs TESTIMONY FORMALLY
OFFERED.
MIR Towns. entering the arg,iment
! said Cans when he meant Brandt Nicol!
corrected him.
Excuse me-" said Towns. -They
both mean the same thing in German
Brandt is kind of duck and Cans is
also kind Of a duck"
One is white duck and the other
is black duck" retorted Nicoll.
| Towns SAID that the way for Mr.. and
Mrs. Schifr and Cans to testify would be
in a new trial for Brandt.
| Then Judge Hand said that he would
decline TO assume responsibility for the
introduction OF witnesses oh jected to
by the District Attorney and the Attor-
ney- -General- He would report TO the
Governor and ask the Governor 10 decide
Mr.. Nicoll argued against closing the
proceeding Il want 10 so on record, /.
he said "as offering the testimony of
Mr.. SChiff. Mr.. Cans and Mrs. Schiff
and protesting against the adjournment
of these proceedings Judge Hand ad-
journed the hearing at 3;3OP NJ.
NOTHING FROM THE GOVERNOR YET.
I ALBANY, Feb. 20.-At II o'clock to-
night Gov. Dix said he had nothing &c
say regarding the recent developments in
the Brandt case and that he would have
nothing to say tonight. The Governor
had not seen Mr. Carmody, Judge Hand
| ar Mr. N;cnn